Created: 10 Jul 2022. Updated: 5 Apr 2026 (Change Log)
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See also: Intro to BCD Collection; Numislit Coin Exhibits; Catalog Collection Favorites; and Alexandrian Catalogs OnlineBibliography: Numismatic Sale Catalog Research, Resources (below).
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, my numismatic library is a big part of my collection, including sale catalogs. One major reason to collect such catalogs is for provenance research. If I have a catalog with a known or suspected provenance to a coin you are researching, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I’ll be happy to check or send a photo or page scan.
Many sales are available online. For catalog collectors, though, it’s also a pleasure to assemble a library of physical copies. There’s no better way to appreciate the genre than by reading, studying, or annotating the “real thing.” And nothing more satisfying than having both, together at the same time, the “plate coin” or “old collection coin” and the book(s) or auction catalog(s) in which it’s illustrated.
Above: My Corinth Stater ex Pozzi 1688 = Boutin 3756, alongside Lottie & Mark Salton’s copy of Pozzi-Boutin.
Below: Same coin, as it appeared in Baranowsky’s (1931) sale of the Traverso Collection.
Personally, I’m fond of texts with their own provenances (e.g., bookplates of important scholars of institutions, notes made by influential dealers, or address labels to well-known collectors). I’ve already created a page for some of my favorite catalogs with such backstories (in fact, also a second page for old catalogs accompanied by the actual coins they illustrated).
FULL LIST OF CATALOGS
The table below is a (mostly) complete list of my sale catalogs. (I’m still filling in empty cells.) So far, there are ~800-850 catalogs/lists in the library (almost half of which are accounted for by Münzen & Medaillen FPLs or Harlan J Berk BBSs). At first it might sound like a lot, but compared to a serious collection or dealer library, mine is actually a modest “beginner” or intermediate collection.
The table includes some catalogs already listed on other pages (e.g., favorite “collectible” copies, the important Alexandrian sales, the ten important BCD catalogs). Many are also online as PDFs (e.g., all the HJB and most CNG, NFA, etc.); I’m still adding in the links (but don’t hesitate to ask for a link that’s not up yet). Next, I’ll continue w/ more chunks from my full annotated list of 20th cent. sale catalogs available online (currently 1,000-2,000 pre-2000 online catalogs with links + some notes).
| AIELLO | Hewitt, NJ | John Aiello. Also a longtime collector, known particular for his Alexandrian (2,500+ cited in RPC Online [Aug 2024]; duplicates sold in Malloy XIV, 1979 [Archive/NNP-ANS]; Late Roman Collection in Malloy LX, 1991 [some appeared again at FAC]; var. others at Nomos AG, 2022-). | [CJJ Coll. = Commodus Alexandrian Tet.; Thess. AE (ex BCD, both tags); Mabbott Greek (below)] |
| FPL V [Morris] | Nov 1972 | The Charles G. Morris Collection of Ancient Greek Bronze Coins. 1006 nos. on 34 pp. + 18 glossy plates, however: pp. 9 (Nos. 228-253) & 24 (671-712) are absent from my copy due to a misprint. (Were all copies misprinted? If not, I’d be grateful for a photo or scan of the missing pp.) Little known sale but an impressive collection of Greek & RPC AE. Multipe coll. provenances noted: No. 842 (Curtis 1418, ill. in 1969), 254 (Knobloch 474), 779 (ex Niggeler, Orbiana), especially… At least 52 from the Mabbott Greek sale, although likely higher, since Morris Nos. ex Mabbott (Lot): 199 (1102), 224 (1315), 269 (1643), 270 (1624), 289 (1740), 292 (1749)*, 334 (1953), 378 (2047), 395 (2107), 408 (2165), 409 (2168), 429 (2290), 442 (2349), & 1002 (FIFTY Greek Imperial, incl.: 63, 164, 310, 335, 341, 398, 507, 617, 662, 791, 994, 1024, 1049, 1160, 1287, 1324, 1433, 1680, 1795, 1882, 1897, 1909, 1954, 1973, 2129, 2162, 2164, 2266, 2489, 2610, 2766, 2778, 2788, 2902, 3496, 3593, 3725, 3739, 3749). 290 Alexandrian (incl. Antoninus Pius Zodiac & Labors of Hercules Drachms), 91 of them illustrated (some 1-sided)! (One wonders how many may have stayed with Aiello?) * Title page: “Numbers 221 and 292 from this list have been stolen.” Lot 221 (illustrated), Claudius II AE31 of Cyzicus, Galley rev. Lot 292 (not ill.) = Mabbott 1749 (illustrated), Gallienus AE31 of Tabae. (See Schulman, Mabbott I [1969], below.) Back cover offers interesting loans & terms: “…I have loaned money to dealers and they have given me their ancient coins to hold (at my bank vault) for collateral…I am now prepared to offer that service to my customers…7 1/2% (annual rate)…” Which makes one wonder: Where were Mr. Morris’ two bronzes when they were stolen? (Hopefully not in the vault!) [Fitzwilliam, A-D ; KBR, –] | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 50 [2022], 1041 [part]) |
| ALBUM | Santa Rosa, CA | Stephen Album. Specialist in Islamic and Indian coinage, but often incl. some ancients: FPLs 100 (Sep 1993) to 298 (Jul 2018) avail. in PDF on his website; half or fewer ill. (usually ~5 full-page pl.); half of those w/ >1-2 “ancient” (incl. Persian & contemporaries, Sassanian, Parthian, Hunnic, Elymais; slightly more if counting Kushan & Indo-Greek). New books mentioned. Within: Scattered section introductions & occasional commentary on single coins, occasional mention of and/or sections for collections or hoard coins. Interesting introductory comments (sometimes mult. pp. of tiny print), often reflecting on current events in the numismatic world. Especially valuable for contemporary account of the early 1980s coins & bullion investment bubble and context, c. 1970 – 1985 ff. (See below.) | |
| FPLs X35 Nos. | 1978-1987 | FPLs No. “11, 16, 18, 21-23, 25-53 … Islamic and Indian Coins, 1978 – 1987, small booklet style, paperback” (Forum description). [For FPL dates, see: Fitzwilliam, A-D (FPLs 11-298 near. compl.) ; KBR, A-C (FPLs 18-59 compl., 63-180 part.)] Notes (a few interesting excerpts): FPL 16 (Dec 1979): “Silver prices continue to go nuts…$20/oz.”; FPL 18 (Jun 1980): “silver has plummeted to…$12”; FPL 23 (Sep 1981): Discussion of tax legislation, amendments & rulings (c. 1979-1981) affecting coins as investments, incl. “the Shannon amendment to Reagan’s tax-cut bill” (which, unlike most dealers, Album supports, expecting it to “restrict coin investment to somewhat more knowledgeable parties, and thus mitigate the wild gyrations that occasionally disrupt the coin market”) and Jesse Helms’ legislation to repeal Shannon. FPL 25 (Feb 1982): “One spinoff from the recent investment climate has been an increase in the number of collectors seeking only BU coin, in some cases finer than the finest known to exist. I am not especially interested in offering all my uncirculated coins to ‘condition collectors’…”; 1982 FPLs give the impression that Islamic coins fared better than the rest of the market; 1984-5 (FPLs 37-40 ff.): Album narrates the “collapse” of the coin market and gives thoughts on its causes and consequences, discussing also the 1979-1980 precious metals bubble. | Ex FORVM (13 Aug 2022: BK22932) (some cover annotations in as-yet unidentified hand) |
| ALDE | Paris | Alde Numismatique. Pierre Crinon, expert (Baldwin’s). 15 auction catalogs (2009-18) in Fitzwilliam (A-D), 13 of which also in KBR (A-C), both listed under Crinon. Below are the first two sales. | |
| Auction [Chwartz] | 18 Jun 2009 | Numismatique du Haut Moyen Age. Collection Bernard Chwartz, Part I. Unpaginated, 342 Lots (221 of which Medieval coins, then literature). Cardcovers. With much explanatory text, genealogical tables, etc. The first sale from this firm. [Fitzwilliam, A-D (Crinon) ; KBR, A-C (same)] | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (monogram on cover) |
| [Bourg. & Chwartz] | 14 Jun 2010 | Numismatique. “Vente composée de deux collections: Collection d’un Amateur de Bourguignon (1ère partie), nos 1 à 91. Collection Bernard Chwartz (2ème partie), nos 100 à 349.” Unpaginated, 349 Lots. Mostly medieval, a few more recent French. Extensive commentary & bibliography. The second sale from this firm. [Fitzwilliam, A-D (Crinon) ; KBR, A-C (same)] | Ex Wenninger |
| AMPHORA | Nyack, NY | David Hendin. At least 94 lists issued, 1976 – 2006 (or later; last dated FPL 90 in 2006, 91-94 are n.d.; per Fitzwilliam Catalogs, A-D). Still sells part-time (e.g., on eBay). “A note from BCD: … Early lists average 12 pages and 8 photographic plates; later lists (from 1992 forward), 15 pages and 15 plates. Brochures (14×22.5cm [I get 21.5cm]), printed paper covers… A feast for the Jewish coin specialist but also rich in Greek and Roman collector type coins with a sprinkling of Holy Land antiquities.” — Jacquier 48, 1070 (corr.: continued beyond issue 83 [2003]). In BCD Lokris-Phokis (NAC 55, 133.5), the collector noted his “debt to David. The postage he paid over the years to make sure all his lists reached the BCD library surely exceeds the total amount the writer spent with him for buying coins.” At least one of those coins (Amphora 50, 117), a Phalanna bronze, eventually reached my collection. (See also: my BCD sale catalogs ex Hendin.) | David Hendin’s “Provenance Glossary” entry forthcoming (currently incl. his Hendin-160a Bar Kochba AE & ex-library BCD Catalogs) |
| FPL 63 | 1 Jul 1997 | 305 Ancient coin lots, a. f. ill. singles (> 90%), about 30-40% Holyland/Biblical/related, Judaean & neighbors, Greek (Classical – Hellenistic), RPC, many RIC, Byzantine, some Islamic; plus ~80 Antiquities lots, ma./mo. ill., gemstones, seals, weights, tablets, oil lamps, weapons, sculptures (var. A.N.E. cultures, Egypt, Greek, Roman, Byz, Islamic); 1-p. boklist. [Fitzwilliam, A-D ; KBR, — this nr.] | Ex Ex Kirk Davis (Library Duplicate?), VCoins, Aug 2023; lot 196 clipped (“Tribute Penny”) |
| FPL 81 | 15 Jan 2003 | 216 Ancient coins, f. ill, slightly >50% Holyland/Biblical/related, Judaean & neighbors, Hellenistic Greek (a few earlier), RPC, RIC, some RRC, no weights except for 1-5 (0.01g, Judaean/Samarian AR), no provenances observed; plus 116 antiquities ill. [5 un-ill.] (A.N.E., Levant, Egypt, Bronze Age to Roman period), pottery, glass, weights, weapons, tablets, seals, etc. [Fitzwilliam, A-D ; KBR, — this nr.] | Ex Ex Kirk Davis (Library Duplicate?), VCoins, Aug 2023; clean copy, no annotations |
| FPL 84 | n.d. [Mar 2004] | 248 Ancient coins, f. ill., ~50% Holyland/Biblical/related, Judaean & neighbors, Greek, RPC, few RRC (most Imptl.), RIC, Byz, a few Arab-Byz/Artuqid, ~16-17 w/ weights (0.1 or 0.01g), only 2 provenance notes observed (153: P. Cooper/Hecht Colls; 158: Cooper/Seaby 1950); plus 144 antiquities lots, f. ill. (A.N.E., Levant, Egypt, Bronze Age to Byzantine period), pottery, sculpture, jewelry, metal tools, seals, etc. Fitzwilliam (A-D) catalogs theirs as: “no 84, Mar www. print-out {*Large general}”. My copy, however, is the usual 5.5″ x 8.5″ (14 x 21.5cm) booklet. [Fitzwilliam, A-D ; KBR, — this nr.] | Ex Ex Kirk Davis (Library Duplicate?), VCoins, Aug 2023; “2004” penciled on cover |
| ANCIENT COINS | Staten Island, NY | Arthur John Seltman (son of Charles Seltman, grandson of Ernest John Seltman, both numismatists) | My copy of Malter 1 is inscribed to him. |
| FPL 10. | Aug 1975 | 5 Pl. Ancient: Greek (45 ill.), RRC (3, 2 Imptl.), RIC (~51 ill., incl 3 early Augustus-Octavian); [Fitzwilliam, A-D ; KBR, –] Postmark: 8 August 1975 | Ex BCD Library. Stamped & addressed to North East Coin Co. (John Hunter?), Hillsboro, NH |
| FPL 11 | Oct 1975 | > 5 Pl. Ancient: Greek (~50), RPC (~6), RRC (5), RIC (44) [Fitzwilliam, A-D ; KBR, –] Postmark: 20 October 1975 | Ex BCD Library. Stamped & addressed to Fountainhead of Fine Coins [“Fountain Head”], Coram, NY |
| ANTIOCH ASSOCIATES | San Francisco | Henry Clay Lindgren (1914-2005). Issued 100 FPLs (c. 1993-2004) & 50 BBS (1994-2004). (Plus, confusingly, a second series of FPLs numbered separately according to Fitzwilliam [Catalogs, A-D].) The BBS are printed on glossy broadsheets w/ many/most lots illustrated. They include many “plate coins” published in the three-volume Lindgren Collection. The BBS catalogs are all illustrated; the FPLs are not. Many (all?) FPLs were not only mailed out, but also printed as advertisements in The Celator. In the early 2000s, a number of FPLs & BBS were hosted on Wildwinds. Some are still archived (or partly so), between BBS Nos. 39 & 50, and FPLs between 71 & 100 (here & here, over mult. captures 2001-2004). Some pages give a brief history of Lindgren’s collection (beginning 1956), culminating in his decision “to go into the ancient coin business … primarily for the purpose of liquidating my holdings.” The catalogs often begin with statements to the effect that “The coins listed in this sale are all from my personal collection” or that Antioch Associates was “set up to dispose of a collection of Greek and colonial bronze coins assembled by Dr. Henry Clay Lindgren” (though the listings often included other types as well). There is a debate to be had about whether they are all “collection” coins or some “inventory.” (See also bios in The Celator 7 [6] & The Celator 18 [7].) | See also: Photos, notes on “Catalog Favorites” |
| FPL X5 | c. 1996-2003 | Nos. 32, 33, 52, 80, 90. Small Booklet size, not illustrated; many of these simultaneously printed in The Celator; apparently a second series was numbered differently, possibly not in The Celator [Fitzwilliam, A-D ; KBR, –] | Ex RBW Library, stamped, addr., minor notes. Ex B. Brown, Aug 2023 |
| BBS X41 | 1995-2004 | [Note: Additional BBS set below the FPLs…also ex RBW! Photos, notes on “Catalog Favorites”] [Fitzwilliam, A-D ; KBR, –] Buy-Bid Sales Numbered 3, 6, 8-16, 18-19, 21, 23-44, 46-50. (82% complete for series) Notes: Missing from this group 9 (of 50): BBS 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 17, 20, 22, 45. Only 1, 2, and 7 are absent from RBW’s set below (47 of 50). The first BBS was printed in The Celator, April 1994 (77 lots, f. ill.; I don’t know if there were standalone print catalogs). (I was confused at first by his duplicate set, both groups being v. lightly annotated by RBW. I suspect Lindgren sent follow-up lists to indicate which coins remained unsold. The larger set adds PRLs, discount lists, etc.) Coins now in CJJ Collection: BBS 15, 100 (Otacilia, Nicomedia = L&K 177 = RPC VIII 20007, ex 5); BBS 15, 150 (Gordian III, Tarsus AE35 = L&K 1635 = RPC VII.2 3060, ex 29); BBS 17, 69 = BBS 22, 73 (Grimenothyrae = L&K 955 = Phryg. II, 340 = RPC III 2482, ex 17); BBS 20, 53 (Valerian, Cotiaeum [bt. M. Slavin]); BBS 42, 72 (Elag., Nicopolis [captives] = HHJ 8.26.34.2 = RPC VI 1197, ex 1); FPL 34 (Apr 1998), Lot 48 (Sev. Alex. Nicaea = L&K 145 = RPC VI 3173, ex 4) [inked out as sold on my copy, printed in The Celator 12.4: p. 25]; prob. FPL 26 (Sep 1995), 154 (Gordian III Tarsus AE35) [printed in The Celator 9.9: p. 31]. | Ex RBW Library. Ex B.B., Aug 2023 [CJJ Coll. = ~7 RPC bronzes; see left] |
| FPL X60 | 1995-2004 | Yet to fully catalog. Bryce Brown’s summary: “Large booklet price lists were numbered along with post-auction discount lists (see below). Price lists booklets are #11, 16, 23, 26-27, 32-34, 36-40, 46-47, 50, 52, 59, 63, 70, 80, 88, 90. Discount lists (which essentially fill in most “price list” gaps, above, are: 3/27/97, 7/07/97, 9/23/97, 11/03/97, 2/09/98, 4/06/98, 6/01/98, 7/13/98, 10/13/98, 11/02/98, 12/21/98, 4/05/99, 10/05/99, 12/17/99, 2/09/00, 3/28/00, 7/25/00, 10/13/00, 11/29/00, 3/12/01, 5/07/01, 6/26/01, 9/24/01, 12/04/01, 3/04/02, 6/03/02, 7/29/02, 10/10/02, 11/15/02, 1/06/03, 4/21/03, 6/02/03, 7/14/03, 11/12/03, 1/26/04, 5/31/04, 8/09/04. Single page discount lists.” Apparently RBW had duplicates for many of these. (Both sets contain his notes &/or address labels.) To double-check, but not too surprising: I have several hundred catalogs & offprints from his library, including much duplication. | Ex RBW Library, B. Brown, Feb 2024 |
| BBS X47 | 1995-2004 | [See RBW duplicates note above, incl. coins in CJJ Collection. Photos, notes on “Catalog Favorites”] Yet to fully catalog. Bryce Brown’s summary: “Antioch Associates Mail Bid Auctions (47) and Fixed Price and Discount Lists (60) from 1995-2004. Ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine coins in gold silver and bronze. Mail bid sales present are #3-6, 8-50. Typically 4-pages of of glossy ledger size (11 x 17″) paper, having 150-175 lots, with most being plated.” Note: The first BBS was printed in The Celator, April 1994, pp. 20-22 (77 lots, f. ill.; only one L&K “plate coin”). I don’t know if there were standalone print catalogs. Counting my 3-pp. BBS 1 printout, my set lacks only 2 & 7 for completeness. [For writeup of BBS 50 & bio of Lindgren & firm history, see: “Antioch Associates Posts Its Final Buy-or-Bid Sale,” The Celator 18 [7] (July 2004): pp. 21, 45] | Ex RBW Library, B. Brown, Feb 2024 |
| ANTIQUA | Woodland Hills, CA | Steve Rubinger. Koppersmith (2007: p. 22): “series of fifteen catalogs begun in 1994 illustrating about eight hundred select coins.” Possibly the most beautiful booklet-size fixed-price lists in the library; very high production quality (some tissue-guarded!), top quality coins. [See also: NFA, Antiquity Imports, CJJ Coll. = Sotheby 5 Jul 1995, ex Rubinger.] | |
| FPL II & XIII | BCD’s summaries: “[…] Catalogue II/(mailed Sep. 1995), 100 numbers, 47 pages, 11 plates of coins including 4 in colour + 14 of antiquities, including 9 with colour photos; […] Catalogue XII/(mailed Dec. 2003), 166 numbers plus 65 Roman lamps, 48 pages of which 26 color plates” [DLK, p. 22: 1 star] “Mailed” dates on title pages, discreetly in BCD’s hand | Ex BCD Lib. Dupl., Jacquier 50 (2022), 1041 (part) | |
| FPLs I-XVII | 1994-2013, complete, incl. List 1A (1994) Booklet size. [Fitzwilliam, A-D] Complete, plus some duplicates. FPL VIII (Su 2000): EID MAR Denarius from the collection of Peter Weller (RoboCop actor, with an art history PhD from UCLA), ex Hunt, Sternberg, McCullough, Woodward (Ars Classica XV), et al., published countless times as a “plate coin,” appearing most recently at Heritage in 2023. It appears in at least 3 catalogs listed on this page. | Ex WWE (I-XVI), w/ notes; Ex KF WA 2 (11 Sep 2024), 6 (XVII, plus VIII, XII, XIV) | |
| ANTIQUITY IMPORTS | Minn. | Steve Rubinger (Minneapolis, MN). Before moving to California and joining NFA or running Antiqua, sold coins (anonymously, at least in FPL 1) as Antiquity Imports for c. 1 year. Per Fitzwilliam, FPL 2 was Summer 1976 & Auction 1 was 7 Dec. | |
| FPL 1 | Sp. 1976 (29 Apr) | 446 coin nos. (+27 antiquities), many ill. on 7 (+1) b&w plates, 35 pp. (counting fr. cover, incl. plates), Greek (2 Pl. incl. Parthian etc.), RRC (few ill.), RIC (4 Pl.), Byz (few ill). Booklet size. [Fitzwilliam, A-D] Heavily annotated in green ink & red pencil by an RIC buyer (not BCD) — cf. G. Brunk samples? | Ex BCD Lib. Dupl. |
| ARGOS | Clifton, NJ | Lists & auctions published c. 1988 – 1996. (Not to be confused with Argos in Flagstaff, AZ, later Attica.) [Fitzwilliam, A-D ; KBR, –] | |
| FPL S-3 | Apr 1989 | “Supplementary Price List 3/(mailed Apr. 1989), 85 numbers, 6 pages of which 3 plates” Large format glossy catalog. [Fitzwilliam, A-D ; KBR, –] | [1] Ex BCD Lib. Dupl. (PFJ 50, 1040 [part]) [2] Ex BCD Lib. Dupl. (PFJ 49 [2021], 940 [part] = 48 [2020], 1069 [unsold]) |
| ARS CLASSICA | Lucerne | NAVILLE – ARS CLASSICA. Lucien Naville, Jacob Hirsch (cataloger). Series of 18 auction catalogs, 17 consisting of ancient coins (Greek & Roman). The crowning achievement of Jacob Hirsch (1877-1955), perhaps the greatest commercial numismatist of the 20th century. The first auction, Pozzi, set a new standard for auction catalogs by including photographs of every single coin (from casts, as was the European custom) as well as scientific descriptions includinng diameter (mm) & weight (.01g). Any coin that once appeared in an Ars Classica catalog can be properly considered “important.” | |
| Auction I [Pozzi] + Boutin | 4 Apr 1921 [reprint] | Catalogue de Monnaies Grecques Antiques provenant de la Collection de feu le Prof. S. Pozzi. 3,334 lots f. ill. on 101 plates, described in detail, including diameter & weight to .01g (highly unusual if not unique for the time). Gray cloth. 1966 reprint by Bank Leu (Zurich) & Schulman (Amsterdam). Some neat scholarly notes in pen & pencil to text & plates of AR Carian magistrate coinage (hand of annotator as yet unidentified) [Spring 471, pp. 174-175 ; Clain-Stefanelli 1988* ; DLK, p. 22: 4 stars (Auction series); Online: Naville-Ars Classica I via Heidelberg] Jacquier 48, 1112 (Ars Classica I): “A note from BCD: This used to be the “Bible” for both dealers and collectors before the advent of the Internet and still is a very good way to educate oneself on the fascinating subject of Greek coins. Today the term “Mr. Pozzi var.” still applies to a well-respected dealer who continued to use this publication as his main reference until he passed away some years ago.” Who is Mr. Pozzi var.? (See also L. Schmitt’s compte-rendu of HGC9 in Bul. Numismatique 81, p. 11 [issue PDF or on CGB-fr.]) Additional supplement: Serge Boutin’s (1979) Catalogue Des Monnaies Grecques Antiques De L’Ancienne Collection Pozzi, Monnaies Frappées En Europe. Two Vols (Text & Pl.): 4630 Coins, 202 Pl. With additional coins from European mints not in Ars Classica I (but does not include coins from Asian/African mints in Ars Classica I). [Clain-Stefanelli 1932*] Two copies of Boutin: [1] Ex Mark Salton-Schlessinger (1914-2005) & Lottie Salton (née Aronstein, 1924-2020) Library & [2] Ex Bibliothek Wenninger | bt. Charles Davis, Feb 2025 [CJJ Coll. = Ars Classica I: 1688 & 1236 ; Boutin only: 423, 3312, 4076] |
| VI [Bement I] | 28 Jan 1924 | Catalogue de Monnaies Grecques Antiques […] de feu Clarence S. Bement […] Première Partie: Ibérie à Eubée. 1,082 Lots, 37 Pl. [Spring 476 ; Clain-Stefanelli (p. 152) 1942* (all three sales) ; Daehn 2086 (both sales) ; Grierson (1966) p. 178 ; DLK, p. 22: 4 stars (series) ; Kroh — ; see also ASW (2008, AJN) “Catalogs and Their Collectors” ; Online: Ars Classica VI via Heidelberg (or via Archive, bound w/ VII, PRL). See also: my Provenance Glossary, Catalog Favorites-Bement] Blue ink stamp: “Envoi de Dr. J. Hirsch, expert / c/o Ars Classica / 5, rue Lévrier / Genève” | Ex ANS Library Dupl. [CJJ Coll. = Sybaris Triobol, Lot 216] |
| VII [Bement II] | 23 Jun 1924 | Catalogue de Monnaies Grecques Antiques […] de feu Clarence S. Bement […] Seconde partie: Attique à Mauritanie. 827 Lots, 31 Pl. [Spring 477 ; Clain-Stefanelli (p. 152) 1942* (all three sales) ; Daehn 2086 (both sales) ; Grierson (1966) p. 178 ; DLK, p. 22: 4 stars (series) ; Kroh — ; see also ASW (2008, AJN) “Catalogs and Their Collectors” ; Online: Ars Classica VII via Heidi (or via Archive, bound w/ VI, PRL). See also: my Provenance Glossary, Catalog Favorites-Bement] Red ink stamp: “Envoi de Dr. J. Hirsch, expert…” | Ex ANS Library Dupl. [CJJ Coll. = Hidrieus Tetradrachm, Lot 1520] |
| X [Petrowicz, Rogers] | 15 Jun 1925 | Catalogue des Monnaies Grecques et Romaines Composant les Collections d’un Grand Industriel Décédé, de Feu Baron Alexandre de Petrowicz, de M. le Rev. Edgar Rogers, M.A. et de Plusieurs Autres Amateurs. 1,770 lots f. ill. on 76 pl. (+2 pl. monograms) [Clain-Stefanelli 2893* ; Spring 479 (“Most Important Greek” & “Aes Grave”) ; Online: via Heidelberg] Catalog known especially for its significant series of Seleukid coins. The important Parthian collection of Baron Alexandre de Petrowicz (1857-1925 [?]) begins here & continues in Ars Classica XII (18 Oct 1926). | Ex Malloy Lib. bookplate (Malter 89, 804); Ex K&F 146, 9; bt. C. Davis, Feb 2026 [CJJ Coll. = Darios II, 1605 = Laval 629 (below)] |
| XI [Levis] | 18 Jun 1925 | Kolbe & Fanning description: “[Ars Classica XI] Naville et Cie. XI. CATALOGUE DE MONNAIES ROMAINES ANTIQUES COMPOSANT LA COLLECTION DE H.C. LEVIS, ESQ., L.L.B., F.S.A. Lucerne, 18-20 Juin 1925. 4to, original mottled card covers, lettered in black. (6), 78, (2) pages; 1139 lots; 42 fine plates. Tear on front cover; parts of spine missing; very good. Clain-Stefanelli 3674. Grierson 284. Spring 480 [also listed under “Most important sales of aes grave” and “Most important sales of Roman Imperial coins”].” Note: incorrect provenance given in Kolbe & Fanning Web Auction 1 to prior sale | Ex K&F WA1, 2 (corr.) |
| XV [Woodward et al.] | 2 Jul 1930 | Catalogue de Monnaies Antiques […] Collections de Deux Amateurs Étrangers Récemment Décédés et […] W.-H. Woodward, Londres. 2176 Coin Lots (plus 91 book lots), a. f. ill. on 74 Pl. [Spring 484 ; Clain-Stefanelli 1708 ; DLK, p. 22: 4 stars (series) ; Online: Ars Classica XV via Archive (w/ PRL)] Note from BCD: “Even the great dealers of the pre-WWII era were not faultless. Lots 626, 845 and 846, were clever forgeries that deceived both the legendary Jacob Hirsch as well as the collectors who bought them.” Note: I have seen no one else suggest an identity for the “recently deceased foreign amateurs,” but Col. R.K. Morcom‘s (1877-1961) tag for Lot 809 (Elis AE) identified the collector as E. P. Warren (1860-1928). Warren had used very similar pseudonyms and his recent death makes it likely. Given that Morcom and Warren personally knew each other (and had traded coins privately), I see no reason to doubt his identification. CNG provenance incorrectly described this copy as hardcover binding/gilt | Ex CNG 555, 1188 (corr.) [CJJ Coll. = Elis AE, Lot 809] |
| ARTCOINS ROMA | Rome, Munich | ACR, later Bertolami Fine Arts. Some time between 2016 & 2018 BFA first partnered w/ LAC, since then holding ancient coin auctions in London. Note: A continuous run for ancient coins over the 2-year period covered (20 May 2013 – 27 Apr 2015); the absent auctions (10, 11, 13, 14) did not include coins. Provenance Note: Was electronic auction 8 indexed anywhere? (Not in ACSearch, Sixbid. Maybe CoinArchives?) Have my invoice but forgot which coins were in the lots; need to find sale photos & descriptions. | |
| 7 | 20 May 2013 | Final sale in Rome? After this point, ancients coins were handled out of the Munich offices (and eventually London, in association with London Ancient Coins) | |
| 8 | 3 Feb 2014 | ||
| 9 | 29 Apr 2014 | (glossy broadsheet illustrating only selected lots — an interesting document, possibly meant to save on shipping cost? the PDF catalog is mentioned on the front page above the fold) | |
| 12 | 29 Oct 2014 | ||
| 15 | 27 Apr 2015 | ||
| A.N.E. | Barcelona | Asociación Numismática Española (ANE). Xavier Calicó & Ferran Calicó, principals. [Alt = “A.N.E.”] Catalogs produced circa 1955-2015. [Fitzwilliam Catalogs, A-D; KBR, A-C (slightly less coverage)] About 17 x 23cm, paper covers. Org. in following order w/ some comb. of: Iberian, sometimes Greek, Republican, Roman Imperial, sometimes Byzantine then Visigoth, Islamic, Spanish, Latin America, World. | |
| Auction | 23 Nov 1978 | Subasta Social. 423 Lots (98 Ancient), 28 pp. + 19 Pl. (4 Pl. Ancient), a. f. ill. Iberian (1-14), RRC (15-55), RIC (56-98). Affordable, mid-grade collector coins. [Fitzwilliam, A-D ; KBR, A-C] | |
| Auction | 15 Dec 1981 | Subasta Social. 965 Lots (737 Ancient), 86 pp. + 41 Pl. (31 Pl. Ancient), a f. ill. Iberian (1-344), Greek (345-363), RRC (364-537), RIC (538-729), Byz (730-737, from Theodosius I), Visigoth (739-743 [no 738]), Islamic (744-748), Spanish (749-965). Weights for Greek only (0.005g), no provenances observed. [Fitzwilliam, A-D ; KBR, A-C] Lot 508 included in RRDP (ANS, Schaefer), later Alba Longa 1398 | CJJ Coll. = Lot 508 |
| BANK LEU – LHS | Zurich | Bank Leu / Leu Numismatik / LHS Numismatik (L. Mildenberg, S. Hurter, A. S. Walker, Heiner Stotz, et al.). 1949 – 2011 (Auctions held c. 1971-2009). [Online: Gallica (c. 100) ; Archive (2) ; rNumis (c. 80 cats. linked, incl. Niggeler)] (For Leu Numismatik [Winterthur, 2017-], see below. Yves Gunzenreiner left Nomos AG to head a new firm, Leu Numismatik (Winterthur), which acquired the name from Bank Leu/LHS. I don’t know if anything beyond name & distinctive yellow catalogs carried over.) | |
