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Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers: Important Numismatic Books

Auction Reports

Auction Name	Important Numismatic Books	Total Sales (USD)	229,278.00
Auction Date	February 28, 2026 - February 28, 2026	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	125,920.00
Sale Number	#176	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	125,920.00
Total Lots	446
Sold Lots	366.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	152,020.00
% of Lots Sold	82.06%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	152,020.00
Unsold Lots	80	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	150.82%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
43	Goltzius, Hubertus	HUBERTI GOLTZII DE RE NUMMARIA ANTIQUA, OPERA QUAE EXTANT UNIVERSA, QUINQUE VOLUMINIBUS COMPREHENSA	1708	USD 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 18,000.00
340	Eckfeldt, Jacob R., and William E. Du Bois	NEW VARIETIES OF GOLD AND SILVER COINS, COUNTERFEIT COINS, AND BULLION; WITH MINT VALUES	1850	USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 9,000.00
323	Chapman, S.H.	A COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES GOLD AND SILVER COINS CONSIGNED BY W.A. HILLIARD, ESQ., SALEM, N.J. AND THE CHOICE COLLECTION OF CENTS AND HALF CENTS OF DR. J.M. HENDERSON, EX-PRESIDENT, A.N.A., COLUMBUS, OHIO. THE KINGMAN COLLECTION OF FRACTIONAL CURRENCY	1921-05-27	USD 6,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 5,400.00
364	Hickcox, John H.	HANDWRITTEN LETTER, SIGNED, TO P.C. MANNING, ON COIN DEALERS AND AMERICAN COIN PUBLICATIONS	November 22, 1858	USD 300.00 - 300.00	USD 4,800.00
198	Mechel, Chretien de	EXPLICATION HISTORIQUE ET CRITIQUE DES MEDAILLES DE L'OEUVRE DU CHEVALIER HEDLINGER PRECEDEE DE L'ELOGE HISTORIQUE DE CE CELEBRE ARTISTE	1778	USD 750.00 - 750.00	USD 4,200.00
155	Chalon, Renier	[Fortsas Hoax]. CATALOGUE D'UNE TRES-RICHE MAIS PEU NOMBREUSE COLLECTION DE LIVRES PROVENANT DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FEU M.r LE COMTE J.-N.-A. DE FORTSAS	10 aout 1840	USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	USD 3,900.00
34	Eckhel, Joseph	DOCTRINA NUMORUM VETERUM	1828	USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	USD 3,600.00
405	Mease, James	DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE MEDALS STRUCK IN RELATION TO IMPORTANT EVENTS IN NORTH AMERICA	-1821	USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,600.00
416	[Newcomer, Waldo C.]	$2500 REWARD	1913-09-30	USD 500.00 - 500.00	USD 3,600.00
83	Sotheby, S. Leigh; Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge	TWELVE LONDON NUMISMATIC AUCTION CATALOGUES	N/A	USD 500.00 - 500.00	USD 3,000.00
84	Sotheby & Co., S. Leigh; S. Leigh Sotheby; Christie & Manson	TWELVE LONDON NUMISMATIC AUCTION CATALOGUES	N/A	USD 600.00 - 600.00	USD 3,000.00
224	L.A.J. MORDACQUE	Pigot & Co. UNIVERSAL MONEY TABLE AND COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE STANDARD	undated [c. 1831]	USD 300.00 - 300.00	USD 3,000.00
231		Royal Numismatic Society. THE NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE	1950, 1954 and 1956--1960	USD 300.00 - 300.00	USD 2,400.00
309	Chapman, Henry	CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF COLONIAL AND STATE COINS, 1787 NEW YORK, BRASHER DOUBLOON, U.S. PIONEER GOLD COINS, U.S. PATTERN PIECES, POLITICAL MEDALS, INDIAN PEACE MEDALS, ASSAY MEDALS, EXTREMELY FINE CENTS AND HALF CENTS OF CAPTAIN ANDREW C. ZABRISKIE	June 3--4, 1909	USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,400.00
342	Elder, Thomas L.	CATALOGUE OF THE EIGHTEENTH PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF A SPLENDID COLLECTION OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH COINS, THE PROPERTY OF PETER GSCHWEND, ESQ. OF PITTSBURGH, PENNA	June 15--16, 1908	USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,400.00
116	Boizard, J., Conseiller en la Cour des Monoyes	TRAITE DES MONOYES, DE LEURS CIRCONSTANCES & DEPENDANCES... NOUVELLE EDITION. AUGMENTEE DE L'EXPLICATION DES TERMES QUI SONT EN USAGE DANS LES MONOYES, & D'UN TRAITE POUR L'INSTRUCTION DES MONOYEURS & DES NEGOCIANS EN MATIERES D'OR & D'ARGENT	1711	USD 500.00 - 500.00	USD 2,280.00
217	Nunn, C. Hearn [editor]	THE NUMISMATIC MAGAZINE. A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO COIN COLLECTORS	(1886--1903)	USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,160.00
86	Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge	CATALOGUE OF THE CABINET OF COINS AND MEDALS OF THE LATE MAJOR SHEPPARD... THOMAS ARCHER... WILLIAN HENRY GOMONDE...	25--26 February 1864	USD 300.00 - 300.00	USD 2,040.00
243	Sotheby, S. Leigh; Sotheby, S. Leigh, and John Wilkinson	NINE LONDON NUMISMATIC AUCTION CATALOGUES	N/A	USD 500.00 - 500.00	USD 2,040.00
327	Cogan, Edward	CATALOGUE OF COINS AND MEDALS, THE PROPERTY OF MORTIMER LIVINGSTON MACKENZIE, ESQ.	June 23--24, 1869	USD 750.00 - 750.00	USD 2,040.00
127	Chimienti, Michele	MONETE DELLA ZECCA DI BOLOGNA	2009	USD 100.00 - 100.00	USD 1,920.00
242	Sotheby, S. Leigh	CATALOGUE OF THE CHOICE & VALUABLE COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS, OF THE LATE HON: BARON BOLLAND...	21--24 & 26--27 April 1841	USD 500.00 - 500.00	USD 1,920.00
281	[Adams, John W.] Williams, Bob, John W. Adams and Regina Adams	COMMEMORATIVE PUBLICATIONS INTENDED FOR LIMITED DISTRIBUTION TO FRIENDS	N/A	USD 200.00 - 200.00	USD 1,920.00
330		Colonial Newsletter Foundation. THE COLONIAL NEWSLETTER	(1960--2017)	USD 400.00 - 400.00	USD 1,920.00
402	Low, Lyman H., and George C. Barton	CORRESPONDENCE AND NOTES, PRIMARILY RELATING TO BARTON'S CONSIGNMENT IN LOW'S 173RD SALE	1902--1914	USD 300.00 - 300.00	USD 1,920.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.