Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 164 27 Aug 2022
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The First Chapman Bros. Publication
Chapman, S.H. & H. CATALOGUE OF FINE ANCIENT GREEK GOLD & SILVER AND A FEW FINE ROMAN COINS. IMPORTED AND FOR SALE. Philadelphia, September 1878. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 12 pages; 121 listings. Very good or better. This fixed price catalogue appears to be the first publication of the Chapman brothers, the firm having been founded but three months earlier. In the September 12th, 1878 preface, the brothers boast that the catalogue contains "no less than fifty tetradrachms, among them a magnificent Perseus." The rear cover features a detailed lithographic illustration of "Chapman's Patent Cabinet for Coins and Medals." Unless the brothers' wood crafting skills surpassed their numismatic expertise, the appellation is surely hyperbole since the cabinet was "Patented April 23, 1872," when Samuel was not yet 15 years of age and his brother 12. Ex Kolbe Sale 110, lot 743; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $100)
Chapman, S.H. & H. CATALOGUE OF FINE ANCIENT GREEK GOLD & SILVER AND A FEW FINE ROMAN COINS. IMPORTED AND FOR SALE. Philadelphia, September 1878. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 12 pages; 121 listings. Very good or better. This fixed price catalogue appears to be the first publication of the Chapman brothers, the firm having been founded but three months earlier. In the September 12th, 1878 preface, the brothers boast that the catalogue contains "no less than fifty tetradrachms, among them a magnificent Perseus." The rear cover features a detailed lithographic illustration of "Chapman's Patent Cabinet for Coins and Medals." Unless the brothers' wood crafting skills surpassed their numismatic expertise, the appellation is surely hyperbole since the cabinet was "Patented April 23, 1872," when Samuel was not yet 15 years of age and his brother 12. Ex Kolbe Sale 110, lot 743; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $100)