| X27 Auctions 6 – 103 (part) | 1973 – 2009 | To be annotated: Auctions No. 6, 7, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28 (X2), 30, 31, 33, 38, 42, 45, 48, 50, 52, 53, 54, 57, 59, 95, 96 (BCD), 97, 103. Some duplication. | Ex CNG 2024 Ex Kurt Knodt, some notes laid in |
| X22 Auctions 71 – 91 | 1997 – 2004 | To be annotated: Auctions 71-91 (complete), plus Auction 52 (hand-priced, possibly same hand as annotated Hunt III ex Bank Leu library). Auction 71 contains correspondence between Arnold Saslow & Steve Rubinger about bids to place for their clients, along with handwritten bid notes in the same hand as the Auction 52 annotations, presumably Rubinger’s. | Ex CNG 599 (Nov 2025), 1149 ex Rubinger w/ notes, corres. |
| X5 FPLs | 1990 – 1998 | Small: Dec 1990 (modern); Large: Summer 1992, Winter 1992/3, Fall 1993, Autumn 1998 – Dec 1990 was apparently the last of the unnumbered “Neuzeitliche” occasional “Small” FPLs, of which Fitzwilliam records 6 total (1966, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, as Bank Leu). I only have that one. – There was a numbered series of “Small” FPLs, 1-22 (c. 1961-1987, as Bank Leu). Those are in demand, esp. the “theme” issues (e.g., Tarentum). I have none. – My set is complete ONLY for “Large” FPL series of four (1992-8, as Leu Numismatik), per Fitzwilliam [Catalogs H-L] | Ex CNG 599, 1149 & 150 |
| (w/ Hess) 7 [Hirsch] | 16 Apr 1957 | (see Hess) | |
| (w/ M&M) [Niggeler I] | 3 Dec 1965 | Sammlung Walter Niggeler, Teil I [Greek]. Basel. 554 Lots, 32 Pl. [Clain-Stefanelli 1981* (Sale Catalogs, Ancient Greek) ; Daehn 2025 ; Spring 412 ; DLK, p. 22 (2 stars, series) ; online via Coryssa (467 lots), Gallica (catalog), rNumis-Leu (linked)] See also: photos, notes on “Catalog Favorites” | Ex ANS Library Dupl.; |
| (w/ M&M) [Niggeler II] | 21 Oct 1966 | Sammlung Walter Niggeler, Teil II [RRC, RPC]. Basel. 524 Lots, 28 Pl. [Clain-Stefanelli 1981* (Sale Catalogs, Ancient Greek); Kroh p. 56 (3 Stars); Spring 413; online via Coryssa (499 lots), Gallica (catalog), rNumis-Leu (linked)] See also: photos, notes on “Catalog Favorites” | Ex ANS Library Dupl.; [CJJ Coll. = Lot 659] |
| Note: Slg. Niggeler III (RIC thru 5th cent.) absent, but online via Coryssa (526 lots), Archive (catalog), rNumis-Leu (linked) | |||
| (w/ M&M) [Kunstfr.] | 28 May 1974 | Griechische Münzen aus der Sammlung eines Kunstfreundes [Charles Gillet, 1879-1972]. Zurich, 372 pp. for only 253 lots (f. ill.), surely a record for text-to-coin (and, it’s often said, price-per-coin). Spring (p. 156): It “set new standards in the cataloguing of ancient coins, both as to scholarship…and artistic layout.” [Clain-Stefanelli 1993 ; Daehn 2026 ; Spring 418 ; BCD Library (Auctiones 39) 214 ; DLK, p. 22 (2 stars, series) ; annotated on Esty’s Catalogs page ; see especially pp. 608-610, 615 in Alan S. Walker’s excellent 2008 article, “Catalogues and Their Collectors,” AJN 20 (150) ; not online, to my knowledge.] Ex Lanz Library (Hermann, Ernst, Hubert Lanz), hand-priced & mostly named. Photos on “Favorites” pg. See also Note 1. | Ex Lanz Library, priced & named |
| 13 | 30 Apr 1975 | Antike Münzen: Kelten, Griechen, Römer, Byzantiner. 785 lots f. ill., 104 pp. + XXXIX (+ IV enlgs. = XLIII tot. pl., b&w). Estimates sheet; hand-priced next to each lot (not PRL). Cardcovers. Weights & die-axes, many provenances & pubs. given; Greek (1-347, AR/AV; Naxos Drachm & Tet [new]; Kimon, Euainetos Dekadrachms; Alexander III Dekadrachm, Porus Deka/Tet series X3; Nektanebo II AV Stater), RRC (348-368, AR/AV; mostly Imperatorial thru Octavian, Antony/Cleopatra Tetradrachm), RIC (369-525, thru Romulus Augustus; 419: Titus Sest. spearing fallen foe/Jew? [ex-Platt Hall 1230]), Byz (526-785, AV-few AR, from Arcadius thru John VIII, incl. Nicaea & Trebizond) | Ex Bibliothek Wenninger (monogram) |
| (w/ NFA) [Garrett I] | 16 May 1984 | The Garrett Collection, Part I (by Order of Johns Hopkins University) [World & Ancient Coins]. Beverly Hills. 1,427 lots. Copy 1: Hardcover (interior a bit soiled & rough) Copy 2: Softcover | [1] Ex Enrique Mancheno; [2] K&F WA2, 103 (part) |
| (w/ NFA) [Garrett II] | 16 Oct 1984 | The Garrett Collection, Part II (by Order of Johns Hopkins University) [World & Ancient Coins]. Zurich. 1,858 lots, 345 pp., 145 Pl. (b&w, incl. enlargements). Softcover. plus Duplicate | K&F WA2, 103 (part) |
| (w/ NFA) [Garrett III] | 29 Mar 1985 | The Garrett Collection, Part II (by Order of Johns Hopkins University) [World & Ancient Coins]. 1,556 lots. | K&F WA2, 103 (part) [CJJ Coll. = 484i.3; 384 (part)] |
| (w/ NAC) | 26 May 1993 | See NAC. Arcadius to Constantius XI. | |
| 90 | 10 May 2004 | BCD Olympia: ACSearch 344 lots (only one coin shown for the 18 “multiple lots” of 3-14 ea.) Cataloged by ASW. [DLK, p. 24 (3 stars for series)] Notes: One of my copies is a deluxe full leather “BCD Bound” copy, singed & inscribed by the collector to A. Milavic, with a replica stater bound into the cover & many supplemental materials otherwise unpublished. Possibly my single favorite copy of any catalog. | [1] “BCD Bound” to Milavic [2] & [3] Clean duplicates [CJJ Coll. = Lot 126] |
| LHS 96 | 8 May 2006 | BCD Peloponnesos I: ACSearch 1,771 lots. Cataloged by ASW. [DLK, p. 24 (3 stars for series)] Notes: Duplicate & triplicate copies (one ex library of Michael Isaacs, UK dealer-collector of RIC & RPC AEs, 2022). 7 coins my collection: Lots 107, 317.3, 328.11, 331, 1074.2, 1560, 1561 See also: Catalog Favorites: BCD Collection | [1] Ex Bibliothek Wenninger; [2] & [3] Duplicates [CJJ Coll. = mult.] |
| BARANOW. | Milan | Michele Baranowsky. [Alt: Baranowski.] 1928-2012, or so. (Fitzwilliam [A-D] ends at 2008.) There is a gap in catalog production between c. 1937 and c. 1981. Some early lists give the location as Rome, others Milan (incl. mine below). M. Baranowsky was involved in other numismatic publications after 1937, such as the Via Alessanrdrina catalog (Cimino, Baranowsky & Bezzi 1942). His collection of Russian coins was sold by Glendining, 1972. | |
| IV [Traverso – Martini] | 25 Feb 1931 | Collezioni numismatiche Valerio Traverso di Genova, Mr. Joseph Martini of New York e di altri amatore. 3,351 Lots, 76 Pl. (1-6 fold-out double pl. of Aes Grave). More than half of lots ill. Mostly single lots, but groups at the end of many sub-sections. Weights (0.01g) for Greek AR/AV, diameter (mm) for Greek AE, both for Aes Grave. One-p. essay introducing colls. (Italian). [Spring 5 (also listed under “Most important” for Greek, Aes Grave, Roman Republican, and Roman Imperial); Clain-Stefanelli 1780; Grierson p. 288 (1966: 185); Crawford p. 130; McCabe RRAuctions; Online via Gallica] See also: Photos, more notes on “Favorites” pg. Note: As Spring explains, the catalog is dated Year 9 of the Fascist Era: “1931 (A. IX)” on the title page. Writing of similarly dated Santamaria sales (2009: p. 253, no. 643): “Under this scheme year 1 commenced on 1st November 1922, the date of the March on Rome and the inauguration of Mussolini as prime minister. Similar year numbers appear on some other Italian catalogues of the period.” Often described as an FPL, this sale was in fact an auction (“vendita all’asta“): “The sale will take place on February 25, 1931 (A. IX) at 10 a.m. sharp” (title p., trans.) Provenance Notes: Custom bound, maroon half cloth & marbled boards, gilt spine, by one of Jacques Schulman & sons’ preferred bookbinders (doing business together over 2+ generations of owners): Koster on Prinsengracht, Amsterdam. Schulman’s “FG Koster” bindings date back to the early 20th or late 19th cent. This one, stamped by “FG’s” heirs, “Pa. P. G. Koster Boekbinderij,” must’ve been among their last before their April 1932 bankruptcy. Presumably under direction of Maurits Schulman (1876-1943, son of Jacques, father of Hans MF), taken from Amsterdam a decade later and murdered by the Nazis at Sobibór along with his wife. (See, e.g., Hill, 2017, ANS Magazine vol 16 (2) [TO PDF]: p. 46ff.) Much of the old library was finally sold by Hans Schulman in NY in a pair of important auctions, 1966 & 1968 (as “An Important Reference Library”). (The parallels between the Schlessingers and Schulmans are remarkable, both of whose sons left Amsterdam, surviving the Holocaust, to continue in the coin business in their fathers’ names in NYC [see below & cat. favorites: Salton 27, Schlessinger 15, & this].) * Kolbe & Fanning called it ex-Malter, but did not specify a lot no. It doesn’t match either (!) copy under sale cats. (Lots 1565 & 1566), so KD & I both assumed an error. I couldn’t let it rest; 2 months later I spotted his third (!) copy under “Roman Coins” refs (Lot 641): “ex libris label Harry Bass Jr.” | Ex Libs. Kirk Davis (Aug 2024), Cederlind (KF 145, 19), Malter (88, 641*), Bass bookplate (Part I, 342), J. Schulman (Part I, 63) [CJJ Coll = Lot 593 (Pl. 22)] |
| BARTON | John Barton. See OWL, LTD. below | ||
| BERK | Chicago | Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. (Joliet, IL, then Chicago]). With notable associates & catalogers, incl. (alphabetically) Aaron Berk, Curtis Clay, Phil Davis, Shanna Schmidt, et al. (See also GEMINI) Additional notes on my catalog favorites page. ACSearch coverage only begins w/ Buy Bid Sale 197 (27 Apr 2016); see also Gemini. Fitzwilliam Catalogs, A-D (through BBS 190, plus FPLs)] Yet to post my annotations on each catalog, but see Warren Esty’s very useful set (especially for BBS 70-139): http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/Berk.html | |
| BBS X100+ | 1987-2022 | Over 100 nos. of 231+ total Buy-Bid Sales. BBS 50, 52-61, 77-88, 90-103, 105-106, 108-115, 119, 122-128, 130-135, 137-142, 144-149, 173-181, 185, 189-192, 209-232 (c. 14 Jul 2025). Duplicates: 83-85, 100, 106, 115, 173, 174, 176, 185, 189, 190. (A few others, I’m sure.) MISSING: 1-49, 51, 62-76, 89, 104, 107, 116-118, 120-121, 129, 136, 143, 150-172, 175, 183, 186, 193-208; FPL 1-9 (a 38-year gap between No. 7 [1980] and No. 8 [2018]!); Berk-England (Byzantine); Note: 182, 184, 187, 188 were e-sales only, no printed catalogs [per Classical Economies Inventory (to PDF)] [DLK, p. 22 (4 stars, BBS series 45 to 153, dated 1986 to 2007)] Numerous HJB BBS coins in CJJ Coll. incl.: initial offerings from Philip Ashton (X2), Stephen Corn, Bill Behnen, Peter Lowrek (ex Dattari et al.), Curtis Clay (X4 important, published old collection coins), Jyrki Muona (X2 published denarii), et al.; many others w/ important provenances: KG 27.205 (ex “Garrett” & Wetterstom), BCD Boiotia 277. | Ex HJB, FAC (old) [Many in CJJ Coll.] |
| FPL 2 | Fall 1974 | Ancient Coins. List No. 2. 348 Lots, f. ill. (b&w plates, plus enlargements), Grk (1-154), RRC (155-183), RIC & RPC (184-348). Many notable provenances listed. Large format catalog, same size as the later Buy Bid Sales (though until the late 1980s, the BBS were still printed on broadsheet). Provenance notes: Nr. 80, an Athens Tetradrachm, appeared the following year in a Weaver FPL (see below & on “Catalog Favorites”). I acq. in 2019 from Morton & Eden (no prov. given). My copy was deaccessioned from Mount Angel Abbey Library (Saint Benedict, OR), from whom I bought a few numismatic vols. It was likely acq. by curator Rev. Martin Pollard (1902-1997), monk at Mt. Angel for over 70 years (from 1926) & active ancient coin collector who won presentation awards, 1960s & 1970s. Member of ANS & Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association. The Benedictine abbey is known for its museum (including ancient coins), library, and Trappist brewery. Wikipedia: “[The Library] was designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, built in 1970 … and contains 240,000 physical volumes and 100,000 electronic volumes (30% religion, 10% philosophy, and 60% history, art, music, and more) … [and] an archive of medieval manuscripts dating back to the 12th century…. [The Museum] is a collection of assorted artifacts, including mounted animal dioramas, rocks and minerals, serendipitous objects, antique liturgical vestments, religious items, and Civil War memorabilia.“ | Ex Mt Angel Abbey Lib. & M. Pollard [CJJ Coll. = Nr. 80] |
| BIRKLER & WADDELL | Wash., DC | Lucien Birkler & Edward J Waddell (Washington, DC) both worked independently & on other ventures, but produced > 10 joint auctions & dozens of FPLs (most published in The Celator), c. 1979-1992. [Fitzwilliam] (See also WADDELL) Notes: Bibliographic challenges abound! Together, Birkler and Waddell (B&W) produced at least four* Auctions with print catalogs (1979-1982). Together, they also produced two FPLs with print catalogs (1979 & 1981), and many pricelists appearing only as ads in The Celator. In addition to their sales (Auction & FPL), each published Auctions and FPLs individually. And sometimes with other partners. For Waddell’s solo Auctions and FPLs, see below. *: Confusingly, Fitzwilliam (A-D) gives 11 (6 numbered) auctions; Gengerke (2009: p. 49) gives 6; KBR (A-C) cites Auction 5 the month before Auction 4 (as do Fitz. & Geng.); others (WWE & BCD 2022: 151) claim only 4 exist. | |
| I | 7 Dec 1979 | New York. 457 lots, 64 pp., 34 unnumbered glossy plates (31 + 3 enlargement). Esty (not this copy): “177 G, 44 RR aes grave, 38 RR including an EID MAR, 135 RI, 39 Byz” [WWE ; BCD Dupl. (2020): 1050 (not this copy) ; Fitzwilliam (A-D) ; KBR (A-C) ; Gengerke (2009): ] | 2025 ebay |
| II | 11 Dec 1980 | New York. Esty (not this copy): “582 ancients among 634 on 39 B&W ppl plus 2 ppl of enlargements. 234 G, 10 RR aes grave, 30 RR, 259 RI inclduing a few RP, 50 Byz.” [WWE ; Fitzwilliam (A-D) ; KBR (A-C)] | 2025 ebay |
| FPL 2 | Mar 1981 | BCD: “69 numbers, 10 pages, 5 plates” * Fitz. gives “May/Jun” as date, but seems to be in error about Birkler & Waddell on other things Ex Jacquier 50, 1040 (part) | Ex BCD Lib. Dupl. |
| III | 10 Dec 1981 | New York. Esty (not this copy): “462 ancients among 514 on 14 B&W ppl. 205 G, 51 RR, 135 RI, 51 Roman Alexandria, 15 Byz.” [WWE ; Fitzwilliam (A-D) ; KBR –] Notable sale for Alexandrian (51 plated). Announced in New York Times (6 Dec 1981) in the “Numismatics” column, in its coverage of the 10th Annual New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC). Note: My coin from this sale (Lot 260) later bequeathed to ANS by Robert W. Bartlett (1924-2017), sold as duplicate at CNG Keystone 4 (2021), Lot 141. | 2025 ebay [CJJ Coll. = Lot 260] |
| BLANCON | Hannover | Gilles Blancon Münzenhandlung | |
| FPL 13 | 1993-4 | Münzenangebot: Tetrarchien – Postumus – Gold. [Spezialliste.] 944 Lots, min. desc. on 18 pp. + f. ill. on 54 pl. Mainly Tetrarchs, esp. Licinius, many Constantinian, by mint; Postumus (771-865, ~6 Pl.); 1 Pl. Celtic AV (866-888), Greek AV (889-890), 1 Pl. Kushan AV (891-905), 2 Pl. RIC & Byz AV (906-944). Booklet size. Part II (single sheet, laid-in): Nachtrag – Neueingange – Ohne Fotos (not illustrated), 97 lots briefly listed, double-sided 8.5 x 11″ pg., folded. Unsold remainders from FPLs 11 & 12 (11 pages): c. 600 – 700 lots (not illustrated). | Ex Solidus 121 (25 Jun 2023), 48 (part of Konvolut) |
| FPL 18 | 1995 | Römische Republik Silbermünzen. 779 Lots minimally described on p. 16., many ill. on 18 pl. All RRC & Imperatorial (747-779, 1 pl.) Denarii, w/ a few Quinarii. Booklet size. | Ex Solidus 121, 48 (Konvolut) |
| FPL 31 | 1999- 2000 | Alexandria: Ägypten unter Rom. W. Esty’s annotations: “1380 lots. Most, but not all photographed. Very brief descriptions. 744 tetradrachms photographed on 31 large page plates, 24 small denomination on 1 ppl, 57 diobols and 10 hemidrachms on 3 ppl, and 108 drachms photographed on 10 page plates, with 1 ppl of enlargements. “Roman Egypt, Alexandria (943 photographed)” Plates numbered but not text pages. Full size (8-1/4″ x 11-1/2″). | Ex Solidus 121, 48 (Konvolut) |
| FPL 41 | 2003 | Moesia-Dacia: Balkan unter Rom. 1207 Lots minimally described (1126 Moesia Inferior, incl. 486 Markianopolis & 219 Nikopolis), 457 coins illustrated on 18 pl. (plus enlargement plates). ~2 pp. intro & maps, 1 p. bibliography. Plates numbered but not text pages. Full size (8-1/4″ x 11-1/2″). | Ex Solidus 121, 48 (Konvolut) |
| FPL 51 | 2005 | Thracia-Macedonia: Balkan unter Rom. 593 Lots min. desc. on 39 pp. (numbered), 336 coins illustrated on 14 pl. (plus enlargement plates). ~2 pp. intro & maps, 1 p. bibliography. Numbered pages w/ TOC. Full size (8-1/4″ x 11-1/2″). | Ex Solidus 121, 48 (Konvolut) |
| FPL 65 | 2008 | Asia unter Rom: Provinzialprägungen. 1001 Lots min. desc. on 68 pp., 752 coins illustrated (incl. 13 Ptolemaic) on 31 pl. (plus enlargement plates). 1 p. intro & 2 pp. bibliography. Numbered pages w/ TOC. Full size (8-1/4″ x 11-1/2″). | Ex Solidus 121, 48 (Konvolut) |
| BLOM | NY | Christian Blom (1935-2018) (Hawthorne, NY). [Obituary] Notable American coin dealer in the second half of the 20th century. Produced at least 116 FPLs catalogs (c. early 1960s-late 1990s). Most of the FPLs below are absent from Fitzwilliam (A-D). Gengerke (2009: p. 51) lists one 1987 auction, but also lists him (2009: p. 265) as 1965 consignor to Hellenic Roman Coins (i.e., John Aiello). Worked w/ Lucien Birkler at M&M Numismatics (c. 90s-00s). | I have his annotated Stack’s (1971) JQA-MHS sales. And Trajan Decius AR, ex Behnen |
| FPLs X38 | 1969- 1997 | To be cataloged. Bryce Brown’s summary: “[…] Fixed Price Lists (38) from 1969-1997. These sales featured Ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine coins in gold silver and bronze. Fixed Price Lists present are #47, 49-64, 81, 85, 93-102, 104-105, 107-109, 111, 114-116. In various formats and sizes and illustration styles. […see below…] The majority of these price lists are lacking from the legendary Fitzwilliam Museum Library collection.[…] Very scarce. “ Reporting of provenances is highly variable: some FPLs list many distinguished collections, sometimes entire sections of them (esp. FPL 47); others list virtually no provenances, though surely they incl. many coins ex Mabbott, Arnold, “J.Q. Adams” et al., Knobloch, etc. Illustrations begins around FPL 93: Besides FPL 55 (below), none of my lists up to 85 are illustrated; 86-92 are absent, so I don’t know; 93 & after are illustrated. FPL 47 (Aug 1969): section of 54 Mabbott Greek AEs, w/ sale numbers, reporting he bought >800 from the June sale (M.F. Schulman) & more will be forthcoming; also a section of 16 AR Denarii from the G.R. Arnold Collection (Glendining 1969) FPL 48 absent (really wish I had it, probably many more Mabbott?) FPL 54: Knobloch Collection provenances listed From FPLs 60-61 & onward, coins from the 5 Mar 1971 “John Quincy Adams” Collection (i.e., his son Charles Francis Adams); note: Blom’s hand-priced & named salreoom copy of that catalog is also in my collection [CJJ Coll = FPL 56 (Dec 1970), 452 = Salonina Aphrodisias, probably Mabbott 1699, ex Weber 6415 = MacDonald 235m = RPC Temp 60140 (20th example)] | Ex RBW Library, w/ notes. From Bryce Brown, Feb 2024 |
| (w/ Adams) FPL 55 | 1970 | Extraordinary catalog, produced with Charles Adams, the quality & appearance stand out from Christian Blom’s regular series, but apparently numbered within it. Fitzwilliam (A-D) gives the date for 55 as Oct-Dec 1970 (no mention of Adams), which fits correctly between Blom 54 & 56. B.B.: “Note – List #55 is an especially magnificent production, with 8 pages of text, 358 lots, and 20 pages of plates, in original mailing envelope.” Full-size (8.5×11″), high quality quality (my copy sadly degraded). Stamped & addressed envelope to RBW. NOTE: I’ve scanned all plates an pages but they were quite faded/degraded, apparently from 54 years in acidic brown paper. Many high quality coins, especially RIC Sestertii, some will be hard to make out. Remarkable and rare. | Ex RBW Library, B. Brown Feb 2024 |
| BOMAR | Tacoma | BOMAR ANCIENT COINS Robert W. Robbins (c. 1924-2014). BoMar = “Bob” + Marian [Robbins?] [See Fitzwilliam, A-D (“the seriation is confusing”) ; KBR, A-C cites only a few later lists (c. late 1988-92)] | |
| FPL | [post.] 26 Jun 1979 | 210 Lots total; 184 ancient (about 58 of those illustrated on 3 Pl.): Greek (14 ill.), RPC (~3 ill., 2 Alexandrian Potin, 1 Syrian AR), NO RRC, RIC (~38 ill.), Byzantine (~3 ill.). Plus one plate medieval/modern. [Fitzwilliam, A-D] No date given in the Fitzwilliam Museum catalog, but this copy post-marked “June 26, 1979.” Identified in Fitzwilliam as “nd …postmark unintelligible…lot 1 Maurice Tiberius,” c. 1978-9. Fitzwilliam dates the next catalog (also unnumbered) to 15 Sep 1979, “acc. to Demetriadi library.” As this copy was also in the Demetriadi library, it’s odd that Fitzwilliam didn’t get the date of this postmark from the same source. Indeed, they were probably purchased together at Katen Auction 68, representing the two unnumbered catalogs in lot 650. | Ex BCD Library Duplicates; Ex Katen Auction 68 (14 Jul 1989) Gregory Brunk Library, Part II”, 650 (part of), addressed to Brunk (Iowa City [Waterloo crossed out]), his distinctive annotations throughout (dots, underlining, red & black ink). |
| MBS #1 | 15 Sep 1979 | NO ILLUSTRATIONS. 239 Lots total; 223 ancient singles: Greek (1-49), RRC (50-70), RIC (71-198, scattered RPC), Byz (199-223), Medieval (224-237), Groups (238-239); no weights, condition, est. values (from $2-5 to $125-175 for ancients, median prob. c. $25 or 30-45, a Venice Grosso $195-265). [Fitzwilliam, A-D (“15 Sep [ms date](number acc. to Demetriadi library)”) ; Gengerke — (only one 1983 sale noted, p. 60)] The only MBS or Auction cataloged by Fitzwilliam: “1979: *no [1], [number, if any, clipped away], lot 1 Arabia; 15 Sep [ms date](number acc. to Demetriadi library)” ; my note: title pg. header in 3 lines: “Mail Bid Sale #1 / Closing date : / September 15, 1979”. Some catalogs, however, appear to be Buy-Bid Sales, numbered continuously w/ FPLs: Getty catalogs Nos. 17, 19, 20 as “Buy Bid” sales; Gengerke (2009: 60) catalogs 19 Mar 1983 [No. 16] as “Buy or Bid Sale”; PRL (prices-realized list) exists at least for “Bid Buy Sale #17” (14 Nov 1983), per Bryce Brown Inv. (acc: June 2023). | Ex RBW Library, w/ address label (addr. to Witschonke [1945-2015] in San Francisco, CA), stamped & postmarked 27 Aug 1979 Ex Bryce Brown (Jun 2023) |
| BOWERS- RUDDY | |||
| Auction | 9 Jun 1980 | [Richard P. Ariagno – University of Rochester] | |
| FPL | Fall 1980 | 132 Coins, f. ill., Greek (1-65 [+114-121, specials]), RRC (66-75 [+122-128]), RIC (76-109, some RPC), Byz (110-113 [+129-132]). Most coins w/ weights, no provenances observed, | |
| CAHN | Frankfurt | Adolph E. Cahn. | |
| 65 | 15 Oct 1929 | I. Sammlung Antiker Münzen aus Ausländischem Besitz. II. Sammlung von Münzen aes Mittelalters. III. Münzen und Medaillen der Neuzeit. 209 + 1 pp., 58 Pl. (29 Pl. ancient coins), 3022 lots (887 ancient). [Spring 77] Recent green card covers,, estimates bound in. Hand priced w/ occasional buyer names in pencil Notes: Cahn also sold abbreviated versions of the catalog with either ancient & modern portions alone (each version w/ 29 fine plates). Who is the Ausländer of the eponymous Besitz? In Cahn’s Auction 71 (1931), Part II of the Osman Nouri Bey collection was labeled Sammlung eines Ausländischen Numismatikers, but Auction 65 would seem to be a different Ausländischem Besitz, since Bey Part I is generally identified as Cahn Auction 60 (1928). Another possibility to rule out is Sir Arthur Evans, whose Besitz was named in Cahn Auction 80 (1933), but whose coins appeared in many auctions, sometimes under pseudonyms. No doubt some remain undiscovered. | Ex Ex S&S Lib. label, KF WA 5 (2025), 16; Solidus Lit. 34 (2018), 832 & 41 (2019), 923 some buyer names |
| CARLTON | LA | Walker Carlton. Ancient & Medieval Coins (Los Angeles, CA). Produced catalogs c. 1968-1988. (Fitzwilliam [A-D] lists only five unnumbered sales.) | |
| FPL | W 1987-8 | Special Edition Featuring: [RRC & RIC]. 185 Nos. on 36 pp. (counting covers, bid sheet & blank rev. & plates), a. half ill. on 4 b&w Pl. (some images reduced?), most RIC, 6 RRC-Imptl ill. Booklet size, peach cover, w/ description & line drawing (Betsy Davison) of ALEA “Fallen Horseman” reverse (“THE HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN…”). Affordable common Roman AE & AR. Rear cover concludes w/ announcement of Medieval/Sassanid special list, but it may or may not have ever been issued (not in Fitz.) Final sale listed by Fitzwilliam [A-D] | Ex BCD Lib. Dupl. |
| CEDERLIND | Portland | Thomas B. Cederlind (1959-2015). Produced over 180 printed sale catalogs, 1980s-2015. (Longer bio in my “Provenance Glossary.”) Generally high production value for booklet-size FPLs (at least in the 1990s), coins ranging from nice mid-market to high-end rarities (e.g. Euainetos Dekadrachm), w/ very fine “photography by Wayne Moore,” printed on folded glossy Letter sheets, mailed in envelopes (no addr. labels on covers), w/ the occasional distinguished provenance noted. | Baranowsky 1931 catalog (Traverso-Martini) ex-Cederlind library, et al. |
| FPL 96 | Su 1992 | 497 Nos. (470 coin Nos. + books) ; 26 Pl. all ancient coins (22 Pl. ancient coins + 4 Pl.* laid in) [Fitzwilliam, A-D (date); KBR, A-C (same, also Sept.)] No. 9: ex Hunt et al. (Metapontum Incuse Stater) ; No. 143: ex Wetterstrom (Galba Diobol) Notes: * “List 96: Supplement Photos” laid in: One folded Letter sheet (8.5 x 11 in.), front & back, printed densely with coin photos. | Ex BCD Library Duplicates |
| FPL 98 | Su 1993 | [Fitzwilliam, A-D (date); KBR, A-C (same)] No. 31: Syracuse Dekadrachm, Euainetos type, no prov. or price (“P.O.R.”) | Ex BCD Library Duplicates |
| FPL 99 | W 1994 | 26.5 ancient coin Pl. of 32 total Pl. (22.5 Pl. ancient coins + 4 Pl.* laid in + 3 Pl.** of enlargements + 2.5 antiquities) [Fitzwilliam, A-D (date); KBR, A-C (same)] No. 50: ex Ars Classica XIII, 611 (Abdera Drachm; later NY Sale 17, 23) ; No. 84: ex BMFA 1723 (Mytilene Hekte) ; No 286: ex Hunt (Julia Paula Denarius) ; No. 376: ex Bridge Collection (Constans II Hexagram) ; No. 392: unprov. rare John Vatatzes Nicaea AE Tetarteron (SB 2114) Notes: * “List 99: Supplement Photos” laid in: One folded Letter sheet (8.5 x 11 in.), front & back, printed densely with coin photos (>90 total). ** The enlargements do not simply repeat the same photos but bigger (as most catalogs do). Instead, they provide a set of additional photos of the coins (different lighting, etc.). (One wonders why this isn’t the norm!) | Ex BCD Library Duplicates |
| BBS X15 | 1996-2003 | To be cataloged. Kolbe & Fanning WA 1 (24 Jun 2024), Lot 19; Description: “Cederlind, Tom. BUY OR BID SALES. Portland, 1996-2003. Fifteen illustrated catalogues, being Nos. 105-108, 116, 118, and 121-129. 4to, original pictorial paper covers. Generally fine. Attractive and interesting catalogues devoted to ancient coins and antiquities. Infrequently offered.” [Fitzwilliam, A-D; KBR, A-C] | Ex Kolbe & Fanning |
| CHRISTIE’S | London | Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. | |
| Auction [Adda = Lady I] | 9 Oct 1984 | Highly important Ancient Coins. The Property of a Lady. [Part I] 313 Lots f. ill. inline (b&w, w/ enlg.), plus 6 color plates (redundant); 98 pp. + back matter. Hardcover, linen + dustjacket. 1-p. Foreword re: collection history/“pedigree”; very high quality coins; some Greek coins silver, but mostly gold (all the Roman/Byzantine, most of Greek, incl. many Ptolemaic large AV). [BCD 2014: 45 & 2015: 200 (“Superb Roman and Ptolemaic gold as well as one of the finest Cleopatra VII portraits…”)] The Victor Adda (1885-1965) collection. The “Lady” would be one of his daughters, who inherited the collection. BMC’s bio: “Born in Alexandria, Victor Adda took over the family cotton trading business and also formed an important collection of coins and antiquities. Following the Jewish expulsion from Egypt in 1956-57, he died in Rome. Coins inherited by his daughters were auctioned (as “The Property of a Lady”) by Christie’s (q.v.) on 9 October 1984 and 8 October 1985. Some Late Roman coins were offered in Bank Leu, auction 77, 11 May 2000, and the remainder of the collection now at the Israel Museum.“ Part II was Christie’s, 8 Oct 1985, similar content (see: BCD Library Duplicates 2014: 46). Not to be confused w/ 1945 Glendining’s “Property of a Lady.” Uncertain: 1985 Glendining “Property of Lady”? | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (no ownership marks) |
