Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 162 22 Jan 2022
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
Hardcover Helfenstein Sale
Merkin, Lester. LOUIS HELFENSTEIN COLLECTION OF LARGE CENTS, 1793–1857. New York, August 14, 1964. 8vo, original tan cloth, gilt; color photograph mounted. 64 pages; 332 lots; illustrated. Prices realized printed throughout. Fine. The special hardcover edition of Merkin's first auction sale, the important collection of U.S. large cents formed by Lou Helfenstein. Catalogued by Walter Breen (though his typescript was heavily edited, with many changes made). The color photo on the front cover was the first to be used on a U.S. numismatic auction catalogue, and is a classic. No. 56 of 100 copies thus bound. Ex Roger Persichilli Library.
Merkin, Lester. LOUIS HELFENSTEIN COLLECTION OF LARGE CENTS, 1793–1857. New York, August 14, 1964. 8vo, original tan cloth, gilt; color photograph mounted. 64 pages; 332 lots; illustrated. Prices realized printed throughout. Fine. The special hardcover edition of Merkin's first auction sale, the important collection of U.S. large cents formed by Lou Helfenstein. Catalogued by Walter Breen (though his typescript was heavily edited, with many changes made). The color photo on the front cover was the first to be used on a U.S. numismatic auction catalogue, and is a classic. No. 56 of 100 copies thus bound. Ex Roger Persichilli Library.