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Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers: Important Numismatic Literature

Auction Reports

Auction Name Important Numismatic Literature Total Sales (USD) 432,372.00
Auction Date November 22, 2025 - November 22, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 186,920.00
Sale Number #175 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 186,920.00
Total Lots 503
Sold Lots 427.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 219,320.00
% of Lots Sold 84.89% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 219,320.00
Unsold Lots 76 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 197.14%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
227 Georgii Mikhailovich, Grand Duke

MONIeTY TsARSTVOVANIIa IMPIeRATORA PIeTRA I-- ALIeKSANDRA III

 1888--1914 USD 30,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 84,000.00
194

Arkheograficheskaia Kommissiia. SOBRANIIe RUSSKIKh MIeDALIeI, IZDANNOIe PO VYSOChAIShIeMU POVIeLENIIu. Vypusk I--V

 USD 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 45,000.00
301 Reichel, Jacob

DIE REICHELSCHE MUNZSAMMLUNG IN ST. PETERSBURG. ERSTER THEIL. RUSSLAND. DIE RUSSISCHEN KLEINEN FURSTEN DENKMUNZEN AUF RUSSISCHE PRIVAT PERSONEN

 1842 USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 USD 24,000.00
335 Tolstoi, Count F.

MIeDALIONY V PAMIaT' VOIeNNYKh SOBYTII 1812, 1813, 1814 I 1815 GODOV, IZOBRETIeNNYIe GRAFOM Th. TOLSTYM, I VYGRAVIROVANNYIe NA STALI, PO SPOSOBU BIeTA, N. MIeNTsOVYM. S VYSOChAIShAGO SOIZVOLIeNIIa IZDANY ARKhIeOGRAFIChIeSKOIu KOMMISSIIeIu

 1838 USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 10,800.00
256

Imperial Russian Archaeological Society

 1906--1913 USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,600.00
349 Xenia Georgievna of Russia, Princess

TYPEWRITTEN LETTER TO EDWARD GANS DATED NOVEMBER 17, 1954, SIGNED IN INK

 USD 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,600.00
314 Schubert, General T.F. de

MONNAYES RUSSES DES DERNIERS TROIS SIECLES, DEPUIS LE CZAR JOAN WASILIEWICZ GROZNYI JUSJU'A L'EMPEREUR ALEXANDRE II. 1547--1855

 1857 USD 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 8,400.00
272 Kopylov, B.F. [editor]

STARAIa MONIeTA: NUMIZMATIChIeSKII ZhURNAL

 1910--1912 USD 600.00 - 600.00 USD 6,600.00
436

Early American Coppers. PENNY-WISE

 (1967--2016) USD 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,600.00
348 [Snyderman, Isadore]

ABE KOSOFF'S FILE ON ISADORE SNYDERMAN'S IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF RUSSIAN COINS, INCLUDING COPIES OF THE INVENTORIES AND CORRESPONDENCE

 1957-12-13 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,000.00
208

Christie, Manson & Woods. CATALOGUE OF GOLD AND PLATINUM COINS, MEDALS AND MEDALLIONS FROM THE IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF THE GRAND DUKE GEORGE MICHAILOVITCH OF RUSSIA

 1950 USD 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,700.00
247 Hess (Nachf.), Adolf

SAMMLUNG GRAF J.J. TOLSTOI. RUSSISCHE MUNZEN DES 19. JAHRHUNDERTS

 10.--14. Marz 1913 USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,500.00
350

[American Numismatic Society] American Numismatic & Archaeological Society...

 (1866--1924) USD 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,200.00
442 Frossard, Ed. [editor]

NUMISMA

 (January 1877--December 1891) USD 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,900.00
228 Georgii Mikhailovich, Grand Duke

SPISOK MONIeT NIeDOSTAIuShchIKh V MOIeM SOBRANII

 1902 USD 500.00 - 500.00 USD 3,300.00
300 Prozorovskii, D.

SVOD SVEDENII, OTNOSIaShchIKhSIa DO TIeKhNIKI I ISTORII MIeDAL'IeRNAGO ISKUSSTVA. OPYT' RUKOVODSTVA DLIa OBUChAIuShchIKhSIa V MIeDAL'IeRNOM KLASSE IMPIeRATORSKOI AKADIeMII KhUDOZhIeSTV'. Chast' Piervaia, Spietsial'naia

 1884 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 3,300.00
263 Iversen, I.

MIeDALI VYBITYIa V TsARSTVOVANIIe IMPIeRATORA ALIeKSANDRA II

 1880 USD 500.00 - 500.00 USD 3,000.00
302 Ricaud de Tiregale, P.

MEDAILLES SUR LES PRINCIPAUX EVENEMENS DE L'EMPIRE DE RUSSIE DEPUIS LE REGNE DE PIERRE LA GRAND JUSQU'A CELUI DE CATHERINE II AVEC DES EXPLICATIONS HISTORIQUES

 1772 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,000.00
310

Russian Numismatic Society. JOURNAL OF THE RUSSIAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY

 USD 400.00 - 400.00 USD 3,000.00
331 Stakhovich, A.A.

KOMMIeNTARII K TRUDU Iu.B. IVIeRSIeNA <>

 1958 USD 500.00 - 500.00 USD 3,000.00
474 Noyes, William C.

UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS: 1793--1794

 2006 USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,000.00
276 Kube, Rudolf

AUKTIONS-KATALOG EINER SAMMLUNG RUSSISCHER MUNZEN UND MEDAILLEN. I. ABTEILUNG: GOLD- UND PLATINA-MUNZEN

 28. Januar 1909 USD 500.00 - 500.00 USD 2,700.00
352

American Numismatic Society. DICTIONARY CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY

 1962 USD 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,700.00
393 Chapman, Henry

CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES CENTS IN SUPERB STATE OF PRESERVATION OF FRANK D. TAYLOR, PITTSFIELD, MASS. ALSO COLLECTIONS OF UNITED STATES COINS OF THE LATE THOMAS H. WINDLE, CHARLES S. LINCOLN, AND OTHERS...

 June 17--18, 1908 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,700.00
397 Chapman, Henry

CATALOGUE OF THE VALUABLE COLLECTION OF FOREIGN AND UNITED STATES GOLD COINS, PARTICULARLY RICH IN ANCIENT ROMAN GOLD COINS, POLISH GOLD COINS, INCLUDING A 100 DUCATS

 1621 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,700.00
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    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
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    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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