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Six Henry Chapman Sales, 1909-1911
Chapman, Henry. CATALOGUE OF COINS AND MEDALS, 1851 HUMBERT $50. 800 THOUS. 1876 $3, THE PROPERTY OF VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS. Philadelphia, June 5, 1909. (4), 35, (1) pages; 630 lots. [with] Chapman, Henry. EXECUTOR'S SALE. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GREEK, ROMAN, EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN COINS AND MEDALS OF THE LATE ROBERT H. SAYRE, ESQ., BETHLEHEM, PA. AND SOLD BY ORDER OF HIS EXECUTORS. Philadelphia, December 16-17, 1909. (4), 78 pages; 1406 lots. [with] Chapman, Henry. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTIONS OF MESSRS. HARMER, BLAIR, HEATON, DEVLIN, COMPRISING A VARIED ASSORTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS... Philadelphia, March 25-26, 1910. iv, 88 pages; 1600 lots. Lacking rear cover. [with] Chapman, Henry. CATALOGUE OF UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COINS, CANADIAN COINS AND WAR MEDALS, PAPER MONEY, ETC. THE COLLECTIONS OF THE LATE EMANUEL WERTMAN, ESQ., OF PHILADELPHIA AND OTHERS. Philadelphia, November 19, 1910. iv, 51, (1) pages; 908 lots. [with] Chapman, Henry. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS OF CHARLES MORRIS, ESQ. CHICAGO, ILL. A PHILADELPHIA GENTLEMAN AND THE LATE RICHARD L. ASHHURST, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Philadelphia, June 30, 1911. (4), 54 pages; 710 lots. [with] Chapman, Henry. COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS OF THE LATE W.B. GUY, ESQ. Philadelphia, November 3-4, 1911. iv, 79, (1) pages; 1301 lots. Six catalogues. 8vo, original gilt-printed paper covers. Generally very good or better. Adams 11-14 and 17-18. Includes some elusive and notable catalogues. Both Adams 12 and 14 are scarce sales with good Hard Times tokens. Adams 13 is noted as being "Brand's copy" on the front cover. Adams 17, the Charles Morris collection, is an important sale featuring colonials, early American and Canadian medals, etc. According to Chapman, the Morris holdings comprised "probably the earliest collection of coins formed in the United States, the father of the present collector being a collector prior to 1830, in which year he attended a sale of coins in the city of London, England, purchasing a number of the choicest items herein offered." While Chapman's assertion is perhaps exaggerated (witness the researches of Joel Orosz, which have revealed a number of early American coin collectors such as Eliot, du Simitire, Muhlenberg, and Gilmor), the point remains that the collection's origins are very early. Finally, the W.B. Guy sale is both scarce and important, being rated A- by Adams: "Carolina 1/2¢. Excellent variety collections: Mass., Conn., Vt., N.J., Fugios, cents (especially 1794), 1/2¢." Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $250)
Chapman, Henry. CATALOGUE OF COINS AND MEDALS, 1851 HUMBERT $50. 800 THOUS. 1876 $3, THE PROPERTY OF VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS. Philadelphia, June 5, 1909. (4), 35, (1) pages; 630 lots. [with] Chapman, Henry. EXECUTOR'S SALE. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GREEK, ROMAN, EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN COINS AND MEDALS OF THE LATE ROBERT H. SAYRE, ESQ., BETHLEHEM, PA. AND SOLD BY ORDER OF HIS EXECUTORS. Philadelphia, December 16-17, 1909. (4), 78 pages; 1406 lots. [with] Chapman, Henry. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTIONS OF MESSRS. HARMER, BLAIR, HEATON, DEVLIN, COMPRISING A VARIED ASSORTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS... Philadelphia, March 25-26, 1910. iv, 88 pages; 1600 lots. Lacking rear cover. [with] Chapman, Henry. CATALOGUE OF UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COINS, CANADIAN COINS AND WAR MEDALS, PAPER MONEY, ETC. THE COLLECTIONS OF THE LATE EMANUEL WERTMAN, ESQ., OF PHILADELPHIA AND OTHERS. Philadelphia, November 19, 1910. iv, 51, (1) pages; 908 lots. [with] Chapman, Henry. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS OF CHARLES MORRIS, ESQ. CHICAGO, ILL. A PHILADELPHIA GENTLEMAN AND THE LATE RICHARD L. ASHHURST, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Philadelphia, June 30, 1911. (4), 54 pages; 710 lots. [with] Chapman, Henry. COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS OF THE LATE W.B. GUY, ESQ. Philadelphia, November 3-4, 1911. iv, 79, (1) pages; 1301 lots. Six catalogues. 8vo, original gilt-printed paper covers. Generally very good or better. Adams 11-14 and 17-18. Includes some elusive and notable catalogues. Both Adams 12 and 14 are scarce sales with good Hard Times tokens. Adams 13 is noted as being "Brand's copy" on the front cover. Adams 17, the Charles Morris collection, is an important sale featuring colonials, early American and Canadian medals, etc. According to Chapman, the Morris holdings comprised "probably the earliest collection of coins formed in the United States, the father of the present collector being a collector prior to 1830, in which year he attended a sale of coins in the city of London, England, purchasing a number of the choicest items herein offered." While Chapman's assertion is perhaps exaggerated (witness the researches of Joel Orosz, which have revealed a number of early American coin collectors such as Eliot, du Simitire, Muhlenberg, and Gilmor), the point remains that the collection's origins are very early. Finally, the W.B. Guy sale is both scarce and important, being rated A- by Adams: "Carolina 1/2¢. Excellent variety collections: Mass., Conn., Vt., N.J., Fugios, cents (especially 1794), 1/2¢." Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $250)