Kolbe & Fanning
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Bound Volume of 1897 Sales
Frossard, Ed. AUCTION CATALOGUES, 1897. New York, Cole Art Rooms. 8vo, later red half morocco; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; original printed paper covers bound in. Includes sales dated: January 12, 1897; March 2-3, 1897; April 20-21, 1897; May 18, 1897; June 29, 1897; September 28, 1897; and October 26, 1897. All sales hand-priced. All but Sale 146 thick-paper copies. Generally fine or nearly so. Adams 143-149. Sale 144 featured notable material from the collection of B.H. Collins, a Treasury Department official who collected U.S. large cents and half cents quite seriously; Collins purchased many of his coins from the London dealer F.W. Lincoln, giving Frossard the chance to offer them for the first time in a U.S. sale. The sale also included coins from the collection of W.H. Johnson, which accounted for many of the medals therein. The sale is also rated A- in early silver. Sale 145 includes an important library, with Adams rating the sale A for literature. Ex John W. Adams Library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 150, lot 225); ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $300)
Frossard, Ed. AUCTION CATALOGUES, 1897. New York, Cole Art Rooms. 8vo, later red half morocco; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; original printed paper covers bound in. Includes sales dated: January 12, 1897; March 2-3, 1897; April 20-21, 1897; May 18, 1897; June 29, 1897; September 28, 1897; and October 26, 1897. All sales hand-priced. All but Sale 146 thick-paper copies. Generally fine or nearly so. Adams 143-149. Sale 144 featured notable material from the collection of B.H. Collins, a Treasury Department official who collected U.S. large cents and half cents quite seriously; Collins purchased many of his coins from the London dealer F.W. Lincoln, giving Frossard the chance to offer them for the first time in a U.S. sale. The sale also included coins from the collection of W.H. Johnson, which accounted for many of the medals therein. The sale is also rated A- in early silver. Sale 145 includes an important library, with Adams rating the sale A for literature. Ex John W. Adams Library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 150, lot 225); ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $300)