| CLASSICAL ARTS | New Orleans | Carroll J. Delery & Alan Stephen de Shazo. Lists produced mid-late 1960s. [Fitzwilliam, A-D ; KBR, –] | |
| FPL [6] | May-Jun 1967 | Greek, Judaean, RIC, Medieval, specials. 161 Nos. (154 Ancient + 7 Medieval). 6 pp. + 2 b&w Pl. (8 Grk ill., 18 Roman). Booklet size. | Ex BCD Library Duplicates |
| FPL 14 | Summer 1969 | 400 Ancient Coin Nos. (of ~475 Coin Nos., incl. Lots A-I + 8 book nos.), on 24 pp. (incl. covers & Pl.), many ill. on 10 b&w Pl. Ancient (+1 Medieval). Grk (1 pl., incl. Parthian), RRC (0.5 pl.), RIC (~8 Pl., incl. a few RPC), Byz (~0.5 Pl.). Mix of budget coins & mid grade, lots of circulated RIC denarii. Booklet size. | Ex BCD Library Duplicates |
| CLASSICAL CASH | Boston | Matt Kreuzer, cont. Old Roman Coins, KREUZER [Fitzwilliam, A-D, see also H-L ; KBR, — ; Gengerke –] Well-known dealer’s first print sales. Competently cataloged, some interesting types & upper-mid-level coins, BUT with remarkably low quality photos (at least for MBS 1 & 2; of bibliophilic interest for the 1990s technological shakeup in commercial numismatic publishing). A few provenances (“Ex Samaria Hoard,” “Ex Waddell,” “Ex Niggeler, 624,” etc.); weights (0.1g) for all single lots. | Both: Ex FORVM #BC23624; See also my FORVM Discussion comment. |
| MBS 1 | 13 May 1995 | 1,165 Lots Ancient (pp. 2-102), majority ill., plus >200 modern (pp. 103-117); large-format, soft cover, B&W. Images apparently from a scanner, lower resolution than typical DIY dealer catalogs from 1950s-1990s, despite plenty of coins that would sell for four figures today. Still, I recognized a lost provenance (Lot 1116) to an obscure but important unicum, so I must acknowledge the continuing research value! [Lots acq. by Keith Emmett Coll. (not in CJJ Coll.): 326, 360, 361; by C. Clay: 712] See also: photos & notes on “Catalog Favorites” | CJJ Coll. = Lot 1116 (“Apparently unpublished and probably important”) = RPC IV 11165 (Temp.) = Varbanov II 3145 |
| MBS 2 | 28 Apr 1996 | >3,150 Lots Ancient (pp. 1-111), many illustrated, plus 700 modern (pp. 111-120), hundreds of antiquities, esp. lamps & rings (pp. 121-137); large-format, soft cover, B&W. Image quality perhaps a bit better than MBS 1, but still low for the time; smaller print (large-print editions were available) with smaller proportion illustrated (but more total ill.); some repetition of material. | |
| CLASSICAL NUMIS. GROUP | Lancaster, PA | CLASSICAL NUMISMATIC GROUP (CNG). Victor England, Mike Gasvoda, also w/ Kerry K. Wetterstrom, Tom Mullally (cataloging RPC in recent years). Previously Classical Numismatic Auctions (CNA); Historical Coin Review (HCR); also Classical Numismatic Review (CNR); etc. (More notes & background on CNG et al. here in the Alexandrian page.) [119 Catalogs (1987-2017) on Newman Numis. Portal at WUSTL; also many on Archive (113 results) and on Issuu (169 pubs.); some catalogs in the middle don’t seem to be online (MBS in the 60s +/-), and very few HCR’s avail.] | |
| CNR XVI.1 | Sp 1991 | CNR 16.1 [Archive] = Fixed priced Greek (11-164, AR AE AV-EL), RRC (165-202, AE AR), RIC (203-303, AE AR AV), RPC/GIC (304-329, Alex. 316-329), Byz (330-356, incl. several of Cherson at the end), followed by medieval, Euro., Brit.; | Ex E.S. (AZ), 2022 |
| CNR XVI.4 | W 1991 | CNR 16.4 [Archive] = Greek (1-99 AR AE AV-EL), RRC (100-117, AR AE), RIC (118-248, incl. long run of 4th cent. Trier mint), Byz (248-298), RPC (299-338, 314-338 Alexandrian, incl. a Zenobia tetradrachm), Medieval, Celtic, Brit, etc.; | Ex CNG, 1991 |
| CNR XX.1 | Sp 1995 | CNR 20.1 [Archive] [Drops to 3/Year] = 20 select individual coins, followed mainly by specials, many well-annotated, of all varieties, primarily ancient for the first 38 pages. | Ex CNG, 1995 |
| CNR XX.2 | Su 1995 | CNR 20.2 [Archive] = “Electrum Sixths and the Treaty of Mytilene,” Michael E. Marotta = as previous, a few pages of inventory selections, then MANY specials, often with extensive writeups; | Ex CNG, 1995 |
| CNR XLVIII.2 | Su 2023 | “Monetary Miracle” by David S. Michaels, excerpt from his forthcoming book Legionary Loot: Money and the Roman Army, about Rome’s new coinage & the 2nd Punic War. | Ex CNG, 22 Aug 2023 |
| CNA XII [Wetters. I] | 26 Sep 1990 | CNA XII [Archive] = Kerry Keith Wetterstrom Collection (Part I), Roman Egypt, Alexandria & Parthian Coins from the Charles H. Wolfe Collection. [ALED ; CRE ; Gengerke, p. 116 ; Kroh, p. 56 ; WWE ; DLK, p. 22 (4 stars, numbered series to Auction 70, 1987). See Alexandrian Catalogs page] Note: At least 10 Drachms stolen, 2014, per Marc Breitsprecher’s website [archived 2019-23] Well-known dealer, Charles H. Wolfe (1902-2000) obituary: The Celator 14.3 (Mar 2000), pp. 32ff. | Ex E.S. (AZ), 2022 [CJJ Coll. = Lots 53 & 213] |
| CNA XIII [Wetters. II] | 4 Dec1990 | CNA XIII [Archive] = Kerry Keith Wetterstrom Collection (Part II) through page 66, with two page Introduction plus Bibliography, “Highlighted by the most complete offering of the ‘Labors of Herakles,’ Coins of the Zodiac and Nomes”; and Mythological types of Pius, all sections with their own extensive introductions and commentary; [Roman Egypt, Alexandria]; [ALED ; CRE ; Gengerke, p. 116 ; Kroh, p. 56 ; WWE ; DLK, p. 22 (4 stars, numbered series to Auction 70, 1987). See Alexandrian Catalogs page] | Ex E.S. (AZ), 2022 |
| CNA XIV | 20 March 1991 | CNA XIV [Archive] = bronze coins of Athens; Roman Provincial (incl. 117 Alexandrian), large selection of Architectural types, with long introductory section; [CRE ; Gengerke, p. 116 ; WWE ; DLK, p. 22 (4 stars, numbered series to Auction 70, 1987). See Alexandrian Catalogs page] | Ex E.S. (AZ), 2022 |
| CNA XVII | 5 Oct 1991 | CNA XVII [Archive] = Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval, and British “Coins from the Inventory of B.A. Seaby Ltd. And Other Consignors,” and “Books and Catalogues from the Library of B.A. Seaby Ltd.”; [Gengerke, p. 116 ; WWE ; DLK, p. 22 (4 stars, numbered series to Auction 70, 1987)] | Ex CNG |
| CNA XVIII | 3 Dec 1991 | CNA XVIII [Archive] = collection of confronted busts, about 119 Egypt Alexandrian, many w/ various provenances; [Lot 443, the Col. James Curtis (1265) Gordian III / Helios L-Z w/ same obv. die as Dattari 4731]; [Gengerke, p. 116 ; WWE ; DLK, p. 22 (4 stars, numbered series to Auction 70, 1987). See Alexandrian Catalogs page] | Ex CNG |
| Triton I | 2 Dec 1997 | w/ Freeman & Sear, NAC. 408 pp., 2407. From David Fanning’s description of this copy: “The extensive annotations include starting and sale prices, notes on particular coins and occasion record of bidders.” The top corner is initialed “RF,” thus I suspect the annotations are Rob Freeman’s (one of the partners in the auction). Many buyer names, bids, other interesting notes (1369: “Tell Herb ex Mazzini”!). Laid in: live auction paddles no. 86 (“P”) & 129 (“B”) See also Triton II, below. | Ex K&F; Saleroom copy of Freeman (?) many buyer names |
| Triton II | 1 Dec 1998 | w/ Freeman & Sear, NAC. 247 pp., 1,408. From David Fanning’s description of this copy: “The extensive annotations include starting and sale prices, notes on particular coins and occasion record of bidders.” The top corner is initialed “RF,” thus I suspect the annotations are Rob Freeman’s (one of the partners in the auction). See also Triton I, above. | Ex K&F; Saleroom copy of Freeman (?) many buyer names |
| MBS 50 | 23 Jun 1999 | 2,171 Lots (1,842 single ancient, then world, antiquities & groups), black & white inline photos. 256 pp., card covers. “Cornelius Vermeule Collection of Roman Imperial Bronze” (lots 1-366; bio essay: pp. 9-10), “Important Private Collection of Athenian Bronze Coinage,” Part I (BCD coll. but sold anonymously), several other notable colls. [Online via Issuu] Three of the Vermeule Sestertii are ex d’Este Collection: [3] Augustus Moneyer (which the 1952 Signorelli II [966] catalog didn’t even illustrate!); [185] Antoninus Pius “Cappadocia”; [298] Philip II Cippus (Trau 2769 = Catalli p. 357) See also: Catalog Favorites: “BCD” | Ex Hendin Lib. Dupl. Jul 2024 |
| MBS 51 | 15 Sep 1999 | 2,050 Lots (1,793 single ancient, then world & groups), black & white inline photos. 231 pp., card covers. “Cornelius Vermeule Collection of Roman Imperial Bronze,” Part II (15 lots, cont. from CNG MBS 50), “Important Private Collection of Athenian Bronze Coinage,” Part II (BCD anonymous, Lots 303-331, cont. from CNG MBS 50), several other notable colls. [Online via Issuu] See also: Catalog Favorites: “BCD” & Agrippina: 5 Catalogs, 4 Libraries | Ex Hendin Lib. Dupl. Jul 2024 [CJJ Coll. = 965 & 302] |
| Triton IX | 9 Jan 2006 | [BCD Boiotia] ACSearch first 630 lots (doesn’t separate XI.1 [BCD] from the next parts, printed in separate catalogs, group lots shown in one group photo, difficult for large groups, but avail. on CNGcoins.com archive)] See also: Catalog Favorites: BCD Collection | [1] Ex Bibliothek Wenninger; [2] Ex Hendin Lib.; [3] Duplicate [CJJ Coll. = 277] |
| 76.1 [Morcom] | 12 Sep 2007 | “Christopher Morcom Collection of pedigreed Coins of Greece and the Aegaean Islands” & several other notable colls. (incl. J.S. Wagner). 1867 Lots. [Brousseau p. 580] | [Now in JJ Coll.: Lot 562] |
| 76.2 [Seeger] | 12 Sep 2007 | Sveto Kovacevic’s summary (different listing): “439 lots of coins. John A. Seeger Collection. Single Consignor Sale featuring Greek, Roman Provincial, Republican and Imperial, concluding with Byzantine. Two notable highlights in this sale are the pedigreed and published cut Athenian dekadrachm and a choice Coloseum sestertius of Titus. In full colour.” | [1] Ex Bibliothek Wenninger; [2] Duplicate acq. from ANE, Kovacevic |
| 81.2 [BCD] | [BCD Peloponnesos II] ACSearch lots 2000-2921 See also: Catalog Favorites: BCD Collection | [1] Ex Bibliothek Wenninger; [2] Ex Hendin Lib.; [3] Duplicate [CJJ Coll.: Lots 2327, 2782] | |
| Triton XV [BCD] | Triton XV, parts 1 & 2 only. [BCD Thessaly II (Hardcover)] ACSearch first 1,000 lots My collection includes Lots 218 (Larissa Drachm), 115.4 (Krannon AE), 952.2 (corr.) (Hadrian AE). See also: Catalog Favorites: BCD Collection Four copies: [1] Ex David Hendin Lib. (no owner marks); [2] Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (with his monogram); [3] K&F WA2, 22; [4] Duplicate | [1] Hendin Lib.; [2] Wenninger (monogram); [3] & [4] Duplicates [CJJ Coll. = 3 Lots] | |
| 117-129 | CJJ Coll. = Thessaly, Herakleia Obol = CNG 120, 191 | ||
| Triton XXIV | Peter J. Merani Collection, Part I. (see also Nvmmis Historiam Discens, below) [See catalog favorites, with Lot 955 (ex Trau, Niggeler, CNR, RPC, etc.)] | ||
| Tritons | Triton XXV to Triton XXVIII, softcover, plus calendars & occasional supplements | Ex CNG | |
| [Merani] | 2021 | Nvmmis Historiam Discens: The Peter J. Merani Collection. (Hardcover) w/ three softcover parts bound inside: Part I: Triton XXIV; Part II: CNG EA 490; Part III: … ; Reportedly 25 copies printed [possibly 25 for N. American distribution, + 25 outside N. America] CJJ Coll. = Part I: 955 (Ex Trau, Niggeler, etc.); Part II: Lot 65 & Lot 70 (see also; both ex BCD), and Lot 109 (SNG Levante 777) | [CJJ Coll. = Four coins] |
| COLOSS. COIN EXCHANGE | Hazlet, NJ | COLOSSEUM COIN EXCHANGE (CCE). Ira Teitelbaum (w/ wife Elissa Teitelbaum). At least 127 MBS (c. 1983/4-2001) & 133 FPLs (c. 1980/1-1996), often printed in one list (Fitzwilliam; see also Gengerke, pp. 137-138, for MBS 1-53). Three eras: (1) 1960s as “Casa Numismatica,” little known today; (2) 1980-2000 as CCE, print cats.; (3) 2000-2010, CCE online. CCE’s booklet-size mail catalogs were a minor staple of late 20th cent. US ancient coin scene. (Lost mine c. 1990s. Hard to find now.) The dealer tags w/ distinctive logo [Archived] still appear, esp. in U.S. market (acsearch results). Background on firm & owners in Oct 1988 article in The Celator (2.10, page VI). Plans to close the firm w/ online sales of personal collection by 31 Dec 2007 were announced in The Celator 22.1 (Jan 2008 [PDF Archived]). In fact, CCE continued online at least through Auction 9, 23 Feb 2010 (poss. to Sep 2010, Auction 11?). Later sales advertised in The Celator as “personal collection of Ira E. Teitelbaum” w/ highlight photo collages. Website part. archived (2000-10): some auction Nos./dates, listings (no wts./provs.) & images buried among (>2K captures, half JPG, impractical to research in current form). | |
| MBS 59, FPL 91 | 22 Nov 1991 | Combined catalog w/ Mail Bid Sale 59 & Fixed Price List 91. 304 Ancient coins (500 lots, incl. antiquities), f. ill. on 13 b&w pl. of coins (36 pl. total), 11 pp. (ancient coins desc. on pp. 1-6). “Special” FPL is a small offering of Sumerian bead necklaces ($19-25 + $4 S&H). [Fitzwilliam; Gengerke –.] My first-even auction win: Lot 2 (Aegina Drachm) See: “Cat. Coll. Favorites.” Acq. Jacquier 50, 1041 (part), BCD Library Duplicates sale, 2022. Previously Joel L. Malter (1931-2006), stamped & addr. | Ex BCD Lib. Dupl. Ex Malter [CJJ Coll. = Lot 2] |
| CRÉDIT de la BOURSE | Paris | J-C Loiseau et J. Lafaury. One of many numismatic ventures by Bernth Ahlström (1936-2019) begun in 1976 when he bought the private bank Crédit de la Bourse. (More to add re: Ahlström’s biography later re: his early unnamed library sale.) | |
| Auction | 21 Apr 1994 | 156 pp. ill., 1211 lots, of which the first 260 ancient (high quality), foll. by Medieval, then World. Two color plates, one for ancient & one World (early modern, most AV). Lot 165: Beautiful Constantine AV Solidus, VICTOR OMNIVM GENTIVM, two supplicants & one bound captive, ex Montagu (Rollin et Feuardent, 1896, 812). No PRL. | Gifted, B. Brown (19 Sep 2024) |
| CREDIT SUISSE | See SKA – Schweizerische Kreditanstalt | ||
| CRINON | Pierre Crinon. See ALDI, above | ||
| DAVIS | Claremont | Kirk Davis (Claremont, CA). From FPL 40 (2002): “In this era of websites and full color auction catalogues, the modest fixed-price list of the small dealers [… is] in danger of going the way of the dinosaur.” He was right about other catalogs but, 20 years later, new issues of his catalog are still being mailed out regularly. Over those years, quality has only improved — material, cataloging, and production. It is one of the last great exemplars of its genre, the booklet-size FPL. | |
| FPLs X50+ | 1995-2024 | More than 50 of the 85+ FPLs produced by Davis. [Many handwritten annotations to transfer to website] Most of the older ones (36) are from Warre Esty, bought 2021. Three gifted by K. Davis (2022). The rest as customer. See also: photos & commentary on “Catalog Favorites,” incl. coins in my collection: FPL 74 Nr. 65 (Caesar Denarius) & FPL 78 Nr. 25 (Thessaly Obol) | Ex Esty x36 [CJJ Col. = 2 coins] |
| DAVISS. | MN | DAVISSONS, LTD. Allan Davisson. Cold Spring, MN | |
| FPL | Nov-Dec 1991 | coins | |
| FPL | 1991 | Numis. Lit. | |
| Auctions mult. | 2023- 2025 | Various catalogs from e-37 to 51 I haven’t bought anything, but I like it that they produce print catalogs for e-auctions! Few firms do this, so many fine coins never appear in physical libraries. | |
| DELAND | TX | C & L DeLand. Ft. Worth, TX. Husband & wife Charlotte DeLand (d. 1991) & Leo DeLand (1929-2001). XII (1971) is all Byzantine, and fits well w/ the landmark Byzantine sales: Berk FPL 4 (1976), Berk-England (1989), CNA XIX (1992). | |
| FPLs X23 | 1969- 1976 | [23 of 30 FPLs known; several absent from Fitzwilliam (A-D) digital catalog, which also lists Auctions, at least some printed in FPLs]: Catalog I [?] Feb 1969; Catalog II [context] May 1969; Catalog IV [“Winter 1969,” BCD copy] late 1969; Catalog V Feb-Mar 1970; Catalog VI Apr-Aug 1970; Catalog VII Fall 1970; Catalog VIII Winter 1970; Catalog IX Spring 1971; Catalog X Summer 1971; Catalog XI Fall 1971; Catalog XII Dec 1971 [Special Catalog, Byzantine (and contemporaries)]; Catalog XIII Winter 1971; Catalog XV Apr 1972 [AGM]; Catalog XVI June 1972 [RSW]; Catalog XVII August 1972 [AGM]; Catalog XVIII Winter 1972 [AGM]; Catalog XIX Early Spring 1973 [AGM]; Catalog XXIII Spring 1974; Catalog XXIV Summer 1974; Catalog XXV Spring 1975; Catalog XXVI Winter 75-76; Catalog XXVII Spring Summer 1976; Catalog XXX Winter 1976. Missing: No. 3 (?); Nos. 14, 20-22, 28-29. [Brunk 1979 (FPLs 5 & 12)] Provenance notes: Most from Alex G. Malloy Library (not listed in Malter 89 catalog, acq. by me from FORVM BC22923, May 2021). At least 4 stamped & addressed to AGM. Several w/ brief notecard correspondence laid in (“Dear Alex,” signed “Leo”). One possible “intruder” (FPL XVI), addressed to Randall S. Williams (Sharon, CT). Possibly a replacement added by AGM. It is likely (but not 100% certain) that all the catalogs in that lot came from Alex (per J. Sermarini, personal communication, 2021). Additionally, one duplicate (Catalog IV, “Winter 1969”) ex-BCD Library Duplicates (2020) from a Konvolut lot (stamped, address label detached). | Ex Malloy Lib., FAC BC22923, 2021; One BCD Lib. |
| DELAUNE | Paris | René Delaune. Produced only two catalogs, to my knowledge: the FPL below & an auction catalog for the Albert de Roucy (1814-1894) collection, dated 3 Nov 1920. | |
| FPL 1 | (c. 1920s) | Catalogue No. 1. Monnaies grecques, romaines et francaises en vente aux prix marqués. 65 pp., 8 beautiful b&w Pl. printed on heavier stock (5.5 Pl. ancient) No date given. Refs. are Babelon (RRC) & Cohen 2nd ed. (RIC). No weights, no provenances. RIC w/ full legends transcribed (unusual for the period). | KF WA5 (2025), 28; Nos. A505 (pencil FFEP) & 426 (stamp, title p.) |
| DE NICOLA | Rome | Prof. Luigi de Nicola, Monete e Medaglie, Libri di Numismatica. Fitzwilliam (DE NICOLA, Rome) gives lists published 1946-1980. At least for the lists below, relatively nice, mid-market coins; some better, some worse. Only a minority ill. on dense (>40 coins per) B&W plates, but in absolute numbers, a fair number of photos for mid-century FPLs. On my copies the glossy photo plates are holding up pretty well after 60-65 years. Inconsistent use of measurements (sometimes Greek single lots w/ weights [0.01g] or diameter, but not the Roman, besides some Aes Grave & gold). Roman Provincials in the Greek section. Final couple dozen Nos. tend to be the Libri. | |
| FPL | Dec 1959 | 1566 Nos., of which 619 Ancient (1-8 [AV], 160-770), on 39 pp. + 4 Pl. (2.5 Pl. ancient), incl. Greek, RRC, RIC | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| FPL | Jun 1960 | 1625 Nos., 637 of which Ancient (1-21 [AV], 123-738), on 38 pp. + 4 Pl. (2.5 Pl. ancient), incl. Greek, RPC, few RRC, RIC | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| FPL | Dec 1960 | 2011 Nos., 72 of which Ancient (1-31 [AV], 113-783), on 47 pp. + 8 Pl. (4.5 Pl. ancient), incl. some Celt, Greek, RRC, RIC, some Byz AV | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| FPL | Mar 1961 | 1787 Nos., of which 704 Ancient (1-21 [AV], 101-783), on 43 pp. + 8 Pl. (>4 Pl. ancient), incl. Greek, RRC, RIC, some Byz AV | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| FPL | Jun 1961 | 1654 Nos., of which 804 Ancient (1-19 [AV], 121-706), on 41 pp. + 8 Pl. (4.5 Pl. ancient), incl. Greek, some RPC, RRC, RIC, some Byz AV | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| FPL | Sep 1964 | 1581 Nos., of which Ancient 373 (1-9 [AV], 106-469), on 39 pp. + 14 Pl. (>6 Pl. ancient), incl. Greek, RRC, RIC, some Byz AV | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| DORNEY | Redding, CA | Ken Dorney. Glossy magazine-sized catalogs, ~150-250 lots, most-to-all illustrated (B&W plates), mixed Greek, RRC, RIC, RPC, Byzantine (incl. AE), & antiquities. Sometimes a few groups. Final list includes some inline ill. plus plates. Some carryover list-to-list. Ken’s appreciation of large bronze is often apparent! See also: photos & commentary on “Catalog Favorites” | gifted by K.D. |
| List 35 | N.D. | [Reprinted?] | |
| List 38 BBS | 27 Jun 1997 | My hand-written individual annotations for all yet to upload… | |
| List 39 BBS | 22 Aug 1997 | … | |
| List 40 BBS | 3 Nov 1997 | … | |
| List 41 BBS | 12 Feb 1998 | … | |
| List 42 FPL | 3 April 1998 | … | |
| List 44 FPL | 10 Aug 1998 | … | |
| List 45 BBS | 12 Oct 1998 | … | |
| List 46 BBS | 19 Feb 1999 | [Final published list] | |
| DOROTH. | Vienna | DOROTHEUM. Founded 1707 by Emperor Joseph I, one of Europe’s greatest old auction houses, handling art, coins, and other objects and properties. Self-described as “an eminent Viennese institution for over 300 years, Dorotheum is a slice of Austrian history.” For its first century, the Holy Roman Empire’s “imperial pawn office,” with the charitable aim of funding poor relief in Vienna. (“Pauperism” was a ubiquitous challenge for 17th-19th cent. European cities.) Finally privatized only in 2001. From 1953-1962, the numismatic dept. employed the great scholar, Prof. Robert Göbl (1919-1997), during which he cataloged many important sales, incl. Slgg. Hollscheck & Zeno. [Wikipedia: Dorotheum ; CoinsWeekly (9 Nov 2011) “Dorotheum Affirms Its Tradition…“] | |
| 975 [Zeno I] | 13 Jun 1955 | Sonder-Münzauktion. Sammlung Apostolo Zeno, 1668-1750. I. Römische Kaisermünzen. 2,328 lots, 39 Pl. (incl. cabinet, enlargements), 155 pp. Cataloged by Robert Göbl, with bio essay. [Spring 127; Clain-Stefanelli 4090] Photos & more on “Catalog Favorites” pg: Bound in red cloth, gilt, with Parts II & III, below. Inscribed by Göbl in blue ink on FFEP: “Herrn. Professor Ernst Meyer, ergebenst grüßend, d.V.” (der Verfasser). Bookplate of Ernst Meyer (1898-1975). Acq. K&F 172 (25 Jan 2025), 61, ex L.D. & I.P. Library | Inscribed by Göbl, ex libris Ernst Meyer, L.D. & I.P. Lib. CJJ Coll. = Lot 952 |
| 999 [Zeno II] | 8 Jun 1956 | Sonder-Münzauktion. Sammlung Apostolo Zeno, 1668-1750. II. Römer (Schluss), Byzantiner, Germanen, Kontorniaten, Rom-Republik (mit Aes grave), antikes Gold, Kelten, Orient. 971 lots (2329-3300 [805 ancient, 2329-3134]), 20 Pl., 52 pp. Cataloged by Robert Göbl, with foreword. [Spring 128; Clain-Stefanelli 3710] | [bound w/ I & III] |
| 1020 [Zeno III] | 26 Mar 1957 | Sonder-Münzauktion. Sammlung Apostolo Zeno, 1668-1750. III. Griechische Münzen. 1,430 lots (3301-4430), 4 Pl., 49 pp. Cataloged by Robert Göbl, with foreword. [Spring 129; Clain-Stefanelli 2005] Several plate nos. corrected in Göbl’s hand | [bound w/ I & II] |
| DUPRIEZ | Brussels | The Belgian firm Charles Dupriez (“Ch. Dupriez”) published at least 120 catalogs from the late 19th cent. through 1928. | |
| FPL 97 | n.d. [1909] | Monnaies Impériales Grecques en Potin Frappées à Alexandrie d’Egypte. 53 (3) pp., 1027 single lots, 2 fine quality plates (one-sided, revs. only, ill. 50 coins). [Fitzwilliam; Spring –; BCD 2018, 2592; Poinsignon 3, p. 103, Nr. 3345.8 of 15 (corr.: only “1 Tf.” not 2 [?]).] Later hardcover, green full imit. leather. Provenance: Acq. from Antivm (Anzio, IT), previously ex “Collezione di Cataloghi e Listini,” Bertolami EA 71 (16 Jun 2019), 2459 Notes: Little-known but important early sale. One-of-a-kind catalog, exclusively Alexandrian Tetradrachms, coins rarely given individual descriptions until late 20th cent. All the more remarkable for its time because, as Christiansen (1992, Flor. Num.: p. 115) noted, Tetradrachms received scant attention until later in the 20th century. A few later Alexandrian sales have more lots, but always w/ the other denominations (e.g., Münzhand. Basel 6 [1936]: 1,371; Münz Zentrum 52 [1984]: 1,292; Blancon 31 [1999]: 1,380). (Excluding all their Obols & Drachms & other AE, I’m not even sure any of them had more Tetradrachm lots. 115 years on, Dupriez 97 may still have the most!) This must be one of the better preserved copies. Published on thin stock, no cover, typically chipped & torn. (From my copy it appears there was no back cover or endpaper after the 2nd pl., so detached covers could explain why some describe only 1 pl.) Mine looks bound much later, but must’ve been well-preserved to that point. A few pp. w/ light spots, but the plates have survived beautifully. (My photos of this copy on Forum: FAC, 4 Mar 2023, msg 782277.) Additional Commentary (sales of other copies): BCD: “Especially interesting is catalogue 97 with its descriptions of no less than 1027 tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, a selection of them illustrated on two plates.” [Jacquier 44 (13 Sep 2018), 2592, part of] David Fanning: “Perhaps the largest listing of its kind in this specialized area, with two fine plates depicting examples of this debased third-century coinage. Very scarce.” [Kolbe-Fanning 155 (1 Feb 2020), 34] | Ex Antivm, Bertolami 71 (“Collez.”) |
| ELSEN | Brussels | Jean ELSEN et ses Fils, s.a. (c. mid-1970s-present). In addition to Auctions since mid-1980s (Auction 163 was Sep 2025), produced hundreds of FPLs. Fitzwilliam, E-G had cataloged up to FPL 283 in 2018; there are more since. See W.W. Esty’s annotations for Auctions 45-95 (and a few up to 125) & background on the firm. (Several of those same copies now my Lib., below.) Auctions from 2005 are indexed on ACSearch. See also rNumis, which links to some 2008-13 catalogs on Archive (Elsen catalogs). Only recent catalogs (post-2020) on their website archive. | |
| X7 | 1999-2002 | 57, 59, 61, 62, 63, 67, 71: contents annotated on http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/#Elsen | Ex W.W. Esty |
| 116 | 16 Mar 2013 | 292 pp. (incl. 132 color Pl.), 2,423 Lots (770 ancient, several hundred Medieval, incl. Islamic Figural) Note: Worthwhile for the >50 illustrated Turkoman/Islamic Figural AEs (most Artuqid: Lots 1926-1977, plus a few others). (Absent from Esty’s Turkoman Catalogs page, but anything approaching 50 is quite a lot for one catalog; see also Künker 204 below.) | Ex Thomas R. Miller Lib. w/ some notes |
| 157-163 | 2023- | Unfortunately I lack all the Elsen catalogs containing my coins (Elsen Auction 155 [M. Bar: Olympia], 37 [bt. RBW: Sextans], FPL 288 [bt. Short: Titus Denarius])! | Elsen mailing list |
| EMPIRE | CA & FL | EMPIRE COINS. Dennis Kroh. Produced at least 80 FPLs (large & small format) & 18 auction catalogs (large format) c. 1984-1998, reportedly ceased the coin business 1 Jan 2000 (per Fitzwilliam Catalogs, E-G). He also produced the invaluable 1993 bibliography, Ancient Coin Reference Reviews (at present still available from his ebay!). See also PMV, below. See also: photos & comments on “Catalog Favorites” | |
| 4 | 9 Nov 1985 | The 1985 N.I.C.E. Sale of Ancient Coins [Numismatics International Convention & Exposition]. Dallas. 538 f. ill. single lots, plus 15 group lots & 18 literature; weights (0.01g) throughout, occasional provenances, commentary; Greek, RRC, RIC, Byzantine, scattered RPC. | Ex Kirk Davis, Aug 2023 |
| 6 | 14 Nov 1986 | The 1986 N.I.C.E. Sale of Ancient Coins [Numismatics International Convention & Exposition] (w/ PRL). Dallas. 550 lots a. f. ill. (a few groups), 517 ancient; weights (0.01g), some important provenances (incl. >9 Dattari, >1 Curtis Coll.); Greek (1-144), RPC (“Greek Imperial,” 145-260, incl. 48 Alexandrian) RRC (261-304), RIC (305-493), Byzantine (494-517), Medieval/Islamic (518-550). Important sale for Alexandria; possibly more from Col. J. Curtis Coll. than noted? Some ended up in notable colls. & published, e.g., “Morris”/Peck & Wetterstrom = K&G 27.399. | Ex Kirk Davis, Aug 2023 |
| 7 [Dickie] | 2 May 1987 | …featuring the Gordon J. Dickie Collection. Greater New York Numismatic Convention. New York. 795 lots ancient, f. ill. w/ bio. intro; Greek (1-135), Alexandria (136-266) RRC (267-305, incl. 5 Aes Rude-Grave), RIC (306-745), Byzantine (267-270, 746-795), inc. addl. scattered RPC. Important sale for Alexandria, 131 single lots of Roman Egypt, also Ptolemaic & Byzantine Alexandria. | Ex Kirk Davis, Aug 2023 CJJ Coll. = Lot 208 |
