Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are pleased to announce that we will be holding our next auction sale on Saturday, January 25, 2025.

This sale includes a wide variety ofmaterial, with something to appeal to all sorts of numismatic interests. Thefirst half of the L.D. & I.P. Library is offered, most notable for its comprehensive runs of classic European auction catalogues. Of particular note arethe catalogues of the Italian firms, with exceptional holdings from MicheleBaranowsky, C. & E. Canessa, Vincenzo Capobianchi, C. & C. Clerici, Raffaele Dura, Mario Ratto, Rodolfo Ratto, Giulio Sambon, Giuseppe Sangiorgi, P. & P. Santamaria, Ortensio Vitalini and others. French auction housesincluding Feuardent Frères, Henri Hoffmann, Rollin & Feuardent, and Arthur Sambon are also included. These can be found both in the Ancient Numismatics section as well as under Medieval & Modern World Numismatics, depending on the focus of each catalogue. The second half of the L.D. &I.P. Library will be included in our next auction, and will feature cataloguesof additional French firms, as well as German, English, Belgian and othercatalogues.

This sale also includes an initial offering of material from the library of Barry Tayman, a longtime client and friend. His library focuses most heavilyon U.S. and Canadian numismatics, with occasional forays into other areas.Most notable in Barry's consignment are his set of the Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal, his original copy of Sharp's rare catalogue ofthe Sir George Chetwynd collection of provincial copper tokens, his platedcopy of the Chapman Brothers' 1905 sale of the Charles Morris collection,and his complete 38-volume set of the American State Papers. His collectionof material relating to the W.W.C. Wilson collection is also notable, including as it does the rare plated edition of the catalogue of Wayte Raymond's1925 sale, and the original photographs of Wilson's collection of Bouquetsous and Franco-American jetons.

Additional highlights include a 1590 edition of Camden's Britannia in a16th-century armorial binding, a complete set of Milford Haven on Navalmedals, Gianfrancesco Galeani Napione's 1826 folio on the medals of theHouse of Savoy, a remarkable run of the ANA publication The Numismatist,including Volumes 5 and 6, and a fantastic presentation copy of J.L. Riddell's1845 Monograph of the Silver Dollar, inscribed by the author to the Superintendent of the New Orleans Mint.

Some highlights of this first sale include:

Lot 38: a 1590 edition of Camden's Britannia, in a contemporary armorial binding featuring the arms of Jacques Auguste de Thou & Marie de Barbançon-Cany

Lot 110: a set of Giuseppe Mazzini's Monete imperiali romane, with 531 fine plates illustrating an incredible 8051 coins, tesserae and contorniates

Lot 128: a nearly complete run of Rodolfo Ratto's very rare early (1894-1911) fixed price lists, a much more difficult series to collect than his later emissions

Lot 210: Giuseppe Sangiorgi's excellent plated catalogue of the Prospero Sarti collection of Roman coins, entirely priced and mostly named

Lot 289: José Toribio Medina's scarce and important 1919 work on the obsidional coins of Spanish America, in a contemporary binding

Lot 362: a fine presentation copy of Thomas Sharp's 1834 catalogue of the Chetwynd collection of provincial copper coins, a legendary rarity

Lot 372: an extensive set of The Numismatist, an unparalleled, comprehensive chronicle of coin collecting in America

Lot 398: a very rare plated copy of the Chapman Brothers' 1905 catalogue of the Charles Morris collection, from the Armand Champa Library

Lot 400: Henry Chapman's massive 1921 catalogue of the John Story Jenks collection, with 42 superb photographic plates

Lot 484: Wayte Raymond's rare 1925 W.W.C. Wilson catalogue featuring 45 exceptional photographic plates, definitive for early American and Canadian material.

Register early to bid online
Bids may be placed via post, email, phone, as well as online. Kolbe & Fanning use Auction Mobility as our third-party online bidding platform. Auction Mobility is an app-based platform allowing users the ability to participate in the sale through phones, tablets and computers. To register for the sale, bidders must go to bid.numislit.com and sign up. Once you have set up an account, you may browse lots, place advance bids, or participate in the live sale online. Those wishing to participate on their devices can download the Kolbe & Fanning app through the Apple or Google Play Store. The sale will also be listed on Biddr and NumisBids in the near future.

The printed catalogue is being mailed to all active customers on our mailing list. As international mail speeds have been inconsistent, we encourage our foreign clients to consult the electronic catalogue in case their printed catalogue does not arrive promptly. A PDF of the printed catalogue has been posted to our main website at numislit.com for those who prefer that format. Bids placed via post, email, or phone must be received by January 24 the day before the sale, in order for them to be processed. Advance absentee bids may also be placed at any time online at bid.numislit.com. Internet bidding will be available during the sale itself through the same platform.

Maria Beth Fanning, doing business as Kolbe & Fanning, is licensed by the State of Ohio Department of Agriculture (license 2024000216) as an auctioneer, and is bonded as required by law in favor of the State of Ohio. For more information, please see the Kolbe & Fanning website atnumislit.com or email David Fanning at df@numislit.com. To register for the sale, go to bid.numislit.com. We look forward to your participation.

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