Kolbe & Fanning
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Plated 1891 Boeing & Bridgman Sale
Chapman, S.H. and H. CATALOGUE OF THE SPLENDID COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN, GERMAN, EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL COINS FORMED BY THE LATE WILHELM BOEING, TO WHICH IS ADDED A SUPERB SET OF UNITED STATES SILVER DOLLARS, OF A. BRIDGMAN, JR., ESQ. Philadelphia: Davis & Harvey, November 27–28, 1891. 8vo, later maroon cloth; spine with gilt-printed black spine labels; original gilt-printed paper covers bound in. 64 pages; 1073 lots; 4 fine tinted photographic plates. Fine. Adams 34, rated A– overall: "Superb German. Bolivar 25 pesos. Gem set of $1, 1843ff are proofs. Confederate seal, 1¢. Ancient gold." An important sale featuring rare European coins and the notable Bridgman collection of United States silver dollars. The first plate depicts gold ancient Greek and Roman coins, an octagonal 1852 $50 slug, an 1849 Mormon $5, and various foreign gold rarities; the second and third plates mainly illustrate rare silver European coins; and the final plate depicts the obverses of twelve of Bridgman's silver dollars. Clain-Stefanelli 12369. Davis 187. Fanning, Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, 10. Ex Roger Persichilli Library.
Chapman, S.H. and H. CATALOGUE OF THE SPLENDID COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN, GERMAN, EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL COINS FORMED BY THE LATE WILHELM BOEING, TO WHICH IS ADDED A SUPERB SET OF UNITED STATES SILVER DOLLARS, OF A. BRIDGMAN, JR., ESQ. Philadelphia: Davis & Harvey, November 27–28, 1891. 8vo, later maroon cloth; spine with gilt-printed black spine labels; original gilt-printed paper covers bound in. 64 pages; 1073 lots; 4 fine tinted photographic plates. Fine. Adams 34, rated A– overall: "Superb German. Bolivar 25 pesos. Gem set of $1, 1843ff are proofs. Confederate seal, 1¢. Ancient gold." An important sale featuring rare European coins and the notable Bridgman collection of United States silver dollars. The first plate depicts gold ancient Greek and Roman coins, an octagonal 1852 $50 slug, an 1849 Mormon $5, and various foreign gold rarities; the second and third plates mainly illustrate rare silver European coins; and the final plate depicts the obverses of twelve of Bridgman's silver dollars. Clain-Stefanelli 12369. Davis 187. Fanning, Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, 10. Ex Roger Persichilli Library.