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Cogan, Edward. CATALOGUE OF A CHOICE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN SILVER & COPPER COINS, AMONGST WHICH WILL BE FOUND EXTREMELY FINE SPECIMENS OF U.S. CENTS AND HALF CENTS; COLONIAL, EXPERIMENTAL AND WASHINGTON PIECES... Philadelphia, October 18-19, 1860. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 31, (1) pages; 801 lots (last lot misnumbered 891). Hand-priced in black ink. Near fine. [with] Levick, Jos. N.T. [compiler]. PRICE THREE DIMES. SUPPLEMENT TO THE NUMISMATIC COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS, THE PROPERTY OF EDWARD COGAN, WHICH WAS SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION, IN PHILADELPHIA, PA., ON THURSDAY & FRIDAY, OCT. 18TH & 19TH, 1860, CONTAINING THE PRICE EACH PIECE REALIZED, TOGETHER WITH IMPORTANT CORRECTIONS. New York, 1860. 8vo, self-covered as issued. 4 pages. Near fine. Adams 8, rated B+: "1854-1858 proof sets. Annapolis 3¢. Immunis Columbia. 2 Virginia 1/2¢. RR patterns." Following his listing of this Cogan catalogue, Attinelli notes that "Subsequent to the sale, Mr. Joseph N.T. Levick had a supplement of 4 pages printed, giving the prices brought by each lot." This is the earliest such observation made by Attinelli. In his Reminiscences of Coin-Collecting, Levick reveals a collegial relationship with Edward Cogan and it seems likely that Cogan would willingly have cooperated in the preparation of the above prices realized list, particularly since Cogan considered the sale to be "the most interesting collection that he has yet the pleasure of submitting" to his clientele. Levick was clearly in the vanguard of the publishing of special editions and printings. It was he who was the consignor to the first conventional Cogan sale of December 19, 1859. After Attinelli's listing of that catalogue, he observes that it "was reprinted after the sale with the prices printed in, which each lot brought. A few copies, the first published in this country, with the printed prices, were also issued on fine large paper." Cogan's next sale was also issued in similar form. The evolution into an the present variation on the theme--a separately-issued prices realized list--seems inevitable, though the hefty price of "three dimes" cannot have been conducive to widespread distribution. Very rare: this is one of only two copies we have handled. Second item ex Harry W. Bass, Jr. Library (Kolbe Sale 77), lot 407 at $375 hammer; ex Jim Neiswinter Library.
(Estimate: $200)
Cogan, Edward. CATALOGUE OF A CHOICE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN SILVER & COPPER COINS, AMONGST WHICH WILL BE FOUND EXTREMELY FINE SPECIMENS OF U.S. CENTS AND HALF CENTS; COLONIAL, EXPERIMENTAL AND WASHINGTON PIECES... Philadelphia, October 18-19, 1860. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 31, (1) pages; 801 lots (last lot misnumbered 891). Hand-priced in black ink. Near fine. [with] Levick, Jos. N.T. [compiler]. PRICE THREE DIMES. SUPPLEMENT TO THE NUMISMATIC COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS, THE PROPERTY OF EDWARD COGAN, WHICH WAS SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION, IN PHILADELPHIA, PA., ON THURSDAY & FRIDAY, OCT. 18TH & 19TH, 1860, CONTAINING THE PRICE EACH PIECE REALIZED, TOGETHER WITH IMPORTANT CORRECTIONS. New York, 1860. 8vo, self-covered as issued. 4 pages. Near fine. Adams 8, rated B+: "1854-1858 proof sets. Annapolis 3¢. Immunis Columbia. 2 Virginia 1/2¢. RR patterns." Following his listing of this Cogan catalogue, Attinelli notes that "Subsequent to the sale, Mr. Joseph N.T. Levick had a supplement of 4 pages printed, giving the prices brought by each lot." This is the earliest such observation made by Attinelli. In his Reminiscences of Coin-Collecting, Levick reveals a collegial relationship with Edward Cogan and it seems likely that Cogan would willingly have cooperated in the preparation of the above prices realized list, particularly since Cogan considered the sale to be "the most interesting collection that he has yet the pleasure of submitting" to his clientele. Levick was clearly in the vanguard of the publishing of special editions and printings. It was he who was the consignor to the first conventional Cogan sale of December 19, 1859. After Attinelli's listing of that catalogue, he observes that it "was reprinted after the sale with the prices printed in, which each lot brought. A few copies, the first published in this country, with the printed prices, were also issued on fine large paper." Cogan's next sale was also issued in similar form. The evolution into an the present variation on the theme--a separately-issued prices realized list--seems inevitable, though the hefty price of "three dimes" cannot have been conducive to widespread distribution. Very rare: this is one of only two copies we have handled. Second item ex Harry W. Bass, Jr. Library (Kolbe Sale 77), lot 407 at $375 hammer; ex Jim Neiswinter Library.
(Estimate: $200)