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Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF SELECTED SPECIMENS FROM THE AMERICAN PORTION OF THE FINOTTI COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS, NOW THE PROPERTY OF W. ELLIOT WOODWARD, OF ROXBURY, MASS. New York: Bangs, November 11-14, 1862. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 88 pages; 1908 lots. Near fine. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. PRICED CATALOGUE OF SELECTED SPECIMENS OF COINS AND MEDALS, FROM THE AMERICAN PORTION OF THE COLLECTIONS OF HENRY M. BROOKS, ESQ., JEREMIAH COLBURN, ESQ., REV. J.M. FINOTTI, DR. EDWARD M. FIELD, AND DR. AUGUSTINE SHURTLEFF. New York, April 28-May 1, 1863. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 112 pages; 2569 lots; price realized printed alongside each lot. Removed from previous binding; very good or better. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN COINS AND MEDALS, BELONGING TO W. ELLIOT WOODWARD, OF ROXBURY, MASS., COMPRISING IN THE AMERICAN DEPARTMENT THE BEST SPECIMENS FROM SEVERAL FINE COLLECTIONS RECENTLY PURCHASED, AND IN THE FOREIGN THE WHOLE OF THE CELEBRATED GREEK, ROMAN, AND ENGLISH COLLECTION OF JEREMIAH COLBURN, ESQ. New York: Bangs, October 20-24, 1863. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 160 pages; 3202 lots. Hand-priced in pencil. Lacking rear cover; very good. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. PRICED CATALOGUE OF THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS, MEDALS, &C. MADE BY JOHN F. MCCOY, ESQ., OF NEW YORK CITY, AND NOW OWNED BY W. ELLIOT WOODWARD... New York: J.E. Cooley, May 17-21, 1864. 8vo, original printed paper covers. (4), 160, (4) pages; 3122 lots. Hand-priced in ink. Very good or better. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. PRICED CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN COINS, MEDALS, &C., FROM THE CABINETS OF J.N.T. LEVICK, J. OSBORN EMERY, F.I. ILSLEY, AND L.H. ABBEY. New York: Cooley, October 18-22, 1864. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 155, (1) pages; 2942 lots. Hand-priced in ink. Removed from previous binding. Very good or better. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN COINS, MEDALS, &C., BEING SELECTED SPECIMENS FROM THE CABINETS OF MESSRS. BACHE, BERTSCH, LIGHTBODY, LILLIENDAHL, AND VINTON, TOGETHER WITH THE ROMAN COLLECTION FORMERLY BELONGING TO SIR EDMUND TEMPLE, OF LONDON, BUT MORE RECENTLY TO MR. WATSON, OF NEW YORK, THE WHOLE NOW THE PROPERTY OF W. ELLIOT WOODWARD, OF ROXBURY, MASS. New York, March 20-25, 1865. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 220 pages; 3834 lots. Lacking rear cover. Very good or better. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN COINS, MEDALS, &C., SELECTED FROM THE CABINETS OF MESSRS. BACH, BERTSCH, COLBURN, EMERY, FINOTTI, ILSLEY, LEVICK, LILLIENDAHL, LIGHTBODY, MCCOY, SEMPLE, SHURTLEFF, AND OTHER COLLECTIONS. New York, December 19 and following, 1865. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 109, (1) pages; 2678 lots. Near fine. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF THE NUMISMATIC COLLECTION OF FRANCIS S. HOFFMAN, ESQ., OF NEW YORK. New York: Leavitt, Strebeigh, April 24-27, 1866. 8vo, later green cloth, gilt. 120 pages; 2340 lots. A bit trimmed, not affecting text. Near fine. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN COINS, MEDALS, &C. SELECTED FROM SEVERAL PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, TOGETHER WITH A FEW FOREIGN PIECES... New York: Leavitt, Strebeigh, April 18-20, 1867. 8vo, later green cloth, gilt; original paper covers bound in. 72 pages; 1647 lots. Hand-priced in ink. Near fine. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF THE NUMISMATIC COLLECTION FORMED BY JOSEPH J. MICKLEY, ESQ., OF PHILADELPHIA... 1996 Charles Davis reprint of the 1867 original. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. (2), 220 pages; 3349 lots; list of prices realized with buyers' names bound in at the end. Fine. Ten catalogues total. Adams 4-6, 9-12, 14, 16 and the reprint of 17. Ten of the most important early American numismatic auctions, all held by W. Elliot Woodward between 1862 and 1867. Nearly all of them are rated A- or above by Adams, who awards his highest overall grade of A+ to three of them: McCoy, Levick et al., and Mickley. Enumerating the virtues of each individual catalogue would take too long even for this long-winded cataloguer, but a few highlights include: Finotti's proof coins and colonials; Colburn's English coins and colonials; McCoy's medals, colonials and early federal coins; Levick et al.'s Washingtonia, tokens, and proofs; and Mickley's superb English and colonials. Attinelli 31-49.
