Rare as Well as Useful - Alain Poinsignon's Numismatic Library

Künker's auction 342 on 2 and 3 November 2020 will be a literature-only auction. Theresearch library of French coin dealer Alain Poinsignon will be on offer. It containsimportant numismatic reference works that were published between the 19th and 21stcenturies and cover a broad spectrum of subjects from antiquity to present times.

Alain Poinsignon, founder of Poinsignon Numismatique in Strasbourg, is one of the mostimportant coin dealers of the country. At the IAPN, he was head of the IBSCC, theInternational Bureau for the Suppression of Counterfeit Coins. Moreover, he was a permanentmember of the board of the French professional association SNENNP.

Now, Alain Poinsignon is enjoying his well-earned retirement, his son Régis Poinsignon tookover the store, and his extremely well-stocked library will be auctioned off at Künker over thecourse of three auction sales. The first one is auction 342 taking place on 2 and 3 November.The sale will be held as a traditional room auction in the premises of the Künker auctionhouse. All those who cannot be there in person will have the option of live bidding via Auexand the usual possibilities of bidding via e-mail or phone. In a subsequent eLive PremiumAuction on 4 and 5 November, the second part of the library, which also features a broadselection of items, will be on sale. The third part mainly contains older auction catalogues thatare valuable sources for identifying provenances. This part will be on sale in another eLivePremium Auction following the 2021 Spring Auction Sales.

The library, which was built up over more than 40 years, comprises about 11,000 items, alavish spectrum of monographs, anthologies, catalogues, special editions and journal volumesof a broad range of topics, an impressive amount of numismatic information, which has beenbundled into approx. 4,500 lots for these auction sales. Thus, coin enthusiasts of all kindshave the chance to acquire numerous rarities, magnificent volumes and useful standard worksthat can only be found on the market on rare occasions. Among the 1,000 lots of auction 342are many items with unusually low starting prices. Moreover, book lovers will encountermany beautiful bookplates. Seize this opportunity to enrich your own library!

Antiquity
The auction starts with several lots on general numismatics, followed by a large section onancient coinage. In this part, you will find numerous lots on Greece, including the completeseries of the British Museum's Catalogue of Greek Coins published between 1873 and 1927.The abundant offer in the field of Celtic numismatics is also worth mentioning. One of thehighlights from the section of works on Roman coinage is Ernst Justus Haeberlin's work Aesgrave. Das Schwergeld Roms und Mittelitaliens, which comprises two volumes.

Middle Ages and Modern Times
Following works on the Migration Period and Byzantium, we find the sectionMiddle Ages and modern times. The main focus is on a large selection of works on German and Frenchnumismatics. However: the well-equipped library also contains literature on the coinage ofmost countries and has something to offer for almost every special collector. Moreover, thePoinsignon Collection includes many works on medals, plaquettes and jetons. At this point,we would like to mention Habich's standard work Die deutschen Schaumu¨nzen des XVI.Jahrhunderts.

Journals and Series
The sale is rounded off by about 50 lots made of journals and series. This is a rare opportunityto purchase complete or almost complete series. Among them is the complete set of Blätterfür Münzfreunde published between 1865 and 1963 as well as the almost complete collectionof the issues of the important traditional magazine Revue Numismatique published between1836 and 2017.

The catalogue can be ordered at Künker, Nobbenburger Straße 4a, 49076 Osnabrück; phone:+49 541 962020, fax: +49 541 9620222; or via e-mail: service@kuenker.de. You can accessthe auction catalogues online at www.kuenker.de. If you want to use live bidding, pleaseremember to register for this service in good time.You will be informed about any changes, e.g. regarding the schedule or the location of theauction sale, in the Künker newsletter and at www.kuenker.de.

No. 41: BRITISH MUSEUM. Catalogue of Greek Coins. 29 volumes, entire series of the1873-1927 London original edition in various individual volumes: original full cloth binding(12), older full cloth library binding (1), younger full cloth binding in the style of the originaledition's binding (1), younger full leather binding (2), older half Moroccan leather binding(1), Poinsignon half leather binding (12). (29) Estimate: 2,500 euros

No. 214: HAEBERLIN, E.J. Aes grave. Das Schwergeld Roms und Mittelitalienseinschließlich der ihm vorausgehenden Rohbronzewährung. 2 volumes, Frankfurt (Main)1910. XXVIII, 280 p., 1 plate.; 103 plates. Quarto (text volume) and atlas folio (platevolume). The text volume's original front and back paperback covers are bound in.Poinsignon half leather binding. (2) Estimate: 1,500 eurosCopy from Bibliothek Münzen und Medaillen AG, Fritz Rudolf Künker Auction 102,Osnabrück 2005, No. 3772 (there still in half leather and half cloth bound folder).On the pre-title there is the handwritten indication of ownership by coin dealer Lucien Navilleand the erased stamp of German-Swiss art and coin dealer Dr. Jacob Hirsch (*1874, +1955),Munich.

No. 309: BRAUSE-MANSFELD, A. Feld-, Noth- und Belagerungsmünzen. Complete setcomprising 2 volumes, bound in one volume: Berlin 1897 and 1903; XI 118 p., 55 plates;VIII, 80 p., 38 plates. Frontispiece. Folio. Poinsignon half leather binding. Estimate: 1,000eurosCopy from Fritz Rudolf Künker Auction 169, Osnabrück 2010, No. 663 (there still in fullcloth binding).

No. 860: HABICH, GEORG. Die deutschen Schaumünzen des XVI. Jahrhunderts. 2 volumesand index volume in 5 volumes. Munich 1929-1934. CXXXII, 557 p. with numerous images,334 plates; 48 p. Folio. Original half cloth binding. (5) Estimate: 2,500 euros

No. 994: REVUE NUMISMATIQUE. Founded as REVUE DE LA NUMISMATIQUEFRANÇOISE by E. CARTIER/L. DE LA SAUSSAYE. 1st series (1836-1855), 2nd series(1856-1870, 1874-1877), 3rd series (1883-1896), 4th series (1897-1936), 5th series (1937-2003), 6th series (2004-2017). Almost complete set of this important journal, which is stillpublished today. Only 4 issues from recent times (2002, 2007, 2008 and 2010) are missing.Estimate: 10,000 euros