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Bound Volume of 1890-1891 Frossard Sales
Frossard, Ed. AUCTION CATALOGUES, 1890-1891. New York, Geo. Leavitt & Co. 8vo, later red half morocco; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; original printed paper covers bound in. Includes sales dated: April 12, 1890; May 13, 1890; September 20, 1890; November 8, 1890; January 9-10, 1891; March 7, 1891; May 6-8, 1891; June 2, 1891; October 16, 1891; and December 22, 1891. Sales 101-103 are printed on thick paper. Sales 102, 104, 105, 107, and 109 are hand-priced in ink. Near fine or better. Adams 100-109. While Sale 104 boasted material from the collections of Andrew C. Zabriskie and Richard H. Lawrence, it achieves an A rating by Adams in the category of Tokens, which were (according to the title page) "the Property of a well-known Brooklyn Collector," identified elsewhere as Benjamin Betts. Sale 106 offered the Ludwig Dreier collection, which is rated A for Germany & France as well as general European. This volume includes some very rarely seen non-numismatic sales. Ex John W. Adams Library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 150, part of lot 219); ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $250)
Frossard, Ed. AUCTION CATALOGUES, 1890-1891. New York, Geo. Leavitt & Co. 8vo, later red half morocco; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; original printed paper covers bound in. Includes sales dated: April 12, 1890; May 13, 1890; September 20, 1890; November 8, 1890; January 9-10, 1891; March 7, 1891; May 6-8, 1891; June 2, 1891; October 16, 1891; and December 22, 1891. Sales 101-103 are printed on thick paper. Sales 102, 104, 105, 107, and 109 are hand-priced in ink. Near fine or better. Adams 100-109. While Sale 104 boasted material from the collections of Andrew C. Zabriskie and Richard H. Lawrence, it achieves an A rating by Adams in the category of Tokens, which were (according to the title page) "the Property of a well-known Brooklyn Collector," identified elsewhere as Benjamin Betts. Sale 106 offered the Ludwig Dreier collection, which is rated A for Germany & France as well as general European. This volume includes some very rarely seen non-numismatic sales. Ex John W. Adams Library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 150, part of lot 219); ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $250)