Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 159 6 Mar 2021
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British Sale Catalogues, 1923–1927, Priced & Named
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. FOUR BOUND VOLUMES OF SALE CATALOGUES, 1923–1927. [Online description truncated: for the full description, see the printed or PDF cataloge.] Thirty-seven catalogues, bound in four volumes. Crown 4to, slightly later matching red half morocco; spines with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. Bindings with minor signs of wear, but still attractive; occasional minor spotting. Final volume with one loose plate and title, and with a few signs of repair. Very good or better. More nicely bound volumes from the Leonard Forrer Library, bringing together 37 Sotheby's auction catalogues issued between 1923 and 1927, all of them priced and named (either by hand or with a printed list), and with 25 of them including photographically printed plates. Significant sales here present include the 1923 Sandars sale of Celtic and Greek coins, the 1924 sale of Greek coins belonging to a Russian nobleman (provisionally identified by Manvile & Robertson as Prince Mikhail Cantacuzène), the December 1924 "Amateur" (Kondyles) Greek coins, and Morcom's Roman coins sold the same month. The two-part Bruun sale of 1925 includes 30 plates between them, and the three parts of Reginald Huth's sale includes 33. The November 1925 sale of the Sambon Family's Roman coin collection is also very important. The extensive collection of war medals collected by the Murray brothers (May 1926) is fascinating, as is the eclectic offering in the December 1926 sale, which includes E.J. French's American collection. The final volume includes several sales of ancient art and other antiquities, some of them important, including the July 1927 sale of material from the collections of Sir John Evans, which includes a frontispiece plate printed in color. A rare opportunity. Ex Leonard Forrer Library (Glendining & Co., April 30, 1954, part of lots 192 and 193).
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. FOUR BOUND VOLUMES OF SALE CATALOGUES, 1923–1927. [Online description truncated: for the full description, see the printed or PDF cataloge.] Thirty-seven catalogues, bound in four volumes. Crown 4to, slightly later matching red half morocco; spines with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. Bindings with minor signs of wear, but still attractive; occasional minor spotting. Final volume with one loose plate and title, and with a few signs of repair. Very good or better. More nicely bound volumes from the Leonard Forrer Library, bringing together 37 Sotheby's auction catalogues issued between 1923 and 1927, all of them priced and named (either by hand or with a printed list), and with 25 of them including photographically printed plates. Significant sales here present include the 1923 Sandars sale of Celtic and Greek coins, the 1924 sale of Greek coins belonging to a Russian nobleman (provisionally identified by Manvile & Robertson as Prince Mikhail Cantacuzène), the December 1924 "Amateur" (Kondyles) Greek coins, and Morcom's Roman coins sold the same month. The two-part Bruun sale of 1925 includes 30 plates between them, and the three parts of Reginald Huth's sale includes 33. The November 1925 sale of the Sambon Family's Roman coin collection is also very important. The extensive collection of war medals collected by the Murray brothers (May 1926) is fascinating, as is the eclectic offering in the December 1926 sale, which includes E.J. French's American collection. The final volume includes several sales of ancient art and other antiquities, some of them important, including the July 1927 sale of material from the collections of Sir John Evans, which includes a frontispiece plate printed in color. A rare opportunity. Ex Leonard Forrer Library (Glendining & Co., April 30, 1954, part of lots 192 and 193).