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Bound Volume of 1887-1888 Frossard Sales
Frossard, Ed. AUCTION CATALOGUES, 1887-1888. New York, Geo. Leavitt & Co. 8vo, later red half morocco; spine with four raised bands, lettered in silver; original printed paper covers bound in at end. Includes sales dated: June 10, 1887; June 24, 1887; October 11, 1887; October 12-13, 1887; November 1-2, 1887; December 16-17, 1887; December 20, 1887; January 26-27, 1888, February 16, 1888; March 9-10, 1888; March 29, 1888; May 2-4, 1888; May 11, 1888; June 28, 1888; and July 20, 1888. Sales 70, 73, 75, 80 and 85 are hand-priced, usually in ink. Sale 70, 75 and 80 are thick-paper copies. Sale 73 is partly named. Some covers with repairs; occasional discoloration to a couple of catalogues; a couple lacking title pages. Fourteen catalogues in one binding. Generally near fine. Adams 70-85 [No. 78 was not issued as such]. This period of Frossard's career saw him occupied with more non-numismatic sales than usual, with really substantive coin sales being few and far between. None of these catalogues are rated above B by Adams, and indeed the only B-level sales are Nos. 73 (Jonas Ettinger collection, rated B- overall and B for colonials) and 80 (Gen. Rush C. Hawkins and L. Bayard Smith, rated B overall and A in proofs). What this group lacks in content, though, it provides in rarity. No fewer than eight of these catalogues are lacking in the library of the American Numismatic Society, with two of them (Nos. 77 and 83) also lacking from the Fuld set. Ex John W. Adams Library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 150, lot 216); ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $400)
Frossard, Ed. AUCTION CATALOGUES, 1887-1888. New York, Geo. Leavitt & Co. 8vo, later red half morocco; spine with four raised bands, lettered in silver; original printed paper covers bound in at end. Includes sales dated: June 10, 1887; June 24, 1887; October 11, 1887; October 12-13, 1887; November 1-2, 1887; December 16-17, 1887; December 20, 1887; January 26-27, 1888, February 16, 1888; March 9-10, 1888; March 29, 1888; May 2-4, 1888; May 11, 1888; June 28, 1888; and July 20, 1888. Sales 70, 73, 75, 80 and 85 are hand-priced, usually in ink. Sale 70, 75 and 80 are thick-paper copies. Sale 73 is partly named. Some covers with repairs; occasional discoloration to a couple of catalogues; a couple lacking title pages. Fourteen catalogues in one binding. Generally near fine. Adams 70-85 [No. 78 was not issued as such]. This period of Frossard's career saw him occupied with more non-numismatic sales than usual, with really substantive coin sales being few and far between. None of these catalogues are rated above B by Adams, and indeed the only B-level sales are Nos. 73 (Jonas Ettinger collection, rated B- overall and B for colonials) and 80 (Gen. Rush C. Hawkins and L. Bayard Smith, rated B overall and A in proofs). What this group lacks in content, though, it provides in rarity. No fewer than eight of these catalogues are lacking in the library of the American Numismatic Society, with two of them (Nos. 77 and 83) also lacking from the Fuld set. Ex John W. Adams Library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 150, lot 216); ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $400)