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A Fine Plated Julius Brown Sale
Chapman, S.H. CATALOG OF THE HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME, EUROPE, THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA, FORMED BY THE LATE JULIUS L. BROWN, ESQ., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. SOLD BY ORDER OF HIS EXECUTOR, HON. JOSEPH M. BROWN, GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. Philadelphia, May 30-31, 1911. 4to, later full white calf; spine and front cover lettered in gilt. 94, (8) pages; 1242 lots; 7 very fine photographic plates of coins. Original printed prices realized list bound in. Halftone photograph of Chapman and original bidsheet laid in. Fine, with exceptional plates. Adams 8, rated A- overall: "Fine ancients, English. Obsidional. 1783 Washington 50¢. N.Y. in America. RR Bechtlers. Proclamation medals." The Brown catalogue is one of the scarcest large format Chapman sales, featuring fine ancient, English and European coins, pioneer gold and choice United States silver and copper coins. Plate one depicts choice gold ancient Roman, Byzantine, and a few Greek coins, and is exceptionally well-executed. Plates two and three mainly illustrate British coins and medals, along with several ancient Greek silver coins, a year two shekel, and a Chalmers sixpence. Plate four depicts important European gold coins, and plate five illustrates choice early American federal and pioneer gold coins, along with a few gold patterns. Plate six mainly depicts choice American silver coins, and the final plate is almost entirely devoted to illustrating the highlights of Brown's large cent collection. Clain-Stefanelli 15109, Davis 219. Fanning, Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, 19. Ex Harry W. Bass, Jr. Library (Kolbe Sale 75, lot 74), subsequently bound; ex Craig Smith Library (Kolbe Sale 95, lot 120); ex David Sklow Sale 25, lot 710; ex William A. Burd Library (Kolbe & Fanning's 2018 New York Book Auction), lot 343.
Estimate: 1000 USD
Chapman, S.H. CATALOG OF THE HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME, EUROPE, THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA, FORMED BY THE LATE JULIUS L. BROWN, ESQ., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. SOLD BY ORDER OF HIS EXECUTOR, HON. JOSEPH M. BROWN, GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. Philadelphia, May 30-31, 1911. 4to, later full white calf; spine and front cover lettered in gilt. 94, (8) pages; 1242 lots; 7 very fine photographic plates of coins. Original printed prices realized list bound in. Halftone photograph of Chapman and original bidsheet laid in. Fine, with exceptional plates. Adams 8, rated A- overall: "Fine ancients, English. Obsidional. 1783 Washington 50¢. N.Y. in America. RR Bechtlers. Proclamation medals." The Brown catalogue is one of the scarcest large format Chapman sales, featuring fine ancient, English and European coins, pioneer gold and choice United States silver and copper coins. Plate one depicts choice gold ancient Roman, Byzantine, and a few Greek coins, and is exceptionally well-executed. Plates two and three mainly illustrate British coins and medals, along with several ancient Greek silver coins, a year two shekel, and a Chalmers sixpence. Plate four depicts important European gold coins, and plate five illustrates choice early American federal and pioneer gold coins, along with a few gold patterns. Plate six mainly depicts choice American silver coins, and the final plate is almost entirely devoted to illustrating the highlights of Brown's large cent collection. Clain-Stefanelli 15109, Davis 219. Fanning, Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, 19. Ex Harry W. Bass, Jr. Library (Kolbe Sale 75, lot 74), subsequently bound; ex Craig Smith Library (Kolbe Sale 95, lot 120); ex David Sklow Sale 25, lot 710; ex William A. Burd Library (Kolbe & Fanning's 2018 New York Book Auction), lot 343.
Estimate: 1000 USD