Watch List notes:

Smith, H.P. AUCTION SALES. New York, 1881–1887. Twenty catalogues. Adams Nos. 1–18, 20 and 21. 8vo, original printed paper or card covers. Sales 1, 16 and 20 are hand-priced. Generally near fine, with a couple of exceptions. Except for the large format 1886 Maris sale, a complete run of H.P. Smith sales. Following his short-lived partnership with Henry Griswold Sampson, Harland Page Smith conducted 21 auctions under his own name before establishing the New York Coin & Stamp Company with David U. Proskey in 1888. He would continue in business with Proskey until his death. Adams writes of Smith that he "was a man with genuine numismatic talent. In addition, a close reading of his catalogs reveals a man with a rare sense of humor." Ex Cardinal Collection Library.