Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 165 3 Dec 2022
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Substantial Group of Mehl Catalogues
Mehl, B. Max [publisher]. AUCTION CATALOGUES. Fort Worth, 1906-1955. Fifty-one different catalogues, as follows: Adams Nos. 11, 15, 19, 25, 31, 34, 38, 50, 55, 59-60, 63, 66, 68, 70-72, 74-78, 84-86, 89-99, 101-113, and 115-116. Sales 25, 31, 38, 50, 68, 70-72, 76, 85, 89-90, 92-98, 103, 106, 108-112, and 115-116 either have an original printed prices realized list or are hand-priced. Sales 19 and 72 are bound, and Sales 71 and 76 are bound together. Copies of the fixed price catalogue of Dr. French's large cents and Mehl's reprint of Haseltine's Type Table also included. Varying card-covered formats unless otherwise indicated. Condition varies, but is generally very good or better, with a few exceptions. A substantial set of these important catalogues, being almost half of the 116 auction catalogues issued. Mehl's success is largely attributed to his embrace of modern advertising techniques, the likes of which had never been seen before in the numismatic community. His series of auction sale catalogues spanning half a century allowed him to handle far more than his share of the great American coin collections of the day. Mehl was not a numismatic scholar and, as John Adams notes, "The lack of attention paid to numismatic issues was a serious flaw in all of Mehl's auction catalogues. However, as unreliable as Mehl's descriptions have proved to be, the plain fact is that, for over half a century he attracted a major share of the best collections that came to market." Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 400 USD
Mehl, B. Max [publisher]. AUCTION CATALOGUES. Fort Worth, 1906-1955. Fifty-one different catalogues, as follows: Adams Nos. 11, 15, 19, 25, 31, 34, 38, 50, 55, 59-60, 63, 66, 68, 70-72, 74-78, 84-86, 89-99, 101-113, and 115-116. Sales 25, 31, 38, 50, 68, 70-72, 76, 85, 89-90, 92-98, 103, 106, 108-112, and 115-116 either have an original printed prices realized list or are hand-priced. Sales 19 and 72 are bound, and Sales 71 and 76 are bound together. Copies of the fixed price catalogue of Dr. French's large cents and Mehl's reprint of Haseltine's Type Table also included. Varying card-covered formats unless otherwise indicated. Condition varies, but is generally very good or better, with a few exceptions. A substantial set of these important catalogues, being almost half of the 116 auction catalogues issued. Mehl's success is largely attributed to his embrace of modern advertising techniques, the likes of which had never been seen before in the numismatic community. His series of auction sale catalogues spanning half a century allowed him to handle far more than his share of the great American coin collections of the day. Mehl was not a numismatic scholar and, as John Adams notes, "The lack of attention paid to numismatic issues was a serious flaw in all of Mehl's auction catalogues. However, as unreliable as Mehl's descriptions have proved to be, the plain fact is that, for over half a century he attracted a major share of the best collections that came to market." Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Estimate: 400 USD