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Auction 165  3 Dec 2022
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Lot 401

Starting price: 130 USD
Price realized: 170 USD
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Complete 24-volume Softcover Set of Ford Catalogues
Stack's, continuing as Stack's Bowers Galleries. JOHN J. FORD, JR. COLLECTION. COINS, MEDALS AND CURRENCY. PARTS I-XXIV. NUMISMATIC AMERICAN HISTORY. New York etc., 2003-2013. Twenty-four catalogues, complete. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 6452 pages; 15,284 lots; numerous portraits; profusely illustrated throughout, largely in full color. Near fine. The complete 24-volume set of this encyclopedic series of Numismatic American History auction sale catalogues, documenting the fabled collection assembled by John Jay Ford, Jr. The production values exhibited by the catalogues themselves are exceeded only by the depth of numismatic scholarship contained therein. They will long remain indispensable to scholars, collectors, and dealers interested in the truly fascinating world of American numismatics that lies beyond dates and mintmarks. Voted No. 6 on the Numismatic Bibliomania Society's "One Hundred Greatest Items of United States Numismatic Literature." Ex Jim Neiswinter Library.

Estimate: 200 USD
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