Original Typescript Record of 1952 Schulman Purchase
Margolis, Richard. COINS, MEDALS, ETC., MAINLY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, NAPOLEON, AND LOUIS XVIII, 1789–1815. PURCHASED FROM HANS SCHULMAN, OCTOBER 24, 1952. Original typescript inventory, annotated by hand in pencil, and bound. 4to, original brown quarter calf; front cover and spine lettered in gilt. 16 pages, plus cover sheet; binder's leaves added for bulk. Spine somewhat rubbed. Very good or better. Richard Margolis's working copy of this inventory, itemizing and recording 367 pieces, each described and priced in type, with some provenances recorded, and with extensive additional provenances recorded in Margolis's neat, if diminutive, handwriting. Many of the coins described are from the collections of Howard Gibbs or O.P. Eklund. There are annotations on every page of this record, with most of the pieces bearing notations recording their subsequent disposition over the years as Margolis upgraded his personal collection and moved pieces to stock. The typescript itself is likely unique, and this annotated copy is certainly so.