Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 164 27 Aug 2022
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Impressive Group of Massamore Sales
Massamore, George W. AUCTION CATALOGUES. Thirty-eight auction catalogues, including: Sales 1-13, 15-19, 21-29, 31-35, 37-40 and 42-43. Baltimore, 1880-1895. 8vo, original printed paper covers. Sale 1, 2, 13, 15, 18, 25 and 27 are hand-priced; some occasional notes and prices elsewhere. Generally very good or better. Baltimore coin dealer George Massamore (1845-1898) remains a mysterious contributor to U.S. numismatic history. He joined the Confederate Army at the age of 16 and remained in it for the duration of the conflict, serving under Lieutenant General Richard Ewell, who commanded Stonewall Jackson's 2nd Corps. Massamore's later expertise in Confederate currency and abiding interest in the numismatic byproducts of the conflict suggest that his war memories remained with him. He entered the public numismatic sphere by cataloguing Baltimore's first coin sale, held December 1, 1880, and consisting of duplicates from his own collection. His catalogues are decidedly scarce: this collection of them is based on a group of 36 Massamore catalogues put together some 20 years or so ago by the present cataloguer and sold in one of my early fixed price lists. By comparison, the Rubin Library had 33 Massamore catalogues, which is the largest group we've sold in recent years. Mostly ex David Fanning Library; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $450)
Massamore, George W. AUCTION CATALOGUES. Thirty-eight auction catalogues, including: Sales 1-13, 15-19, 21-29, 31-35, 37-40 and 42-43. Baltimore, 1880-1895. 8vo, original printed paper covers. Sale 1, 2, 13, 15, 18, 25 and 27 are hand-priced; some occasional notes and prices elsewhere. Generally very good or better. Baltimore coin dealer George Massamore (1845-1898) remains a mysterious contributor to U.S. numismatic history. He joined the Confederate Army at the age of 16 and remained in it for the duration of the conflict, serving under Lieutenant General Richard Ewell, who commanded Stonewall Jackson's 2nd Corps. Massamore's later expertise in Confederate currency and abiding interest in the numismatic byproducts of the conflict suggest that his war memories remained with him. He entered the public numismatic sphere by cataloguing Baltimore's first coin sale, held December 1, 1880, and consisting of duplicates from his own collection. His catalogues are decidedly scarce: this collection of them is based on a group of 36 Massamore catalogues put together some 20 years or so ago by the present cataloguer and sold in one of my early fixed price lists. By comparison, the Rubin Library had 33 Massamore catalogues, which is the largest group we've sold in recent years. Mostly ex David Fanning Library; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $450)