Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 161 18 Sep 2021
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Six Sotheby's Sales, Including the Rosenheim Medals
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. CATALOGUE OF MEDALS & PLAQUETTES OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE, BRITISH AND OTHER COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS... London, 10–11 May 1921. 55, (1) pages; 368 lots; 5 fine plates. [bound with] Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. CATALOGUE OF MEDALS AND COINS... BRITISH AND FOREIGN MEDALS, BEING DUPLICATE SPECIMENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM... ENGLIGH GOLD AND SILVER COINS... London, 13–14 July 1922. (2), 39, (1) pages; 409 lots; 7 fine plates. [bound with] Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. THE ROSENHEIM COLLECTIONS. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF MEDALS, PLAQUETTES & COINS, CHIEFLY OF THE RENAISSANCE, FORMED BY THE LATE MAX ROSENHEIM, ESQ. AND MAURICE ROSENHEIM, ESQ. London, 30 April–4 May 1923. vii, (1), 106 pages; 816 lots; 40 fine plates. [bound with] Sotheby & Co. CATALOGUE OF PLATINUM AND GOLD COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A FOREIGN COLLECTOR, INCLUDING PATTERNS AND PROOFS OF ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL COINS AND RARE HISTORICAL MEDALS. London, 12–13 June 1930. 44 pages; 477 lots; 25 fine plates. [bound with] Sotheby & Co. THE COLLECTION OF MEDALS, PLAQUETTES AND COINS, CHIEFLY OF THE RENAISSANCE, FORMED BY THE LATE T. WHITCOMBE GREENE. London, 31 October 1932 [postponed to 30 October 1933]. 31, (1) pages; 252 lots; 8 fine plates. [bound with] Sotheby & Co. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF GREEK, EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN COINS AND MEDALS FORMED BY THE LATE MR. HENRY LAWRENCE. London, 3–4 December 1934. 54 pages; 497 lots; 3 fine plates. Six catalogues, bound in one volume. Crown 40, later maroon pebbled cloth, gilt. Near fine. Includes some notable medal sales, particularly the Rosenheim catalogue, which offered one of the finest collections of Renaissance medals ever sold at auction. Clain-Stefanelli 14376. Grierson 258 & 316. The first catalogue is the R.C. Fisher collection, with additional material from the collections of Canon Millard, S.M. Milne, and Talbot Ready. Whitcombe Greene is also important: Clain-Stefanelli 14361, Grierson 315.
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. CATALOGUE OF MEDALS & PLAQUETTES OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE, BRITISH AND OTHER COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS... London, 10–11 May 1921. 55, (1) pages; 368 lots; 5 fine plates. [bound with] Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. CATALOGUE OF MEDALS AND COINS... BRITISH AND FOREIGN MEDALS, BEING DUPLICATE SPECIMENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM... ENGLIGH GOLD AND SILVER COINS... London, 13–14 July 1922. (2), 39, (1) pages; 409 lots; 7 fine plates. [bound with] Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. THE ROSENHEIM COLLECTIONS. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF MEDALS, PLAQUETTES & COINS, CHIEFLY OF THE RENAISSANCE, FORMED BY THE LATE MAX ROSENHEIM, ESQ. AND MAURICE ROSENHEIM, ESQ. London, 30 April–4 May 1923. vii, (1), 106 pages; 816 lots; 40 fine plates. [bound with] Sotheby & Co. CATALOGUE OF PLATINUM AND GOLD COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A FOREIGN COLLECTOR, INCLUDING PATTERNS AND PROOFS OF ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL COINS AND RARE HISTORICAL MEDALS. London, 12–13 June 1930. 44 pages; 477 lots; 25 fine plates. [bound with] Sotheby & Co. THE COLLECTION OF MEDALS, PLAQUETTES AND COINS, CHIEFLY OF THE RENAISSANCE, FORMED BY THE LATE T. WHITCOMBE GREENE. London, 31 October 1932 [postponed to 30 October 1933]. 31, (1) pages; 252 lots; 8 fine plates. [bound with] Sotheby & Co. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF GREEK, EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN COINS AND MEDALS FORMED BY THE LATE MR. HENRY LAWRENCE. London, 3–4 December 1934. 54 pages; 497 lots; 3 fine plates. Six catalogues, bound in one volume. Crown 40, later maroon pebbled cloth, gilt. Near fine. Includes some notable medal sales, particularly the Rosenheim catalogue, which offered one of the finest collections of Renaissance medals ever sold at auction. Clain-Stefanelli 14376. Grierson 258 & 316. The first catalogue is the R.C. Fisher collection, with additional material from the collections of Canon Millard, S.M. Milne, and Talbot Ready. Whitcombe Greene is also important: Clain-Stefanelli 14361, Grierson 315.