Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 165 3 Dec 2022
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Early Edward Cogan Catalogues
Cogan, Edward. AUCTION SALE CATALOGUES. Philadelphia & New York, 1858-1865. Ten different catalogues: Adams Nos. 5-6, 8, 10-16. Sales 8 and 11 are hand-priced. 8vo, original printed paper covers. Also included is Charles Davis's 1994 reprint of Cogan's first four sales, providing copies of Sales 1-4 not otherwise included. Generally very good. A good group of early Cogan catalogues, including Sales 14 and 15, both of which are described by Adams as rare. Adams page 17: "Edward Cogan, our first coin dealer, has been called the father of U.S. coin collecting... The Cogan series of seventy auction catalogs ... is important if only because it embodies the deliberate thought of one of our hobby's great pioneers... Taking the Cogan series as a whole, it is strongest in early silver, large cents, half cents and colonials in that approximate order. Also well represented are patterns, of which there are several first appearances, and the coinage of the author's native England." Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 200 USD
Cogan, Edward. AUCTION SALE CATALOGUES. Philadelphia & New York, 1858-1865. Ten different catalogues: Adams Nos. 5-6, 8, 10-16. Sales 8 and 11 are hand-priced. 8vo, original printed paper covers. Also included is Charles Davis's 1994 reprint of Cogan's first four sales, providing copies of Sales 1-4 not otherwise included. Generally very good. A good group of early Cogan catalogues, including Sales 14 and 15, both of which are described by Adams as rare. Adams page 17: "Edward Cogan, our first coin dealer, has been called the father of U.S. coin collecting... The Cogan series of seventy auction catalogs ... is important if only because it embodies the deliberate thought of one of our hobby's great pioneers... Taking the Cogan series as a whole, it is strongest in early silver, large cents, half cents and colonials in that approximate order. Also well represented are patterns, of which there are several first appearances, and the coinage of the author's native England." Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 200 USD