| 8 [Curtis] | 17 Dec 1987 | The Winter 1987 Sale: Postal and Phone Bid Auction #8. Featuring…Septimius Severus and his Family [Rosecrans Collection]…Large Collection of Roman Egypt [Col. James Curtis]. Two vols., w/ separate plates (w/ PRL). 849 lots Ancient, a. f. ill.; Greek (1-88), RRC (89-97), RIC (98-304, Severan Dynasty: 168-232 [?]), incl. addl. scattered RPC, Alexandrian (305-849). Very important sale of Alexandrian, incl. 545 single lots from the Curtis Coll. (though not explicitly IDed as such), almost fully illustrated. (My lots w/ Kroh’s tag & original cutout photos for plates.) | Ex Kirk Davis, Aug 2023 CJJ Coll. = Lot 665 & 667 |
| FLORANGE & CIANI | Paris | Jules Florange & Louis Ciani. Florange (1863-1936) operated singly, 1890-1920. From 1922 to 1929 he operated joint sales with Ciani until his death. | |
| Godart | 14 Jun 1923 | [Collection Godart] Médailles d’Or … AND Médailles Artistiques Françaises & Étrangères. 2 volumes: (1) 14-15 Jun 1923, 52 pp., 312 lots (54 Ancient), 16 Plates (2 Ancient); (2) 15 Jun 1923, 27 pp., 97 lots, 18 Pl. [Clain-Steffanellli 7978 (modern); Spring 180; part 1: Online from BNF-INHA.] The two volumes are rarely sold together, and often confused. Part 2: no ancients, apparently much lesser-known & scarcer. The name is apparently a pseudonym. Künker has suggested René Godard (1886-1955) as a possible identity (Poinsignon III, 3455 & 3456). | Ex ANS Library Duplicates, 14 Dec 2022 |
| FOUNTAIN HEAD | Long Island | FOUNTAINHEAD OF FINE COINS. Lawrence J. Devine & family. Active from early 1970s until c. 1980, publishing at least 13 FPLs, storefront in downtown Port Jefferson Station (Long Island). Kevin F. Devine (brother?) as Vice-Pres. & shop Manager in *The Numismatist* ads, mid-1970s. Coins from Fountainhead FPLs ended up in the RBW catalogs & at least 4 of the major BCD catalogs (Boiotia, Lokris-Phokis, and both Peloponnesos). Brief articles by Larry Devine (1938-1981) also appeared in NI Bulletin (Numismatics International), credited as “the Late Larry Devine” after his death. A Suffolk County patrol officer, he was shot on the job by an off-duty NYPD officer, his lower limbs paralyzed until his death at age 42. (NYT 18 Apr 1971; Officer Memorial.) In a short period, though, he left his mark in classical numismatics, demonstrating that contributions may come from those of any background. In BCD-Lokris Phokis 118, the collector mused: “If the late Larry could see this he would probably smile. This catalogue has borrowed quite a lot from the style of the legendary Fountainhead lists where Larry wrote whole pages with detailed descriptions and inspired commentaries on $ 25 bronzes.” (For the author of an ancient coin FPL, I can imagine no greater compliment.) | |
| FPL | Ex BCD Lib. Dupl., PFJ 49 (2021), 940 (part) = 48 (2020), 1069 (unsold) | ||
| FREEMAN & SEAR | LA | Rob Freeman (1993-2014) & David R. Sear (1993-1999/2001 only) (Los Angeles, CA). Produced at least 14 Fixed Price Lists (1994-2009); 21 Auction Catalogs (1995-2013, Nos. 1-17 & Manhattan Sale 1-4); and at least 11 joint sale catalogs, incl. Gemini 1-5 (w/ Berk), Triton I-IV (w/ CNG & NAC), and Sternberg 28-29 (w/ F. Sternberg in 1995). [See Also: Esty Catalogs/Freeman ; rNumis F&S ; Fitzwilliam Catalogs, E-G ; DLK, p. 24 (2 stars, series)] Things took a dramatic turn for the worse for Freeman c. 2014, as he was accused of major malfeasance. (See Hillel Aron’s well known 2017 LA Weekly article — or the NBS E-Sylum digest.) Sear was quick to point out that his relationship w/ Freeman’s business was long over (he dates it to the 1990s), avoiding the blowback & retaining his stellar reputation across the classical numismatic world. Note: I believe I own Rob Freeman’s extensively annotated copies of Triton I & Triton II (listed under CNG), his initials on the top right covers, many bidder & buyer names recorded. | |
| MBS X13 | 1995– 2007 | (1–12 & 14) To be cataloged. | Ex K&F WA 2 (11 Sep 2024), 57 (part) |
| FPL X4 (1-4) | 1994-5 | To be cataloged. | Ex K&F WA 2 (11 Sep 2024), 57 (part) |
| FPL 8 | F 2003 | Duplicate | |
| GANS | Berkeley | Numismatic Fine Arts: Edward Gans with Henry Grunthal. (See below for NFA, Inc. in the Joel Malter (1970s) & Bruce McNall (1980s-1990s) eras.) Sadly, none of my bibliographies of auction catalogs mention Gans’ important firm, though Spring at least discusses it at the forerunner of NFA (Malter then McNall), and Daehn cites several articles he authored. But see “Notes from BCD” in Jacquier 48, 1113 & 50, 1058. Ed Gans (1887-1991) was a banker in Germany until emigrating in 1938 (he was Jewish), and became an important American numismatist active throughout the mid-20th century. When he reached 100 years of age, a biographical interview volume was published, Edward Gans. Berlin Banker to California Numismatist, 1887–1987. | |
| MBS X6 | 1948-1953 | Booklet size, all mixed Ancient (mostly very high quality) & World w/ Literature, each w/ several collection consignments in their own sections. PRLs for all. – MBS 5 (1 Jun 1948): 1,391 Lots, 122 pp. + 8 Pl. (2.5 ancient), “The Shepard Pond” & other collections; – MBS 7 (12 Apr 1949): 1,516 Lots, 80pp. + 8 Pl. (>2 ancient); – MBS 8 (5 Dec 1949): 1,571 Lots, 72 pp. + 4 Pl. (1.5 ancient), w/ “rarities selected from the J. Pierpont Morgan Collection”; – MBS 9 (5 Jun 1950): 1,596 Lots, 88 pp. + 16 Pl. (4 ancient), incl. Euainetos Dekadrachm; – MBS 10 (10 Apr 1951): 1,266, 64 pp. + 6 Pl. (>2.5 ancient), incl. Robert Nesmith Collection (Spanish/Latin America) & others; – MBS 13 & ANA Sale (24 Mar 1953): 847 Lots, 38 pp. + 4 Pl. (<3 ancient), incl. “Demareteion” Dekadrachm (ex Basel VII [1948], 404 = Rizzo Pl. XXXV.1, XXXVI.2), apparently unsold, “est. $5000/6000.00”. Ex Jacquier 50, 1058, part | Ex BCD Lib. Dupl. |
| MBS 16 | 19 Apr 1960 | Greek and Byzantine Coins / Varia. Greek Coins from the Collection of Mr. George J. Brauer […] et al.. Byzantine Coins / Duplicates from a “Well-Known Collection.” Roman, Medallions, Renaissance Medals, Etc. Balance of the Collection of the late Dr. Kurt M. Semon […] 596 Lots, 28 plates (of which 26 ancient, 24 Greek [counting Parthian & Judaean w/ a couple RIC], 2 Byzantine AV). Final two lots are listed as modern forgeries but had to be included “by special request of the consignor” (i.e., the late Semon). Includes one Kimon & two Euainetos Dekadrachms. Several dozen high quality Syracuse Tetradrachms. Many other high quality Greek of all types. Full size catalog, 8.5″ x 11″ (21.5 x 28 cm), unlike all the others (booklet/half-size). Glossy white covers with black lettering. Foreword re: consignments (though also introduced in prior catalogs). Gans’ final auction catalog. (See also note to PF Jacquier 48, 1113 [different copy].) Ink inscriptions to spine. Penciled initials on front page (“BD,” possibly for BCD though not in his hand, nor his only copy). Original PRL. | Ex BCD Lib. Dupl. Ex Jacquier 50, 1058, part; |
| FPL X10 | 1956-1963 | Booklet size, only FPL 28-30 ill. All w/ ancients, other types listed (world, Renaissance, England, etc.). Intro essays, some collections identified/described. – FPL 19 (Spring1956), 160 ancient (“Golds of the Olympus and Their Offspring on Greek Bronze Coins” and “Greek Silver Coins”), 233 Nos. total, 8 pp., no weights, couple provenances (Noe 19 – Fuye [Metapont] & Cahn 71, 210 [Chersonese]); – FPL 20 (Fall 1956), 375 Nos. on 16 pp.; – FPL 21 (Spring 1957), 238 Nos. on 12 pp. (Nos. 5092-5094: W.P. Wallace‘s Euboian League Drachms “study material” from his book, in groups by condition, to be acc. by individual corpus & book ref. nos.; see also Rynearson Nov 1980); – FPL 22 (Fall 1957), 240 Nos. on 12 pp.; – FPL 24 (Fall 1958), 304 Nos. (all but 15 ancient: Grk, RRC, RIC, some RPC, Byz, “Biblical”), 12pp, George J. Bauer Collection (bio), no wts., some earlier provs. (Jameson 701, 856, 905, 1145, 1229, 1374, 2052, 2341, 2382, 2385, 2523, Sartiges [Damastion], BM [Idalium], Wallace 96 [Eub Dr], SNG Lockett 1303 [Archelaus], Bizot 148 [Faustina], Trau [2x weights]); – FPL 25 (Spring 1959), 189 Nos. (all Greek), 8 pp., George Bauer Coll., v. few wts., some provs. (BM – Naville V [Velia, Messana, Syracuse, Leucas, Pellene], Pozzi 281 [Caulonia], 320 [Rheg], 1749 [Ambracia], 2693 & 2700 [Rhodus], Wallace 65 [Eub Dr], Bement 1119 [Athens], Naville XII 1570 [Arcadia]); – FPL 27 (Spring 1961), 254 Nos. 12 pp.; – FPL 28 (Spring 1962), 451 Nos. on 20 pp. + 4 Pl. Ancient; – FPL 29 (Winter 1962-63), 284 Nos. on 12 pp. + 4 Pl. (3 Ancient, 1 Antiquities); – FPL 30 (Fall 1963), 281 Nos. on 12 pp. + 4 Pl. (3 Ancient). [The final sale] Provenance notes: most ex Jacquier 50, 1058 (part), BCD Library Duplicates; FPLs 19, 24, 25 Ex Brooklyn Gallery (Nov 2024), w/ uncertain collector inscriptions to covers (maybe initials “MP [from] HJA” or similar?). A bunch of my book & catalog purchases from Brooklyn Gallery around that time turned out to be ANS Duplicates (with bookplates &/or librarian’s pencil annotations); that seems possible here, too, but I need to find a visual match or plausible explanation for the initials | ex BCD (20-22, 26-30) ex Brooklyn Gallery (19, 14, 25), possibly ex “MP [?] [frm] HJA [?]“ |
| GEMINI | NYC, Chicago | Joint sales of Harlan J. Berk with other firms: Freeman & Sear (Gemini 1-5), H. Kreindler & Amphora/Hendin (6-7), Heritage (8), Kreindler (9-12). [See Also: Esty Catalogs/Gemini ; Fitzwilliam Catalogs, A-D ; DLK, p. 24 (2 stars, series to Gemini III, 2007)] (see also Berk) | |
| VIII | 14 Apr 2011 [CICF] | ||
| XI | 12 Jan 2014 [NYINC] | ||
| GIMBELS | NYC | Gimbel’s (Dept. Store), Robert Friedberg (1912-1963) et. al. Gimbel Brothers was one of the leading department stores buoyed by the post-WWII surge of American affluence. Along w/ clothing, toys, appliances & all manner of consumer goods, Gimbel’s actively sold coins c. 1931 to 1974 (last sale known to me). Though it seems remarkable in today’s world, Gimbel’s department store was a charter member of both the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG, 1955) & the prestigious International Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPN, 1951). The numismatic department began with Jacques Minkus’s counter at the NY Broadway location (Tompa 2025), who partnered in 1947 w/ Robert Friedberg (1912-1963). During his decade-and-a-half there, until his death, Friedberg was apparently responsible Gimbel’s numismatic success (and its FPL catalogs). (He also wrote a popular book on Gold Coins of the World [1958], later edited by his sons Art & Ira, now in its 10th ed. [2024].) Most coins were American & “Foreign” (and their books & supplies), but they also sold ancients (four recorded provenances in ACSearch), with photographs of surprisingly high quality Greek coins in their FPLs. Fitzwilliam (Catalogs: E-G) records 10 FPL catalogs (c. 1951-1961), plus an auction in 1944 w/ Kende (Catalogs: H-L). [References: : Tompa, CPO (31 Mar 2025); R. Friedberg bio, The E-Sylum 25(11): a16 (2 Jan 2022) by Smith, expanding on his ANB (2015: 161-2) = NNP bio 775] As BCD once wrote: “One can only […] laugh at the prices of the nicely illustrated ancient section in the 1953 Gimbels catalogue.” (Re: “Gimbels International Coin Catalogue (New York), third edition 1953, 192 pages, illustrations throughout,” part of Jacquier 50, Lot 1115, for which, to my regret, I failed to bid in 2022.) | |
| FPLs X4 | 1953-9 | CNG’s description: “Robert Friedberg, et al. Gimbel’s Coin Department – Group of four (4) price lists – 1953, 1955, 1957, and 1959. (New York). Card/Paper. An important piece of American numismatic history, when many of the major department stores had their own coin (and stamp) departments.” Quoting the 2022 BCD Libr. Dupl. sale (different copy): “A note from BCD: One can only […] laugh at the prices of the nicely illustrated ancient section in the 1953 Gimbels catalogue. Those were the days when one could still find great coins in the stock of dealers.” Most or all listings are for groups and illustrate “representative” examples (provenance of photos unclear). 1953, 1955, 1957 are identical for ancients (even the prices); 1959 all new descriptions & photos (though some types & prices are more-or-less the same). 1953-7: 1953 (Third Edition, green card covers, 192 pp. of which 16 pp. ancient), 1955 (Fourth, orange, 176/16pp.), and 1957 (Sixth, red, 176/16pp). 125 Greek Nos. (36 illustrated, some 1-sided, most AR, a few ea. AV/EL & AE); 136 Roman (17 RRC, 119 RIC, 2 of ea. ill., AR Denarii, AR then BI Antoniniani, then Folles, by period). Surprisingly no Byzantine (since the gold are very consistent in quality & price, thus easy to price. 1959: Virtually unrecognizable as the same series, now much thinner (50pp.) w/ glossy photographic cover (Seated Liberty U.S. Dollar), naming 5 locations for Gimbels Coin Departments (New York, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Westchester NY, Valley Stream NY). Back Inside Cover: 36 ancient; Nos. 1-26: Roman from J. Caesar to Constantine (12 ill.); Nos. 27-32: 6 “Widow’s Mites” (incl. early RPC); Nos. 33-4: Jewish Revolt AEs; No. 35: Crusader AV Dinar; No. 36: Justin I Solidus ($25, ill., also on p. 33 w/ obv. photo). Back Cover: “Silver Coins of Ancient Greece,” seven types all illustrated, $10-30 (Alexander Tet, Corinth Stater, Persian Siglos, Tarentum & Thurium Didrachms, Shekel of Tyre, 1st cent. Syrian Tet). Nonetheless, surprisingly thorough & sophisticated listings of ancient coins for a mid-century department store list! One of the listings (1953-7, G-100) is a VF-EF Syracuse Dekadrachm of Euainetos or Kimon type. (Unsold despite a price of only $750!) One wonders if it was unillustrated because it hadn’t been bought yet & only would be upon securing a buyer (space can’t be the concern, single broad Hellenistic Tetradrachms photos are shown). | Ex CNG 597, 1208 |
| GORNY & MOSCH | Munich | Formerly Giessener Munzhandlung Dieter Gorny GmbH. | |
| Auctions X7 | 1987-9 | Auction 38-44. Odd nrs.: Medieval to modern Even nrs: Ancient [see WW Esty Catalog Annotations for Gorny 38, 40, 42, 44] Auktion 38 (Nov 1987): listed on Esty’s Turkoman page for “25 Turkoman [excellent examples]”; Auktion 42 (11 Oct 1988): see Wetterstrom’s post-sale writeup in The Celator, 2 (11): p. VIIII (see also STINAM for some RRC Denarii). | Ex FAC (31 Aug 2023), BC23739-243 |
| 130 | 8 Mar 2004 | Ancient, including a collection of ~324 Parthian-Sasanian (see PDC): “Slg. Reut.” according to Wenninger’s hand-annotation on spine (prob. Theo Reuter, Munich, whose important Lycia coll. was Peus 360, and some of whose Persis coins were donated Staatliche Münzsammlung München) Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger, with his monogram on cover CJJ Coll. = Lot 1780 (later Slgg. Peter Fischer [Aarburg, d. 2013] & Karl H. Kluger), Septimius RPC = Varbanov 2558 | Ex Wenninger [CJJ Coll. = 1780] |
| GLEND. | London | GLENDINING & CO. (Glendining’s) | |
| [Dangar] | 15 Apr 1953 | [NAMED and PRICED catalog, as Glendining used to produce & sell after the sale]; First 80 Lots ancient (mostly Greek AV & AR; RIC AV & AR; a few RRC AR, RIC AE), but few illustrated (<1 Pl. ancient); some lots w/ weights (grains) & provenances to track a few others, perhaps; | Ex J. Peck, acq. by CSJ Feb 2022 |
| [Laval] | 18 Apr 1955 | “Property of a Nobleman.” 733 Lots, m. ill. on 29 Pl., tremendous collection, well cat. by G. Muller w/ his Foreword [Clain-Stefanelli 1983; Spring 230]; Weights to 0.1 grains AND 0.01 grams (!), some provenances noted, prob. all researched by Muller (incl. de la Fuye, Jakountchikoy Cabinet, Bement, Vogel, “probably” Newell, “Leningrad (Ermitage),” some not very clearly indicated, e.g., Bement “this coin,” “previously in Collection Vogel”); it took only moments on ACSearch to find lost provenances in recent sales for types I’m familiar w/ (Lot 261, Lot 411B, as I commented on ACS), there are surely many more Provenance notes: Ex George D Hatie (ANA Pres. 1979-81), with Spink correspondence (G. Muller); bought for JJ family library by CSJ (28 Feb 2022) from Jeff Peck (Blue Bell, PA), group of 4 Glend. cats. 1953-63. See also: photos etc. on “Catalog Favorites,” including three coins now in CJJ Coll.: Lot 408.1 (Athens “New Style”) = Thompson 540d.3 = Salton; Lot 550B (Antoninus Pius Caesarea Didrachm) = ex E. A. Sydenham (Syd. 296) = G. Muller (“Collection of a Mentor”); Lot 629 (Darius II Persis Drachm) = ex A. de Petrowicz (Ars Classica X) = G. Muller (“Collection of a Mentor”). | Ex Hatie Lib. w/ corresp., Money Tree 7 (1989), 142 (part); ex J. Peck, Feb 2022 [CJJ Coll. = Lots 408.1 ; 550B; 629] |
| Lockett II (Greek I) | 25 Oct 1955 | The Celebrated Collection formed by the late Richard Cyril Lockett, Esq., Greek Part I: Spain, Gaul, Italy, Sicily, Sicilo-Punic. 38 Pl., 987 Lots, most ill. [Spring 232; Clain-Stefanelli 1971* & 2296* (full set); Kroh p. 34 (full set); Manville-Robertson 17; DLK, p. 24 (2 stars, Lockett Greek series); online via Archive] Provenance notes: LAC 65 (20 Oct 2017), 593; ex “Collezione di Cataloghi e Listini,” Bertolami EA 71 (16 Jun 2019), 2481 See also: Photos, notes on “Catalog Favorites” | Ex LAC 65 & Bertolami 71 (“Collez.”) |
| Ambassador | 7 Mar 1957 | Late Foreign Ambassador. [PRICED catalog by Glendining]; 74 pp., 708 lots, m. ill. on 24 pl. (many Byz AV), foreword by G. Muller, some group lots, weights (0.01g) for Greek single lots, Greek, RIC, Byzantine [Spring 236; Clain-Stefanelli 1719] Bought by CSJ from Jeff Peck (PA) in a group of four Glendining catalogs (1953-1963), incl. 1955 Laval (ex Hatie) & Dangar above, and the Breton et al. below. | Ex J. Peck, Feb 2022 |
| Lockett VI (Greek II) | 12 Feb 1958 | Richard Cyril Lockett, Greek Part II: Black Sea District, Thrace, Macedon, Thessaly, Illyricum, Epirus, Corcyra, Acarnania, and Aetolia. 23 Pl., 565 Lots (988-1552) most ill. (Post-sale priced copy.) [Spring 233; Clain-Stefanelli 1971* & 2296* (full set); Kroh p. 34 (full set); DLK, p. 24 (2 stars, Lockett Greek series); online via Archive] See also: Photos, notes on “Catalog Favorites,” Lot 1398 (part): Alex III Drachm (Salton Coll. & SNG Lockett 1501) | Tag laid in: “BK 13954,” ex FAC (?) [CJJ Coll. = 1398 (part)] |
| Lockett VIII (RIC, Byz) | 26 May 1959 | R.C. Lockett, Roman & Byzantine. 16 Pl., 299 Lots, many ill. (RIC & Byz). (Post-sale priced copy.) [Clain-Stefanelli 3675; Spring 239; online via Archive] As BCD notes (different copy): “Of great importance for pedigree research because, unlike the Greek series, the coins pictured on these plates were not repeated in an SNG.” See also: Photos, notes on “Catalog Favorites” | |
| Lockett IX (Greek III) | 27 May 1959 | R.C. Lockett, Greek Part III: Locris, Phocis, Boeotia, Athens, Aegina, Corinth, Peloponnesus, Crete, Aegean Islands. 15 Pl., 565 Lots (1553-2118) most ill. (Post-sale priced copy.) [Spring 234; Clain-Stefanelli 1971* & 2296* (full series); Kroh p. 34 (full set); DLK, p. 24 (2 stars, Lockett Greek series); online via Archive] See also: Photos, notes on “Catalog Favorites” | Tag laid in: “BK 13953,” ex FAC (?) |
| Lockett XII (Greek IV) | 21 Feb 1961 | R.C. Lockett, Greek Part IV: Asia Minor, Asia, and Africa. 35 Pl., 1007 Lots (2119-3125), most ill. [Spring 235; Clain-Stefanelli 1971* & 2296* (full set); Kroh p. 34 (full set); Manville-Robertson 17; DLK, p. 24 (2 stars, Lockett Greek series); online via Archive] See also: Photos, notes on “Catalog Favorites”: Ex Pierre Bastien (1912-2010) Library, w/ his bookplate. His custom cloth binding. Coins in CJJ Coll.: Hidrieus Tetradrachm, Nero Eumenia AE, Augustus Samos AE, Sebaste AE. | Ex Bastien Lib. [CJJ Coll. = 2384, 2927, 2894 (part), 2922 (part)] |
| [Breton] | 30 Oct 1963 | J.G. Le Breton et al. 2 Pl. Ancient (3 total) for 181 Lots Ancient (301-480, of 657 total [*]), mostly Judaean & Greek, some Roman, Byz; the 2 Pl. mainly Judaean (AR, AE & RPC), f. ill. lots 301-341, plus 4 RIC Aureii; last 50 Lots (431-480) from the coll. J. G. Le Breton; many/most group lots, also multiple coins well-pedigreed but NOT illustrated. [*] Lots numbered from 1 up to 686, but not fully (e.g., “Coins of the Jews” begins w/ lot 301; the prev. lot of was 282, w/ no lots 283-300; likewise, 590/601). NAMED and PRICED post-auction edition of catalog published by Glendining; some pages still uncut. Bought by CSJ in same group as Dangar, Laval, Ambassador above. Notes: Today, it would be unthinkable for an auction firm to print a named catalog. But for the period Glendining & Co. published them, these catalogs left a record of great value for provenance research today. | Ex J. Peck, Feb 2022 |
| HAMBURG. | Leo Hamburger. Frankfurt. Auction catalog numbers given by sources are dubious: L. Hamburger only explicitly numbered auction catalogs 93-98. Different bibliographic sources count the earlier catalogs differently. (Spring, Fitzwilliam, rNumis, Künker, and HEIDI’s penciled cover annotations.) Spring (pp. 102-3) & Fitzwilliam (Sales H-L) give some detail of their process, both citing Tietjen’s 1976 (Auction 20) numbering, yet number the sales differently. (Künker also cites Tietjen.) Maddeningly, the series numbers diverge almost immediately, converge, diverge again, and converge yet again at the end (93-98)! One explanation is that Humburger actually missed some older ones when they started assigning numbers. Fitz. & rNumis can be compared, but not Spring, since only 17 catalogs qualified for his book. I don’t have Tietjen, but it must be missing some that the others list. Even after compiling all dates given by the sources, the hard part is deciding which are in error. | ||
| 69, 68, or? [“Harras”] | 27 Nov 1922 | Bedeutende Universalsammlung von Münzen und Medaillen. [Sammlung “Harras.”] (Originally dated 12 September 1922.) 1036 Lots (131 Ancient), 27 Plates (only 2 Pl. Ancient). [Spring 279 (No. 69, “Haras”) ; Fitzwilliam, H-L (No. 68) ; rNumis, LHAM (No. 68, Haras); CS — ; Grierson — ; Available Online: from HEIDI (69)] A lot of bibliographic frustration for relatively little numismatic payoff: Sources differ re: Auction No. 68 or 69. (Probably neither. See note above.) To pick one, I’ll take Spring, Kunker, and (presumably) Tietjen’s No. 69. Date of sale is corrected from “12.September” to “27.November” on cover & “Montag,27.1927” on intro page (ii, n.pag.) w/ correct date typed on rectangular snippet of paper, glued over original date. (My title page [i, n.pag.] is uncorrected, but see HEIDI copy.) Other covers I’ve seen are usually corrected, but not always (see Poinsignon 3640 & Künker 2025 Lit. 7598 [both acsearch]). (As the only 1922 sale, the rescheduling has no bearing on the numbering discrepancy.) Identification of the consignor as “Harras” derives from Tietjen 20 (1976), 6296 (see Künker sales linked above & Spring 279). Some sources spell it “Haras.” (I’m not sure which Tietjen uses.) ANS Library Accession No. & Inscriptions: Penciled inscription on p.1 (gutter/bottom margin): “July 16, 1948 ~ Pagani, Milano” / “48~238”. The latter is presumably acc. number for the library’s 238th object of 1948. However, that formula doesn’t seem to fit certain others (see Hess 208 below, 52.47). Cover, penciled nos. in top corners: “4252/30[9.?]” (l.), “Box 6” (r.). Spine, ink, upward: “Hamburger”, “27-11-1922”. | bt. 14 Dec 2022, Ex ANS Lib. Dupl., Acc. No. 48.238 (16 Jul. 1948), Ex Antonio Pagani (1895-1965). |
| HAMIDI | Torrance | Omar Hamidi (Torrance, CA), 30 FPLs produced (thru 1992); then, Nos. 31 through at least FPL 45 (1998) as Persic Gallery (not the Persic Gallery of Boston, 2010s-present). Described in Album’s (2011: p. 19) Checklist of Islamic Coins (3rd ed.) as follows: “especially strong in coins of the eastern Islamic world, including India, from all periods. Hamidi’s most recent catalogs contain superb illustrations, scanned from traditional photographs and enhanced with the latest computer technology”; also mentioned as “particularly important” in Malek (NC 1993: p. 229) “A Survey of Research on Sasanian Numismatics.” | |
| FPL | Ex BCD Library Duplicates | ||
| FPL x4 | n.d. | FPLs 24, 28, 29, 30 (c. 1992) | Ex ANS Lib. Dupl. |
| HARMER -ROOKE | New York | First formed in London, c. 1901, later moved to NY (by 1969). Produced auction catalogs 1969-1995 (see Fitzwilliam, H-L; Gengerke 2009: 253-5; 85 catalogs digitized via NNP / Archive [not Hoffer sale]). At one time, headed by Harvey J Hoffer (b. 1916, Cleveland, OH) before 1986 retirement; his important coll. of Hadrian auctioned 12-13 Dec 1986 (The Celator 1.1). Continued as Greg Manning Galleries, Inc. | |
| [Dattari] | 27 May 1971 | 2 Pl. of Giovanni Dattari’s Alexandrian, many large groups, important sale but thinly cataloged. [20th Cent Alexandrian Sale Catalogs page] | [CJJ Coll. = Lot 645 (part, not ill.)] |
| HERRING | See SOUTHLAND, Todd A. Herring, below | ||
| HESPERIA | HESPERIA ART, operated by Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli (1914-1982) & Robert Hecht (1919-2012) in Baltimore, MD, then in NY; later by George Allen (1917-1997) in Philadelphia, PA. Fitzwilliam [H-L] records an FPL numbered 16 (n.d.) at Baltimore (early 1950s) & at least 50 “Bulletins” numbered in a separate series under G. Allen in Philadelphia (the first 41 of which are in my library, save 35). | ||
| List 1 | Sp 1951 | [Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli, Numismatic Expert; Robert E. Hecht, Jr.] Ancient and Modern Coins. Booklet, 19 pp. incl. 3 b&w plates. Baltimore. 452 + 18 (Bargain) Lots Ancient, some groups (97 coins illustrated, incl. Euainetos Dekadrachm, some one-sided); 96 Modern. Very high quality Greek, Roman, Byzantine. First 33 gold. No weights, only a few provenances observed; otherwise impressively cataloged for mid-20th cent. FPL. Importantly, the masthead shows Vladimir Clain had already changed his name to Clain-Stefanelli by this time (I have two vols. stamped by him both V. CLAIN and DR V. CLAIN-STEFANELLI, one shared on FORVM). Of the Konvolut that included this copy, BCD noted: “it is interesting to single out the earliest Hesperia Art list where Bob Hecht partners with Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli to offer some superb Greek coins.” | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (PFJ 50, 1040 [part]). (possibly) CJJ Coll. = Lot 387 (IVDEA Capta As, Salton to Bressett) |
| Bulletins X39 (I – XL except XXXV) | c. 1957 – 1967 | Bulletin I – XL (minus Bulletin XXXV). 39 bulletins. Undated, part. to f. ill. Magazine-size w/ glossy paper, b&w photos. Most w/ both coins & antiquities, a few w/ only antiquities or coins. Laid in: Correspondence from George Allen (1917-1997), two letters, signed & dated to 1957 (w/ one stamped envelope), thanking W. Wirgin for additional information about several lots. Mentions items acq. by Robert Hecht. Plus: Special Bulletin. A Small Collection of Greek Coins, Consisting Mainly of Imperial Bronze of Asia Minor. Undated, unillustrated, 225 lots, ~half ea. RPC AE & RRC AR. (Listed in Fitzwilliam [H-L]: “Greek, lot 1 Petelia.”) | Ex Lib. Wolf Wirgin (1902-1982) corres. fr. G. Allen |
| Bull. XXVI | c. 1963 | [George Allen, Managing Director.] Philadelphia 90 Lots Ancient + antiquities. Most ill. on 2.5 Pl. of coins. Greek, RRC, RPC (AR). No provenances, only a couple weights observed. | Ex BCD Library Duplicates |
| Bull. XL/XLI | c. 1967 | [George Allen, Managing Director.] Philadelphia 568 Lots Ancient + a few antiquities, f. ill., 6.5 Pl. of coins. Large format, black & white, glossy catalog. Greek & many RPC (3 full Pl. of AE from Roman Asia Minor). No provenances or weights observed (but multiple Seleukid acquired by Arthur Houghton Collection & later published). Lot 92: Ephesos Tetradrachm, rare magistrate POΔΙΟΣ, cited in Coin Hoards IX (Ashton, Pixodarus), in turn cited as earlier attestation in Lexicon of Greek Personal Names. | Ex BCD Library Duplicates |
| HESS | Frankfurt | Adolph Hess | |
