Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 164 27 Aug 2022
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
Near Complete Set of the Flying Eaglet
Spadone, Frank G. [editor]. YOU NAME IT / THE FLYING EAGLET / THE COIN NEWS MAGAZINE / THE COIN PRESS MAGAZINE. Group of 74 issues of the 86 published (1955-1961), comprising: Present: Volume I, Nos. 2-12; Volume II, Nos. 1-2 (13-14), 16-24; Volume III, Nos. 1-6 and 8-12; Volume IV, Nos. 2-6 and 8-11; Volume V, Nos. 1-12, complete; Volume VI, Nos. 1-6, 9-10, and 12-13; Volume VII, Nos. 17-24; and Volume VIII, Nos. 25-26, complete [title changes to Coin News with Volume 5, No. 5, and to Coin Press with Volume 5, No. 7]. 4to, original pictorial paper covers. A few issued three-hole punched for inclusion in binder. Generally very good or better. Bourne 1950-16, 1950-18, 1950-41 and 1950-47. A considerable run of this scarce publication, being 74 issues of the 86 published. The first two issues were published as You Name It; the other ten issues of the first volume appeared as The Flying Eaglet. This name continued through Volume IV (with Volume II having 12 issues irregularly numbered and the others a more usual 12 apiece). Volume V consists of 12 issues under three titles, the name being changed to Coin News with No. 5 and two issues later (at the suggestion of Numismatic News) to Coin Press. Under this title, it continued to publish Volumes VI-VIII in serially numbered format (26 issues total: 14 for Volume VI, 10 for Volume VII and 2 for Volume VIII). Chester Krause only published three issues under the Coin Press title before changing it to the much more successful Coins. Ex M. Bourne Library.
(Estimate: $200)
Spadone, Frank G. [editor]. YOU NAME IT / THE FLYING EAGLET / THE COIN NEWS MAGAZINE / THE COIN PRESS MAGAZINE. Group of 74 issues of the 86 published (1955-1961), comprising: Present: Volume I, Nos. 2-12; Volume II, Nos. 1-2 (13-14), 16-24; Volume III, Nos. 1-6 and 8-12; Volume IV, Nos. 2-6 and 8-11; Volume V, Nos. 1-12, complete; Volume VI, Nos. 1-6, 9-10, and 12-13; Volume VII, Nos. 17-24; and Volume VIII, Nos. 25-26, complete [title changes to Coin News with Volume 5, No. 5, and to Coin Press with Volume 5, No. 7]. 4to, original pictorial paper covers. A few issued three-hole punched for inclusion in binder. Generally very good or better. Bourne 1950-16, 1950-18, 1950-41 and 1950-47. A considerable run of this scarce publication, being 74 issues of the 86 published. The first two issues were published as You Name It; the other ten issues of the first volume appeared as The Flying Eaglet. This name continued through Volume IV (with Volume II having 12 issues irregularly numbered and the others a more usual 12 apiece). Volume V consists of 12 issues under three titles, the name being changed to Coin News with No. 5 and two issues later (at the suggestion of Numismatic News) to Coin Press. Under this title, it continued to publish Volumes VI-VIII in serially numbered format (26 issues total: 14 for Volume VI, 10 for Volume VII and 2 for Volume VIII). Chester Krause only published three issues under the Coin Press title before changing it to the much more successful Coins. Ex M. Bourne Library.
(Estimate: $200)