Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 165 3 Dec 2022
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Two Annotated 1860 Catalogues
Bangs, Merwin & Co. CATALOGUE OF AN EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE CATALOGUE OF COINS, MEDALS AND TOKENS, COMPRISING CHOICE SPECIMENS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES, MANY OF THEM ARE VERY SCARCE AND PARTICULARLY RICH IN THOSE OF AMERICA. New York, April 25-26, 1860. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 23, (1) pages; 675 + 78 lots. Hand-priced in pencil, with buyers' names recorded. Badly stained, though staining never makes a name impossible to read. Good. [with] Bangs, Merwin & Co. CATALOGUE OF A PART OF THE CURTIS COLLECTION OF FINE AMERICAN CENTS, AND OTHER AMERICAN & FOREIGN COINS & MEDALS.... New York, December 13-14, 1860. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 3-18 pages; 446 lots. Perhaps 70 lots hand-priced in pencil with buyers' names recorded. Stained. Good to very good. The first sale included coins belonging to Ezra Hill. Attinelli 17. Ex John W. Adams Library (Kolbe Sale 100, lot 274). In the second sale, Curtis notes: "The subscriber would most respectfully inform his many Numismatic friends and customers, that it is not his intention of retiring from the very interesting pursuit of collecting and disposing of the Gems of the Numismatic art ... in making this Sale, he has acted under the urgent request of many collectors, to part with a portion of his Fine Private Collection of Cents, and hoping to give all a fair chance to obtain those dates that they are in want of, he has adopted this method to satisfy all." Attinelli 22. Ex John W. Adams Library (Kolbe Sale 100, lot 289); ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 100 USD
Bangs, Merwin & Co. CATALOGUE OF AN EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE CATALOGUE OF COINS, MEDALS AND TOKENS, COMPRISING CHOICE SPECIMENS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES, MANY OF THEM ARE VERY SCARCE AND PARTICULARLY RICH IN THOSE OF AMERICA. New York, April 25-26, 1860. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 23, (1) pages; 675 + 78 lots. Hand-priced in pencil, with buyers' names recorded. Badly stained, though staining never makes a name impossible to read. Good. [with] Bangs, Merwin & Co. CATALOGUE OF A PART OF THE CURTIS COLLECTION OF FINE AMERICAN CENTS, AND OTHER AMERICAN & FOREIGN COINS & MEDALS.... New York, December 13-14, 1860. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 3-18 pages; 446 lots. Perhaps 70 lots hand-priced in pencil with buyers' names recorded. Stained. Good to very good. The first sale included coins belonging to Ezra Hill. Attinelli 17. Ex John W. Adams Library (Kolbe Sale 100, lot 274). In the second sale, Curtis notes: "The subscriber would most respectfully inform his many Numismatic friends and customers, that it is not his intention of retiring from the very interesting pursuit of collecting and disposing of the Gems of the Numismatic art ... in making this Sale, he has acted under the urgent request of many collectors, to part with a portion of his Fine Private Collection of Cents, and hoping to give all a fair chance to obtain those dates that they are in want of, he has adopted this method to satisfy all." Attinelli 22. Ex John W. Adams Library (Kolbe Sale 100, lot 289); ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 100 USD