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Plated Chubbuck, Bound with Cogan's Plated Sanford
Haseltine, John W. CATALOGUE OF A VERY LARGE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS AND MEDALS, COMPRISING THE CABINETS OF S.W. CHUBBUCK, OF UTICA, N.Y., AND OTHERS. Philadelphia, February 25-28, 1873. 127, (1) pages; 2896 lots; 5 fine photographic plates, mounted on very thick card stock as issued. Printed prices realized list (loose pages) laid in. [bound with] Cogan, Edward. CATALOGUE OF A VERY RARE AND VALUABLE ASSORTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS, IN GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER, THE PROPERTY OF E. HARRISON SANFORD, ESQ. New York: Bangs, November 27, 1874. 20 pages; 367 lots; 2 fine mounted photographic plates. Partly hand-priced in ink. Two catalogues, bound in one volume. 8vo, contemporary brown half calf; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt. Binding worn, but sound; one signature detached from binding. Good to very good. Adams 8, with plates (under Haseltine) and Adams 39, with plates (under Cogan). Two very early photographically illustrated U.S. numismatic auction catalogues. The Chubbuck sale is scarce; the Sanford catalogue is downright rare. Adams rates Chubbuck A overall: "Washington Funeral Medal in gold. NE shilling. 1823 and 1827 25¢." He writes, "The only real rarity of the [Haseltine] series is a plated Chubbuck, of which fifty copies were made." Samuel Winchester Chubbuck (1799-1875) was a telegraphic pioneer, though neither Haseltine nor Attinelli have much to say about him. The first plate depicts rare American silver coins; the second comprises illustrations of coins of the Far East; the third features large cents 1793-1832; the fourth depicts European and Latin American medals and two ancient coins; and the fifth illustrates three large European medals and a silver Libertas Americana medal. It is the only sale in the entire Haseltine series issued with plates. Adams awards Sanford an overall rating of A-: "1791 Disme. AU 1794 $1. 1804 $1. 1846-58 proof sets. Gem 1823 25¢, 1802 5¢. XF 1796 1/2¢." The plates depict choice large cents, colonials, rare early United States silver coins, medals, etc. Though a fine engraving of the 1804 silver dollar had appeared in Eckfeldt & Du Bois's famous 1842 Manual of Gold and Silver Coins of All Nations, the Sanford specimen appears to be the first to be depicted on a published photograph. The obverse of this 1804 silver dollar (later to become generally known as the Lorin G. Parmelee-Byron Reed specimen) is illustrated at the upper right corner of one of the plates, secured in place with three pins as was the custom at the time. According to Newman and Bressett: "It has been stated that a lady obtained this dollar from the Mint during the period of President Polk's administration (1845-1849), and hearing of the high price paid for Mr. Mickley's piece ($750, October 28, 1867), she turned her coin over to her son who sold it to Mr. Sanford about April, 1868." Described in the Sanford sale as "one of, if not the most rare piece in the American series, not more than four of five being known to collectors in the United States," it sold for $700.00 to Lorin Parmelee and, at his 1890 sale, was acquired by Byron Reed for $570. It is one of the great rarities, with plates, of the Cogan series; Adams ranks it the scarcest. Ex John J. Ford, Jr. library (Kolbe Sale 93, lot 537), where it sold for an impressive $3000 hammer; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $1200)
Haseltine, John W. CATALOGUE OF A VERY LARGE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS AND MEDALS, COMPRISING THE CABINETS OF S.W. CHUBBUCK, OF UTICA, N.Y., AND OTHERS. Philadelphia, February 25-28, 1873. 127, (1) pages; 2896 lots; 5 fine photographic plates, mounted on very thick card stock as issued. Printed prices realized list (loose pages) laid in. [bound with] Cogan, Edward. CATALOGUE OF A VERY RARE AND VALUABLE ASSORTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS, IN GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER, THE PROPERTY OF E. HARRISON SANFORD, ESQ. New York: Bangs, November 27, 1874. 20 pages; 367 lots; 2 fine mounted photographic plates. Partly hand-priced in ink. Two catalogues, bound in one volume. 8vo, contemporary brown half calf; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt. Binding worn, but sound; one signature detached from binding. Good to very good. Adams 8, with plates (under Haseltine) and Adams 39, with plates (under Cogan). Two very early photographically illustrated U.S. numismatic auction catalogues. The Chubbuck sale is scarce; the Sanford catalogue is downright rare. Adams rates Chubbuck A overall: "Washington Funeral Medal in gold. NE shilling. 1823 and 1827 25¢." He writes, "The only real rarity of the [Haseltine] series is a plated Chubbuck, of which fifty copies were made." Samuel Winchester Chubbuck (1799-1875) was a telegraphic pioneer, though neither Haseltine nor Attinelli have much to say about him. The first plate depicts rare American silver coins; the second comprises illustrations of coins of the Far East; the third features large cents 1793-1832; the fourth depicts European and Latin American medals and two ancient coins; and the fifth illustrates three large European medals and a silver Libertas Americana medal. It is the only sale in the entire Haseltine series issued with plates. Adams awards Sanford an overall rating of A-: "1791 Disme. AU 1794 $1. 1804 $1. 1846-58 proof sets. Gem 1823 25¢, 1802 5¢. XF 1796 1/2¢." The plates depict choice large cents, colonials, rare early United States silver coins, medals, etc. Though a fine engraving of the 1804 silver dollar had appeared in Eckfeldt & Du Bois's famous 1842 Manual of Gold and Silver Coins of All Nations, the Sanford specimen appears to be the first to be depicted on a published photograph. The obverse of this 1804 silver dollar (later to become generally known as the Lorin G. Parmelee-Byron Reed specimen) is illustrated at the upper right corner of one of the plates, secured in place with three pins as was the custom at the time. According to Newman and Bressett: "It has been stated that a lady obtained this dollar from the Mint during the period of President Polk's administration (1845-1849), and hearing of the high price paid for Mr. Mickley's piece ($750, October 28, 1867), she turned her coin over to her son who sold it to Mr. Sanford about April, 1868." Described in the Sanford sale as "one of, if not the most rare piece in the American series, not more than four of five being known to collectors in the United States," it sold for $700.00 to Lorin Parmelee and, at his 1890 sale, was acquired by Byron Reed for $570. It is one of the great rarities, with plates, of the Cogan series; Adams ranks it the scarcest. Ex John J. Ford, Jr. library (Kolbe Sale 93, lot 537), where it sold for an impressive $3000 hammer; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $1200)