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Auction 165 3 Dec 2022
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Small Format Henry Chapman Catalogues
Chapman, Henry. AUCTION SALE CATALOGUES. Philadelphia, etc., 1906-1932. Twenty-one different catalogues: Adams Nos. 1-2, 4-9, 11-14, 17-18 and 45-51. Sale 4 is hand-priced, with Sale 50 being partly priced. Sale 13 (Harmer et al.) is noted as being "Brand's copy" on the front cover. 8vo, original gilt-printed white paper covers [one lacks its rear cover]. Generally very good or better. A substantial set of Henry's small-size catalogues, including a number of significant sales. The first sale is of the R.B. Leeds collection, which famously included a hoard of 109 1856 Flying Eagle cents; the catalogue is considered scarce, with Adams reporting that the print run was shortened by mistake. Sale 5 is the Taylor & Windle catalogue, especially rich in choice early large cents and private & territorial gold. Adams 6 is the scarce Harmon Chambers collection, which Adams refers to as the "Best collection of paper money." It featured outstanding colonial currency, Confederate issues, and state obsolete currency. Sale 7 is the 1908 ANA Convention sale (Davis 199), only the second ANA sale to take place; Henry would later conduct the sales for the 1919, 1924 and 1925 ANA conventions, with the 1924 and 1925 sales also being here present. Adams 17, the Charles Morris collection, is an important sale featuring colonials, early American and Canadian medals, etc. The W.B. Guy sale (Adams 18) 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¢." The March 1930 catalogue (Adams 50) is scarce, with Henkels cataloguing the stamps. Adams 51 is Henry's final catalogue and, hence, the final Chapman brother catalogue (Samuel Hudson having retired in 1929 and having ceased cataloguing five years previously). Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 600 USD
Chapman, Henry. AUCTION SALE CATALOGUES. Philadelphia, etc., 1906-1932. Twenty-one different catalogues: Adams Nos. 1-2, 4-9, 11-14, 17-18 and 45-51. Sale 4 is hand-priced, with Sale 50 being partly priced. Sale 13 (Harmer et al.) is noted as being "Brand's copy" on the front cover. 8vo, original gilt-printed white paper covers [one lacks its rear cover]. Generally very good or better. A substantial set of Henry's small-size catalogues, including a number of significant sales. The first sale is of the R.B. Leeds collection, which famously included a hoard of 109 1856 Flying Eagle cents; the catalogue is considered scarce, with Adams reporting that the print run was shortened by mistake. Sale 5 is the Taylor & Windle catalogue, especially rich in choice early large cents and private & territorial gold. Adams 6 is the scarce Harmon Chambers collection, which Adams refers to as the "Best collection of paper money." It featured outstanding colonial currency, Confederate issues, and state obsolete currency. Sale 7 is the 1908 ANA Convention sale (Davis 199), only the second ANA sale to take place; Henry would later conduct the sales for the 1919, 1924 and 1925 ANA conventions, with the 1924 and 1925 sales also being here present. Adams 17, the Charles Morris collection, is an important sale featuring colonials, early American and Canadian medals, etc. The W.B. Guy sale (Adams 18) 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¢." The March 1930 catalogue (Adams 50) is scarce, with Henkels cataloguing the stamps. Adams 51 is Henry's final catalogue and, hence, the final Chapman brother catalogue (Samuel Hudson having retired in 1929 and having ceased cataloguing five years previously). Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 600 USD