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Auction 165 3 Dec 2022
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A Plated David S. Wilson Sale
Chapman, S.H. CATALOG OF THE MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF THE GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS OF THE UNITED STATES FORMED BY THE LATE DAVID S. WILSON, ESQ., PITTSBURGH. Philadelphia: Davis & Harvey, March 13-14, 1907. 4to, later white pebbled cloth; spine ruled and lettered in gilt. (2), 67, (1) pages; 1254 lots; 10 very fine photographic plates; prices realized list bound in. First 303 lots, being most of the U.S. gold coins, hand-priced and named in pencil. Fine. Adams 1, with plates. An interesting example of this important catalogue, with names recorded for the first 303 lots, which offered most of Wilson's exceptional U.S. gold collection. Zug was a very heavy buyer at the sale. The plates are almost certainly overrun plates, of which a quantity remained in Henry Chapman's estate--two of them are unnumbered, but they are all originals. Adams A: "Comprehensive gold: 1823-1834 $5, 1860-1905 proof sets. MS 1822 10¢. MS 1823 1¢. 1854-1905 proof sets." Wilson's collection is especially notable for United States gold coins, but includes choice United States silver coins, large cents, and half cents. Of the collector and his collection, Chapman wrote in the preface: "It was to the regular series of United States coins struck after the establishment of the Mint that the late David S. Wilson, who formed this splendid collection, devoted his attention for more than fifty years, continuing his studies up to the very day of his death last spring. The collection ranks with the finest that have ever been offered at auction." The first five plates depict superb United States gold coins; plate six illustrates silver dollars; plate seven depicts half dollars; plate eight illustrates dimes and half dimes; and the last two plates depict choice large cents and half cents. Clain-Stefanelli 12437. Davis 215. Ex Kolbe Sale 46, lot 438; ex Saul Teichman Library (July 17, 2007 Karl Moulton sale); ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 600 USD
Chapman, S.H. CATALOG OF THE MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF THE GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS OF THE UNITED STATES FORMED BY THE LATE DAVID S. WILSON, ESQ., PITTSBURGH. Philadelphia: Davis & Harvey, March 13-14, 1907. 4to, later white pebbled cloth; spine ruled and lettered in gilt. (2), 67, (1) pages; 1254 lots; 10 very fine photographic plates; prices realized list bound in. First 303 lots, being most of the U.S. gold coins, hand-priced and named in pencil. Fine. Adams 1, with plates. An interesting example of this important catalogue, with names recorded for the first 303 lots, which offered most of Wilson's exceptional U.S. gold collection. Zug was a very heavy buyer at the sale. The plates are almost certainly overrun plates, of which a quantity remained in Henry Chapman's estate--two of them are unnumbered, but they are all originals. Adams A: "Comprehensive gold: 1823-1834 $5, 1860-1905 proof sets. MS 1822 10¢. MS 1823 1¢. 1854-1905 proof sets." Wilson's collection is especially notable for United States gold coins, but includes choice United States silver coins, large cents, and half cents. Of the collector and his collection, Chapman wrote in the preface: "It was to the regular series of United States coins struck after the establishment of the Mint that the late David S. Wilson, who formed this splendid collection, devoted his attention for more than fifty years, continuing his studies up to the very day of his death last spring. The collection ranks with the finest that have ever been offered at auction." The first five plates depict superb United States gold coins; plate six illustrates silver dollars; plate seven depicts half dollars; plate eight illustrates dimes and half dimes; and the last two plates depict choice large cents and half cents. Clain-Stefanelli 12437. Davis 215. Ex Kolbe Sale 46, lot 438; ex Saul Teichman Library (July 17, 2007 Karl Moulton sale); ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 600 USD