Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 165 3 Dec 2022
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The Charles Gregory Sale, with Plates
Chapman, S.H. CATALOG OF THE LARGE COLLECTION OF THE GOLD AND SILVER COINS AND MEDALS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME, EUROPE AND AMERICA, PARTICULARLY THE DOLLARS OF THE WORLD, FORMED BY THE LATE CHARLES GREGORY, ESQ., NEW YORK. Philadelphia: S.T. Freeman & Sons, Auctioneers, June 19-24, 1916. 4to, later white cloth, gilt. 199, (1) pages; 3792 lots; 15 fine photographic plates; original prices realized list bound in. Original printed sale announcement laid in. Covers stained. Price list margins a bit chipped, as are margins of announcement. Contents generally near fine, with fine plates. Adams 15, with plates. An important sale of U.S. and world coins, with the infrequently seen sale announcement. Adams A: "Excellent dollars of the world. Baker 106 in gold. RR Bechtlers. Dunbar $5. Lincoln, Johnson peace medals." A wide-ranging representative collection formed by New York financier Charles Gregory, of whom Chapman wrote: "It seems very natural that a banker, using the moneys of the world, should turn his attention to forming a collection of them." Two plates depict ancient and European gold coins and ten illustrate European silver coins, among them multiple thalers and a 70 ducat of Sigismund III; one plate depicts colonial and United States silver coins; and the final two plates illustrate notable American pioneer gold coins. Clain-Stefanelli 12489. Davis 224. Fanning, Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, 21. Ex Katen Numismatic Library, with their stamp; ex John W. Adams Library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 151, lot 383); ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 750 USD
Chapman, S.H. CATALOG OF THE LARGE COLLECTION OF THE GOLD AND SILVER COINS AND MEDALS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME, EUROPE AND AMERICA, PARTICULARLY THE DOLLARS OF THE WORLD, FORMED BY THE LATE CHARLES GREGORY, ESQ., NEW YORK. Philadelphia: S.T. Freeman & Sons, Auctioneers, June 19-24, 1916. 4to, later white cloth, gilt. 199, (1) pages; 3792 lots; 15 fine photographic plates; original prices realized list bound in. Original printed sale announcement laid in. Covers stained. Price list margins a bit chipped, as are margins of announcement. Contents generally near fine, with fine plates. Adams 15, with plates. An important sale of U.S. and world coins, with the infrequently seen sale announcement. Adams A: "Excellent dollars of the world. Baker 106 in gold. RR Bechtlers. Dunbar $5. Lincoln, Johnson peace medals." A wide-ranging representative collection formed by New York financier Charles Gregory, of whom Chapman wrote: "It seems very natural that a banker, using the moneys of the world, should turn his attention to forming a collection of them." Two plates depict ancient and European gold coins and ten illustrate European silver coins, among them multiple thalers and a 70 ducat of Sigismund III; one plate depicts colonial and United States silver coins; and the final two plates illustrate notable American pioneer gold coins. Clain-Stefanelli 12489. Davis 224. Fanning, Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, 21. Ex Katen Numismatic Library, with their stamp; ex John W. Adams Library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 151, lot 383); ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 750 USD