Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 164 27 Aug 2022
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Complete 24-volume Softcover Set of Ford Catalogues, Plus Library
Stack's, continuing as Stack's Bowers Galleries. JOHN J. FORD, JR. COLLECTION. COINS, MEDALS AND CURRENCY. PARTS I-XXIV. NUMISMATIC AMERICAN HISTORY. New York etc., 2003-2013. Twenty-four catalogues, complete. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 6452 pages; 15,284 lots; numerous portraits; profusely illustrated throughout, largely in full color. Fine. [with] Kolbe, George Frederick [in association with Stack's]. NUMISMATICA AMERICANA. THE JOHN J. FORD, JR. REFERENCE LIBRARY. PARTS ONE AND TWO. Riverside, June 1, 2004, and Long Beach, June 4 and 6, 2005. Two volumes. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 308, (2); 172 pages; 1750 lots in all; numerous color and monochrome illustrations. Fine. The complete 24-volume set of this encyclopedic series of Numismatic American History auction sale catalogues, documenting the fabled collection assembled by John Jay Ford, Jr. The production values exhibited by the catalogues themselves are exceeded only by the depth of numismatic scholarship contained therein. They will long remain indispensable to scholars, collectors, and dealers interested in the truly fascinating world of American numismatics that lies beyond dates and mintmarks. Voted No. 6 on the Numismatic Bibliomania Society's "One Hundred Greatest Items of United States Numismatic Literature." Also included is the 2-volume set of the catalogues of Ford's numismatic library, sold by George F. Kolbe in 2004 and 2005.
(Estimate: $200)
Stack's, continuing as Stack's Bowers Galleries. JOHN J. FORD, JR. COLLECTION. COINS, MEDALS AND CURRENCY. PARTS I-XXIV. NUMISMATIC AMERICAN HISTORY. New York etc., 2003-2013. Twenty-four catalogues, complete. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 6452 pages; 15,284 lots; numerous portraits; profusely illustrated throughout, largely in full color. Fine. [with] Kolbe, George Frederick [in association with Stack's]. NUMISMATICA AMERICANA. THE JOHN J. FORD, JR. REFERENCE LIBRARY. PARTS ONE AND TWO. Riverside, June 1, 2004, and Long Beach, June 4 and 6, 2005. Two volumes. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 308, (2); 172 pages; 1750 lots in all; numerous color and monochrome illustrations. Fine. The complete 24-volume set of this encyclopedic series of Numismatic American History auction sale catalogues, documenting the fabled collection assembled by John Jay Ford, Jr. The production values exhibited by the catalogues themselves are exceeded only by the depth of numismatic scholarship contained therein. They will long remain indispensable to scholars, collectors, and dealers interested in the truly fascinating world of American numismatics that lies beyond dates and mintmarks. Voted No. 6 on the Numismatic Bibliomania Society's "One Hundred Greatest Items of United States Numismatic Literature." Also included is the 2-volume set of the catalogues of Ford's numismatic library, sold by George F. Kolbe in 2004 and 2005.
(Estimate: $200)