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Well-Illustrated 1887 Sedgwick-Berend Sale
Hess, Adolph. DIE SAMMLUNG W.B. SEDGWICK-BEREND, PARIS. DEUTSCHE, ITALIENISCHE UND SCHWEIZER M†NZEN UND MEDAILLEN, VORZUGSWEISE DICKM†NZEN (PIƒFORTS), RARIT€TEN UND PORTRAIT-MEDAILLEN. Frankfurt am Main, 31. October und 1. November 1887. 8vo, later tan linen; black spine label, gilt. (4), 56 pages; 367 lots; 5 fine collotype plates. Binding a little discolored; near fine. A rare catalogue of a small but exquisite collection, illustrated on five photographically printed (collotype) plates. William Berman Sedgwick-Berend was only 29 at the time of his death, but his collection is described by Hess in the introduction as highly important, consisting only of exceptional German, Italian and Swiss coins. Ex Alain Poinsignon Library.
Estimate: 150 USD
Hess, Adolph. DIE SAMMLUNG W.B. SEDGWICK-BEREND, PARIS. DEUTSCHE, ITALIENISCHE UND SCHWEIZER M†NZEN UND MEDAILLEN, VORZUGSWEISE DICKM†NZEN (PIƒFORTS), RARIT€TEN UND PORTRAIT-MEDAILLEN. Frankfurt am Main, 31. October und 1. November 1887. 8vo, later tan linen; black spine label, gilt. (4), 56 pages; 367 lots; 5 fine collotype plates. Binding a little discolored; near fine. A rare catalogue of a small but exquisite collection, illustrated on five photographically printed (collotype) plates. William Berman Sedgwick-Berend was only 29 at the time of his death, but his collection is described by Hess in the introduction as highly important, consisting only of exceptional German, Italian and Swiss coins. Ex Alain Poinsignon Library.
Estimate: 150 USD