Kolbe & Fanning
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Cahn, Adolph E., and Adolph Hess. DIE GOLD- UND SILBERMUNZEN DER ROMISCHEN REPUBLIK BIS 15 V. CHR. SAMMLUNG JUSTIZRAT DR. JUR. ET PHIL. H.C. ERNST JUSTUS HAEBERLIN. Frankfurt am Main, 17. Juli 1933 und folgende Tage. Fine frontispiece portrait; (8), 190 pages; 3304 lots; index of rulers; 29 excellent plates of coins with tissue guards. Valuations list bound in; catalogue hand-priced in ink. [bound with] Gilhofer & Ranschburg, and Adolph Hess. SAMMLUNG FRANZ TRAU. MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISER. Wien, 22. Mai 1935 und folgende Tage. (8), 130 pages; 4727 lots; 2 fine portrait plates; 53 fine plates of coins. Valuations list bound in. Two catalogues, bound in one volume. 4to, later maroon cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. Fine or nearly so. A well-preserved and hand-priced copy of the very important Haeberlin catalogue, which includes a 3-page biography of the collector written by Herbert A. Cahn. Clain-Stefanelli 3755*. Grierson 283. Kroh 69 (5 stars): "The sale contained 3304 lots, the finest ever offered. The catalogue was prepared with the utmost care (and the able assistance of Dr. Max von Bahrfeldt) and the introduction was written by a very young Herbert A. Cahn... This catalogue is so excellent, it has been frequently utilized as a basic reference (à la Pozzi). Originals are very rare." Spring 84 [also listed under "Most important sales of struck Roman Republican coins"]. The Trau catalogue of ancient Roman coins is significant also. Clain-Stefanelli 4086*. Grierson 288: "Collection très importante." Spring 190 [also listed under "Most important sales of Roman Imperial coins"].
Cahn, Adolph E., and Adolph Hess. DIE GOLD- UND SILBERMUNZEN DER ROMISCHEN REPUBLIK BIS 15 V. CHR. SAMMLUNG JUSTIZRAT DR. JUR. ET PHIL. H.C. ERNST JUSTUS HAEBERLIN. Frankfurt am Main, 17. Juli 1933 und folgende Tage. Fine frontispiece portrait; (8), 190 pages; 3304 lots; index of rulers; 29 excellent plates of coins with tissue guards. Valuations list bound in; catalogue hand-priced in ink. [bound with] Gilhofer & Ranschburg, and Adolph Hess. SAMMLUNG FRANZ TRAU. MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISER. Wien, 22. Mai 1935 und folgende Tage. (8), 130 pages; 4727 lots; 2 fine portrait plates; 53 fine plates of coins. Valuations list bound in. Two catalogues, bound in one volume. 4to, later maroon cloth, gilt; original printed card covers bound in. Fine or nearly so. A well-preserved and hand-priced copy of the very important Haeberlin catalogue, which includes a 3-page biography of the collector written by Herbert A. Cahn. Clain-Stefanelli 3755*. Grierson 283. Kroh 69 (5 stars): "The sale contained 3304 lots, the finest ever offered. The catalogue was prepared with the utmost care (and the able assistance of Dr. Max von Bahrfeldt) and the introduction was written by a very young Herbert A. Cahn... This catalogue is so excellent, it has been frequently utilized as a basic reference (à la Pozzi). Originals are very rare." Spring 84 [also listed under "Most important sales of struck Roman Republican coins"]. The Trau catalogue of ancient Roman coins is significant also. Clain-Stefanelli 4086*. Grierson 288: "Collection très importante." Spring 190 [also listed under "Most important sales of Roman Imperial coins"].