Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 164 27 Aug 2022
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The Fuld Set of Smith Sales, Two with Photographic Plates
Smith, H.P., and H.G. Sampson. AUCTION SALE CATALOGUES. New York, 1880-1881. Four catalogues. Adams Nos. 1-4, complete. Hand-priced throughout. [bound with] Smith, H.P. AUCTION SALES. New York, 1881-1887. Twenty catalogues. Adams Nos. 1-18, 20 and 21. All but the last two neatly hand-priced. Twenty-four catalogues in all, bound in one volume. Thick 8vo, modern blue cloth, gilt; original printed paper or card covers bound in throughout; all page edges red. Fine. The 1883 Historical Collection and the 1885 Stewart Douglas both include the rare plates. Except for the large format 1886 Maris sale, a complete run of Smith/Sampson and H.P. Smith sales, nearly all of them with prices. Following his short-lived partnership with Henry Griswold Sampson (c. 1840-1899), Harland Page Smith (1839-1902) conducted 21 auctions under his own name before establishing the New York Coin & Stamp Company with David U. Proskey in 1888. He would continue in business with Proskey until his death. Adams writes of Smith that he "was a man with genuine numismatic talent. In addition, a close reading of his catalogs reveals a man with a rare sense of humor." Following the Smith & Sampson partnership, Sampson conducted 22 sales from 1881 to 1889 beginning with the L.F. Montanye sale, which Adams has called "among the best of the 1880s." Ex Melvin and George Fuld Library, with their bookplate (Katen Sale 37, lot 1417); ex Harry W. Bass, Jr. Library, with his bookplate (Kolbe Sale 80, lot 506); ex Craig Smith Library (Kolbe Sale 95, lot 188); ex Dave Steine Library (Kolbe & Fanning's 2015 New York Book Auction, lot 308); ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $1200)
Smith, H.P., and H.G. Sampson. AUCTION SALE CATALOGUES. New York, 1880-1881. Four catalogues. Adams Nos. 1-4, complete. Hand-priced throughout. [bound with] Smith, H.P. AUCTION SALES. New York, 1881-1887. Twenty catalogues. Adams Nos. 1-18, 20 and 21. All but the last two neatly hand-priced. Twenty-four catalogues in all, bound in one volume. Thick 8vo, modern blue cloth, gilt; original printed paper or card covers bound in throughout; all page edges red. Fine. The 1883 Historical Collection and the 1885 Stewart Douglas both include the rare plates. Except for the large format 1886 Maris sale, a complete run of Smith/Sampson and H.P. Smith sales, nearly all of them with prices. Following his short-lived partnership with Henry Griswold Sampson (c. 1840-1899), Harland Page Smith (1839-1902) conducted 21 auctions under his own name before establishing the New York Coin & Stamp Company with David U. Proskey in 1888. He would continue in business with Proskey until his death. Adams writes of Smith that he "was a man with genuine numismatic talent. In addition, a close reading of his catalogs reveals a man with a rare sense of humor." Following the Smith & Sampson partnership, Sampson conducted 22 sales from 1881 to 1889 beginning with the L.F. Montanye sale, which Adams has called "among the best of the 1880s." Ex Melvin and George Fuld Library, with their bookplate (Katen Sale 37, lot 1417); ex Harry W. Bass, Jr. Library, with his bookplate (Kolbe Sale 80, lot 506); ex Craig Smith Library (Kolbe Sale 95, lot 188); ex Dave Steine Library (Kolbe & Fanning's 2015 New York Book Auction, lot 308); ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $1200)