Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 165 3 Dec 2022
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Merkin, Lester. AUCTION SALES. New York, 1964-1976. Thirty auction sales, lacking only one catalogue (June 26, 1970) for completion. 8vo, original printed or pictorial card covers [slightly varying formats]; the 1972 sales are nicely bound with covers and prices realized lists in maroon cloth, gilt. Generally fine or nearly so. Merkin's catalogues were more tersely written than those of New Netherlands, but, like that noted firm, they include an enormous amount of information. Part of this is because many of the sales were catalogued by Walter Breen, with other prominent numismatists also contributing cataloguing to the Merkin series. Complete sets are tough to assemble, and include a couple of mail-bid sales that are infrequently seen.
Estimate: 150 USD
Merkin, Lester. AUCTION SALES. New York, 1964-1976. Thirty auction sales, lacking only one catalogue (June 26, 1970) for completion. 8vo, original printed or pictorial card covers [slightly varying formats]; the 1972 sales are nicely bound with covers and prices realized lists in maroon cloth, gilt. Generally fine or nearly so. Merkin's catalogues were more tersely written than those of New Netherlands, but, like that noted firm, they include an enormous amount of information. Part of this is because many of the sales were catalogued by Walter Breen, with other prominent numismatists also contributing cataloguing to the Merkin series. Complete sets are tough to assemble, and include a couple of mail-bid sales that are infrequently seen.
Estimate: 150 USD