Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 162 22 Jan 2022
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Steigerwalt, Chas. AUCTION CATALOGUES. Lancaster and New York, 1881–1909. Twenty-five auction sale catalogues, being Adams Nos. 2–8, 10, 12, 14, 17–18, 20–26, 32, 36, 38, 63 and 65. All 8vo [slightly varying sizes], generally with original printed paper covers present where issued. Sales 12 is hand-priced. Condition varies from very good to fine. A good starter set of Charlie Steigerwalt's auction catalogues, being 25 of the 71 issued. Steigerwalt's location left him far removed from most of the numismatic activity of 19th-century America. As John W. Adams has written, "That an individual could begin, much less carry on for thirty-three years, a coin dealership in the hamlet of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is pertinent testimony as to the character of the man." Despite the limitations he faced due to his distance from the larger cities, Steigerwalt handled some very impressive coins over his career-a fact that has only become widely appreciated in recent years. His catalogues are always scarce and often rare. This run includes Adams 65, which was not included in the remarkably complete set in the Champa Library.
Steigerwalt, Chas. AUCTION CATALOGUES. Lancaster and New York, 1881–1909. Twenty-five auction sale catalogues, being Adams Nos. 2–8, 10, 12, 14, 17–18, 20–26, 32, 36, 38, 63 and 65. All 8vo [slightly varying sizes], generally with original printed paper covers present where issued. Sales 12 is hand-priced. Condition varies from very good to fine. A good starter set of Charlie Steigerwalt's auction catalogues, being 25 of the 71 issued. Steigerwalt's location left him far removed from most of the numismatic activity of 19th-century America. As John W. Adams has written, "That an individual could begin, much less carry on for thirty-three years, a coin dealership in the hamlet of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is pertinent testimony as to the character of the man." Despite the limitations he faced due to his distance from the larger cities, Steigerwalt handled some very impressive coins over his career-a fact that has only become widely appreciated in recent years. His catalogues are always scarce and often rare. This run includes Adams 65, which was not included in the remarkably complete set in the Champa Library.