| 207 [Slg. Otto] | Lucerne, 1 Dec 1931 | Sammlung Kommerzienrat H. Otto, Stuttgart [Heinrich Otto Jr., Stuttgart, 1856-1931]… 54 pp., 1339 lots [1318 coins, 22 books etc.], 31 pl. Many to most ill.: Greek (1-815), RRC (816-914), RIC (915-1318). [Clain-Stefanelli 1755; Spring 331; for bio, see also Poinsignon Library, III (Künker 357, 7-9 Dec 2021) 3944 & 3964 (Hess 230: Swabian etc.); online at Heidelberg, also ACSearch Lib. & Archive] Prior provenances: Niklovitz, Pozzi, Vienna Dup. (Egger 39), Bement, H. Smith, Hoskier, Rhousopoulos, Naville X, Riche, Vautier & Collignon, Bachofen von Echt; Late dispositions: Bolender 110*, Krähenbühl, Cederlind Estate, Niggler, Knobloch, Seltman, Leo Benz, Woodbridge, BCD Olympia, BCD Pelo II (not noted), Sawhill-JMU (not noted), Gillet-Kunstfreundes, Novak, et al. *: Though not naming Otto specifically, M.H. Bolender’s (Orangeville, IL) Choice Ancient Greek and Roman Coins from a Prominent European Cabinet (Auction 110 [29 Sep 1937]) consisted entirely of 637 lots from Hess 207, Slg. Otto. See also: photos & notes on “Catalog Favorites” | Ex Lanz Numismatik Library w/ Hermann Lanz’s (1910-1998) stamp, inv. no. [CJJ Coll. = Lot 493 (pl. 12, = BCD Pelo II 2327, et al.)] |
| 208 [Hermitage] | Frankfurt, 14 Dec 1931 | Münzen aus dem Besitz eines Ausländischen Museums. 813 Lots, 13 Pl. Greek. [Clain-Stefanelli 1940; Spring 332; Online: at HEIDI] About 35 Alexander III type AV Staters illustrated (plus Philip II & Lysimachos gold Staters). One of multiple Russian museum deaccession sales in the 1930s during the push to industrialize & in the lead-up to WWII. ANS De/accession (?) Number Notes: Catalogs from CNG 598 (1202-1398, ANS Library Duplicates) came in gray catalog envelopes (9″x12″), ea. w/ CNG tickets taped to front & inscribed with two handwritten numbers: 52.XX – XXX (pencil, top right) and, on most, 100000XX (ink, just below; some envelopes had printed adhesive labels on the top left corner that incl. both numbers, and only the 52.XX no. repeated in pencil). Elsewhere, the ANS Lib. seems to use the XX.XXX format to indicate the year of donation (e.g., my Hamburger 1922 above, w/ penciled notes: “July 16, 1948 ~ Pagani, Milano / 48~238”). But, in this case, it seems NOT to be an accession year, as every auction catalog from the CNG sale was labeled with numbers 52.XX or XXX, including auctions held long after 1952. | Ex CNG 598, 1304, ANS Lib. Dupl. (52.47 / 1000033), ex Seaby (lib.?) |
| [Trau] | 22 May 1935 [reprint] | (with Gilhofer & Ranschburg) Sammlung Franz Trau: Münzen der römischen Kaiser. 1976 Attic Books reprint. Orange card covers. 4727 lots RIC, many ill. on 53 pl. 4 pp. of biographical intro essays (German), plus 2 pl. of portraits, re: the Trau family who formed the coll. over three generations: Carl Trau (1811-1877), Franz Trau Sr. (1842-1905), Franz Trau Jr. (1881-1931). [Spring 190; Clain-Stefanelli 4086*] One of the most important 20th century private collections of Roman coins. Catalog served as a standard reference for generations after the sale, supplementing RIC & BMC w/ many rare and fine specimens. Originals are scarce, but used copies of the 1976 reprint periodically appear for sale. | Ex K&F WA1, 37 [CJJ Coll. = Lot 394 (Niggeler 659, et al.) & prob. 564 (Hall, Clay, et al.)] |
[Sydenham – Trau] | 28 Apr 1936 | Catalogue de Monnaies Grecques et Romaines. I.: Césarée de Cappadoce. la Collection de M. le Rev. Edward A. Sydenham. II.: Monnaies Grecques. III.: Monnaies Grecques et Romaines. IV.: Monnaies Romaines de la Collection Franz Trau. 2860 lots, 75 pages, 16 plates. [Spring 342; Clain-Stefanelli 2830; BCD Duplicates 2019, 2089 (this copy)] Custom bound in tan/gold imitation leather, original card cover titles trimmed & mounted on front cover, w/ additional page bound in for bulk. A few lots circled. Although not mentioned in the 1955 Glendining “Nobleman” sale (below & on “Favorites”), most (probably all) of Count Laval’s coins from Roman Caesarea came from this sale, surely incl. Laval’s unillustrated Lot 550B (Lot 130, illustrated in the present sale), now my coll. “A note from BCD: The Sydenham collection of Cappadocian Roman Provincials is the highlight of this auction. There are nine photo plates of Greek and Roman Provincials and seven of Roman coins including a couple of medallions.” | Ex S&S Lib. Dupl. (KF 174, 75 & KF 155, 61); Ex BCD Lib. Dupl. (PFJ 47, 2089) [CJJ Coll. = 130 (Ant. Pius) = Syd. 296, et al.] |
| [Gold-Münzen] | Lucerne, 24 Nov 1937 | Sammlung von Gold-Münzen. 715 lots, 355 ancient, many ill. 21 pp. 14 pl. (7 double-plates numbered 1-Obv, 1-Rev…), 5 (2.5) ancient. Grk: 1-74; RRC: 75-79; RIC: 80-178; Byz (Arcadius-Andronicus II): 179-355. [Spring 343 ; Online: from HEIDI] Bibliographic note: the pairs of plates show obverses on odd- & reverses on even-numbered pl. (facing). An interesting “editorial” decision I haven’t noticed in other Hess catalogs (nor, as far as I can recall, any other catalogs from this period). Condition note: 52.59/10000071 pages slightly darkened at edges. Both copies seemingly unmarked. Estimates sheets laid in. | Ex ANS Lib. Dupl. (52.59 & 62 / 1000071 & 74), Ex CNG 598, Lots 1306 & 1309 |
| (w/ Bank Leu) 7 [Hirsch] | Lucerne, 16 Apr 1957 | Antike Münzen, Zum Andenken an Dr. Jacob Hirsch (“In Memory of Dr. Jacob Hirsch”). [Jacob Hirsch Estate.] 444 Lots, 64 pp. + 16 Pl. (b&w). Frontispiece & biographical Vorwort (by Leo Mildenberg, German, >0.5 p.). Original PRL tipped in, w/ library catalog card. Fully illustrated w/ weight & die-axis in margin for each coin. Greek (1-326, Naxos Tetra., 3X Syracuse Kimon-Euainetos Dekas.), RRC (327-336, Antony/Cleopatra Tetra.), RIC (337-421, most Solidi, Sestertii, a Nero Port of Ostia), Byz (422-444, AV). Many provenances to important collections, esp. Jameson & to Ars Classica & Hirsch sales; a few hoards; many ex-Pozzi, some Hartwig, Côte, Bement, Bunbury, Berlin (SMB), London (BMC), Sandeman, Mathey, Pacha, Philippsen, Grand Duc “Michailowitch,” Rhousopoulos, Consul Weber, H. Weber, Woodward. [Avail. Online (BNF Gallica); Spring 350; Clain-Stefanelli 1734, 1967; DLK, p. 24 (3 stars, Hess-Leu series); BCD Lib. Dupl. I, 47: “…no need to stress the importance of the early Hess-Leu auction catalogues to today’s collector of ancient coins…”; BCD III, 124: “…superb and rare Greek coins but there are also some very nice Roman and Byzantine offered.” Grierson (1979: 283; 1965: 181) notes Hess-Leu 1-3 also mainly Hirsch Coll. (“une forte proportion”).] Represents on a fraction of the Hirsch Estate’s total holdings, much of which was still being dispersed by treaty well over >20 years later (per BCD coll. tickets). Provenance Notes: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Rec. 1 Apr 1957, “[LACM] Exposition Park.”) “LACMA has its roots in the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art, established in 1910 in Exposition Park. In 1961, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art became a separate, art-focused institution….” LACMA deaccessioned coins c. 1980s, >2 acq. by Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Coll. (via Malter, 1984) | Ex LACMA Lib. |
| HISTORIA NUMIS. | PA | HISTORIA NUMISMATICA. Nick Economopoulos & W. B. Warden (Holicong & New Hope, PA). (see also Pegasi & Warden) | |
| FPL 2 | July 1991 (mailed) | Historia Numismatica II. Full-page format, “Ancient & Islamic Coins List … 279 + 81 + 6 numbers, 12 pages, 12 unnumbered plates, water damage to covers).” Acq: PFJ 50, 1040 (part), BCD | Ex BCD Library Duplicates |
| HOUSE OF CONST. | Madison | HOUSE OF CONSTANTINE. Ralph W. Mathisen (Madison, WI), after receiving his MA & TAing Latin at UW-Madison, before becoming a well-known History & Classics prof. Wrote articles in SAN, etc. Fitzwilliam lists FPLs numbered between 12 and 24, dated 1974-1976. (All as a grad student at UW, PhD in 1979.) | |
| FPL 19 | 2 October 1975 (Posted) | “List XVIIII — Autumn 1975.” [Absent from Fitzwilliam online catalog.] Booklet, stamped/addressed cover (label missing). 8 pp. incl. cover, front matter (1 p.), and 2 b&w pl. 111 single lots, part. ill. (“We will be glad to include upon request the photos of any coins that were illustrated” [?]). Total: 80 / 111 Roman Imperial. Lot nos. begin at 100-125 [25 Greek/RPC, 1 Kushan], 200-219 [“Roman Silver”: 2 RRC, 18 RIC], 250-257 [“Consignments”: 2 RRC, 5 RIC, 1 Parthian], 300-343 [“Roman Imperial Bronze”], 350-362 [“collection of…Magnentius and Decentius”] | Ex BCD Library Duplicates |
| JACQUIER | Paul-Francis Jacquier. | ||
| 49 [BCD Lib.] | 17 Sep 2021 | 690 Lots Ancient, 300 Literature, concluding w/ 102 Lots (899-1000) of “Duplicates from the Library of BCD” Note: The Jacquier cats. w/ BCD Lib. Dupl. are worth having for the “Notes from BCD” alone (of course, they’re available from ACSearch, too), bite-sized bibliographic sources & reviews following every item. | [CJJ Coll = Three BCD Lib. Lots] |
| 50 [BCD Lib.] | 16 Sep 2021 | 604 Lots Coins (584 Ancient), 511 Literature, concl. w/ 115 Lots (1001-1115) of BCD Library Duplicates. Notes: Sadly, the “cover coin” (Lot 241), a Marc Antony & Cleopatra Denarius w/ a fine pedigree to the Lobekke Collection (A. Hess, 1926) & other important sales, turned out to be a fake struck from modern dies! (They withdrew it & it cannot be found on ACSearch or Numisbids but remains in the PDF & print catalogs.) | [CJJ Coll = Six BCD Lib. Lots] |
| 51 [Slg. RL] | Sammlung RL. 500 Lots Roman Republican from a family collection formed over three generations since 1890s. Intro on p. 5 (German). [PDF Avail.] | [CJJ Coll = Lot 185 (Fundanius Quin.) & Lot 191 (Cloel Quin.), see “Captives” page] | |
| 52 [Thys] | 500 Lots (Nrs. 501-1000), incl. 139 from “Münzen mit Flussgötterdarstellungen (Slg. Michel Thys)” (Nrs. 511-649), brief intro & biblio on p. 11 (German) [PDF Avail.] Note: For 2023, all the BCD Lib. lots were sold in online sessions-only, not incl. in the print cat. They were all “Duplicate-Duplicates” — ones that had gone unsold in previous years’ sales — the first clue (at least for me) that something important was happening son…. | [CJJ Coll = Lot 588, Thyatira (Lindgren, Burstein, RPC IV 2502.6) & Lot 513 (BCD Akarnania 42)] | |
| JSD | Santa Ana, CA | JSD Coins [alt: “J.S.D. Coins”] Run by Jack Glowe and Dennis Tupper (the “J” and “D,” but who was the “S”?), per Dan Demeo (18 Nov 2012, letter to E-Sylum). [some penicil & paper annotations yet to be typed and/or posted] For an example of a typed tag by JSD (I think), dated 6 Nov 1975, see my Julian II AE3/4 below their catalog photos. | |
| FPLs X19 MBS X2 | 1977 – 1986 | See also: Photos & notes on “Catalog Favorites” Lists (years imputed) [postmarked]: No. 42 (1977) [22 Apr 1977, AGM]; 43; 44 (1977) [2 Jul 1977, AGM]; 45; 46; 47; 48 (1978) [10 Apr 1978, AGM]; 49 (1978) [13 Jul 1978, AGM]; 51; 66 (1981) [19 Mar 1981, AGM]; 67; 71 (1981) [5 Nov 1981, AGM]; 72 (1982); 73 (1982); 74 (1982) [16 June 198-, AGM]; 74 OR 75 ”probably” (Summer 1982); 90 (1985) [24 Apr 1985, AGM]; 91 (1985); 92 (1985) [20 Sep 1985, AGM]; 93 (1986) [12 Apr 1986, AGM]; VOL II 3 (1982?); MBS 6 (27 May 1978) [293 coin lots, 29 antiquities, NO PLATES]; MBS 10? (10 Aug 1981) [197 single coin lots, 5 groups, 4 antiquities, NO PLATES] [23 Jul 1981, AGM]; | Ex BCD Library Duplicates; ex Alex G. Malloy Library (11 stamped & addr. to AGM), prob. Malter 89 (AGM Lib., 2008), Lot 1556 (part of) |
| KASTNER | Munich | Gitta Kastner (d. 1977). Continued after 13 sales as Lanz, Munich (Herbert Lanz). | |
| Auction 6 | 26 Nov 1974 | Ex WW Esty, gifted | |
| KNOBLOCH | Bronx, NY | Frederick S. Knobloch. Produced FPLs c. late 1950s to 1969 (though early lists are quite rare, so it’s unclear to me when the series began). Produced about 35 numbered FPLs with relatively high quality coins (the ones I’ve seen have green covers & black/white plates), but also produced an unknown number of “Special Lists,” usually for consignments of somewhat lesser quality (folded legal sheets, stapled, no photos). Of the four lists below, two are numbered FPLs (28, 35) & two are unnumbered “special lists.” (See also Fitzwilliam [Catalogs H-L], which divides them this way.) For all of them, much of the value comes from the fact that Knobloch cataloged many collections together, helping to preserve the provenance. His sale(s) of Yale University duplicates of Republican AR (“Eastern Museum”), many acq. by R.W. Hoge, were probably in at least one “special list” c. Jan 1964, though I haven’t found it yet (my Quinarius here). Not to be confused w/ the series of Knobloch Collection sales by Stacks, 1970-1984 (though Knobloch also doubtless sold many of his collection duplicates in the FPLs). | |
| FPL 28 [Bly – Walker] | Sep 1965 | The Bly and Walker Collections of Classical Coins. 447 Nrs., 38 pp. (incl. 10 B&W Pl.), 6×9″, green card covers. 411 coins lots (338 ancient) + 37 book lots. 9.5 pl. ancient (Grk [6], RRC [2], RIC [>1], Byz [few]). Weights for Greek AR only. About half the Greek (Nrs. 1-191) illustrated, fewer of the others. | Ex Libs. Bruce K. Cox (MI, 1956-), Arcadian Fluck (NY, 1917-1991) |
| [Peace Corps] | (12 Jun 1965) | “A SPECIAL LISTING This Offering Includes Three Recently Received Consignments“. Brief intro describing consignments. 651 lots, no photos, weights, or provenances. 16 pp., folded legal size. Original envelope, stamped & postmarked 12 Jun 1965. “Consignment #1” (Nrs. 1-360, Grk, RRC, RIC): “young man who joined the Peace Corps and has been assigned to overseas duty.” “Consignment #2” (361-601, Grk, Alex, RRC, RIC): “ancient coin stock of small Western dealer who has…decided to abandon the field in favor of modern foreign.” “Consignment #3” (602-651): “A Fine and Rare Selection of Parthian Kings”. Note: The Peace Corps was established by the J.F. Kennedy administration in 1961, recruiting primarily from recent university graduates. The greatest number of volunteers was reached in 1966, about 15,000. | same, envelope w/ address label |
| [former dealer] | (27 Jan 1966) | “A SPECIAL LISTING A varied and inexpensive selection of ancient Greek – Roman and Byzantine coins from the estate of a former coin dealer“. 451 coin lots + 69 book lots. 12 pp., folded legal size. Original envelope, stamped & postmarked 27 Jan 1966. No photos or weights, many group lots (for “second rate” coins). Only one provenance (Nr.5): Ars Classica XVI, 198 (Metapontum AE, “Hirsch sale July 3, 1933”). | same (these 3 bt. 18 Sep 2025) |
| FPL 35 | April 1969 | Large glossy catalog w/ photographic cover. | Ex Lib. Nolan Mims (1943-2020) of “Alpha Coins” & “Clark’s Coins,” Alabama |
| KOVACS | San Mateo, CA | Frank L. Kovacs. Ancient Coins & Antiquities. Produced at least 29 numbered FPLs & 16 Auction Catalogs, c. 1977-2004. [Fitzwilliam H-L] Long-time collaborator w/ Lindgren; the Frank L. Kovacs Numismatic Library is now housed at Stanford. (Provenance Glossary entry forthcoming.) | Kovacs & RBW knew each other >35 years. I also have offprints / corresp. they exchanged |
| MBS III | 23 Oct 1981 | The Anthony B. Smith Collection & Other Consignments. 383 Ancient mostly single lots (half ill.) + 19 ancient groups + plus Medieval (26 nos.) + modern (15 single nos., 3 groups) + orders, antiquities, literature = 478 nos. total. 16 total b&w reduced (~90% diameters) plates (>13 pl. ancient coins). Few weights (mostly gold). V. few provenances: Celt AV torq ex-Field Museum, Athens AR ex colls. Hirsch (1338, 1346) & Pozzi (1604). Sm. booklet size. PR & MB form laid in. No further info about consignors or Smith coll. | Ex RBW Library; acq. B. Brown, Feb 2024 |
| MBS IX | 21 Nov 1988 | 387 coin lots (a. f. ill.) = 375 ancient singles (Greek, RPC, RRC, RIC, Byz) + 5 early medieval + 7 ancient lots (not ill.). Plus 24 literature (411 lots total). 2-pp. Bibliography. 19-pp. + 23 b&w pl. Weights for AV & Greek AR only. A few significant provenances noted for Greek: several ea. Gans 16 & Ars Classica V, Prinkipo Hd., Asyut 589a & 749 (and 611 & 681 in group lot), Niggeler 251 (Kierion AR, bought by BCD of course), Pozzi 954 = Lockett 854, Bement 1731 et al., Knobloch Coll. Sestertius, a few others (poss. in error: Lot 107: Aulock 4045 = Rosen). Large booklet. Glossy b&w card covers. * Copy [2] might also be ex Lloyd Beauchaine, see MBS XI below. Maybe also a few others that came with them. | [1] Ex RBW Library, yellow note re: bids & ephemera; ex Brown 2024 [2] Ex Kirk Davis 2023* [CJJ Coll. = Lot 192, Nero-Agrippina, ex Trau, Niggeler et al.] |
| MBS X | 18 May 1990 | Ex RBW Library; acq. B. Brown, Feb 2024 | |
| MBS XI | 19 Jun 1993 | Provenance Note: Lloyd Beauchaine‘s dated signature & address debossed on the cover (from writing w/ page laid on the cover). His was one of the featured collections in CNG 41 (19 Mar 1997), labeled “A West Coast Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coinage from Ptolemaic to Byzantine Times…” At least one lot (CNG 41, 1239, ill.) came from this catalog (Lot 375): Justinian (Alexandria) 33 Nummi. (At least one Beauchaine coin, CNG 41-1128, also came from Kovacs IX, another catalog included with this one.) | Poss. ex Lloyd Beauchaine Library / “West Coast Collection” ; Ex Kirk Davis (Lib. Dupl.?), yellow note (“DUP”), clean copy, no annotations; Aug 2023, VCoins |
| MBS XII | 30 Nov 1995 | Ex RBW Library; acq. B. Brown, Feb 2024 | |
| FPL 29 | [1997] | Special List of: Unique & Unpublished Coins; Coins of Architectural Interest; Out-of-Print Books. 162 ancient coins (f. ill.) + 37 books = 199 nrs. Majority (well over 100) RPC AE; also some Greek in all metals, RIC, few Byz AV. Lots 80-162: “Architecture on Coins.” (I suspect duplicates from the Kovacs collection; superior examples of many appeared Helios 1: 188-386, Sammlung Frank L. Kovacs.) Literature incl. 27 original BMC vols. (some dupl.), Rogers (1932) Thessaly. Large booklet. Glossy b&w card covers. Several important coins: 2: The first mysterious ΜΕΛΣΑ coin, reported by M.J. Price in 1993, now SNG KIKPE 318 = Stoyas 2021 (Figs. 1 & 14) = Stoyas 2012 (M1, pl. 6: Fig. 18), etc.; 3: Scythian AE, bought by Franke, now Yale (2004.6.1209); 8: Rare Kyzikos EL Stater (ex NAC 4 & MM 68) donated to Yale (2007.182.340); 39: Possible unicum Soloi RPC portrait of Aratos, bought by Franke (Slg. PRF 1291) = JNG (2011); 69: the “Constantius II Piefort,” to my knowledge the heaviest known “Fallen Horseman” by far, at 10.61g! (Photos here on my Barbarians, Captives, Enemies page.) Others, later in notable collections: Adams (25), BCD (117), Beniak (160), Burstein (121 = RPC V.3, 2288/5), Golden Horn (73), Heckman (75), Merani & Sneh (51 = RPC II, 2813/1), Staffieri (49), Villemur (29 [Beldianu 1] & 30 & 37), Yale (125 & those above); see also: RPC I, 3610/1 (13, “Kovacs coll.”), Cohen (2011: p. 275) DCA 427 (20), RPC I, 3838/3 [RPC Supplement I] (31), RPC IX, 377/9 (33), Bricault 2018 [PDF]: 491, n. 1 (citing 50), Amandry 2001: p. 496 (citing 119), RPC VII.2, 2600/6 (140), RPC V.3, 5940/11 (157) | Ex RBW Library; acq. B. Brown, Feb 2024 |
| MBS XIII | 3 Jun 1998 | [Copy 1] Provenance Note: With RBW’s invoice from Kovacs & various post-it notes & pencil annotations re: his bids. [Copy 2] Provenance Note: Lot 25, Alexander AV Stater, later “Morris” Collection (Phil Peck), annotated (by KD?), possibly won for 1600? (Or just underbidder?) | [1] Ex RBW Library; acq. B. Brown, Feb 2024 [2] Ex Kirk Davis (Lib. Dupl.?), many annotations, Lot 131 clipped; Aug. 2023, VCoins |
| MBS XIV | 16 Oct 1998 | Ex RBW Library; acq. B. Brown, Feb 2024 | |
| MBS XV | 1 Oct 2003 | [Two copies] | [1] Ex RBW Library; acq. B. Brown, Feb 2024 [2] Ex Kirk Davis (Lib. Dupl.?), pencil annot., bid request (48, 80), yellow note (“DUP”); Aug 2023, VCoins |
| MBS XVI | 29 Sep 2004 | Final mail bid sale [Two copies] | [1] Ex RBW Library; acq. B. Brown, Feb 2024 [2] Ex Kirk Davis (Lib. Dupl.?), pencil annot., yellow note (“DUP”); Aug 2023, VCoins |
| KREINDLER | Melville, NY | Barbara & Herb Kreindler. Fitzwilliam (H-L) only archives a single list (this one?): “undated: lot 1 Velia-Lucania” | |
| FPL | n.d. (1975?) | “mimeo list/(ca. 1975), 70 numbers plus 5 of literature, 9 pages of which 1 glossy plate” | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (PFJ 50, 1040 [part]) |
| KRICHEL. | Stuttgart | H.H. Kricheldorf. Except for Nrs. 37 (Literature) & 48 (Saxony & Lit.), all the catalogs below begin with a substantial section very attractive ancient coins, about fully illustrated, on 9-27 black & white plates. In this modest run (34-48), three catalog formats are used: 34-38: off-white matte card covers, ~18 x 25.5cm; 39-40: glossy white w/ red spine card covers, same size; 46-48: Hardcover, glossy printed boards, tall A4 pages (~20 x 30cm interior). | All 9 ex Forum Ancient Coins |
| XXXIV [34] | 24 Jan 1980 | Münzen der Antike, Mittelalter, Neuzeit, Medaillen. 1833 Lots on 104 pp. + 92 pl., first 670 Ancient (about fully ill. on first 27 pl.). Greek (1-310), RRC (311-400), RIC (401-633), Byz (634-670). Very few weights, no further provenances. | Ex FAC BC23697 (8 Nov 2022) |
| XXXVI [36] | 4 Dec 1982 | Münzen der Antike, Mittelalter, Neuzeit, Medaillen, Württemberg, Reichsgold. 1244 Lots on 64 pp. + 49 pl., first 297 Ancient (a. f. ill. on first 13 pl.). Greek (1-114), RRC (115-163), RIC (164-297). Weights for Greek only. | Ex FAC BC23697 (8 Nov 2022) |
| XXXVII [37] | 16 Dec 1983 | Numismatik Literatur. 627 Lots. 34 pp. NO COINS. | Ex FAC BC23697 (8 Nov 2022) |
| XXXVIII [38] | 28 Nov 1984 | Münzen und Medaillen, Antiken. Antike bis Neuzeit. 1989 Lots on 97 pp. + 75 pl., first 845 Ancient (a. f. ill. on first 39 pl.). Greek (1-455), RRC (456-561), RIC (562-821), Byz (822-845). Incl. a run of >55 Cappadocia AR Drachms. Weights for Greek only. | Ex FAC BC23697 (8 Nov 2022) |
| XXXIX [39] | 6 Feb 1987 | Antike, Mittelalter, Neuzeit. 1414 Lots on 79 pp. + 57 pl., only first 222 Ancient (a. f. ill. on first 12 pl.). Greek (1-113), Aes Grave (114-116), RRC (117-132), RIC (133-216), Byz (217-222). The ancients mostly singles, most w/ weights (0.1-0.001g). No further provenances. | Ex FAC BC23697 (8 Nov 2022) |
| XL [40] | 24 Sep 1987 | Antike, Mittelalter, Neuzeit. 1662 Lots on 77 pp. + 61 Pl., only first 142 Ancient (a. f. ill. on first 9 pl.). Greek (1-67), RRC (68-86), RIC (87-141), Byz (142). Ancients mostly singles, weights (0.1-0.001g). No provenances. | Ex FAC BC23697 (8 Nov 2022) |
| XLVI [46] | FAC BC22496 (31 Aug 2023) | ||
| XLVII [47] | 29 Jul 2002 | Sammlung Dr. C. Mittelalter u. a. 112 pp. (text) + 87 Pl. (B&W photos). 367 Lots Ancient, a. f. ill. on 14 Pl. Weights (0.01 or 0.001g) for all ancient & die axis (“St.”/Stempelstellung), no diameter. Some provenances noted (“Expl. …”/Exemplar), mostly late 80s auctions, esp. the RRC (at least 14 of 52); Greek (1-168, incl. Celt & India), RRC (169-220), RIC (221-354), Byz (355-360, 1 Goth), Groups (361-367). Followed by ~1,457 lots (401-797, 801-1861) of Medieval, Foreign (other European), German through Modern; ends w/ 205 lots of Medals (4001-4205). (Though cataloged at the end of the print catalog, the Medallions were actually scheduled to auction between the two Medieval-thru-Modern sections.) With various pieces of ephemera incl. unused “Überweisung/Zahlschein” (transfer/payment slip), naming the financial inst. & accts., on tractor feed paper in three colors by dot matrix printer, with perforated edges strips & carbon copy sheet intact. | FAC BC22496 (31 Aug 2023) |
| XLVIII [48] | Slg. H. Kernbach Sachsen. [Saxony & Literature] NO ANCIENT. 96 Plates for 1,482 Coin Lots (2001-3482), w/ 99 Lit. Lots (3500-3598). | FAC BC22496 (31 Aug 2023) | |
| KRITT | MD | Brian Kritt (Burtonsville, MD). Also author of important books & articles on Seleukid coins. | |
| FPL | Ex BCD Library Duplicates | ||
| KUBE | Berlin | Rudolf Kube. Coin dealer and medalist, active c. 1899-. [Forrer (1907) Medallists v. 3, p. 234.] | |
| 11 [Hauswaldt] | 18 Nov 1912 | Collection Hauswaldt (Bedeutende Sammlung Magdeburger Münzen und Medaillen); 138 pp., 2434 Lots (29 Anc.: 7 RRC/Imptl, 21 RIC, 1 Byz), 23 Plates (only 8 ancient coins); [Clain-Stefanelli 9423 (p. 827, for German coins); Poinsignon Lib. (III) 4109] See also: photos, notes on “Catalog Favorites” | Ex ANS Lib. Dupl. |
| KÜNKER | Osnabr. | Fritz Rudolph Künker (Osnabruck). [Alt: Kuenker.] Successor first to Hauck und Aufhauser. | |
| 204 | 12 Mar 2012 | Notes: Sometimes a coin and/or catalog is fated to land in one’s collection. I had been looking for provenanced copies of most sales in a group of 36 catalogs from the Wenninger Lib. Seemingly out of place, were a few recent, nondescript sale catalogs (e.g., this one & GM 130, above). Yet, even those contained favorite coins from my coll. Antiquity’s mystical forces seem to occasionally break into the present, borne by a numismatic host. [WWE “Catalogs – Turkoman”: “HQP [High Quality Presentation]. 1104 ancients, all in color. 55 nice examples in color, many with enlargements”] (See also Elsen 116 above.) | Ex Alois Wenninger (monogram on cover) [CJJ Coll. = Lot 1088, Artuqid Dirh. = Wilkes, Islamic Coins & Their Values 1203 (“plate coin”)] |
| 377-378 [Salton IV] | 20-21 Oct 2022 | Hardcover, pictorial boards. With intro to Salton Collection. Roman Republic to Byzantine CJJ Collection: Lot 5990 (Otacilia Sestertius), ex Colls. Earle (Chapman 1912), 703 & King (Chapman 1892), 377; Lot 6739 (Elagabalus, Laodicea), ex Salton FPL 27 = RPC VI 8177; Lot 6825 (Probus, Captives Ant.). | Ex KJC, Jan 2026 [CJJ Coll. = three lots] |
| 390 [Salton VII] | 24 Jun 2023 | Hardcover, pictorial boards. With intro to Salton Collection. Antike bis Moderne. | Ex KJC, Jan 2026 |
| LANZ | Munich | Lanz Numismatik (Munich), Hubert Lanz (1943-). Firm founded 1947, in Graz, Austria, by Hermann Lanz (1910-1998). Produced a run of 15 auction catalogs (1972-1980, numbered separately from those at Munich) & other lists. Sons, Ernst Lanz (1945-1989) & Hubert Lanz (1943-), also worked in the firm. The Graz office closed after Ernst’s murder during a 1989 robbery. Hubert had established Lanz, Munich, c. 1978, taking over the firm of Gitta Kastner. Lanz (Munich) auction catalogs are numbered 14 (18 Apr 1978) through 162 (6 Jun 2016). Note: I am unsure whether Hermann remained active at the Munich location c. 1989-1998, between Ernst’s death & his own. | |
| 88 [Benz I] | 23 Nov 1998 | Leo Benz (Part I: RRC). 978 Coins, f. ill. on 43 Pl. Notes: This was the only complete custom hardcover set of Benz catalogs in Hirsch auctions of Lanz Library (making it the only complete set?). There was also a partial hardcover Sammlung Benz set (Lanz 88 & Lanz 94, w/ Lanz 97 cardcover) acquired by LAC [VCoins]; see my note/photos here. The EID MAR denarius (appearing on the front/back cover) is now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (2002.129), its website detailing the coin’s extensive collection & sale history (from Egger 1913 through Niggeler through Leo Benz). [DLK, p. 24 (4 stars for series; interesting as Benz has no Greek!)] | [1] Ex Library of Numismatik Lanz (Hubert Lanz [1943-]), hardbound copy (photos on “Favorites”) [2] Duplicate, Softcover [CJJ Coll. = Lot 407 (“Biga of Cupids” Denarius, Cr. 320/1)] |
| 94 [Benz II] | 22 Nov 1999 | Leo Benz (Part II: RIC I). 694 Coins, f. ill. on 40 Pl. ACSearch: only 646 Lots. | [1] Custom Hardcover, Ex Lanz Lib.; [2] Duplicate, Ex WWE, Softcover; |
| 97 | 22 May 2000 | [DLK, p. 24 (4 stars for series)] | Ex WWE |
| 100 [Benz III] | 20 Nov 2000 | Leo Benz (Part III: RIC II). 682 Coins, f. ill. on 35 Pl. ACSearch: 682 Lots. [DLK, p. 24 (4 stars for series; interesting as Benz has no Greek!)] | [1] Ex Lanz Lib., only known (?) Hardcover copy of Lanz 100; [2] Duplicate, Ex WWE, Softcover; |
| 105 [BCD] | 26 Nov 2001 | [BCD Corinth] ACSearch 931 lots (all single lots, German); [DLK, p. 24 (4 stars for series)] See also: Catalog Favorites: BCD Collection | [1] Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger; [2] Ex FORVM; [3] Duplicate [721 = CJJ Coll.] |
| 111 [BCD] | 25 Nov 2002 | [BCD Euboia] ACSearch 604 lots (all single lots, German); [DLK, p. 24 (4 stars for series)] See also: Catalog Favorites: BCD Collection | [1] Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger; [2] Duplicate; [Lot 587, Karystos AE = CJJ Coll.] |
| Slg. Erich Karl (Caria) [STILL NEED A COPY]; [DLK, p. 24 (4 stars for series)] | [Lot 246 = JJ Coll., also ex PRF & Vogl] | ||
