Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 164 27 Aug 2022
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Complete Bluestone Grinnell Sales
Bluestone, Barney. CATALOGUE OF THE "ORIGINAL" CELEBRATED ALBERT A. GRINNELL COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES PAPER CURRENCY. PARTS I-VII. Syracuse, 1944-1946. Seven catalogues. 8vo, original printed card covers. 651, (1) pages; frontispiece portrait of Grinnell; 5898 lots. All sales with original printed prices realized list. [with] Bluestone, Barney. IMPORTANT PUBLIC AUCTION OF LARGE SIZE U.S. PAPER CURRENCY, PROPERTY OF ALBERT A. GRINNELL. Syracuse, March 8, 1947. 8vo, original printed card covers. 55, (1) pages; 841 lots; frontispiece portrait. Eight catalogues total. Generally fine set. The complete set of these important auction sale catalogues, including the scarce 1947 "mopping up" sale. Adams page 115: "The high point of the Bluestone series is, of course, Albert A. Grinnell's paper money. A serious collector (and, in real life, the President of Grinnell Brothers Music House) Grinnell spent most of his adult life in assembling a landmark collection. Included therein were holdings of United States notes, National Bank notes and New York paper money that remain unrivaled in both scope and features." Clain-Stefanelli 13539. McKerchar 155. Ex Cardnal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $150)
Bluestone, Barney. CATALOGUE OF THE "ORIGINAL" CELEBRATED ALBERT A. GRINNELL COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES PAPER CURRENCY. PARTS I-VII. Syracuse, 1944-1946. Seven catalogues. 8vo, original printed card covers. 651, (1) pages; frontispiece portrait of Grinnell; 5898 lots. All sales with original printed prices realized list. [with] Bluestone, Barney. IMPORTANT PUBLIC AUCTION OF LARGE SIZE U.S. PAPER CURRENCY, PROPERTY OF ALBERT A. GRINNELL. Syracuse, March 8, 1947. 8vo, original printed card covers. 55, (1) pages; 841 lots; frontispiece portrait. Eight catalogues total. Generally fine set. The complete set of these important auction sale catalogues, including the scarce 1947 "mopping up" sale. Adams page 115: "The high point of the Bluestone series is, of course, Albert A. Grinnell's paper money. A serious collector (and, in real life, the President of Grinnell Brothers Music House) Grinnell spent most of his adult life in assembling a landmark collection. Included therein were holdings of United States notes, National Bank notes and New York paper money that remain unrivaled in both scope and features." Clain-Stefanelli 13539. McKerchar 155. Ex Cardnal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $150)