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Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers: Important Numismatic Literature

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Important Numismatic Literature	Total Sales (USD)	249,828.00
Auction Date	May 31, 2025 - May 31, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	149,220.00
Sale Number	#173	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	149,220.00
Total Lots	499
Sold Lots	423	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	177,570.00
% of Lots Sold	84.77%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	177,570.00
Unsold Lots	76	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	140.69%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
69	Dupriez, Maison.	NUMISMATIC SALE CATALOGUES FROM THE DUPRIEZ LIBRARY.	1882--1934	USD 10,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 19,200.00
324	[American Numismatic Society] American Numismatic & Archaeological Society; Boston Numismatic Society; American Numismatic Society.	AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NUMISMATICS.	1866--1924)	USD 4,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 8,400.00
395	Green, Colonel Edward H.R.	ARCHIVES RELATING TO THE PURCHASE OF ITEMS FROM THE ESTATE OF EDWARD H.R. GREEN BY ERIC P. NEWMAN AND BURDETTE G. JOHNSON.		USD 10,000.00 - 10,000.00	USD 7,800.00
359	Chapman, S.H.	THE COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL COINS AND MEDALS RELATING TO AMERICAN HISTORY, THE DOMINION OF CANADA, AND AWARDS TO INDIAN CHIEFS AND BRITISH REGAL AND WAR MEDALS FORMED BY W.H. HUNTER, ESQ., TORONTO.	1920	USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 5,400.00
442	New Netherlands Coin Company.	AUCTION SALE CATALOGUES. NOS. 1--66 WITH SIX MAIL-BID SALE CATALOGUES.	1940--1977	USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 4,800.00
361	Chapman, S.H.	THE COLLECTION OF CENTS AND HALF CENTS OF THE UNITED STATES,	1924	USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 4,500.00
370	Crosby, Sylvester S.	THE EARLY COINS OF AMERICA; AND THE LAWS GOVERNING THEIR ISSUE.	1873 / 1875	USD 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 4,200.00
70	Dupriez, Charles [publisher].	LA GAZETTE NUMISMATIQUE.	1896--1913)	USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	USD 3,600.00
97	Haeberlin, Dr. Jur. E.J.	AES GRAVE. DAS SCHWERGELD ROMS UND MITTELITALIENS EINSCHLIESSLICH DER IHM VORAUSGEHENDEN ROHRBRONZEWAHRUNG. .	1910	USD 3,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 3,600.00
446	New York Coin & Stamp Co.	CATALOGUE OF THE REMARKABLY FINE COLLECTION OF U.S. PATTERN AND EXPERIMENTAL COINS, FORMED BY MR. GEO. D. WOODSIDE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.,	1892	USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	USD 3,600.00
196	Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge.	THE MONTAGU COLLECTION OF COINS. CATALOGUE OF THE GREEK SERIES.	23--28 March 1896	USD 500.00 - 500.00	USD 2,700.00
236	Baker, Warren.	FIXED PRICE LISTS OF CANADIAN NUMISMATICA.	1966--1979	USD 500.00 - 500.00	USD 2,700.00
339	[Brand, Virgil].	BURDETTE G. JOHNSON'S ARCHIVES OF MATERIAL RELATING TO COINS HANDLED BY HIM FROM THE ESTATE OF VIRGIL BRAND.		USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,400.00
351	Chapman, Henry.	CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COINS OF THE LATE MATTHEW ADAMS STICKNEY, ESQ, SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.	1907	USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,400.00
408	[Johnson, Burdette G.].	INVENTORY OF COINS IN THE ESTATE OF B.G. JOHNSON.	Undated (1947).	USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,400.00
32	[Biaggi de Blasys, Leo].	PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE L. BIAGGI BLASYS COLLECTION OF ROMAN GOLD COINS AND MEDALLIONS.		USD 750.00 - 750.00	USD 2,280.00
352	Chapman, Henry.	CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COLONIAL AND STATE COINS, UNITED STATES COINS AND FOREIGN CROWNS, THE PROPERTY OF CLARENCE S. BEMENT, ESQ., PHILADELPHIA.	1916	USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,280.00
445	New York Coin & Stamp Co.	CATALOGUE OF THE FINEST EXISTING COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS, THE PROPERTY OF MR. LORIN G. PARMELEE, OF BOSTON, MASS.	1890	USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,280.00
26	Bank Leu / Leu Numismatik.	AUCTION CATALOGUES.	1972--1997	USD 150.00 - 150.00	USD 2,160.00
176	Santamaria, P. & P.	CONTE ALESSANDRO MAGNAGUTI. EX NUMMIS HISTORIA. I: MONETE GRECHE.		USD 300.00 - 300.00	USD 2,160.00
5	[Ars Classica III] Naville et Cie.	III. MONNAIES D'OR, ROMAINES ET BYZANTINES. COLLECTION DE SIR ARTHUR J. EVANS, F.S.A., M.A., D.LITT., LL.D., PH.D., F.R.S., F.B.A., CORRESPONDANT DE L'INSTITUT, VICE-PRESIDENT DE LA SOCIETE ROYALE DE NUMISMATIQUE (LONDRES).	1922	USD 500.00 - 500.00	USD 2,040.00
125	Hirsch, Jacob.	CATALOG IX. VERZEICHNIS VON MUNZEN DER GRIECHEN, ROMER, BYZANTINER OST-- UND WESTGOTEN, VANDALEN SOWIE VON NUMISMATISCHEN WERKEN MIT BEIGESETZTEN VERKAUFSPREISEN.	1903	USD 500.00 - 500.00	USD 2,040.00
473	Smith, H.P.	THE NUMISMATIC COLLECTIONS OF ALFRED SANDHAM AND GEORGE CUSHING OF MONTREAL, CANADA.	1884	USD 300.00 - 300.00	USD 2,040.00
156	Munzen und Medaillen.	FIXED PRICE LISTS OF COINS FOR SALE.	1942--1996).	USD 600.00 - 600.00	USD 1,920.00
18	Ars Classica.	NO. XVIII. COLLECTION TRES IMPORTANTE DE MONNAIES ROMAINES FORMEE PAR UN DIPLOMATE ETRANGER DEPUIS LONGTEMPS DECEDE.	1938	USD 500.00 - 500.00	USD 1,800.00

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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