Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 165 3 Dec 2022
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Finely Bound, Annotated Kunstfreundes Sale
Bank Leu, and MŸnzen und Medaillen. GRIECHISCHE M†NZEN AUS DER SAMMLUNG EINES KUNSTFREUNDES. ZŸrich, 28. Mai 1974. 4to, later red quarter morocco with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; all pages edges speckled; marbled endpapers; original printed card covers bound in. 372 pages; 253 lots; well illustrated throughout. Annotated by hand throughout, recording the estimate, price realized, and frequently the buyer of each lot; occasional lots have additional information added by hand including underbidders and other known examples. Original estimates and prices realized lists laid in. Fine. A beautiful copy of this most important sale, superbly catalogued and illustrated, comprising selections from the magnificent Charles Gillet collection. One of the great Greek coin sales of the 20th century; the 253 lots realized over $4 million. This copy records many (perhaps half) of the purchasers of these magnificent coins, as well as additional information of considerable use today. Daehn 2026. Spring 418: "the Kunstfreund catalogue set new standards in the cataloguing of ancient coins, both as to scholarship of the content and artistic layout" [also listed under "Most important sales of ancient Greek coins"].
Estimate: 300 USD
Bank Leu, and MŸnzen und Medaillen. GRIECHISCHE M†NZEN AUS DER SAMMLUNG EINES KUNSTFREUNDES. ZŸrich, 28. Mai 1974. 4to, later red quarter morocco with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; all pages edges speckled; marbled endpapers; original printed card covers bound in. 372 pages; 253 lots; well illustrated throughout. Annotated by hand throughout, recording the estimate, price realized, and frequently the buyer of each lot; occasional lots have additional information added by hand including underbidders and other known examples. Original estimates and prices realized lists laid in. Fine. A beautiful copy of this most important sale, superbly catalogued and illustrated, comprising selections from the magnificent Charles Gillet collection. One of the great Greek coin sales of the 20th century; the 253 lots realized over $4 million. This copy records many (perhaps half) of the purchasers of these magnificent coins, as well as additional information of considerable use today. Daehn 2026. Spring 418: "the Kunstfreund catalogue set new standards in the cataloguing of ancient coins, both as to scholarship of the content and artistic layout" [also listed under "Most important sales of ancient Greek coins"].
Estimate: 300 USD