Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers are pleased to announce that we will be holding our 175th auction sale on Saturday, November 22, 2025. Headlining the sale is the outstanding library on Russian numismatics formed by Igor Shneyderov, which includes most of the classic works on the subject. The sale also features a variety of rare and out-of-print works on ancient, world and U.S. numismatics, with notable material on Islamic coins from the library of the well-known former ANS Curator Michael Bates. With over 500 lots, there is something for everybody.

Some highlights of this first sale include:

Lot 227: an extraordinary set of the Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich's legendary corpus on Russian numismatics, one of the most important numismatic publications ever produced

Lot 204: a complete original set of Baron Chaudoir's classic work on Russian coins, being the superior Russian edition of 1837-1841

Lot 370: an 1881 volume of Portraits and Vignettes Engraved by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Treasury Department, never issued commercially

Lot 314: a set of the original superbly embossed plates prepared for General T.F. de Schubert's 1857 Monnayes russes des dernièrs trois siècles

Lot 352: George Kolbe's complete set, with all supplements, of the ANS Library catalogue, substantially augmented with hundreds of inserts

Lot 397: John J. Ford, Jr.'s immaculate copy of the rare plated version of Henry Chapman's 1911 catalogue of the Stanislaus Siedlecki collection of US, world and ancient coins

Lot 440: a plated copy of Tom Elder's 1917 catalogue of the George C. Carlton collection, featuring five superb photographic plates depicting mostly American coins and medals

Lot 436: a finely bound set of Penny-Wise, the publication of Early American Coppers, in tan half morocco, from the libraries of Roger Siboni, Syd Martin, and John Hoskins

Lot 443: the Stack Family set of the catalogues of Ed Frossard, including seventy-six catalogues bound in six volumes, four of them featuring original heliotype plates

Lot 474: a complete set of William C. Noyes's six-volume series on United States large cents, each finely bound in maroon quarter morocco.

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.

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 November 21, 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.

To bid in the sale, see:
https://bid.numislit.com/auctions/1-BH0HFN/important-numismatic-books-sale-175

To read the .pdf catalog, see:
https://numislit.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/upload/kolbefanningsale175.pdf