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The E-Sylum:  Volume 4, Number 42, October 14, 2001, Article 7

KOLBE SALE RESULTS    

  George Kolbe forwarded the following summary of results   
  from his recent sales of numismatic literature:  "The 550 lots   
  of numismatic literature offered at public auction at the Long   
  Beach, California Coin Convention on October 6th, 2001   
  by George Frederick Kolbe/Fine Numismatic Books brought   
  a total of over $236,000. Lots 1-450 comprised the first part   
  of the John Bergman Library, and lots 451-550, issued in a   
  separate catalogue, consisted of "100 Rarities of American   
  Numismatic Literature."    

  Thirty-five floor bidders, five telephone bidders, and over two   
  hundred fifty absentee bidders combined to make both sales   
  a great success.  A few highlights follow:    

  A superb set of Furtwängler's monumental three volume "Die   
  Antike Gemmen" sold for $4,400; an 1840 volume on French   
  medals of the "Trésor de Numismatique" in a fine binding brought   
  $1,650 on a $850 estimate;  Hiram Deats' run of the first forty-   
  six volumes of the "American Journal of Numismatics" garnered   
  $9,900; The Charles Ruby Archive, a bound collection of some   
  5,000 letters and other items of numismatic interest dating from   
  the mid-twentieth century, drew the interest of two mail bidders,   
  two telephone bidders and at least one floor bidder and, after   
  spirited bidding from all quarters, sold for $24,200, well over   
  the pre-sale estimate of $15,000; a deluxe edition of Browning's   
  classic work on U. S. Quarter Dollars sold for $7,150, and an   
  example of the regular edition brought $3,960 on a $2,000   
  estimate; a great example of "Numismatica Americana," the   
  Chapman Brothers' Original Client Ledger, realized $4,180; a   
  superb leatherbound copy of George Clapp's classic work on   
  1798 & 1799 large cents opened at its estimate of $5,000 and   
  ended up bringing a world record price of $8,250; perhaps the   
  most sought-after lot in the sale, a superb first edition Yeoman   
  "Red Book," attracted over a dozen mail bids, and after   
  protracted floor bidding, brought an amazing $1,980, surely   
  another world record price.    

  A limited number of copies of the two catalogues with a prices   
  realized list may be obtained by sending $25.00 to Kolbe.  In late   
  November, the firm will participate in an important specialized   
  sale of rare and out of print numismatic books at   
  htp://www.sothebys.com,  and their next regular numismatic   
  literature auction is scheduled for March 2002. Further details   
  are available at the Kolbe web site:  http://www.numislit.com."    

  [A few other notable U.S. items: lot 482, Thomas Elder   
  correspondence relating to "Plans for an Improvement of   
  United States Coinage", $300; lot 496, another group of   
  Elder correspondence with M. H. Bolender, $950; lot   
  509, J. Colvin Randall's complete set of Mason's Monthly,   
  $1300; lot 538, Plated H.P. Smith sale of the Maris   
  collection, $3800. -Editor]   

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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