| LEU | Winterth. | LEU NUMISMATIK. Yves Gunzenreiner, 2017 – present. See above for the firm operating as Bank Leu / Leu Numismatik / LHS Numismatik (Zurich, c. 1949 – 2011). Though located in Winterthur, Leu Numis. holds live auctions in Zurich. | |
| 6 [Kleinkunst] | 20 Oct 2020 | [Kleinkunst] | |
| 7 – 1 | 23 Oct 2020 | (Plus duplicate copy acq. by CSJ) | |
| 7 – 2 | 24 Oct 2020 | ||
| 8 [Krähenbühl] | 23 Oct 2021 | The Collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl. | |
| 9 [Gollnow] | 29 Oct 2021 | The Collection of Dipl.-Ing. Christian Gollnow. 167 pp., 176 Lots. Hardcover w/ dustjacket, 29cm. Introductory essay. Profusely illustrated, thoroughly cataloged w/ provenance & publication history emphasized. Notes: Perhaps the finest private collection of the Roman Civil Wars (68-9 CE) coinage. Typically luxurious Leu catalog, w/ full page enlargements. Many coins provenanced to the most important collections of RIC (e.g., Nicolas, Northumberland, Knobloch, Benz, McLendon, Hunt, Lawrence, Platt Hall, many others). See also Sotheby’s 1982, Northumberland, below (10 of its 15 Civil Wars Denarii incl. here). | |
| 10 | 24 Oct 2021 | ||
| 11 | 14 May 2022 | ||
| 12 [Lang] | 15 May 2022 | The Collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang. | [Lot 1386 = JJ Coll., ex-George His (prov. not noted)] |
| 13 | 27 May 2023 | ||
| 14-18 | |||
| LHS / BANK LEU | see BANK LEU above | ||
| LINK | Wallis, TX | A.J. Link. | |
| FPL | Ex BCD Library Duplicates | ||
| MALLOY | Salem, NY | Alex G. Malloy. Ancient & Medieval FPLs were numbered separately. I’ve placed the Medieval FPLs together after the Ancient, before the Auctions. Detailed bio & annotations of his FPL & auction themes on Numiswiki (worth printing out and keeping on your shelf w/ the catalogs). See also: Malloy MBS XXXIII & Malloy FPLs on “Catalog Favorites” pg. | |
| FPL XI | Jun-Jul 1969 | 24 pp., incl. 5 pl. (Coins) + 1 Pl. (Antiquities), 750 Nos. = 527+118 (Consignments)+20 (Literature)+K [11 Antiquities]+13 (Antiquities)+62 (Beginner). Greek, RPC, RRC, RIC, Byz. (Not ill.: Medieval X24, Literature.) Cover article: “Ariarathes IX / 99-87 B.C.” Note about representation at London & New York auctions. | Ex ANS Library Duplicates Ex Michael J Shubin (address label, stamped: 6c FDR, THIRD CLASS MAIL) |
| FPL XII | Aug-Sep 1969 | 24 pp., incl. 5 pl. (Ancient) + 1 Pl. (Medieval, Antiquities), 690 Nos. = 558+13 (Consignments)+O [15 Antiquities]+27 (M)+62 (Beginner)+15 (Literature). Greek (~1 Pl., AR, incl. Parth.), RPC (1 Pl., incl. 17X Alex. ill.), RRC (18X ill.), RIC (1.5 Pl.), Byz (0.5 Pl., AV), Med (0.5 Pl., 9X). Cover article: “Postumus / 258-268 AD.” Note about Ancient Coin Society of New York. | Ex ANS Library Duplicates Ex Michael J Shubin (address label, stamped: 6c “Plant More for Beautiful Streets,” 3rd Class) |
| FPL XIII | Oct-Nov 1969 | 24 pp., incl. 5 pl. (Ancient) + 1 Pl. (Medieval), 745 Nos. = 662+3 (Literature)+65 (Beginner, “Syracuse Hoard” Bronzes)+15 (Book Specials). Greek (<2 Pl.), RPC (>0.5 Pl., 13X), RRC (0.5 Pl., 12X), RIC (2.5 Pl.), Med (1). (No Byz ill.) Cover article: “Arsinoe II / Queen of Egypt.” Note about forthcoming Mabbott Roman sale. Nos. 192 & 194: Commodus Deni. ex Arnold; No. 307: Eugenius Siliqua, Colerne Hoard (1940), Sir Charles Oman collection; 22X Nos. “Roman Colonial” ex Mabbott Collection; 4X Greek ex Mabbott: (443) Metapontum Stater, (477) Thasos Drachm, (472) Macedon AE (ex Sydenham), (505) Erythrae Drachm. | Ex ANS Library Duplicates Ex Michael J Shubin (address label, not posted) |
| FPL XX | Dec-Jan 1971 | 24 pp., incl. >5 pl. (Ancient) + 1 Pl. (Byz, Medieval), 588 Nos. = 474+16 (CT Consignment)+70 (Beginner)+28 (Book Specials). Greek (<2 Pl.), RPC (6X), RRC (>0.5 Pl., 13X), RIC (>2 Pl.), Byz (2X), Med (10X). Cover article: “Lucius Livineius Regulus.” | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (Ex Michael J Shubin, no room for labels) |
| FPL XXI | Feb-Mar 1971 | 24 pp., incl. 6 pl. (Ancient), 582 Nos. = 508+59 (Beginner)+15 (Books Specials). Greek (1.5 Pl.), RPC (>1 Pl., Roman Antioch 464-508), RRC (>0.5 Pl.), RIC (2.5 Pl.), no Byz ill. (but some late Roman AV). Cover article: “Antioch on the Orontes.” Announced store opening. | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (Ex Michael J Shubin, no labels) |
| FPL XXII | May 1971 | 24 pp., incl. 6 pl. (Ancient), 623 Nos. = 447+60(Beginner)+16 (Books Specials). Greek (~1.5, incl. Gallic), RPC (incl. 1 Pl. Alex.), RRC (1 Pl.), RIC (>2.5 Pl.), “Roman Egyptian Drachmae” (421-447, 1 Pl. 18X revs. ill.). Cover article: “Marcian / 450-457.” Store announcement inside cover. | Ex ANS Library Duplicates Ex Michael J Shubin (address label, stamped: 12c Henry Ford, FIRST CLASS MAIL) |
| FPL XXIII [JQA] | Jul 1971 | 20 pp., incl. 5 pl. (Ancient), 482 Nos. = 357+34 (JQA Coll.)+65(Beginner)+26 (Books Specials). Greek, RRC, RPC, RIC, “Selections from the John Q. Adams Collection” (Nos. 500-533; 19 of 34 ill., “Each coin comes with a printed [by Malloy?] 2×2 card stating the above information as well as an identification number”). Cover article: “Maximianus / 286-308 AD.” “Thanks to ‘Town and Country’ magazine for its inclusion of our new gallery in its June issue…column entitled, Art and Antiquities Newsletter.” | Ex ANS Library Duplicates Ex Michael J Shubin (address label, stamped: 16c Journalist Ernie Pyle, FIRST CLASS MAIL) |
| FPL XXIV [JQA] | Sep-Oct 1971 | 20 pp., incl. 5 pl. (Ancient), 472 Nos. = 353+35 (JQA Coll.)+67 (Beginner)+17 (Books Specials). Greek, RRC, RIC, Parthian AE (324-353, NOT ill.), “More Selections” from J.Q. Adams Coll. (Nos. 500-534; 20 of 35 ill., no duplication w/ prev.). Cover article: “Plotina.” Upcoming shows, rising postal costs | Ex ANS Library Duplicates Ex Michael J Shubin (address label, stamped: 16c Journalist Ernie Pyle, FIRST CLASS MAIL) |
| FPL XXV | Dec-Jan 1972 | 20 pp., incl. 5 Pl., 486 Nos. = 392+77 (Beginner)+17 (Books Specials). Greek, RRC, RIC. Cover article: “Demetrius II.” Upcoming Houston show | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (Ex Michael J Shubin, no room for labels) |
| FPL XXVI | Mar 1972 | 20 pp., incl. 5 Pl., 491 Nos. = 377+29 (Cententionalis)+70 (Beginner)+15 (Books Specials). Greek, RPC, RRC, RIC, “The Centenionalis” (Nos. 501-529; 20 of 29 ill.). Cover article: “Aemilian.” “We predicted two years ago the rapid rise in Roman Republican coins….For the future we see the Roman Egyptian coinage as the best buy…” Note: I recognize No. 502! (Later HJB 211, 302 = DonnaML Coll. Constans FTR.) | Ex ANS Library Duplicates Ex Michael J Shubin (address label, stamped: 16c Journalist Ernie Pyle, FIRST CLASS MAIL) |
| FPL XXVII | Apr-May 1972 | 20 pp., incl. 5 Pl. (4 Pl. Ancient coins, 1 Pl. glass), 492 Nos.= 371+26 (Ancient Glass)+67 (Beginner)+15 (Books Specials). Greek, RPC (>0.5 Pl., 12X incl. Alex 8X), RRC (<0.5 Pl., 12X), RIC (>1.5 Pl.). Cover article: “The Sandan Monument.” Upcoming coin conferences. | Ex ANS Library Duplicates Ex Michael J Shubin (address label, stamped: 16c Journalist Ernie Pyle, cover stamped “April 17”?) |
| FPL XXVIII | Jul 1972 | 20 pp., incl. 5 Pl., 495 Nos.=380+45 (Seleuk. AE)+56 (Beginner)+14 (Books Specials). Greek (~1 Pl.), RRC (<0.5 Pl.), RIC (~2.5), “Seleukid Bronze” (Nos. 500-544; 29 of 45 ill.). Cover article: “Hostilian.” NYC Gallery closed, summer show schedule; Greek Imperial Coin Rarity Guide to be delayed. | Ex ANS Library Duplicates Ex Michael J Shubin (address label, stamped: 16c Journalist Ernie Pyle) |
| FPL XXIX | Aug-Sep 1972 | 20 pp., incl. 5 Pl., 499 Nos. = 346+40 (Literature)+32 (Grk AE)+60 (Beginner)+11 (Books Specials). Greek, RRC, RIC, “Greek Bronze” (Nos. 500-531, 23 of 32 ill.) Cover article: “Uranius Antoninus.” ANA New Orleans, then Gallery reopens Sep 1. * Note: See listing below re: format changes between FPL 29 (1972) & FPL FPL 41 (1977). (Missing FPLs 30-40, 42.) | Ex ANS Library Duplicates Ex Michael J Shubin (stamped & labeled); [CJJ Coll. = 527, Antioch AE] |
| FPL XLI | Feb-Mar 1977 | 25 pp., incl. 5 Pl., 464 Nos. = 309+33 (Mithrad. AE) + 132 (Bargain). Greek (1 Pl.), RPC (<0.5 FPL, 8X), RRC (<0.5 FPL), RIC (>2 Pl.), Mithradatic Bronze (Nos. 500-532, 17 of 33 ill.) Article: Nepotian. * Note: Applies to 41-49 (1982). Cover illustration remains but article moved inside. No longer labeled on cover. Better glossy paper stock. More pp., larger typeface. Pl. w/ Roman numerals but still paginated w/ text pp. & covers. T.O.C. & “guest” author articles. Now only coins ill. | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (prob. ex Michael J Shubin) |
| FPL XLIII | Nov 1978 | 28 pp., incl. 8 Pl., 509 Nos. (all Ancient) = 376 + 133 (B). Greek (incl. Parthia, Judaea), RRC, RIC. Provenances noted: Ex Apostolo Zeno (plated!) (No. 65 Claud. Sest. RIC 162); ex Trau 91 (No. 92, Traj. Sest.); ex J.Q. Adams (304, Poseidonia Stater); ex Lockett (306, Alex. Tet. [but I don’t see it in SNG]); ex Mabbott (Nos. 11 & 13 [RRC AE], 264 [RPC]); ex Justice F.R. Sanborn [“Judge Samborn”] (No. 83, Domit. Dup. ; 114, L. Ver. Den. ; 199-200, Diocl. Foll. ; 247, Valens AE; 271 [RPC]); also “Brunner” & “Ital Num.” No explanation for the sudden proliferation of superb provenances; A.G.M. must’ve bought a great old collection in mid-1978? No article or TOC. | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (prob. ex Michael J Shubin) |
| FPL XLIV | Mar-Apr 1979 | 32 pp., incl. 6 Pl. (plus a group photo), 568 Nos. = 431 + 137 (Bargain) Greek (1 Pl.), Iberian (1. Pl.), RPC (<0.5 Pl.), RRC (0.5 Pl.), RIC (>3 Pl.), Constans & Constantius FTR Specials (1 Pg., group photos). Ex Ward-Met (351, Agrig. AE); ex Mabbott (107, Sept. Dynastic Den.); ex Sanborn (227, Magnent. AE); almost all 91 Iberian ex-Calico 8 Nov 1978. Article: “Introduction to Coins of Ancient Spain,” Alvaro Campaner y Fuertes, trans. by E.P. Hartmann | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (prob. ex Michael J Shubin) |
| FPL XLV [JQA – JMU] | Oct 1979 | 32 pp., incl. 6 Pl., 500 Nos. = 433 + 67 (Bargain) Greek, Iberian, RPC, RRC, RIC. Ex JQA-Sawhill (Lot 11, 13, 20*, 22*, 26*, 27*, 28*, 29, 32*, 33, 34*, 49*, 51: Craw. 250/1, 303/1, 290/1, 249/1, 425/1, 304/1, 427/1, 243/1, 409/2, 405/5, 405/6, 419/1a, Aug. RIC 248); Mabbott 428 (218); Jungfleisch (410, Ptol. Tet); Alfoldi Pl. 75,9 (207, Nero Contorniate); Again, the Iberian all ex Calico 8 Nov 1978 auction. Article: “Coin Types of Ancient Spain,” E.P. Hartmann. “Cappadocian Hoard,” 44 Greek Imperial Bronzes. At least 13 coins (8 ill.) ex John Quincy Adams via the Sawhill/James Madison University Sale (which did NOT ill. the JQA coins) | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (prob. ex Michael J Shubin) |
| FPL XLVI | Spring 1981 | 24 pp., incl. 5 Pl., 449 Nos. = 330 + 119 (Bargain) Greek (<2 Pl.), RPC (0.5 Pl.), RRC (<0.5 Pl.), RIC (>2 Pl.) No notable provenances given. Article: “The Arch of Septimius Severus,” Leslie A. Naughton Notes: Subscription form laid in | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (prob. ex Michael J Shubin) |
| FPL XLVII | Summer 1981 | 24 pp., incl. 5 Pl., 553 Nos. = 394 + 159 (Bargain) Greek (<1 Pl.), RPC (<0.5 Pl.), RRC (1 Pl.), RIC (<3 Pl.) Ex Montagu-Ward-JP Morgan-Met (382, Azes II AE); ex JQA-Sawhill (54, Aug. Den); ex Mabbott (83, Domitia Den.); ex Sanbon (223, 225, 235, LRBC); ex Lockett (335, Germe AE) No article. | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (prob. ex Michael J Shubin) |
| FPL XLVIII | Winter 1981 | 24 pp. (unpaginated), incl. 5 Pl., 428 Nos. Greek (<1 Pl.), RRC (0.5 Pl.), RIC (>3.5 Pl.) Ex Mabbott 3950 (6); ex JQA (47, Aug. Arch Den.; 166, Phil. Sest.); ex Dixon (111, Had. Sest.); Virzi (313, Syracuse AE12 Dog) No article. Laid in: Small antiquities specials. | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (prob. ex Michael J Shubin) |
| FPL XLIX | Fall 1982 | 32 pp., incl. 7 Pl., 590 Nos. = 423 + 167 (Bargain) Greek (<2 Pl.), RPC (few), RRC (<2 Pl.), RIC (>3 Pl.) Ex JP Rosen (Nos. 34-57: 24X M. Ant. Leg. Denarii); ex Mabbott (78, Contorn., 100, Hadr. Uncia, 276, M. Aur. Alex. AE, 377, Ptol. II AE); ex Curtis (275, Ant. Pi. Diob.); ex JQA-Sawhill (148, G.III Ant.); ex Jungfleisch (178, Licin. AE, 181, Lic. II AE, 191, Crispus, 308, Alex III Tet); Sydenham-Malloy 553a (254, Sev. Alex. AE); Article: “Marc Antony Legionary Denarii,” Alex G. Malloy | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (prob. ex Michael J Shubin) |
| Med. FPL I | 1970 | 16 pp. (covers unpag.), incl. 5 Pl., 420 (coins) + 26 (Literature). Byz & successor states (73 Nos., 0.5 Pl.), Ostrogoth, Crusader, Turkoman, Armenia, Medieval Europe, Papal, England, etc. Note: Simply titled Medieval Coins, 1970, no date or No. given. | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (ex Michael J Shubin?) |
| Med. FPL II | 1970 | 21 pp., incl. 5 Pl., 522 Coin Nos. (512-522 group lots) + 24 (Literature). Byz et al. (158 Nos., >1 Pl.), Turkoman (9 Nos.), Crusader, Armenia, Sassanian (10 Nos.), other Asian & European | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (ex Michael J Shubin?) |
| Med. FPL III | 1971 | 21 pp., incl. 6 Pl., 437 [429 + 8 bis.] (coins) + 20 (Lit.) Byz (137 Nos., <1 Pl.), Ostro (5 Nos.), Balkans (24 Nos., half ill.), Sassanian (13, incl. 8 bis, 3 ill.), Turkoman (51 Nos., ~12 ill. some one-side), Crusader (16 Nos.), Armenia, Europe | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (ex Michael J Shubin?) |
| Med. FPL IV [JQA] | 1971 | 21 pp., incl. 6 Pl., 472 (coins) + 24 (Lit.) Byz (130 Nos., >2 Pl.), Sassanian (30 Nos.), Islamic, Turkoman, Crusader, India (9 Nos.), European, etc. Ex John Quincy Adams (Byz AE: 7, 12, 22, 47*, 48, 50, 62*, 67*, 69, 71*, 75*, 77*, 79); ex Virgil Brand (Avar: 136*, 137*) | [1] Ex ANS Lib. [2] Ex ANS Lib. (Both/either ex Shubin? Notes in same hand on I-III) |
| Med. FPL V | 1972 | 21 pp., incl. 6 Pl., 456 (coins) + 32 (Lit.) Byz (117 Nos., >1 Pl.), a few ea. ill.: Sassanian, Islamic, Turkoman, Crusader, Ostro., England (66 Nos.), Axum (2 Nos.), India (32 Nos.), Europe No provenances noted | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (ex Shubin?) |
| Med. FPL VI | 1972 | 22 pp. (plus inside cov.), incl. 6 Pl., 451 (coins) + 29 (Lit.) Byz (123 Nos., >1 Pl.), Sassanian (0.5 Pl.), Turkoman, etc. Ex JQA (52*, 61* [SB 882], 79, 84) “A New Editor: Mr. Arthur J. Seltman has recently joined this firm and will be responsible for its medieval coins…” Articles: “Tabaristan,” “A Cypriot Money of Necessity” | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (ex Shubin?) |
| Med. FPL VII | 1973 | 22 pp. (plus inside cov.), incl. 6 Pl., 447 (coins) + 29 (Lit.) Byz (70 Nos., >1 Pl.), Ostro, Sassanian, Islamic, Crusader, other Asia, European, Russian Articles: “The Anonymous Byzantine Bronze,” “The Venetian Grosso” | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (ex Shubin?) |
| Med. FPL VIII | 1973 | 23 pp., incl. 5 Pl., 442 (coins) + 29 (Lit.) Byz (71 Nos., 1 Pl.), Ostro., Sassanian, Islamic, Turkoman, Crusader, Asian, European Article: “The Turcomans.” | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (ex Shubin?) |
| Med. FPL IX | 1973 | 23 pp., incl. 5 Pl., 428 (coins) + 29 (Lit.) Byz (43 Nos., 7X ill.), Crusader, Turkoman, Sassanian, Islamic, India, European Article: “The Seljuks of Anatolia Hoard Summary,” Stephen Album (coins to be offered for sale) | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (ex Shubin?) |
| Med. FPL X [Clarke] | 1974 | The Thomas F. Clarke Collection. 39 pp., incl. 10 Pl., 797 Coin Nos. (789 singles) + 38 (Books) 1 p. “Introduction” by the collector, dated October 10, 1973 Usual types, Byz (~61, <1 Pl.), Ostro, Sassanian, Turkoman, Crusader, Armenia, England (133 Nos.), many European states thru Russia, Scandinavia No prior provenances noted | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (ex Shubin?) |
| Med. FPL XI | 1975 | 23 pp., incl. 5 Pl., 426 Nos. (all coins) Byz (116 Nos., 1 Pl.), Sassanian (122 Nos., 1 Pl.), Tabaristan, Islamic (69 Nos.), Turkoman, Indian, European, Papal (1 Pl.), the usual types Articles: “Coins of Yurunqush Al-Zakwi” by Stephen Album, “A Brief Discussion of the Crusader Coinage of Frankish Greece” & “Papal Bolle” by Irene Fraley Preston | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (ex Shubin?) |
| Med. FPL XIV | 1976 | 27 pp., incl. 5 Pl., 429 Nos. (all coins) Byz (59 Nos., only 4X ill.), usual types from Levant to C. Asia & Europe Articles: “The Coins of the Arab Governors” by W.H. Valentine, “The Axumite Kingdom” by Alex G. Malloy | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (ex Shubin?) |
| Med. FPL XVII | 1981 | 24 pp., incl. 5 Pl. (4 coin, 1 antiquities), 368 (Coins) + 30 (Med. Antiquities) Byz (63 Nos., X10 ill.), Axum, Levant, C. Asia, Europe No articles. Some of the antiquities ex Met Mus Art | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (ex Shubin?) |
| XXIV | 18 Mar 1988 | Ancient Coins, Medieval Coins. 1463 lots (933 ancient) f. ill., 46 p p. + 37 pl. (23 ancient). | Ex FORVM (8 Nov 2022), BC22933 (part). |
| XXXIII | 19 Jun 1992 | THE LOCAL COINAGES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. 715 (698 + ~17bis) Lots (all RPC), f. ill. on 22 Pl.; large-format, B&W photos (except cover coins). [Cited in WWE RPC refs (“Minor Catalogs”); CRE – Biblio ; BCD Library Duplicates, Jacquier 50 (16 Sep 2022), Lot 1069 (“Note from BCD”; this copy).] At least 3 lots published in BCD Peloponnesos 359, 1209, 1654. The second of Malloy’s catalogs “Featuring: The Local Coinages…,” the first XXIII (Jun 1987). As BCD and others note, unattractive coins with suboptimal photography, but nonetheless valuable for research. | Ex BCD Library Duplicates [Lots 278 & 376 = (later) H.C. Lindgren Collection = (now) JJ Coll.] |
| XLVI | 4 Jun 1997 | Ancient Coins, Medieval Coins, Antiquities, Writings. 1480 lots (705 ancient coins) f. ill., 53 pp. + 47 pl. (19 ancient). Includes “The Danubian Celts,” reporting on a small AE hoard, cataloging head & trident types, Lots 1-42 (reproduced in Numiswiki; addl. coins, not from the hoard, but from Malloy Coll. of Serdi AE, later appeared at FORVM; see also: B. MacGonagle [2014] Celtic Strymon/Trident Coinage.) | Ex FORVM (8 Nov 2022), BC22933 (part). |
| LXVIII | 14 Mar 2003 | Ancient Coins, Medieval Coins, Antiquities, Literature. 1288 Lots (590 ancient coins) f. ill., 57 pp. + 34 pl. (12 ancient). | Ex J. Sermarini / FAC Library (address label to Joseph Sermarini [GA]); FORVM (8 Nov 2022), BC22933 (part). |
| MALTER | Encino, CA | Malter Galleries [1960s-2008 (at least)], Joel L. Malter [1931-2006] & Company, Inc., cont. by his son Michael Malter [2006-]. Among the first major American dealers specializing in ancient coins & antiquities. (Certainly among the first on the west coast.) Published a variety of lists & catalogs, c. 1960s-2008. [Fitzwilliam ; Gengerke 2009: 392-4] * Note: The auction catalogs (1, II … 49 …) switched at least twice between Arabic & Latin numerals; I don’t know why. | Jacquier 50, 1072: “Note from BCD:…one of the early members (# 37) of the Ancient Coin Club of America … [publisher of] ‘Voice of the Turtle’. By November 1962 he was already the Publicity Officer” |
| FPL XVIII | Sp.-Su. 1967 | BCD notes: “over 700 numbers including antiquities, coins and books, 24 pages, 6 plates”… “A note from BCD: Joel’s Fixed Price Lists preceded his auctions by many years.” My notes: “LIST XVIII: SPRING/SUMMER, 1967” = sm. booklet, 24 pp. + 8 (covers/plates); 4 ancient coin pl. (of 6), ill. first 72 lots (24 Greek, ~25 RRC, ~21 RRC, 3 Med.), curiously not incl. the 48 ancient gold coins (73-130); Circa 600 + ancient coins of all types (brief descriptions, some group specials, esp. “Beginner’s Bargains,” BB1-BB71); plus 100 (+/-) Medieval; plus ~2.5 pp. literature, 2 pp. + 2 pl. for antiquities. Intro. on cover, “I have added three people to my staff” (to help publish on time), “If there is a new look to this catalogue, then that newness is because of the additional focus on antiquities.” | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 50 [2022], 1072 [part]) |
| FPL XIX MBS 1 | F/W 1967 | BCD notes: “over 400 numbers including antiquities and coins, distributed between a list and a mail bid sale (#1), 24 pages, 5 + 1 plates” My notes: c. >500 (~540) nos. for ancient coins (Greek [~175 incl. Judaean], RRC [~12], RIC [>200], RPC [scattered, plus RC1-RC57, none ill.], Byz [~48, none ill.], a few Med.), plus ~50 others antiquities (aryballoi [perfume flasks], Luristan daggers, seals, lamps, scarabs, etc.); FPL XIX = pp. 1-24 (1-12 & 13-24), w/ the MBS, pp. A1 – A8 (consisting of 176 non-ill. mostly ancient coin lots, a few medieval) placed between pp. 12 & 13 (presumably separable in one piece from the FPL, w/o damage if done carefully); p. 9: “University Consigment” of 29 (U1-U29); cover (p. 1) consists of several intro. paragraphs; pp. 2-3, 16-17 coin plates; several antiquities illustrations interspersed in text; p. 19: “The Story of the Scarab,” full-p. essay by Betsy Davison, about 35 scarab lots, ill.; This issue fwd.: Page numbers start w/ front cover (p. 1). Unique editorial decision: matching obvs. & revs. on separate, facing plates! pp. 2 & 16 for obv., 3 & 17 for revs.! Part of what makes dealer FPLs fun is their experimental & DIY quality, which means no one to tell a dealer, “There’s a reason no one arranges their plates that way — ever!” It’s fun to see what variations people came up w/ & tried out within the constraints of the booklet format. Because, after all, why not? | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 50 [2022], 1072 [part]) |
| FPL XX MBS 2 | Sp 1968 | BCD notes: “over 1000 numbers of which 182 are separate mail bid sale #2, 34 pages, 1 plate of gorgoneion-themed coins.” My notes: Several intro paragraphs on cover; only 23 coins ill. total, all gorgons, on back cover; Greek, RRC, RIC, scatt. RPC, Byz, Med. & contemp.; MBS all from coll. Mr. Kenneth Grabin of Siouz City, Iowa,” 165 ancient & ~17 medieval; FPL incl. 77 lots Alexandrian (209-286) “Mostly from the Lockett & Bauer Collections,” but unfortunately not which & w/o weights or ill.; 43 coins (p. 31: T1-T43) from “Texas Consignment”. | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 50 [2022], 1072 [part]) |
| FPLs X25 | 1971-1977 | Journal of Numismatic Fine Arts [see below for NFA under Bruce McNall]. (Malter’s name disappears from any NFA publications after Vol 6, Issue 1 of JFNA, Spring 1977. Cataloged by Fitzwilliam [M-N] under Malter / JNFA.) Missing Only: Vol 3, combined issue n. 2-4, Autumn 1974; Includes first (Vol 1, n. 1 [1971]) & final (Vol 6, n. 1 [1977]) issues: Vol 1 (Complete): n. 1, Jan-Feb 1971; n. 2, Feb-Mar 1971; n. 3, Mar-Apr; n. 4, May-June 1971; n. 5, July-Aug 1971; n. 6, n. 7, n. 8, n. 9, n. 10; Note: Vol. 1, n. 10 (Winter 1973), p. 184 ff.: section of 99 Greek AR fractions, f. ill. on 2 pl. (sylloge), weights (0.01g) Vol 2 (Complete): n. 1, n. 2, n. 3; n. 4, Winter Spring 1974; [plus duplicate 2.2] Vol 3 (Missing comb. vol. 3, n. 2-4, Autumn 1974): n. 1, Summer 1974; Vol 4 (Complete): n. 1, Aug 1975; n. 2, Oct 1975; n. 3, Nov 1975; n. 4, Mar 1976; Vol 5 (Complete): n. 1, May-June 1976 [RRC AE: 3.5 pl. for c. 150 nrs. superb struck Republican bronze]; n. 2, Summer 1976 [Turkoman: noted by Esty for 23 ill.]; n. 3, Autumn 1976; n. 4, Winter 1976; Vol 6 (Complete): n. 1, Spring 1977. | Ex FAC BC23387 & BC20754, prob. ex-Malter 89 (Malloy Lib.), 1559 (part, 26X JNFA, pres. compl. + 1 dupl.) |
| 1 * | 9 Nov 1973 | Held at the Society for International Numismatics (SIN) Convention, Los Angeles (9-11 Nov 1973). 480 Ancient coin lots (725 total lots, 681 coins + 44 books), f. ill., 70 pp, 40 b&w pl. Hardcover, gold cloth, gilt. PRL laid in. Signed/inscribed FFEP (12 Nov 1973, day after auction). [BCD Lib. 2022, Jacq. 50, 1070 (not this copy); Gengerke p. 393] Two copies, both hardcover. (Cover art on cardcover absent on hardbound ed. Prob. by same binder as his smaller red & blue Byz. biblios. I’ve seen other copies, but rare. Inscription date [12 Nov 73] proves it is not a post-sale binding [as Malter 49, below].) Certain Malter auctions are considered more important (e.g., Auctions II & 49 are much better cited in the literature), but this catalog marks the start of an important series, and merits better recognition. It includes an impressive range of high quality coins, with several specialized concentrations. Among the least valuable (commercially) is a noteworthy run of 60 Alexandrian that rival the selection in his better-known Auction II: Egypt (see following entry; Spring 430; Kroh p. 56; reproduced in Curtis 1990: Appendix E). Catalog notes: Lots 255-314: Alexandrian; 315-326: Aes Grave/cast RRC [f. ill., 3 Pl.]; strong run of Seleukid Tetradrachms; ~25 coins provenanced to the Tom Virzi Collection; a few other scattered sale provenances noted below lot descriptions. | [1] Ex ANS Lib., signed by Malter & inscribed to Seltman [2] Ex S&S Library Dupl. (bookplate) Photos etc. on “Favorites” |
| II * | 23 Feb 1978 | The Coinage of Ancient Egypt. 27 pp. (unnumbered) + 22 b&w pl. (XXII); softcover; 384 coin lots f. ill. + 75 lit. (459 lots total). Softcover. PRL, estimates list, duplicate est. list hand-priced & partially named in pencil (S&S copy). [Spring 430; Kroh p. 56; Gengerke p. 393; WWE; ALED; CRE ; reprinted in J. Curtis 1990 (part); see my 20th cent. Alexandrian Catalogs pg.] Well-cataloged, legends fully transcribed (incl. symbols), references (Svoronos for Ptol.; mostly Dattari, BMC, or Curtis for RPCs), weights (0.01g), but diameters (mm) for bronze only (not AR, BI, potin). The annotated to est. list looks like it could by in Malter’s hand (comparison w/ several of his book inscriptions). >16 notable collection provenances for Ptolemaic (but not for Alexandrian): Newell [Lot 98], Jungfleisch [138], Mabbott [144, 384 (Tessera)], Battle of Al Alamein [242], and Dattari [27, 39-42, 55-6, 74, 77, 97, 102, 261, his Ptol. coll. much rarer than his Alexandrian or RIC coll. coins.]. (I’ve heard it rumored that this catalog was priv. coll. Malter, but I have zero confirmation.) Catalog notes: Lots 1-268b: Ptolemaic [Lot 1G: Nektanebo II AV Stater]; 269-280: Barbarian Imitations; 281-307: Coins of Cleopatra and the Civil War [i.e., 51-29 BCE, w/ Marc Antony]; 308-311: Gaul & Mauretania; 312-380: Roman Egypt, Alexandrian; 381-384: Curious and Unusual; 385-459: Numismatic Literature [re: ancient coins generally]. | [1] Ex Michael Malter, acq. Feb 2023 [2] Ex S&S Library Dupl. (bookplate) w/ some buyer names |
| IV | 29 Oct 1978 | 482 Lots: 356 ancient coin lots (about 280 ill.), 25 antiquities lots (Holy Land), 106 literature. Judaea, Roman Egypt, Greek, RIC, antiquities, literature. 19 pp. + 16 pl. w/ est. & PRL. About 76 Alexandrian coins illustrated. With article from Treasure magazine about Malter photocopied & laid in (by Malter). | Ex S&S Library Dupl. |
| VI | 21 Apr 1979 | Coins & Artifacts of the Ancient World… Numismatic Literature. 322 ancient coin lots (Grk thru Byz), most ill. on 10 Pl. + 10 Pl. antiquities. | Ex S&S Library Dupl. |
| VIII | 23 Jun 1979 | Art from the Lands of Ancient Caravans. Antiquities (35 Pl.): Lots 1-360. Coins (4 Pl.): 361-477 (mostly ancient Persian, Indian, Parthian, Baktrian, Indo-Greek, etc.). Literature: 478-502. Est. list, no PRL. [PDC Biblio] | Ex S&S Library Dupl. |
| IX [Nestle] | 26 Oct 1979 | Ancient: 1-175 (5 Pl.), incl. Parthian, Sasanian, Ptol. & Roman Egypt, Axum, Kushan. Med, U.S., World: 176-662 (9 Pl.). Final p., lot containing research collection of >700 Communion Tokens. Intro. essay about consignor, Jack Nestle (estate). | [1] Spiral bd. copy. [2] Ex S&S Library Dupl. (bookplate) |
| XI | 2 May 1980 | Ancient Coins and Primitive Monies of the World. (The latter not recognizable as coins.) Ancient coins: 1-187 (only 29 ill., mostly RIC, some Hellenistic Grk). Chinese coins from knife money to cast cash & modern silver. | Ex S&S Library Dupl. |
