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Woodward's Legendary Sale 92, Priced on Thick Paper
Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS OF SEVERAL PROMINENT AMERICAN COLLECTORS, INCLUDING PROF. W.M. LINNEY'S KENTUCKY COLLECTION, REV. PAUL F. LONG'S GEORGIA COLLECTION, AND THE CELEBRATED SWANTON FIND, VERMONT, FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. H.H. DEAN. ALSO, THE CABINETS OF SEVERAL OTHER WELL KNOWN AMERICAN COLLECTORS. ESPECIALLY RICH IN PREHISTORIC PIPES FROM AMERICAN LOCALITIES, AND IN BURIAL POTTERY FROM THE WESTERN MOUNDS, FROM COSTA RICA, AND OTHER LOCATIONS ON THE ISTHMUS. THE FINEST AMERICAN COLLECTION THAT I HAVE EVER YET OFFERED. New York: Bangs & Co., December 21-22, 1886 [postponed to December 28-29, 1886]. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 54 pages; 902 lots plus one bis lot numbered 164a. Printed on thick paper. Hand-priced in red ink. Covers taped as spine and across tear; very good with better contents. Adams 92. A celebrated rarity of the Woodward series, with John W. Adams stating in his United States Numismatic Literature, Volume I that "by far the rarest are sales 1 and 92. A.P. Wylie, the owner of a famous hoard of Woodward catalogs, used to advertise a standing offer to exchange a gold dollar for either number 1 or 92--and this was back in the days when a gold dollar had real value and auction catalogs were used for insulating the attic!" While non-numismatic (the sale is devoted to archaeological goods and is actually quite important in that area), its status as one of the few American auction catalogues recognized early on as being a rarity has given it a legendary status it would likely not otherwise enjoy. I described this copy in my 2003 census as residing in a New York library. It is notable for being a priced copy on thick paper, being one of only two copies we have confirmed as being so. Ex Katen Sale 81 (lot 3519); ex Saul Teichman Library; ex Karl Moulton's sale of July 17, 2007; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $750)
Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS OF SEVERAL PROMINENT AMERICAN COLLECTORS, INCLUDING PROF. W.M. LINNEY'S KENTUCKY COLLECTION, REV. PAUL F. LONG'S GEORGIA COLLECTION, AND THE CELEBRATED SWANTON FIND, VERMONT, FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. H.H. DEAN. ALSO, THE CABINETS OF SEVERAL OTHER WELL KNOWN AMERICAN COLLECTORS. ESPECIALLY RICH IN PREHISTORIC PIPES FROM AMERICAN LOCALITIES, AND IN BURIAL POTTERY FROM THE WESTERN MOUNDS, FROM COSTA RICA, AND OTHER LOCATIONS ON THE ISTHMUS. THE FINEST AMERICAN COLLECTION THAT I HAVE EVER YET OFFERED. New York: Bangs & Co., December 21-22, 1886 [postponed to December 28-29, 1886]. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 54 pages; 902 lots plus one bis lot numbered 164a. Printed on thick paper. Hand-priced in red ink. Covers taped as spine and across tear; very good with better contents. Adams 92. A celebrated rarity of the Woodward series, with John W. Adams stating in his United States Numismatic Literature, Volume I that "by far the rarest are sales 1 and 92. A.P. Wylie, the owner of a famous hoard of Woodward catalogs, used to advertise a standing offer to exchange a gold dollar for either number 1 or 92--and this was back in the days when a gold dollar had real value and auction catalogs were used for insulating the attic!" While non-numismatic (the sale is devoted to archaeological goods and is actually quite important in that area), its status as one of the few American auction catalogues recognized early on as being a rarity has given it a legendary status it would likely not otherwise enjoy. I described this copy in my 2003 census as residing in a New York library. It is notable for being a priced copy on thick paper, being one of only two copies we have confirmed as being so. Ex Katen Sale 81 (lot 3519); ex Saul Teichman Library; ex Karl Moulton's sale of July 17, 2007; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $750)