Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers: Important Numismatic Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Important Numismatic Books | Total Sales (USD) | 160,434.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 13, 2026 - June 13, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 97,640.00 |
| Sale Number | #177 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 97,640.00 |
| Total Lots | 421 | ||
| Sold Lots | 343.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 122,690.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 81.47% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 122,690.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 78 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 130.76% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 422 | Stack’s | Auction Sale Catalogues |
1935–1970 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 63 | Auction Catalogues |
1971–1984 | USD 200.00 - 200.00 | USD 2,700.00 | |
| 184 | Begent Peter J; Chesshyre Hubert; Jefferson Lisa | The Most Noble Order of the Garter: 650 Years |
1999 | USD 500.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,700.00 |
| 340 | 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 |
1909 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,700.00 |
| 405 | Mease James | The Picture of Philadelphia |
1811 | USD 500.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,700.00 |
| 221 | Handwritten Manuscript of the Statutes of the Order of the Garter |
1760 | USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,400.00 | |
| 256 | Memoria insignis Ordinis S. Stephani Hung. Regis Apost. Secularis |
1864 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 | |
| 409 | Catalogue of the Finest Existing Collection of American Coins, the Property of Mr. Lorin G. Parmelee |
1890 | USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,280.00 | |
| 52 | Sotheby S. Leigh; Wilkison John; Sotheby Wilkison & Hodge | Eleven London Numismatic Auction Catalogues |
1852-1875 | USD 500.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 251 | Hirtenfeld J. | Der Militar-Maria-Theresien-Orden und seine Mitglieder |
1857 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 83 | Dasi Tomas | Estudio de los Reales de a Ocho, Tambien Llamados Pesos, Dolares, Piastras, Patacones o Duros Espanoles |
1950–1951 | USD 200.00 - 200.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 167 | Ashmole Elias | The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter |
1672 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 352 | Chapman S.H. | The Collection of Cents of the United States in Superlative Preservation of Dr. Henry W. Beckwith |
1923 | USD 900.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 401 | Logies Martin A | The Flowing Hair Silver Dollars of 1794 |
2004 | USD 300.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 8 | Cayon Juan R. | Los Sestercios del Imperio Romano |
1984 | USD 150.00 - 150.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 277 | Milford Haven Louis Alexander Mountbatten | British Naval Medals |
1919 | USD 750.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 362 | Crosby Sylvester S | The Early Coins of America; and the Laws Governing Their Issue |
1875 | USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 196 | Dithmar Justus Christoph | Commentatio de Honoratissimo Ordine Militari de Balneo |
1729 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 402 | Low Lyman H | 136 Books, including: Auction Catalogues |
1882–1923 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 410 | Phelps Richard H | Newgate of Connecticut |
1876 | USD 100.00 - 100.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 5 | Bourgey Etienne; Leman Henri; Platt Clement | 7 Books, including: Objets Romains, Gallo-Romains et Merovingiennes |
1920; 1921; 1926; 1927; 1932; 1938 | USD 150.00 - 150.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 34 | Journal of Numismatic Fine Arts |
1971–1977 | USD 100.00 - 100.00 | USD 1,320.00 | |
| 131 | Nunn C Hearn | The Numismatic Magazine |
1886–1901 | USD 600.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 322 | Constitution and By-Laws of the American Numismatic Society |
1858 | USD 500.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,320.00 | |
| 43 | Mattingly Harold | The Roman Imperial Coinage |
1966-1994 | USD 750.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000