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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		USD 500.00 - 500.00	USD 3,000.00
84	Sotheby & Co., S. Leigh; S. Leigh Sotheby; Christie & Manson	TWELVE LONDON NUMISMATIC AUCTION CATALOGUES		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		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		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

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.