| XIV | 8 Jun 1980 | 480 Lots: 370 Ancient coins (Grk thru Byz), Literature. w/ PRL. Coins f. ill. inline (no pl.). Very heavy on Byzantine AV. Celts: 1-31. Grk: 32-130. RRC: 131-145. RIC thru Carinus: 132-157 (several AV). Late RIC, Constans to Zeno: 158-196 (all AV). Byz: 197-368 (mostly AV, few AR). Note: The books hand-priced w/ some names in pencil (esp. Waddell & Kolbe). Comparing to my various Malter handwriting samples, I suspect they’re his annotations. | Ex S&S Library Dupl., some lit. buyer names |
| XV | 27 Sep 1980 | Ancient coins, Chinese coins (ancient to modern), antiquities, etc., the latter incl. Arnie Coward (Honolulu) Macabre Museum. 7 Pl. Ancient coins (of ~45 Pl. total), incl. >2 Pl. Parthian, 1.5 Judaean, 0.5 Sasanian, rest Grk & RPC. (Virtually no RRC or RIC.) [PDC Biblio] Lots 368-386 (also some of the “Miscellaneous Oddities”) are described as being human remains, including several “shrunken heads” and “human skulls.” One is described as a “fake shrunken head,” the remainder purportedly real. Several of the coin groups are described specifically as “collections” (e.g., “a collection of Sasanian coins,” “…coins from Mylasa,” “…ancient Persian coins that was formed in the Israeli region”) but without specific details (unclear if there are two Parthian collections or one). Arnie Coward (sometimes “Arne Coward”) was well-known for his collection of torture instruments, incl. most of the Castle of Nuremberg collection of torture instruments. His museum was written up in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 11 Jun 1972 (among other places), which reports that his obsession may have begun when he “was beaten and starved and experienced other atrocities by the Nazis in a World War II concentration camp after he [was] captured for helping Jews flee Norway.” | Ex S&S Library Dupl |
| XXVIII [Ruzicka] | 8 Dec 1984 | [Virginia Ruzicka Collection] From WW Esty’s Annotated Auction Catalogs: “‘The Virginia Ruzicka Collection’ 598 ancients and 18 seals on 25 ppl (the paper is not high quality which affects the photos negatively). 189 women on coins (including 17 G, 166 R, and 4 Byz) plus 104 G, 85 RR, 211 RI & RP including some Roman Egyptian drachms, 9 Byz AE.” I count 67 coins of Roman Egypt, Alexandria scattered throughout. [Gengerke p. 393; WWE; see my 20th cent. Alexandrian Catalogs pg.] | Ex Al Kowsky (CNG EA 483, 357). [Lot 460 = CJJ Coll., Wetterstrom I, 213 (above), Peck, Kowsky] |
| XXIX [Rindge I] | 22 Mar 1985 | Frederick Hastings Rindge (1857–1905) [w/ some underlining & annotations by RMC, incl. bids & lots won] Notes: Rindge’s Republican coins were among the first and most important to be shown at the BMFA from at least 1889 until 1905 (but prob. later). Provenance: Ex Library Richard Marean Coveney (Boston, 1933-2021), w/ his blind-stamp. Bought by me from Bryce Brown, Jun 2023. | Ex R.M. Coveney Lib. (bt. B. Brown 2023) [Lots 284 & 350 (part) in JJ Coll] |
| XXX [Rindge II] | 7 Jun 1985 | Frederick Hastings Rindge (1857–1905) [catalog clean (besides blind-stamp) but laid-in: detailed hand-drawn table w/ RMC’s notes & bids] Provenance: Ex Richard Marean Coveney (Boston, 1933-2021), w/ ink “received” & library blind-stamp. Bought by me from Bryce Brown, Jun 2023. | Ex R.M. Coveney Lib. (bt. B. Brown 2023) |
| XXXIV [O’Sullivan et al.] | 13-15 Dec 1986 | Ancient Coins & Antiquities. 15th Annual New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC). 36 b&w plates total (>28 pl. ancient coins, 8 pl. antiquities), plus 56 pp., 1042 lots total (133 antiquities, 909 ancient coin lots: 847 single lots, 62 group lots). Softcover (21.5 x 28cm), estimates booklet for Day 2 (334-1042) only (no PRL), other ephemera (bid sheet, envelope, etc.). Day One (fully illustrateted): Lots 1-200, ancient coins (8 Pl. of Grk, Jewish, Parth., few ea. RRC AR & Byz. AV); Lots 201-333, antiquities; Day Two (647 single lots of Roman mostly illustrated, followed by groups of all types, 981-1042): Lots 334-980 (20 Pl. of RRC, RIC, RPC): “Bronze Roman Portait Coins.” Notes: Although the collector’s name was not given, and has since been almost completely forgotten, the second half of the auction (the “Bronze Roman Portrait Coins” section, Lots 334-980) was known at the time to be the important collection of Lt. Col. Frank O’Sullivan (1911-2003). (The collection was, however, reported by name in the first issue of the The Celator, 3 months later. Auction also mentioned in NYT [7 Dec 1986] “Numismatics” column, not naming the coll.) Per Pete Smith’s bio: “In 1972 he received the Howland Wood ‘Best-of-Show’ exhibit award of ‘Great Rarities in Ancient Bronze.'” In 2011, when Goldberg sold O’Sullivan’s major collection of World gold coins, the cataloger reminded readers: “His collection of Roman Portrait Bronzes was recognized as one of the most complete ever assembled.” It’s a shame for such a significant collection to have been lost. (I’ve seen it recorded only once, an important Otho Drachm ex Dattari (335), Wetterstrom & Beniak.) Perhaps, however, having been identified as such, the connection can begin to be restored between the great O’Sullivan Collection and his Roman Bronze coins (Malter 34, 334-980). | Top Notch Books (Tolar, TX), online, Mar 2026 [Lot 502, in CJJ Coll., ex Brand, Prowe, Mabbott, Rightman] |
| XLIV | 29 May 1990 | Ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Modern Coins and Antiquities. 104 pp. | |
| 49 [Wilkinson] | 15 Nov 1992 | The Dr. J.S. Wilkinson Collection of Ancient Greek Coins [John S. Wilkinson (1904-1999)]. >1,000 Greek coins f. ill., 46 pp. + 48 pl. (b&w), some w/ notable provenances. Biographical essay**. Special post-sale hardcover edition, incl. PRL & addl. summary essay. [Daehn 2076; Kroh p. 34; Gengerke p. 394 ; The Celator Oct 1992, Vol 6 n. 10: p. 30 (announcement/description); The Anvil 2.3 (May 1992): 2-pp. advert emphasizing provenances] One of “a hundred or so” copies “Krater-Bound” (sm. blue sticker). On Kater-Crafts bookbinder: CoinWeek (Kolbe-Fanning 2015) & AtlastObscura (2017). Collection formed since early 1930s (latest purchases listed c. 1969), incl. German, British & American auctions & dealers, major emphasis on important colls. (esp. Pozzi-Lockett). Sveto Kovacevic: “justly referred to as a ‘mini-Pozzi’ sale due to the diversity and the fact that many of the coins can be traced to that 1921 landmark sale.” (Malter encouraged the “Mini-Pozzi” label — using it in the post-sale essay bound in.) Active in numismatic research (e.g., Bloesch 1964: 4e, “Sammlung Wilkinson in Toronto”) & clubs/orgs. Research Associate at ROM, 23 years. Collected from 1939-. Collection stolen 1964 but recovered by Malter when offered as consignment. Not to be confused with “the other” J.S.W., acronym given in RPC to J.S. Wagner. * Note: Stuart L. Malter (1942-2021, Charlotte NC), Joel’s cousin & antique scales collector, library acq. by Jim Crotts Rare Books (Clemmons, NC) ** Note: For J.S. Wilkinson bio, see J. Gainor’s Foreword to The Picus Vol 2 (1993: p. 6), dedicated to him. Obituary by Bruce Brace: The Celator Vol 13.12 (Dec 1999): p. 31. “John S. Wilkinson Memorial Fund” announced in The Celator Vol 13.7 (Jul 1999): p. 24 [Archived PDF]. | Ex S. Malter Lib., Crotts, 7 Feb 2023 |
| 59 | 6 Nov 1994 | Ancient Greek & Roman Coins, Venetian & Modern Gold Coins, Classical & Egyptian Antiquities. ~320 Ancient Coins Lots, a. f. ill. on >12 Pl. (549 Lots Total on 17 Pl., the rest antiquities + a few more gold coins, Ventian & World.) Greek & RPC (1-240, 415-430, 432), RIC (241-278, 431), Byz (279-312, all AV). | Ex Library of Stuart L. Malter (1942-2021), acq. by CSJ, Oct 2023, from J. Crotts |
| 88 [Malter] | 4 Jun 2006 | Joel L. Malter Numismatic Library. Numismatic Literature. 114 + 2 pp., 1694 Lots. Softcover. [Gengerke —; Fitzwilliam, M-N; Kolbe 1002 = Kolbe & Fanning Sale 154: “Reference Library of a Numismatic Bookseller” (26 Oct 2019), 407.] Note: 10-pp. Addenda/Corrections reportedly produced (per Welsh 2006); unfortunately, I don’t have a copy. Joel Malter’s famous numismatic library was one of his great lifelong achievements; its sale (held at his private residence!) generated tremendous excitement & record prices. He died the next day. See e-Sylum (Numismatic Bibliomania Society): https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v13n25a03.html. See also: Joel Malter’s articles in The Celator v. 20 (3, Mar 2006): 38ff. & (4, April 2006): 38ff. Dave Welsh’s post-auction report, published on his blog, only hours after the sale: “Blibliomania” (5 Jun 2006, 2:09AM). | Ex Michael Malter, bt. online Feb 2023 [CJJ Library = Lot 641, Baranowsky 1931 (above); CCE FPL 59 (addr. to Malter) prob. from one of the group lots] |
| 89 [Malloy] | 12 Jan 2008 | The Alex G Malloy Library. Numismatic Literature. 1,568 Lots on 160 pp; large-format, softcover, B&W; unillustrated; 1+ page bio by Elain C. Malloy. Broad & interesting library of scholarship on ancient & medieval world, including history, culture, art, antiquities; numismatic literature (Part II) only begins on the second day, at Lot 740. The 52 Lots (1512-1563) of numismatic sale catalogs are all almost all group lots (but described in detail), some including runs of hundreds of catalogs. | Ex Forum, noted as “From the library of Alex G Malloy” but prob. not actual provenance (though AGM was affiliated w/ FAC). Several catalogs in my lib. ex-Malloy Library sale, acq. from Bryce Brown, BCD Duplicates, and FAC. |
| MCKENNA | Thomas P. McKenna (Fort Collins, CO). See OWL, LTD. below for the Aurelia Collection (1980), w/ Barton Fitzwilliam [Catalogs M-N] individually enumerates several dozen of McKenna’s individual FPLs & auction catalogs, 1978-1993. | ||
| MERIDIAN | LA | MERIDIAN COIN COMPANY INC. Cover states “an affiliate of A-Mark Financial Corporation Los Angeles, California, USA” but firm’s address in London & prices in GBP. [Fitzwilliam Catalogs M-N cites at least 7 Nos., 6 in their coll.] | |
| FPL 6 | 1 Apr 1972 | Price List No 6. 169 Ancient Coins, 53 ill. on 4 Pl. (871 Nos. & 10 Pl. Total). Greek, some RRC, RIC, Byz AV. Mostly World. Small booklet, b&w, unpaginated but first 8.5 pp. text for ancients + 13.5 pp. text for British/World + ii. No weights, only one provenance (Domitius Alexandrian, 149: Niggeler II, 778 = H. Platt, 367), most ancients w/ one ref. Thinner desc. for non-ancients. | [1] Ex RBW Library, w/ his minor annotations (acq. B. Brown Feb 2024) [2] Bryce Brown, Aug 2023 |
| FPL 7 | Jun-Jul 1972 | Price List No 7. 47 Ancient, 12 ill. on 1 Pl. (892 Total Nos., 9 Pl., in three sections.) RRC, RIC, Greek. Mostly World. Small booklet, b&w, unpaginated. i (terms in Eng., Germ., Fr., Sp.) + 3 pp. text for ancients + 17 pp. text for World, from European/English hammered to modern proof sets. | Ex RBW Library w/ minor annotations (acq. B. Brown Feb 2024) |
| MONETAR. | For Monetarium, see SKA – Schweizerische Kreditanstalt | ||
| MONETE E MEDAGLIE | See DE NICOLA, Luigi. | ||
| (MDC) | Monaco | MONNAIES DE COLLECTION SARL. For the unrelated Paris firm, c. 1981-1983, see Vedrines (later Poindessault) | |
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| MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN | Basel | MÜNZEN und MEDAILLEN, AG (MMAG). Herbert A. Cahn (1915-2002) w/ Pierre Strauss (1922-1995). [Preceded by Münzhandlung Basel (below).] While the 95 Auctions (1942-2004) represent one of the greatest series in the history of commercial numismatics, the 609 Fixed Price Lists deserve special attention. Each FPL contained thematic sections. Those for Greek AR fractions are especially important, many appearing again in die-studies or major collections (e.g., BCD & Collection sans Pareille). In 1984, Denyse Bérend wrote (p. 10, Studies Mildenberg): “Il suffit d’étudier les listes de Münzen und Medaillen A.G. consacrés aux fractions pour constater qu’entre 10 et 20% des monnaies présentés sont inédites ou uniques, la majorité du reste, rare ou très rare.” | |
| Auctions X24 | To be posted: Oct 2024 (K.K.): Auctions No. 25, 37, 38 [Voirol], 41 [w/ 23 plates RPC], 43, 47, 52 [w/ 24 ex d’Este, HU Bauer], 53, 54, 61, 64, 66 [Boutin-Crete], 68, 72 [Rosen], 73, 75, 76 [Laffaille-Grk AE, Boutin-Crete], 77, 79, 81 July 2024 (W.W.E.): Auctions No. 35, 53, 68, 95 [and some duplicates] | Ex K. Knodt & Ex W.W. Esty, some duplicates | |
| FPLs X90 | Nos. 170-259, lacking No. 250 [four duplicates of ex TAB Lib. group below: 178, 194, 222, 227] | Ex Steve Moulding (acq. Dec 2023); Ex Lib. Angelo Cantera (1931-1999), w/ MMAG correspondence (not in DNW [21 Mar 2001] sale; his MMAG Auctions were all ex Bastien Library) | |
| FPLs c. X299 | 1958-2004 | Nos. 178, 194, 222, 227, 258–261, 263–265, 269–275, 277, 278, 280–283, 286, 289–294, 296, 298, 299, 301–303, 304, 306–325, 341, 343, 350, 351, 353–374, 385–387, 390–426, 428–429, 431, 434–436, 438, 440–447, 449–517, 519–521, 523, 524, 528–530, 532–547, 549–553, 555–561, 563, 565–582, 584, 585, 587–590, 592–594, 596–597, 600, 602–609. All three issues (per Fitzwilliam) of “Sonderliste: {Small} 1993: Autumn; 1994: Autumn; 1995: Autumn;” Three numismatic literature sales: Jan 1974; Dec 1983; Sep 1985; And the first FPL from M&M GmbH: “List: {Large} 2000: no 1, May” [DLK, p. 24 (3 stars for series): “These catalogs and lists are important as more than ten thousand coins are illustrated.“] | Ex TAB Library; Ex Kolbe & Fanning 167 (10 Jun 2023), Lot 80 [there desc. as 282 lists] |
| (w/ Bank Leu) [Niggeler] | 3 Dec 1965, 21 Oct 1966 | (See Bank Leu, above) | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| 38 [Voirol] | 12 Jun 1968 | Sammlung August Voirol. Griechische, Römische und Byzantinische Münzen, Münzen der Völkerwanderung, Abendländische Münzen des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit. (Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Migration Period, Oriental Medieval and Modern.) 915 Lots, 122 pp., 48 Pl. [Spring 462; Clain-Stefanelli 3705; BCD Lib. Dup. II, 194] | [1] Ex Solidus 121 (25 June 2023), 523; [2] Ex CNG, Knodt [CJJ Coll. = 456, ex Waldeck] |
| (w/ Bank Leu) [Kunstfr.] | 28 May 1974 | (see Bank Leu, above) | Ex Lanz Library, partly named |
| 89 [Suter] | 14 Jun 2000 | Sammlung Dr. Peter M. Suter: Meisterwerke Girechischer Münzkunst aus Unteritalien und Sizilien. 69 pp. + 8 full-p. color enlargements. 113 coins f. ill. (b&w), cataloged in great detail. Card covers. Intro. essay (German), “Peter Max Suter (1926-1994)” by Claudia E. Suter, his daughter. Very high quality coins, incl. Naxos Tetradrachm (old style) & several Dekadrachms by Kimon & Euainetos. | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (his monogram, title on the spine in his hand) |
| 93 [Bally-Herzog] | 16 Dec 2003 | Sammlung Arthur Bally-Herzog (1849-1912): Römische Münzen (Teil 1). 119 pp. (incl. 4 color pl.) + 6 full p. color enlargements, 311 lots f. ill. (b&w). Card covers. 4-pp. intro essay (German) by Hans Voegtli (w/ photo). RRC (1-74), RIC (75-311, Nero Port of Ostia & Titus Colosseum Sestertii, Medallions in all metals). | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (his monogram, title on the spine in his hand) |
| MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN (DE) | Weil | MÜNZEN und MEDAILLEN, GmbH (Weil am Rein). Hans Voegtli, Joachim Stollhoff. German subsidiary that outlasted its famous Swiss parent firm, M&M AG (above), founded in 1997. (A short-lived M&M Numismatics was also established in Washington, DC.) A number of interesting and important catalogs were sold by MMDE, incl. James Joy, J.P. Righetti (in several parts), and most notably, BCD Akarnania. | |
| 17 [Gutknecht] | 4 Oct 2005 | Sammlung Hans Hermann Gutknecht: Griechische Bronzmünzen. 175 pp. (incl. IV color pl.), 1,235 coin lots + 229 literature (1,464 Nos.). 1,211 single coin lots f. ill. (b&w) at top of ea. p., 1,149 of them Greek AE + 62 Greek AR. Card covers. Original PRL. 2 pp. (densely printed) w/ biographical commentary (w/ photo) by several authors (German except Demtriadi): Hans Voegtli (primary cataloger), Dieter Brendle, Basil C. Demetriadi, Ursula Kampmann, Wendelin Kellner. Note: Spectacular collection, apparently formed c. 1968-2001. The lots in this catalog are (mostly) archived on ACSearch, but there is no substitute for seeing them beautifully laid out in the catalog as intended. The catalog is also the only way to see the important commentary at the start by several of his numismatic colleagues & friends. [DLK, p. 25 (2 stars for series)] | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (title on the spine in his hand, lacking his usual monogram) |
| 21 [Joy] | 24 May 2007 | Sammlung James H. Joy: The Isles of Greece Collection. 125 pp. (incl. IV color pl.), 890 coin lots (46 lg. groups) + 145 lit. (1,035 Nos.), 844 single lots/small groups (first 794 bronze), f. ill. (b&w) at top of ea. p. Card covers. Copy of PRL. Intro. by the collector (in Engl. & Germ.). | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (monogram, spine titled by hand) [CJJ Coll. = Lot 323, ex Milavic] |
| 23 [BCD] | 18 Oct 2007 | BCD Akarnanien und Aetolia. 587 Lots (ACSearch), cataloged by Hans Voegtli (in German), w/ intro & notes by BCD (English). [Daehn 3795.] See also: Catalog Favorites: BCD Collection | [1] Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger; [2] Ex Hendin Library (no owner marks); [3] Duplicate; [CJJ Coll. = Lot 278.1 (AE w/ Athens/Man-Faced Bull) & Lot 42 (Leukas Pegasos Stater)] |
| MÜNZ. BASEL | MÜNZHANDLUNG BASEL. Predecessor of MMAG (above). | ||
| 6 | 18 Mar 1936 | Monnaies alexandrines, collection spéciale de feu M. le Docteur H. St. à S.; monnaies romaines et byzantines d’or et d’argent, collection S. [Hans Steger (1875-1937) & Prince Waldeck] 2168 lots & 29 Pl., incl. Roman Alexandria (1371 lots, part. ill., pl. 1-9, 10); RRC (a. f. ill., pl. 10-12, 13, AR, a few AV, EID MAR); RIC (a. f. ill., pl. 13-27, AR, AV); Byz & Migration Period (pl. 27-29, AV mostly). [Clain-Stefanelli 4542 & 4545 (!); Kroh p. 55 (3 stars); Spring 442; see Poinsignon Lib. (III) 4207 for commentary; avail. online at Heidelberg & elsewhere] See also: annotated on Alexandrian catalogs p. & photos, notes on “Catalog Favorites” | Ex Lanz Numismatik Library w/ Hermann Lanz’s (1910-1998) stamp, inv. no. [CJJ Coll. = Lot 795 (not ill.), Antoninus Pius, ex Steger, Voirol, Sternberg, AK, Kellner] |
| MÜNZ ZENTRUM | |||
| 52 | 12 Nov 1984 | 1292 Alexandrian, many/most ill. [Kroh, p. 55 (4.5 Stars); WWE. See also my 20th cent. Alexandrian Catalogs page] | [CJJ Coll. = Lot 881, Commodus Tet. ex Staffieri] |
| MYERS | New York | Robert J. Myers. Produced solo catalogs between at least 1971 and 1983. (Also cataloged w/ Frances M. Schwartz.) He also held joint auctions w/ Charles Adams of Darien, CT. (Little-known today, the Myers-Adams series included some great little catalogs w/ fascinating material, one from the Jonathan P. Rosen Coll.; none of those yet in my library.) | |
| FPL | (1973) | Ex BCD Library Duplicates | |
| FPL | May 1975 | Ex BCD Library Duplicates | |
| FPL | Nov 1977 | “Small Greek Silver.” Splendid catalog of 126 fully illustrated lots. 6 b&w plates total, 1.5 of which are 2X enlargements. Weights (0.01g); well-described w/ one ref., sometimes two, a few unpublished. No prior provenances. Diverse regions & periods, many popular types of fine artistry. Probably from a specialized collection of AR Fractions. I wonder if anyone knows the collector’s identity? (Perhaps it is Myers’ own colll. of small Greek?) The one error in this otherwise wonderful catalog is Lot 52 — identified as an unpublished Scotussa Obol — identified by BCD (Thessaly 1331) as a Christodoulos forgery. Later Dispositions: No. 52 (see above) = cited in BCD Thessaly 1331 (“the whereabouts of the Myers piece is not known to this writer”); No. 62 (Thebes Hemidr.) = BCD Coll., CNG 75, 261; No. 79 (Lamia Hemidr.) = BCD Coll.; No. 86 (Elis Hemidr.) = BCD Peloponnesos II 2217; No. 89 (Elis Hemidr.) = BCD Olympia 204; No. 90 (Elis Hemidr.) = BCD Olympia 157; No. 94 (Kleonai Hemiobol) = BCD Peloponnesos 1319 (see comment!); No. 97 (Mantinea Obol)= BCD Pelo. II 2662; and others! As an enthusiast of Greek fractions (and coins w/ interesting provenance), it is a rare treat to discover such a wonderful but little-known catalog! It is no surprise that many of these coins were later published in important collections. Unusual and wonderful accomplishment given the state of 1970s photography and lack of market for small AR! These coins were rarely photographed before the digital era. | Ex BCD Library Duplicates |
| NICOLA | See DE NICOLA, Luigi. | ||
| NOMOS | Zurich | Alan S. Walker, expert, et al. | |
| (w/ CNG) FPL | Winter-Spring 2008 | 100 Distinctive Numismatic Items. Interesting document as “first publication for the new firm” (i.e., under Weiss, not Maly). One-page introduction gives history of Nomos under Dr. Roland Maly (Zurich, 1972-2005); Peter Weiss’ acquisition of the firm; and the relationship to CNG: “Initially, CNG will assist…” This is prior to ASW’s appointment to the firm in 2008. | Ex WWE |
| 2 | 18 May 2010 | 232 Lots. Cardcovers. | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (no ownership marks) |
4 [BCD] | 10 May 2011 | BCD Thessaly I. 437 Lots from the finest collection of Thessalian coinage ever formed; famously cataloged by ASW with back-and-forth commentary from BCD. PDF catalog available on Issuu; lots available on ACSearch but tiny photos for groups (see CNG archive of “Nomos 3 & 4” for groups). See also: Catalog Favorites: BCD Collection | [1] Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger; [2] & [3] Duplicates [Lot 1433.7 in JJ Coll.] |
| FPL | Winter-Spring 2012 | 123 Distinctive Numismatic Items. | Ex WWE |
| 24 | 2022 | Intro to Maleatas Coll. of Epidauros on p. 80 not available online, presumably written by ASW. J.-P. Righetti Collection of Alexandrian (mostly acq. after MM GmbH sale). | Ex KJC [CJJ Coll. = 137 (Epidaurus, 6 coins) & 299 (Hadrian Drachm)] |
| NUMIS ART ANCIENT COINS | San Diego | NUMISMATIC ART & ANCIENT COINS (NAAC) (San Diego & Zurich). Azzedine El’Aaji. “Note from BCD: The author, Azzedine El’Aaji was the adopted son of Burton Y. Berry and during the 80’s and 90’s traded in ancient coins and antiquities initially in the U. S. and then in Switzerland. One could occasionally find rare and interesting coins with important pedigrees in his catalogues and it was well known that the main source was his distinguished adoptive father.” (PFJ 44, 2652) Full-sized glossy catalogs, black and white; many beautiful and high end Greek coins; also incl. many lovely Greek AR fractions Fitzwilliam (Catalogs, M-N) records 7 catalogs, c. 1980-1991, first 5 MBS & No. 6 FPL. Unclear if 7 was MBS, but issued under diff. name. (Dated: [1] 6 Jun 1980, [2] 15 May 1981, [3] 30 Jul 1982, [4] 17 Apr 1986, [5] 20 Nov 1987, [6] Uncertain, [7] 11 Apr 1991 as “Numismatic & Ancient Art Gallery AG.”) | |
| MBS 1 | n.d. (6 Jun 1980) | Catalogue No. 1. Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins from the Collection of Numismatic Art and Ancient Coins. 329 Lots, f. ill. on B&W plates. Unpaginated. Undated, but the Estimates List (no PRL) & title page both ink stamped “Jun 6 1980.” Greek (1-179), RRC (180-187), RIC/RPC (188-304), Byz (305-329). Weights (0.01g) & adequate descriptions. Few coins with references (incl. none of the RRC, RIC & Byzantine!). Nonetheless, a significant portion of those with refs. (i.e., Greek & RPC) are “this coin’s”! Only a few used (mainly SNG von Aulock, SNG Berry, Asyut, MFA). At least a dozen coins ex “Asyut Hoard, No. … (this coin)”: Lots 1 (Thrace), 12-17 (early Macedonian), 37 & 39 (Athens), 52 & 54 (Aegina), 92 (Chios). Refs are thin & infrequent, so possibly more (and to more hoards/collections). No intro essay to explain meaning of “…Coins from the Collection of…” which phrase was dropped at least by Nos. 3-7 (I’ve never seen 2). [Seemingly scarce] | Ex Forum BC23875-771 (corr. date, part., w/ MBS 3) (8 Nov 2022) ex Alex G. Malloy Library, Malter 88 (4 Jun 2006), 1556 (part, listing 2 from this firm; others from which I also acq. ex FAC) Hand annotations (bids/prices) on RFEP & loose notebook sheet (apparently in A.G. Malloy’s hand?) |
| MBS 3 | n.d. (30 Jul 1982) | Catalogue No. 3. Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins from Numismatic Art and Ancient Coins. 275 Lots, f. ill. on 14 Pl., 36 pp. Brief foreword. Greek (1-94), RIC (95-212, incl. a handful of RPC), Byzantine (213-275). Many coins ex Burton Berry Collection & published in SNG Berry. (A number of coins appearing again. Much improved production, especially the plates, from the first catalog.) “A note from BCD: The fourteen plates of ancient coins in this catalogue illustrate quite a mixture of coins of different price levels. There is a great deal of fairly common collector type coins, mostly in the Roman series, but amongst the Greek coins one is surprised to find actual SNG Berry quality pieces.” (Jacquier 44, 2653; not this copy.) | Ex Forum BC23875-771 (part., w/ MBS 3) (8 Nov 2022) ex Malloy Lib, Malter 88, 1556 (see above) |
| 4 [Berry] | Zurich, 17 Apr 1986 | Catalogue No. 4. Ancient Greek Coins. 275 Lots, f. ill. on 14 Pl., 46 pp. Brief foreword. Consists of Greek coins, apparently all from the Burton Berry Collection. Some superb Ptolemaic AV & AR, among many others. “In found [sic] memory I dedicate this catalogue to the memory of the Honourable Dr. Burton Yost Berry (Ex Ambassador of the United States) 31.08.1901 – 22.8.1985” w/ photo Auctioneer Robert J. Myers, New York [but held in Zurich] w/ PRL Many-to-most coins published in SNG Berry & Berry Biography (indicated as “this coin”); otherwise no provenances noticed. At least 3 lots (113, 123, 214) later appeared in Collection Sans Pareille (Nomos 26 & 29 [2023]). | Ex Bryce Brown |
| NUMIS. FINE ARTS | Beverly Hills | Numismatic Fine Arts (NFA). [All softcover] Started by Edward Gans c. 1940s-1960s (see above), who sold the firm/name to Joel Malter (see above) who later opened a business in his own name (see above, incl. Journal of NFA, 1971-1977), after selling NFA to Bruce McNall (c. 1970s). [See Fitzwilliam (M-N) on the dating of JNFA, which ended w/ Malter’s final break in 1977.] The business famously ended c. 1993 (see below, Sotheby’s NFA/Athena Fund liquidation sales). The rights & its remaining assets (incl. literary) were acq. by V. England (former NFA staff, he left the firm for law school & later started CNG). See Kerry K. Wetterstrom’s article (specific to McNall’s firm), “Collecting the Auction Catalogs of Numismatic Fine Arts,” The Asylum Quarterly (Numismatic Bibliomania Society), Vol. XVI, No. 1 [Winter 1998] (pp. 4-7); later reprinted in CNR (Classical Numismatic Review, CNG) Vol 39(2) [Summer 2014] (pp.4-6). See also: DLK, p. 25 (3 stars for series): “This premiere auction house issued thirty-three numbered sales and four additional catalogs illustrating thousands of very high-quality coins between 1974 and 1994.” [Online Catalogs: 17 avail. on Wash. U’s Newman Numismatic Portal; ~40 avail. via BnF – Gallica; 81 results on Archive incl. Edward Gans firm & JNFA published by Joel Malter] | |
| VIII [BMFA] | 6 Jun 1980 | Boston Museum of Fine Arts | |
| (w/ Bank Leu) [Garrett II] | 16 Oct 1984 | (see Bank Leu, above) | |
| XVIII.1 [Houghton] | 31 Mar 1987 | includes the specactular section from Arthur Houghton Collection, cataloged by Catharine Lorber. [See video showing the remarkable text-to-coin ratio; a full page per lot with enlarged photos] [w/ Duplicates] Misprint: Of three copies, one copy (ex Craig Kammerer Library) includes a substantial printing error involving Lots Lots 112 to 178. Eight leaves (16 pages) are missing (replaced w/ duplicate leaves): text descriptions for Lots 121-178 and photos for 112-172 are absent (replaced by duplication of text for 179-232 and photos for 173-227). The Houghton portion is not affected. It only applies to one of my three, so I would suggest checking those lot numbers before buying a copy. (I wonder if other copies might have the sets of absent/duplicate leaves reversed?) [Copy 1] ex Library of William Fox Steinberg (Steinberg’s, NY), then by descent to (son) Robert Steinberg and (son/brother) Jane Frank (née Steinberg) & Howard Frank (Santa Fe artists & famous science fiction collectors). | [1] ex Steinberg family libraries; [2] Kammerer Lib.; [3] duplicate |