Estimate: 600 USD
Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF SELECTED SPECIMENS FROM THE AMERICAN PORTION OF THE FINOTTI COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS, NOW THE PROPERTY OF W. ELLIOT WOODWARD, OF ROXBURY, MASS. New York: Bangs, November 11-14, 1862. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 88 pages; 1908 lots. Near fine. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. PRICED CATALOGUE OF SELECTED SPECIMENS OF COINS AND MEDALS, FROM THE AMERICAN PORTION OF THE COLLECTIONS OF HENRY M. BROOKS, ESQ., JEREMIAH COLBURN, ESQ., REV. J.M. FINOTTI, DR. EDWARD M. FIELD, AND DR. AUGUSTINE SHURTLEFF. New York, April 28-May 1, 1863. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 112 pages; 2569 lots; price realized printed alongside each lot. Removed from previous binding; very good or better. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN COINS AND MEDALS, BELONGING TO W. ELLIOT WOODWARD, OF ROXBURY, MASS., COMPRISING IN THE AMERICAN DEPARTMENT THE BEST SPECIMENS FROM SEVERAL FINE COLLECTIONS RECENTLY PURCHASED, AND IN THE FOREIGN THE WHOLE OF THE CELEBRATED GREEK, ROMAN, AND ENGLISH COLLECTION OF JEREMIAH COLBURN, ESQ. New York: Bangs, October 20-24, 1863. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 160 pages; 3202 lots. Hand-priced in pencil. Lacking rear cover; very good. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. PRICED CATALOGUE OF THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS, MEDALS, &C. MADE BY JOHN F. MCCOY, ESQ., OF NEW YORK CITY, AND NOW OWNED BY W. ELLIOT WOODWARD... New York: J.E. Cooley, May 17-21, 1864. 8vo, original printed paper covers. (4), 160, (4) pages; 3122 lots. Hand-priced in ink. Very good or better. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. PRICED CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN COINS, MEDALS, &C., FROM THE CABINETS OF J.N.T. LEVICK, J. OSBORN EMERY, F.I. ILSLEY, AND L.H. ABBEY. New York: Cooley, October 18-22, 1864. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 155, (1) pages; 2942 lots. Hand-priced in ink. Removed from previous binding. Very good or better. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN COINS, MEDALS, &C., BEING SELECTED SPECIMENS FROM THE CABINETS OF MESSRS. BACHE, BERTSCH, LIGHTBODY, LILLIENDAHL, AND VINTON, TOGETHER WITH THE ROMAN COLLECTION FORMERLY BELONGING TO SIR EDMUND TEMPLE, OF LONDON, BUT MORE RECENTLY TO MR. WATSON, OF NEW YORK, THE WHOLE NOW THE PROPERTY OF W. ELLIOT WOODWARD, OF ROXBURY, MASS. New York, March 20-25, 1865. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 220 pages; 3834 lots. Lacking rear cover. Very good or better. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN COINS, MEDALS, &C., SELECTED FROM THE CABINETS OF MESSRS. BACH, BERTSCH, COLBURN, EMERY, FINOTTI, ILSLEY, LEVICK, LILLIENDAHL, LIGHTBODY, MCCOY, SEMPLE, SHURTLEFF, AND OTHER COLLECTIONS. New York, December 19 and following, 1865. 8vo, original printed paper covers. 109, (1) pages; 2678 lots. Near fine. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF THE NUMISMATIC COLLECTION OF FRANCIS S. HOFFMAN, ESQ., OF NEW YORK. New York: Leavitt, Strebeigh, April 24-27, 1866. 8vo, later green cloth, gilt. 120 pages; 2340 lots. A bit trimmed, not affecting text. Near fine. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN COINS, MEDALS, &C. SELECTED FROM SEVERAL PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, TOGETHER WITH A FEW FOREIGN PIECES... New York: Leavitt, Strebeigh, April 18-20, 1867. 8vo, later green cloth, gilt; original paper covers bound in. 72 pages; 1647 lots. Hand-priced in ink. Near fine. [with] Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF THE NUMISMATIC COLLECTION FORMED BY JOSEPH J. MICKLEY, ESQ., OF PHILADELPHIA... 1996 Charles Davis reprint of the 1867 original. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. (2), 220 pages; 3349 lots; list of prices realized with buyers' names bound in at the end. Fine. Ten catalogues total. Adams 4-6, 9-12, 14, 16 and the reprint of 17. Ten of the most important early American numismatic auctions, all held by W. Elliot Woodward between 1862 and 1867. Nearly all of them are rated A- or above by Adams, who awards his highest overall grade of A+ to three of them: McCoy, Levick et al., and Mickley. Enumerating the virtues of each individual catalogue would take too long even for this long-winded cataloguer, but a few highlights include: Finotti's proof coins and colonials; Colburn's English coins and colonials; McCoy's medals, colonials and early federal coins; Levick et al.'s Washingtonia, tokens, and proofs; and Mickley's superb English and colonials. Attinelli 31-49.
Estimate: 600 USD