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Bement European Sale with Remarkable Reprint Plates
Chapman, Henry. PART II: CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF MAGNIFICENT SPECIMENS OF EUROPEAN COINS IN GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER, THE PROPERTY OF CLARENCE S. BEMENT, ESQ., PHILADELPHIA. New York: Anderson Galleries, June 26-27, 1918. 4to, modern white cloth; gilt-printed card covers mounted on boards in style of the original. iv, (2), 93, (1), (8) pages; 999 lots; 9 reprint plates taken from original negatives. Prices realized list bound in. Fine. Adams 35 (rated A- overall, A for all European categories). A well-executed production combining the original catalogue and prices realized list with new reprint plates taken from the original glass negatives, the whole well-bound in the likeness of the originals. The quality of the reprinted plates actually exceeds that of the originals. This "reprint," and a similar edition of the June 1918 Jackman sale (see following), used original copies of the sale that had been part of the hoard of Chapman catalogues found in the Henry Chapman estate and the photographic negatives (which were in John Ford's possession). Perhaps as few as 20 copies were reproduced. The Bement sale featured an outstanding collection of European coins, the choicest and rarest of which are depicted on the plates. Clain-Stefanelli 7958. See Davis 208. Ex Kolbe Sale 106, lot 451.
(Estimate: $150)
Chapman, Henry. PART II: CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF MAGNIFICENT SPECIMENS OF EUROPEAN COINS IN GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER, THE PROPERTY OF CLARENCE S. BEMENT, ESQ., PHILADELPHIA. New York: Anderson Galleries, June 26-27, 1918. 4to, modern white cloth; gilt-printed card covers mounted on boards in style of the original. iv, (2), 93, (1), (8) pages; 999 lots; 9 reprint plates taken from original negatives. Prices realized list bound in. Fine. Adams 35 (rated A- overall, A for all European categories). A well-executed production combining the original catalogue and prices realized list with new reprint plates taken from the original glass negatives, the whole well-bound in the likeness of the originals. The quality of the reprinted plates actually exceeds that of the originals. This "reprint," and a similar edition of the June 1918 Jackman sale (see following), used original copies of the sale that had been part of the hoard of Chapman catalogues found in the Henry Chapman estate and the photographic negatives (which were in John Ford's possession). Perhaps as few as 20 copies were reproduced. The Bement sale featured an outstanding collection of European coins, the choicest and rarest of which are depicted on the plates. Clain-Stefanelli 7958. See Davis 208. Ex Kolbe Sale 106, lot 451.
(Estimate: $150)