Kolbe & Fanning
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Five Notable Sales 1908–1914
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. THE CARLYON-BRITTON COLLECTION OF COINS. CATALOGUE OF THE BRITISH, ROMANO-BRITISH, ANGLO-SAXON AND NORMAN SERIES. FIRST PORTION. London, 17–21 November 1913. (4), 147, (1) pages; 783 lots; 19 very fine plates. [bound with] Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF ENGLISH COINS OF THE REIGN OF CHARLES I... THE PROPERTY OF CUMBERLAND CLARK, ESQ... London, 22–23 January 1914. (2), 45, (1) pages; 314 lots; 14 fine plates of coins and medals. [bound with] Rosenberg, H.S. AUCTIONS CATALOG. ENHALTEND: DIE SAMMLUNG DES HERRN CARL SCHWALBACH IN LEIPZIG. MÜNZEN VON BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBERG... Hannover, 25. November 1913 und folgende Tage. (2), 88, (4) pages; 1778 lots; 9 fine plates. Hand-priced in ink. [bound with] Hamburger, Joseph. AUCTIONS-CATALOG DER SAMMLUNG DES † HERRN PROF. DR. REINHARD SUCHIER IN HANAU ENTHALTEND MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN VON HANAU, HESSEN, SCHLESIEN... Frankfurt am Main, 13. Oktober 1908 und folgende Tage. (6), 90 pages; 2806 lots. Hand-priced in ink. [bound with] Egger, Brüder. GRIECHISCHER MÜNZEN AUS DEM BESITZE SR. DURCHLAUCHT DES FÜRSTEN CH. U. A. Wien, 7. Jänner 1908 und folgende Tage. (2), 45, (1) pages; 693 lots; 21 fine plates. Five catalogues, bound in one volume. Crown 4to, contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards; gilt- and hand-lettered spine. Near fine. The Carlyon-Britton collection was one of the most important of Anglo-Saxon and Norman coins ever sold at auction. Clain-Stefanelli 5200. Grierson 296: "Ouvrage de référence essentiel. Une des collections les plus importantes de ces séries." Manville & Robertson, page 219: "The most important collection offered in the English field [between 1910 and 1919] was by P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton of almost 2,000 lots of Ancient British through Norman coins-the latter series having been sold in the previous decade." Spring 808. The sale of Cumberland Clark's coins of Charles I is Clain-Stefanelli 9746. The Schwalbach sale is Clain-Stefanelli 9318. The Suchier sale is rare, far more so than the sale of his ancient coins. The Brüder Egger catalogue (offering selections from the Prince Chachowsky collection) is Clain-Stefanelli 1952, Spring 152 [also listed under "Most important sales of ancient Greek coins" and "Most important sales of Roman provincial coins"]. Ex Edmund Nordheim Library, with his bookplate.
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. THE CARLYON-BRITTON COLLECTION OF COINS. CATALOGUE OF THE BRITISH, ROMANO-BRITISH, ANGLO-SAXON AND NORMAN SERIES. FIRST PORTION. London, 17–21 November 1913. (4), 147, (1) pages; 783 lots; 19 very fine plates. [bound with] Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF ENGLISH COINS OF THE REIGN OF CHARLES I... THE PROPERTY OF CUMBERLAND CLARK, ESQ... London, 22–23 January 1914. (2), 45, (1) pages; 314 lots; 14 fine plates of coins and medals. [bound with] Rosenberg, H.S. AUCTIONS CATALOG. ENHALTEND: DIE SAMMLUNG DES HERRN CARL SCHWALBACH IN LEIPZIG. MÜNZEN VON BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBERG... Hannover, 25. November 1913 und folgende Tage. (2), 88, (4) pages; 1778 lots; 9 fine plates. Hand-priced in ink. [bound with] Hamburger, Joseph. AUCTIONS-CATALOG DER SAMMLUNG DES † HERRN PROF. DR. REINHARD SUCHIER IN HANAU ENTHALTEND MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN VON HANAU, HESSEN, SCHLESIEN... Frankfurt am Main, 13. Oktober 1908 und folgende Tage. (6), 90 pages; 2806 lots. Hand-priced in ink. [bound with] Egger, Brüder. GRIECHISCHER MÜNZEN AUS DEM BESITZE SR. DURCHLAUCHT DES FÜRSTEN CH. U. A. Wien, 7. Jänner 1908 und folgende Tage. (2), 45, (1) pages; 693 lots; 21 fine plates. Five catalogues, bound in one volume. Crown 4to, contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards; gilt- and hand-lettered spine. Near fine. The Carlyon-Britton collection was one of the most important of Anglo-Saxon and Norman coins ever sold at auction. Clain-Stefanelli 5200. Grierson 296: "Ouvrage de référence essentiel. Une des collections les plus importantes de ces séries." Manville & Robertson, page 219: "The most important collection offered in the English field [between 1910 and 1919] was by P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton of almost 2,000 lots of Ancient British through Norman coins-the latter series having been sold in the previous decade." Spring 808. The sale of Cumberland Clark's coins of Charles I is Clain-Stefanelli 9746. The Schwalbach sale is Clain-Stefanelli 9318. The Suchier sale is rare, far more so than the sale of his ancient coins. The Brüder Egger catalogue (offering selections from the Prince Chachowsky collection) is Clain-Stefanelli 1952, Spring 152 [also listed under "Most important sales of ancient Greek coins" and "Most important sales of Roman provincial coins"]. Ex Edmund Nordheim Library, with his bookplate.