Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 159 6 Mar 2021
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The Matthew Young Sales
Sotheby, S. Leigh. CATALOGUES OF THE FIRST–NINTH PORTIONS OF THE VERY EXTENSIVE, HIGHLY VALUABLE, AND IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS, IN GOLD, SILVER, AND COPPER, OF THE LATE EMINENT NUMISMATIST, MR. MATTHEW YOUNG, OF 41, TAVISTOCK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. London, 1839–1842. Nine parts, complete for the main series. 494 pages; 8184 lots. Neatly ruled in red and priced in black ink with buyers' names throughout. [bound with] Sotheby, S. Leigh. CATALOGUE OF THE REMAINING PORTION OF COINS AND MEDALS, CAPITAL COIN CABINET, OF THE LATE MR. MATTHEW YOUNG... London, November 30–December 2, 1842. 25, (1) pages; 497 lots. Neatly ruled in red and priced in black ink with buyers' names throughout. Ten catalogues total, bound in one volume. 8vo, later green cloth, gilt. Near fine. Scarce and important, especially priced and named. Manville & Robertson pages 67 & 75-82: "the enormous stock of Matthew Young, the dominant London dealer of his time." The final supplementary sale is rare.
Sotheby, S. Leigh. CATALOGUES OF THE FIRST–NINTH PORTIONS OF THE VERY EXTENSIVE, HIGHLY VALUABLE, AND IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS, IN GOLD, SILVER, AND COPPER, OF THE LATE EMINENT NUMISMATIST, MR. MATTHEW YOUNG, OF 41, TAVISTOCK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. London, 1839–1842. Nine parts, complete for the main series. 494 pages; 8184 lots. Neatly ruled in red and priced in black ink with buyers' names throughout. [bound with] Sotheby, S. Leigh. CATALOGUE OF THE REMAINING PORTION OF COINS AND MEDALS, CAPITAL COIN CABINET, OF THE LATE MR. MATTHEW YOUNG... London, November 30–December 2, 1842. 25, (1) pages; 497 lots. Neatly ruled in red and priced in black ink with buyers' names throughout. Ten catalogues total, bound in one volume. 8vo, later green cloth, gilt. Near fine. Scarce and important, especially priced and named. Manville & Robertson pages 67 & 75-82: "the enormous stock of Matthew Young, the dominant London dealer of his time." The final supplementary sale is rare.