More Highlights from Kolbe & Fanning's 2017 New York Book Auction

Kolbe & Fanning will be holding our 2017 New York Book Auction on Saturday, January 14 in the 18th Floor Norse Suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in conjunction with the New YorkInternational Numismatic Convention. The sale features 400 lots of numismatic books from around the world, including rare and desirable works from the libraries of Tom Cederlind and Italo Vecchi.

The online catalogue, with color illustrations of every lot, has been posted to the firm's online bidding platform at auction.numislit.com. Printed catalogues have been mailed, and a PDF of the printed catalogue has been posted to the regular Kolbe & Fanningsite at numislit.com. Bids may be placed via post, email, fax or phone prior to the sale. Advance absentee bids may also be placed through the online catalogue; live internet bidding will beavailable during the sale itself through the same platform.

Some sale highlights include:

Lot 1: the 1717 history of the Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, with substantial numismatic content

Lot 6: a complete set of Naville/Ars Classica sales, including the very rare Sale 9 on Swiss coins

Lot 75: the magnificent 1645 Icones volume of Goltzius featuring superb oversize chiaroscuro illustrations of Roman coins

Lot 86: a rare set of Hanthaler's Exercitationes Faciles de Numis Veterum pro Tyronibus

Lot 156: Ludwig Pollak's gorgeous catalogue of the Nelidow collection of ancient gold objets d'art

Lot 173: the 1896 Montagu sale of Roman & Byzantine coins, with exceptional plates

Lot 183: Sambon & Canessa's 1927 catalogue of the Duke of Cajaniello collection

Lot 192: a very rare complete set of Sartiges collection plates, with the supplement

Lot 331: eight 1891-dated issues of the rare publication Plain Talk, the ANA's semi-official publication of the time

Lot 378: a large-paper set of Phillips on early American paper money.

The sale features a remarkable number of interesting, often rarely seen, volumes on various aspects of numismatics, and bidders are encouraged to consult the printed or PDF catalogues for fullinformation on each lot (the online catalogue is truncated). More information on the sale will be included in future announcements.

Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC is a licensed auction firm in the State of Ohio and is conducting the sale in conjunction with Marissa Russell, auctioneer. For more information, pleasesee the Kolbe & Fanning website at numislit.com or email David Fanning at df@numislit.com. We look forward to your participation.

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
KOLBE & FANNING'S 2017 NEW YORK BOOK AUCTION (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n49a03.html)
KOLBE & FANNING OFFER THIAN CONFEDERATE CURRENCY ALBUM (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n50a02.html)