Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 164 27 Aug 2022
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Plated 1871 Clay Sale
Strobridge, William H., and W. Elliot Woodward. CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS & MEDALS, THE PROPERTY OF CHARLES CLAY, M.D., OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. New York: Leavitt, December 5-7, 1871. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 97, (3) pages; 1356 lots; 2 fine photographic plates. Printed prices realized list bound in. Neatly removed from previous binding; near fine. Adams 9 (with plates) for the Strobridge series and C for the Woodward series, receiving his highest rating (A+ overall, A in large cents, colonials, Washingtonia, comments and British). A significant sale, the photographic plates of which depict mostly colonial coins (for which the sale is very important) and large cents. Clay was a Manchester numismatist mostly remembered today for this sale and for his work on the coinage of the Isle of Man. Attinelli 62, where he implies that Strobridge, though credited on the title as the cataloguer, may have played a lesser role: "Messrs. W.E. Woodward and W.H. Strobridge also contributed slightly to the above sale." The presence of very obvious counterfeits in the sale (including two NE "pennies") makes one wonder about the level of involvement by Woodward (though Strobridge specifically mentions them in his introduction). Davis 1025. Ex Kolbe & Fanning Sale 126, lot 1001; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $200)
Strobridge, William H., and W. Elliot Woodward. CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS & MEDALS, THE PROPERTY OF CHARLES CLAY, M.D., OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. New York: Leavitt, December 5-7, 1871. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 97, (3) pages; 1356 lots; 2 fine photographic plates. Printed prices realized list bound in. Neatly removed from previous binding; near fine. Adams 9 (with plates) for the Strobridge series and C for the Woodward series, receiving his highest rating (A+ overall, A in large cents, colonials, Washingtonia, comments and British). A significant sale, the photographic plates of which depict mostly colonial coins (for which the sale is very important) and large cents. Clay was a Manchester numismatist mostly remembered today for this sale and for his work on the coinage of the Isle of Man. Attinelli 62, where he implies that Strobridge, though credited on the title as the cataloguer, may have played a lesser role: "Messrs. W.E. Woodward and W.H. Strobridge also contributed slightly to the above sale." The presence of very obvious counterfeits in the sale (including two NE "pennies") makes one wonder about the level of involvement by Woodward (though Strobridge specifically mentions them in his introduction). Davis 1025. Ex Kolbe & Fanning Sale 126, lot 1001; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $200)