The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 35, August 26, 2001, Article 6

UNLISTED FROSSARD CATALOG DISCOVERED 

   David Fanning writes: "Well, the gang at the E-Sylum came 
   through for me with the info I needed. Please include the 
   following in next week's edition: 

   At the ANA this year, I discovered a previously unlisted 
   sale catalogued by Edouard Frossard.  The sale is numbered 
   88, but is a different sale than that listed in Adams as sale 88. 
   [United States Numismatic Literature Volume I: Nineteenth 
   Century Auction Catalogs",  John W. Adams, 1982, revised 
   2001 - Editor] 

   I have verified that the listing in Adams is not in error; thus, 
   as with Frossard's sale 103, we must come to the conclusion 
   that more than one sale was inadvertently given the same 
   number. The listing for this catalogue is as follows: 

   Sale 88 
   November 22-23, 1888 
   406 lots as listed in 404 (plus a 53a and 390*) 
   Catalogue of a Fine and Varied European Collection of 
   Genuine Antiquities, Curiosities, Etc., Comprising Old Silver 
   Jewelry, Amber Necklaces, Arms, Aquarelles, Bronzes, 
   Bohemian and Stained Glass, Beads, Costumes, Daggers, 
   Enamels, Embroideries,  Gems, Ivory Carvings, Jewelry, 
   Meerschaum Pipes, Old Delft Ware, Paper Cutters, Pistols, 
   Rugs, Reliquaries, Swords, Tapestries, etc., etc. 
   Sold at Leavitt & Co.'s rooms at 787-789 Broadway 

   As the sale is one of Frossard's non-numismatic sales, it 
   seems fitting that it would be graded C- for content. 
   Unfortunately, the sale was discovered after the publication 
   of Kolbe's revision to the Adams work and so is not 
   included in that listing. 

   Many thanks to those who answered my request for info, 
   especially the two who verified that they had the number 88 
   Adams lists." 

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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