Watch List notes:

Sotheby & Co. THE PALACE COLLECTIONS OF EGYPT. CATALOGUE OF THE HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY VALUABLE COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS, THE PROPERTY OF THE REPUBLIC OF EGYPT. Cairo, February 24–March 6, 1954. Crown 4to, original printed card covers. 306, (6) pages; 2798 lots; 37 plates, all but the last double-plates. Original prices realized list laid in. Spine sunned; tape residue on spine top and bottom; very good or better. The famous sale catalogue of the legendary coin collection formed by King Farouk. The scope and depth of the collection makes the catalogue relevant to most numismatists, regardless of specialty. Catalogued by the London firm of Baldwin's under very trying conditions, the cataloguing is sparce (great rarities from the Woodin, Earle, Colonel Green and other great American collections were often placed in group lots), but it remains highly important as a record of one of the great collections. The onerous financial requirements imposed by the Egyptian Government combined with reported dealer collusion appears to have stifled widespread competition and many bargains were to be had by those brave enough to venture to Cairo. Clain-Stefanelli 8013*. Grierson 275 and 277.