Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Auction 117 19-20 May 2021
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Run of 15 Sotheby's auction catalogs featuring collections of ancient coins. (New York, London, Zurich). Includes: Sotheby's NY Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection & John Ward Collection sales Parts I and II (November 1972 and April 1972); The Virgil M. Brand Collection Parts 1 - 10,July 1982 through October 1985); The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection Parts III and IV (December 1990 and June 1991); The William Herbert Hunt Collection of Highly Important Byzantine Coins (December 1990); Greek and Roman Coins Sold on Instruction of Numismatic Fine Arts International (October 1993). SIXTEEN (16) CATALOGS TOTAL, NO RETURNS. Fine condition. Lightly used, some with notes of prices realized in the margins.
From the Collection of a Connoisseur.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art auctions in the early 1970s are credited with greatly popularizing the collecting of ancient coins in the United States, likewise the Hunt Collection sales in the early 1990s. The catalogs are well-researched and include some of the most noteworthy ancient coins to have sold in the last half-century.
From the Collection of a Connoisseur.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art auctions in the early 1970s are credited with greatly popularizing the collecting of ancient coins in the United States, likewise the Hunt Collection sales in the early 1990s. The catalogs are well-researched and include some of the most noteworthy ancient coins to have sold in the last half-century.