Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 164 27 Aug 2022
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Very Scarce 1933 ANA Sale
Koin-X-Change Shop [Rollo E. Gilmore]. SIXTH CATALOGUE OF RARE COINS. SECTION NO. I... RARE COINS, INCLUDING MEDALS, TOKENS & PAPER MONEY, CURIOUS MONIES OF THE WORLD... SECTION NO. 2... RARE COINS, INCLUDING MEDALS, TOKENS, INDIAN RELICS, OLD NEWSPAPERS, LINCOLNIANA, WASHINGTONIANA, OLD PIANO FORTE SHEET MUSIC, AUTOGRAPHS, RELICS, NUMISMATIC LITERATURE & BOOKS. Chicago, August 29-30, 1933. 8vo, original printed card covers. 32 pages; 1150 lots. Near fine. The 1933 ANA sale. Infrequently offered. Charles Davis, in his American Numismatic Literature (item 577), writes that "only by having been held during an A.N.A. Convention is this catalogue saved from complete ignominious doom." Our colleague is perhaps being a tad harsh. Where else, after all, can you find the original chorus to Coin Bug, the "A.N.A.'s Song" (to the tune "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More"): "Oh! It's Coin Bugs, Coin Bugs, Coin Bugs, / Yes, Coin Bugs and still more; / It's great to be together, / And talk old coins once more." Then again, perhaps Charlie has a point. Regardless, this is a scarce early ANA sale. Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $100)
Koin-X-Change Shop [Rollo E. Gilmore]. SIXTH CATALOGUE OF RARE COINS. SECTION NO. I... RARE COINS, INCLUDING MEDALS, TOKENS & PAPER MONEY, CURIOUS MONIES OF THE WORLD... SECTION NO. 2... RARE COINS, INCLUDING MEDALS, TOKENS, INDIAN RELICS, OLD NEWSPAPERS, LINCOLNIANA, WASHINGTONIANA, OLD PIANO FORTE SHEET MUSIC, AUTOGRAPHS, RELICS, NUMISMATIC LITERATURE & BOOKS. Chicago, August 29-30, 1933. 8vo, original printed card covers. 32 pages; 1150 lots. Near fine. The 1933 ANA sale. Infrequently offered. Charles Davis, in his American Numismatic Literature (item 577), writes that "only by having been held during an A.N.A. Convention is this catalogue saved from complete ignominious doom." Our colleague is perhaps being a tad harsh. Where else, after all, can you find the original chorus to Coin Bug, the "A.N.A.'s Song" (to the tune "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More"): "Oh! It's Coin Bugs, Coin Bugs, Coin Bugs, / Yes, Coin Bugs and still more; / It's great to be together, / And talk old coins once more." Then again, perhaps Charlie has a point. Regardless, this is a scarce early ANA sale. Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $100)