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1940s ANA Convention Sales
[American Numismatic Association]. Reed, Ira. XXVII COIN AUCTION HELD AT THE A.N.A. CONVENTION. Philadelphia, August 19, 1941. 8vo, original printed card covers. (2), 82 pages; 808 lots. Very good or better. [with] Kosoff, A. [Numismatic Gallery]. SALE CATALOGUE NO. 17. 1942 AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASS'N. CONVENTION. Cincinnati, August 25, 1942. 8vo, original orange printed card covers. 71, (1) pages; 1190 lots. Near fine. [with] Kosoff, A., and Abner Kreisberg [Numismatic Gallery]. 1946 ANA CONVENTION SALE. Davenport, August 20–21, 1946. 8vo, original printed card covers. 110, (2) pages; 2197 lots. Near fine. [with] Kosoff, A., and Abner Kreisberg [Numismatic Gallery]. OFFICIAL PROGRAM AND AUCTION CATALOGUE. AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION. 1947 CONVENTION. Buffalo, August 26–27, 1947. 8vo, original printed card covers. 176 pages; 1754 lots; text illustrations. Very good or better. Also included is a damp-stained copy of the 1939 convention program. Four ANA convention sales of the 1940s, all of them published in the show's program. The 1942 sale is somewhat scarce. The 1946 ANA sale was the first ANA sale to attain an A-level rating by Adams (albeit an A–). The 1947 sale featured "The Sheraton Collection" of choice large cents, and is notable for using Sheldon's not-yet-published Early American Cents to attribute and price the large cents.
[American Numismatic Association]. Reed, Ira. XXVII COIN AUCTION HELD AT THE A.N.A. CONVENTION. Philadelphia, August 19, 1941. 8vo, original printed card covers. (2), 82 pages; 808 lots. Very good or better. [with] Kosoff, A. [Numismatic Gallery]. SALE CATALOGUE NO. 17. 1942 AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASS'N. CONVENTION. Cincinnati, August 25, 1942. 8vo, original orange printed card covers. 71, (1) pages; 1190 lots. Near fine. [with] Kosoff, A., and Abner Kreisberg [Numismatic Gallery]. 1946 ANA CONVENTION SALE. Davenport, August 20–21, 1946. 8vo, original printed card covers. 110, (2) pages; 2197 lots. Near fine. [with] Kosoff, A., and Abner Kreisberg [Numismatic Gallery]. OFFICIAL PROGRAM AND AUCTION CATALOGUE. AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION. 1947 CONVENTION. Buffalo, August 26–27, 1947. 8vo, original printed card covers. 176 pages; 1754 lots; text illustrations. Very good or better. Also included is a damp-stained copy of the 1939 convention program. Four ANA convention sales of the 1940s, all of them published in the show's program. The 1942 sale is somewhat scarce. The 1946 ANA sale was the first ANA sale to attain an A-level rating by Adams (albeit an A–). The 1947 sale featured "The Sheraton Collection" of choice large cents, and is notable for using Sheldon's not-yet-published Early American Cents to attribute and price the large cents.