| XVIII.2 | 1 Apr 1987 | ||
| XX | 9 Mar 1988 | ||
| MBS | 27 Jun 1986 | Summer Mail-Bid Sale 1986. | |
| MBS [Rosen] | 18 Dec 1987 | Winter Mail-Bid Sale 1987. Jonathan Rosen Collection | [Lot 579.5 = Rosen-Waggoner 548, later W.B. Porter coll., now JJ Coll.] |
| XXIV MBS | 18 Oct 1990 | Fall Mail-Bid Sale 1990. “Featuring the Collections of Lawrence M. Cutler, Alex Struthers and Thomas Ward, and Dr. H. St. George Tucker.” 2,656 single-lots f. ill. on 100 Pl. (plus 5 enlgt.) + groups + literature. Culter (1-406, Greek): 1-p. bio plus photo; Tucker (scattered but individually labeled throughout lots 407-1124 [Greek], 1874-2334 [Roman], 2335-2566 [~10 Alexandrian], 2567-2656 [Byzantine &c.]): photo, no bio; Struthers-Ward (1125-1873, RRC, RIC, RPC, brockages [1829-1873]): 2-pp. bio plus photos; Alexandrian (see below; no prov. given); Groups (2657-2849, Grk. thru Byz., mostly Tucker or Struthers-Ward); Numis. Lit. (B1-B95, groups). > 230 Alex. (2335-2566, incl. Nomes), w/ 3-pp. introduction by David Sear, “The Coinage of Roman Alexandria” [reproduced on Covili CRE (corr., date of sale) ; full catalog: Archive]. Among Alexandrian, a few important provenances noted: Dattari (Lots 2364, 2429, 2431, 2440, 2495); Jungfleish (2338, 2379); Milne (2360); Luxor Hoard, 1908 (2354). [Gengerke, p. 470; WWE; CRE; DLK, p. 25 (3 stars for series). Avail. Online: Archive.] Notes: Unnumbered, but this is NFA 24 in the numerical series. A superb sale, cataloged by Sear. He later used many of the photographs for his 5-volume “Millennium Edition” of Roman Coins and Their Values, including all three of my coins from the sale. Collector Alex Struther’s autobiographical narrative of his collection history published as “Letter to the Editor” in The Celator 4: 10 (Oct 1990). From W.W. Esty’s excellent annotations: “24 (10/90) Vertical format. “Fall mail-bid sale 1990″ MV. MQP. 2656 ancients. 1051 G, 1441 R, 7 DA, 82 Byz. 100 ppl(!) plus 5 ppl of enlargements. Huge 1” thick. An excellent resource. Roman Egypt (232), Republican (372), brockages (47)“ | [CJJ Coll. = Lots 2198 (ex Nick Economopoulos), Lot 2443 (ex Beniak, Sear RCV 8108) & Lot 2475 (ex Beniak, RCV 8839)] |
| Auction [Caesar] | Las Vegas, 13 May 1991 | Julius Caesar and His Legacy: An Auction of Roman Coins. 112 pp., 155 lots, f. ill., highest quality coins. Text by Catharine Lorber. [Wetterstrom (Asylum 16:1 [W 98]), p. 5 (reprinted CNR 39:2); WWE, “spectacular (and rare) catalog”; see also: A.N.E. (n.d.) 10138 (S. Kovačević); Kolbe & Fanning 160 (22 May 2021), Lot 90 (Hammer $225 + 20%); individual lots reportedly digitized by Rasiel Suarez for upload to Coryssa.org (I have not yet confirmed availability).] Notes: The “Caesar Sale” of 1991 is the rarest & most sought-after NFA Catalog. Documenting a “secret” sale (excluding collectors & dealers in the industry), the catalog was distributed only to investors. Nonetheless, it became “an instant collector’s item,” as K. Wetterstrom put it. Due its rarity, high quality coins, and incomparable cataloging and photography, it now holds an almost mythical status among late 20th cent. ancient coin auction catalogs. | [plus Duplicate] |
| XXVI | 14 Aug 1991 | ||
| XXVIII MBS | 23 Apr 1992 | Spring Mail-Bid Sale 1992. | |
| XXIX | 13 Aug 1992 | ||
| XXXI | 18 Mar 1993 | ||
| MBS | 9 Sep 1993 | Summer Mail-Bid Sale 1993. | |
| (NAC) | Zurich | NUMISMATICA ARS CLASSICA. NAC sale catalogs are available as PDFs on their website. However, being among the most beautifully produced catalogs & documenting many of the most important private collections of recent decades (especially in hardcover), they are well-worth having in hard copy. [See also: DLK, p. 25 (3 stars for series), writing in 2007: “This firm has produced about sixty catalogs (numbered, lettered, and in collaboration) of very high-quality, illustrating many thousands of coins.] | |
| (w/ Bank Leu) [Byz] | 26 May 1993 | Arcadius to Constantine XI. The Coinage of the Eastern Empire, its Western Possessions, their Germanic Invaders, and including the important Byzantine-Papal Series of Rome. | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (w/ monogram) |
| 13 [Slg. Ludwig] | 8 Oct 1998 | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (w/ monogram) | |
| 39 [Feirstein I] | 16 May 2007 | Ex Alois Wenninger | |
42 [Feirstein II] | 20 Nov 2007 | Ex Alois Wenninger | |
| 45 [Feirstein III] | 2 Apr 2008 | Ex Alois Wenninger | |
55 [BCD] | 8 Oct 2010 | BCD Collection, Coins of Lokris-Phokis. Hardcover. ACSearch 475 lots (group lots shown all in one photo, difficult for large groups); pdf catalog available from NAC website (and Issuu) or via Archive; cataloged by BCD. [Daehn 3956] See also: Catalog Favorites: BCD Collection | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (w/ his monogram &c.) [CJJ Coll. = Lots 157.5, 197, 198, 281.3] |
| 56 [Spatrom] | 8 Oct 2010 | ||
| 62 [Markoff] | 6 Oct 2011 | ||
| 97 [America] | 12 Dec 2016 | The America Collection: A Highly Important Selection of Roman Coins. Hardcover w/ dust jacket. 2 pp. foreword Printout of PRL (from Sixbid, 2016) laid into copy 2. (Why did he have two? I notice some pages printed too light in the marked copy.) | [1] Ex Alois Wenninger (w/ monogram on DJ) [2] Also Ex Alois Wenninger (no ownership marks) |
| 101 [Ploil III] | 24 Oct 17 | The Ernst Ploil Collection of Roman Coins, Part III. | Ex Alois Wenninger |
| 102 [Gentleman] | 24 Oct 17 | A Very Important Series of Roman Gold Coins: Featuring a Superb Collection of Aurei and Gold Quinarii. Property of a European Gentleman — Part I. | Ex Alois Wenninger |
| NUMIS. VERKEHR | Leipzig | NUMISMATISCHER VERKEHR. See THIEME, C.G. below. | |
| OWEN | Andover, NJ | EDGAR L. OWEN | |
| FPL 5 | Spring 1993 | 10 plates of ancient coins (514 single lots + 18 coins in “Consignment WJ”), followed by Islamic, later, groups, antiquities. BCD Summary: “Edgar L. Owen (Andover, NJ) List 5/Spring 1993, 18 + 607 numbers, 24 unnumbered pages of which 10 plates” | Ex BCD Lib Duplicates (PFJ 50 [2022], 1041 [part]); Addressed to Frank S. Robinson |
| FPL 7 | Autumn 1993 | 7 Plates ancient coins (549 lots), followed by Islamic, then antiquities. Booklet-size. BCD Summary: “Edgar L. Owen (Andover, NJ) List 7/Autumn 1993, 769 numbers, 28 unnumbered pages of which 12 plates” | Ex BCD Lib Duplicates (PFJ 50 [2022], 1041 [part]); Stamped & addressed to Alex G. Malloy [postmarked 27 Dec 1993] |
| MBS 34 | 21 Aug 1997 | 164 Ancient coin nos. (most ill.) + several groups, most ill. on ~11 pl. (>8 pl. for single lots), Grk, RRC, RPC, RIC, 2 Byz AV, plus some medieval/Islamic, modern & medals; over 2/3 of lots non-numismatic: 489 nos. total, coins, antiquities, antiques, art & literature, 52 pp. (covers paginated w/ color photos), about 42 being photo plates (covers = 4 color pl.); No coin weights or prior provenances/consignor info given. Medium booklet-size, glossy covers. [Fitzwilliam, Catalogs O-R] Notes: No stamps/labels, prob. mailed in envelope. Higher prod. qual. than FPLs. BCD Summary: “Edgar L. Owen (Andover, NJ) MBS 21 August 1997, 480 lots + 9 fixed price items, 50 pages of which 39 plates, plus colour photos inside front and back covers” | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (PFJ 50 [2022], 1041 [part]) |
| OWL | OWL, LTD. John Barton (d. 1988) & Mary Ann Barton (Chicago & Henniker, NH). Produced at least 21 FPLs c. 1974-1984 & 14 auctions 1975-1986, including two very fine but unfortunately lesser-known price lists: the Aurelia Collection (RRC), listed below; and, “A Numismatic Bestiary” (n.d. [1981], 202 lots, intro. by John Twente [his coll.?]), unfortunately still absent from my Lib. [Fitzwilliam, Catalogs O-R; Gengerke, p. 480; Daehn 869 (Bestiary)] | ||
| FPL [Aurelia] | Oct 1980 | with Thomas P. McKenna. The Aurelia Collection of Roman Republican Silver Coins. 300 Lots, 32 pp., 15 Pl. (b&w). Softcover booklet. [Fitzwilliam, O-R (Nov 1980); not in Gengerke (under Owl or McKenna)] Single-consignor sale, described as an old Swiss collection formed over 25-30 years. Impressive but sadly little known. | Acq. from A.N.E. |
| FPL 2.1 | W-Sp 1976 | The Owl Quarterly. Small booklet, 17pp + 6 pl. + ill. cover (~3 Pl. ancient coins). Ancient, medieval, plus “Special Polish and Russian Section.” Brief mail-bid sale listed on pp. 16-17 (lots M1-M36, not illustrated). 228 Nos. + 36 Mail-Bid Lots (210 + 36 of which coins, 18 antiquities etc.). Ancient (59 nos + 26 lots, some groups): Greek (11 + 5), RRC (3 + 4), RIC (27 + 17), Byz (18). Followed by Med & World (52 + 10), Pol/Rus (97). Etc. 2 pp. (tiny print, “to be continued”) intro on “Mysteries of Photography Unveiled…” | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 49 [2021], 940 [part] = 48 [2020], 1069 [unsold]) |
| PARKE- BERNET | NYC | U.S. firm affiliated w/ Sotheby’s [below] | |
| 2746 [Newell] | 16 Oct 1968 | Important Collection of Coins…from the Collection of the Late Edward T. Newell… (Greek & Roman, Early Italian) [2 copies] [Clain-Stefanelli 1980; Spring 502; Daehn 2089; Gengerke p. 581; Kroh –] Per BCD: “… Newell does not need an introduction…but to own one of his coins would probably be a rather special privilege, quite unique in its own way…. thanks to his wealth, he amassed large numbers of Alexander and Seleucid tetradrachms for his studies. It is some of these that are sold in this catalogue, the remaining went to the ANS.” (One wonders why he qualified it with “probably”!) | [1] Ex BCD Library Duplicates (PFJ 50, 1077); [2] previously acq. B. Brown. |
| 2951 [Paeonia Hoard II] | 9 Dec 1969 | The Extremely Important Greek Hoard (Being Coins in Gold and Silver of Northern Macedonia). 278 Total Lots (incl. groups), weights given (0.01g) only for single-lots (die matches also seem to be noted), ~122 coins illustrated. 24 pp. + several pp. front mater incl. 2 pp. preface & Biblio + several pp. back matter + 8 Pl. Notes: Coins from Paeonia 1968 Hoard (IGCH 410; CH I, 40), preceded by Sotheby’s 1969 Paeonia Hoard I [absent from JJ Coll. (Clain-Stefanelli 2363; Spring 833; Daehn 3293)]. [Clain-Stefanelli 2362; Spring 503; Daehn 3271; Gengerke p. 581]. | Acq. from Bryce Brown. Original PRL laid in. Hand priced in margins (red ink). |
| 2930 | 11 Nov 1969 | [No Ancient] Coins & Commemorative Medals | Came in a Konvolut w/ two above |
| PEGASI | Ann Arbor | Eldert August Bontekoe II (1954-2020). Est. 1982. My catalogs may all date to E.B. as sole owner. (See also CW bio.) From 1994 until E.B.’s death, he partnered in running Pegasi w/ Nick Economopoulos, a former Merill-Lynch financial analyst, who has continued to present. (He’d prev. produced cats. w/ W. Warden & solo as Economopoulos Enterprises, 1990-2. The Celator 3.9 [Sep 1989]: p. 6 gives a bio. His FPL #1 announced in The Celator 4.4 [Apr 1990], 91 lots [most Greek AR plus RRC & RIC]. Later issues incl. his adverts.) FPL 91 may have been the last issued? (Fitzwilliam only notes FPLs to 90.) Pegasi’s BBS & Auction catalogs, however, endured much longer, produced c. mid-1980s – 2016. (“The extensive working library of Eldert Bontekoe” was sold at Kolbe & Fanning 158, 21 Nov 2020.) | |
| FPLs X35 | 1984- 1994 | Lists Nos. 11, 14, 25, 29-33, 37, 42, 44, 46-49, 51-52, 54-55, 59, 62 66-68, 70, 73, 75, 77, 80-81, 83-84, 86, 89-91. A few lists and multiple postmarks not included in Fitzwilliam (stops at 90) | Ex Alex G. Malloy Library (stamped & addressed). Malter 89 doesn’t mention Pegasi, but Lot 1556 contained “145 small format price lists and catalogues.” |
| PERSIC GALLERY | Torrance, CA | See HAMIDI. Note: NOT the Persic Gallery, Boston, c. 2010-present. | |
| PHILIPS | Diamond Bar, CA | Wayne C. Philips. “Serving The Collector Since 1959” | |
| MBS 41 | 19 Aug 2000 | 361 Nos., most ill. on 16 b&w Pl. (slightly reduced?), 32 pp. (incl. covers & Pl.), Grk (<1.5 Pl. incl. Parth.), RRC (1 Pl.), RIC & RPC (12.5 Pl.), Byz (1 P.), a few Med./Islamic. Booklet, gold covers. PRL. Budget & mid-market stuff, a lot more Provincials than usual, the typical types from the Balkans in the 1990s-early 2000s. | Ex BCD Lib. Dupl. |
| PHOENIX | New York | Phoenix Coins. Produced at least 10 FPLs c. 1973 (or 1972?) through 1977. Unrelated to the near-contemporary South African (E. Levine) or Berkeley, CA firm (Carl Abrams, c. 1991-present.). (What about the Phoenix Coins in Boston that advertised repeatedly in, but seemingly only in, 1976?) Inconveniently named for future keyword searching, so I’ve learned little beyond what’s in Fitzwilliam [Catalogs, O-R] & an ad or two in Coin World. V. well-illustrated for 1970s FPL … BUT photos all reduced to ~75% diameter (i.e. ~55% of area). | |
| FPL 6 | n.d. [1975] | List Six. 348 Ancient (of 425 Nos. = 412 + 13 Addenda), most ill. on 7 Pl. (b&w, reduced to 75%), 8 pp. dense text. Booklet size. No address label/postage. Notes: The effect of 25% photo reduction is dramatic. Collectors were much more tolerant of such minor inconveniences then. (Many kept magnifiers handy for the text anyway.) Reduced photos radically slow the “plate checks” phase of provenance research. To-scale is ideal, but reduced is better than text alone! Did Phoenix also print full-size copies for local distribution? Scale photos would’ve nearly doubled the booklet plates — both raising high printing costs & requiring an additional 10-cent stamp! | Ex BCD Lib. Dup., date & no. penciled in his hand (also #7). Poss. also ex Malloy? |
| FPL 7 | n.d. [posted 14 May 1975] | List Seven. 329 Ancient (of 440 Total lots), most ill. on 7 Pl. (6 Pl. Ancient, 31-42 ea., some 1-sided, b&w, reduced to 75%), 7 pp. dense text (>200, ); 30 Turkoman; 90 modern/world. Small booklet, address label on front cover. Photocopied “Special Dealer’s Supplement” laid in, Nos. 441-488 (1p., 8.5×11″ photocopy, folded, 45/48 ancient). | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 50 [2022], 1041 [part]). Stamped, addressed to Alex G. Malloy, South Salem, NY |
| PMV | Daytona Beach, FL | P.M.V. Inc.: Marc L. Davdison, Kay Ernest (Daytona Beach, FL). P.M.V. Inc., North-East: Joseph P. Linzalone (Montclair, NJ). Produced 34 FPLs (plus one auction?): c. 1981 (?) through No. 34, December 1987. The sale of PMV, Inc. to Empire Coins (D Kroh, D van Seeters) was announced 1 Jan 1988 (The Celator Vol 2 No 2: p. VI [Feb 1988]). FPL notes: First page always incl. masthead plus intro essay: several paragraphs describing coin highlights in catalog, giving their current schedules, sometimes announcing recent coin news or upcoming sales, and mentioning new book publications. Early FPLs came with double-sided extra-large folded photographic plates. Early lists not numbered or consistently dated. BBS included in the same series. See Fitzwilliam [Sales O-R: “P.M.V., Daytona Beach, FL“] for some imputed dates and catalog series nos. (Most or maybe all catalogs include new books for sale, not used exlibris books.) Very good FPLs for finding lost provenances: affordable coins but many from important collections or “plate coins.” | [See M L Davidson (1954-) on my “Provenance Glossary“] |
| FPLs ~ X18 | 1982- 1987 | Antiquariat Lang description: “Listen 5 – 12, 20, 21, 23, 27, 28, 30 – 34 aus den Jahren 1982 – 1987. Dazu noch ein paar undatierte Listen. Orig.-Broschur.” PARTIAL LIST (in progress) – c. 1981: Late Summer List of Ancient Coins & Antiquities. First list per Fitzwilliam, before 1982, probably 1981. No. 182 (illustrated) = my Probus “German captives.” – Fall 1982 (?): two copies – Christmas 1982 (Dec?): A bunch of coins ex-Duke or Northumberland collection. With duplicate photo-foldout. [Also BCD Duplicate – Duplicate copy below, bt. 2022!] – FPL 27 (Jun 1986): Several SNG Berry coins – FPL 28 (Jul 1986): Several more Berry coins, three Byzantine AV ex Goodacre – FPL 30 (Nov 1986): SNG Aulock reprint announced ($595) – FPL 31 (Feb 1987): concludes w/ separate Buy-Bid section, a nice collection (part 1) of Roman Imperial thru Tetrarchy incl. a few RRC denarii. SNG Levante announced, for sale alongside Aulock reprint – FPL 32 (Jul 1987): ending section is Buy-Bid, Roman collection (part 2 from prev. list), incl. 3 Hellenistic AR, then Trajan thru Constantius II & 3 Byzantine (10th-13th century); No. 36 = Caracalla AR Antoninianus (walking lion rev.) later published in = SRCV 6782 = van Meter Handbook of RIC, 6 (ill. on p. 194). More to add. | Ex BCD (Lang 10 [2026], 1178) |
| FPL | Dec 1982 (?) | Christmas 1982 Fixed Price List. 588 Coin Lots, 545 Ancient (~227 ill.) + 43 British coins (8th-12th cent., 25 ill.), 75 antiquities (7 illustrations), 8 historical maps, 15 books; 25 pp. + 10 pl. (8 on double-folded sheet laid in + 2 bound). [Auction listing missed the 2 plates bound in.] | Ex BCD Lib Dup (PFJ 50 [2022], 1041 [part]), corr. (2 addl. pl.) |
| FPL 23 | Oct 1985 | “152 numbers, 14 pages of which 6 plates + additional photos in text” (BCD) Grk (1-54, 145-6), RRC (55-66), RIC (67-144, 147-8), Gold (145-9), Byz (149-152). Intro paragraphs re: business, signed “Marc & Desiree.” Some nice material, incl. interesting Grk fractions & scarce Denari & Sesti., better than usual for a 1980s b&w booklet FPL. | Ex BCD Lib Dup (PFJ 50 [2022], 1041 [part]) |
| RATTO | Lugano | Rodolfo Ratto & Mario Ratto (successor). | |
| Byz. [Ratto] | 9 Dec 1930 [reprint] | Monnaies Byzantines et d’Autres Pays Contemporaines l’Epoque Byzantine. [1959 reprint: Schulman.] 151pp, 2701 Lots f. ill. on 68 Pl. [Spring 549; Clain-Stefanelli 5424*; Kroh pp. 92, 94; Malter (1968) pp. 9, 54; Malter (1995) pp. 57-8, 64] Important collection, usually identified as Rodolfo Ratto’s, many of which have ended up in other important collections (e.g., Dumbarton Oaks). However, per Dumbarton, it “may have been that of the Trivulzio family and not one formed by Rodolfo Ratto as often erroneously believed.” Others dispute this claim & counterargue for the Ratto attribution. Like Pozzi, one of the few auction catalogs reprinted for use as a general reference. Unlike Pozzi, it still serves as a major ref. for Byzantine coins. Includes many coins that would not appear in most contemp. catalogs, such as small bronzes (including late Roman AE4s). | |
| RINALDI | Mantova | Oscar Rinaldi. Casteldario (Mantova), Italia | |
| FPL 1 | Aug 1930 | Monete per Collezioni. Catalogo a Prezzi Fissi. N. 1. 607 lots, none ill. RRC (Consular Denarii): 1-127. Italian (Medieval-Modern): 128-607. Then books. Yellow coarse paper covers. A few items (Italian & books) marked in margins w/ red & blue pencil. “D” (Duplicate) penciled on top r. cover. The early Rinaldi lists from the 1930s are seemingly very rare (the earliest list is 1948 in Fitzwilliam Catalogs [O-R]; KBR’s [P-R (PDF)] earliest is 1950) | Ex ANS Lib. Dupl. (52.46 / 1000032), ex CNG 598, 1374 |
| FPL | May 1952 | Catalogo Speciale di Monete Per Collezioni. Romane / Italiane / Estere. In Vendito a Prezzo Fisso. 338 lots, none ill. RRC: 1-108. RIC: 109-178. A few Republican w/ penciled arrows in margins. | Ex ANS Lib. Dupl. (52.50 / 1000036), ex CNG 598, 1375 |
| ROBINSON | Albany | Frank S. Robinson (FSR). Long-time dealer, collector, ret. judge, author, blogger. Held office repeatedly in the storied Albany Numis. Soc. (Pres., 1978-9). Began collecting 1957, vest-pocket dealing by 1980s, then mail-bid auctions, accepting online pre-bids 2019 and, alongside mail bids, e-live bidding in 2024 w/ Auction 126 (I won Lot 303). Though usually “parsimonious,” his cataloging style is quite distinctive & dense w/ personality. | My BCD Lib. Dupls. incl. at least one FPL originally addr. to FSR (above): Owen #5. (Maybe donated on his 1992 visit?) |
| MBS X60 | 1987- 2009 | Sixty of the first 76. Yet to properly catalog Bryce Brown’s careful descriptions (lightly edited) are also always worth conserving: “[…] nearly comprehensive group of Franhttps://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/library/salescatalogue/SALECO-R.htmlk S. Robinson (of Albany NY) Mail Bid Auctions (60) from 1987-2009.[…] # 12/03/87, 6/08/88, 10/26/88, #13-19, 21-28, 31-54, 58-62, 64-76. Also included are many prices realized lists and post-sale discount lists. Note that the three early unnumbered sales are also missing from the Fitzwilliam Museum Library collection, entirely unlisted in the Newman Portal (no Robinson sales at all), and only the 10/26/88 is listed in Gengerke, preceded by two 1986 sales. I’ll leave it to the next owner to figure out the Robinson bibliography.[…] Ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine coins in gold silver and bronze […] Typically 8-10 pages of text, plus one double-sided glossy page of photos.[…] From the RBW collection library. Would be nearly impossible to collect such a group of items at this time. Very scarce.” | Ex RBW Library, w/ his annotations & yellow post-it notes, some brief notes fr FSR to RBW. Ex Bryce Brown, Feb 2024 |
| ROGERS | Redwood City | Calvin J. Rogers (1931-). Active 1988-1996, during which he advertised occasionally in The Celator & produced c. 26 (?) catalogs, numbering the fixed price lists and mail bid sales in the same series. (My three are listed below; I don’t know if catalogs 2, 18, 20-21, or 25 are MBS, being absent from my set.) Listed as an officer in the Pacific Coast Numismatic Society in 1993 & an “Active Member” in the 2015 PCNS Centennial Publication (PDF). Fitzwilliam [Catalogs O-R] lists only 8 sales (5-7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 24). None of the MBS in Gengerke. | |
| X21 | 1998- 1996 | Nos. 1, 3-17, 19, 22-24, 26. (Missing Plates for FPL 9.) Three MBS (the other 18 are FPL): “Mail Bid List: Number 8” (19 Oct 1990); “Mail Bid List: Number 11” (2 Aug 1991); “Mail Bid List: Number 17” (5 Nov 1993). Notes: 8.5 x 11″ but slim catalogs, carefully executed, most w/ two glossy pages of b&w photos, fully illustrated. Usually 50-55 coins (range, 36 to 62), almost 90% ancient (Greek, Ancient Persian, RPC, RRC, RIC, and Byzantine), a few Medieval or later (incl. Islamic). Mid-market coins (majority USD $75-250), but generally attractive, well-photographed & described with occasional comments. Provenances given only occasionally. | Ex RBW Library, dates penciled in his hand Ex B. Brown, Jul 2025 |
| ROMA | London | Roma Numismatics. Richard Beale. Softcover | |
| VIII | 28 Sep 2014 | ||
| IX | 22 Mar 2015 | ||
| X | 27 Sep 2015 | ||
| XI | 7 Apr 2016 | ||
| XII | 29 Sep 2016 | ||
| RYNEAR. | Malibu, CA | Dr. Paul Rynearson (d. 2012). Produced several dozen FPLs & MBS c. 1967-2001. Author of Collecting Ancient Greek Coins and other popular ancient coin books. [Fitzwilliam, Catalogs O-R] | |
| MBS 3 | 30 Sep 1991 | “95 lots, 12 pages of which 5 plates + 1 plate of enlargements” (BCD) Grk, Jud., Parth., couple RRC-Imptl., RIC, some Byz AE, few Med. B&w. Booklet. NO PRL. Upper-mid market, some pretty nice coins. | Ex BCD Lib Dup (PFJ 50 [2022], 1041 [part]) |
| List [Wallace] | Nov 1980 | The Wallace Collection of Central Greek Coins. William P. Wallace (1907-1965) Collection, specials in group lots. No single listings, six representative single photos and three “pile of Drachms” photos. Short list, but nice summary & background of this part of Wallace’s Collection & scholarship. The same years Waggoner (ANSMN 25: 1-15, pl. 1-2) described a parcel acq. by ANS, so Rynearson must have got them close to initial dispersal by Wallace’s son & daughter. In 1995, CNG auctioned a group lot of 326 AR from the W.P. Wallace Collection (CNG MBS 35, Lot 205). BCD Coll. included tons of them (ex CNG and/or Rynearson maybe?), though I’m not sure the two scholars of Euboean coinage would’ve been acquainted, as WPW died around when BCD started. “4 numbers, 6 pages (2 are plates) on double folded sheet” (BCD) See also: Gans FPL 21 (1957) for group offerings of Wallace’s Euboian League Drachms. | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 50 [2022], 1041 [part]) [see also CJJ Coll. = Euboia AE ex-BCD-Wallace & Euboia Obol ex-BCD-Wallace (not ex this FPL) + inscribed copy of Wallace 1956 + correspondence] |
| SALTON | NY | Mark M. Salton-Schlessinger (1914-2005). See “Catalog Favorites” entry. Born Max Schlessinger, Also known as Mark M. Salton; see below for his father, FELIX SCHLESSINGER. | |
| MBS 19 | 17 Feb 1953 | Ex ANS Library Duplicates, w/ stamps (22 Feb 2024) | |
| MBS 20 | 2 Feb 1954 | 24 pp., 3 Pl. | Ex CNG 597, 1214 |
| MBS 23 | 22 Nov 1955 | The C. William Collection (and other selected U.S. and foreign consignments). 52 pp., 12 Pl. (>3.5 ancient), 910 lots (241 ancient, Nrs. 670-910). Remarkable coll. of World AV (Pl. I-VI gold) & notable Cistophori (20 ill. on >1 pl.). Also Grk AR (2 pl.), RIC AV (5 Aurei, Titus to Sev. Alex. + Const. VII Solidus of Constantine VI & Romanus II), RIC (11 Denarii ill., J. Caesar to Gordian I). Some provenances scattered throughout (Pozzi, Hermitage, Sartiges). Begins with 1.5-page intro essay, “A Century of Numismatics,” discussing the family history (Felix Schlessinger, Leo Hamburg, Hans Nussbaum), briefly discussing his parents’ relocation to Amsterdam in 1933, their eventual capture, and deaths at the hands of the Nazis, and his own escape and immigration to the United States. It is signed “Mark M. Salton-Schlessinger” (born Max Schlessinger, he regretted changing his name to Mark Salton in the U.S.). The back cover adds, “Son of the late Felix Schlessinger, Berlin-Amsterdam” and “Numismatists since 1898.” | Ex CNG 597, 1215 |
| FPL 27 | Fall 1958 | 16 pp., incl. covers & 1 pl. 427 Lots, ~280 ancient singles (Greek, RIC, a few ea. Imperatorial, RPC, Byz), incl. 70 AE ex-Lockett Collection (21 RPC + 49 Greek AE), incl. >4 ex-Grantley, + mult. AE ex-SNG Lockett, many other notable provenances, exceptional for the time. (Unfortunately, not as well ill. as one would like & w/o weights.) At least 6 Nos. from this FPL remained in Salton Coll. & reappeared in Stack’s & Künker’s 2022 Salton sales. Three now CJJ Coll., illustrated on this site: No. 56 (part), Alexander III Drachm = Stack’s NYINC 23, 26097 = SNG Lockett 1501; No. 63, Athens Tetradrachm = Stack’s NYINC 22, 4268 = Laval 408.1 = Thompson 540d.3 (cited); No. 133, Elagabalus Provincial = Künker 378, 6739 = RPC VI, 8177, ex. 23*. Four more Greek Nos. (incl. a group) from FPL 27 (not mine) also in Stack’s NYINC (14 Jan 2022): No. 7 = Lot 4366 (AV Daric); No. 38 = Lot 4095 (Rhegion Drachm); No. 56 (group, no photo) = 11 Alexander Drachms ex SNG Lockett (but only 3 recognized as Lockett! See my FAC 130410 discussion post); No. 67 = Lot 4318 (Mithradates VI Tet.). | Ex BCD Lib. Dupl. (PFJ 49 [2021], 940 [part]) [CJJ Coll. (details to l.) = Nos. 56 (part), 63, 133] See “Catalog Favorites” |
| FPL 30 | Winter 1960/1 | 1.5 Pl. (1 Greek, 0.5 RIC), 250 ancient single lots (64 Greek, 186 RIC), a few provenances given. Begins: “… we wish to announce the acquisition of an important COLLECTION OF GREEK AND ROMAN COINS … most of which with double and triple pedigree.” It is unclear if any of those coins are listed in the present catalog. It reportedly included two Kimon Decadrachms; perhaps a clue that the collection was that of “J.P. Morgan, Mable Morgan Satterley Ingalls (Morgan’s granddaughter), and Dr. Herbert E. Ives” (see Stack’s Salton Part I [NYINC 2022], 4142). | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 50 [2022], 1041 [part]) |
| SCHLESS. | Felix Schlessinger. Berlin, then Amsterdam | ||
| 15 | 31 Jan 1939 | Collection Baron Albert de la Chapelle, Helsingfors: Russian Coins. Greek and Roman Gold Coins. 25 pp., 642 lots, 3 plates (all ancient, Greek & Roman AV). [Spring 661; Poinsignon Lib (III) 4632] Schlessinger’s final sale in Amsterdam. See additional notes in “collection” catalogs. | Ex American Numismatic Society Library Duplicates |
| SCHULMAN, JACQUES | Amster. | Jacques Schulman (1849-1914; Amsterdam). (ALT: Jacob Schulman.) Head of a great 19th-20th century numismatic family, incl. son Maurits “Max” Schulman (Hans Maurits Frederick Schulman, 1876-1943), grandson Hans M.F. Schulman in NY (below), et al. [See Lupia EDNP Bio ; Homren, W. (editor), “The Two Schulmans: Hans and Jacques,” The E-Sylum v. 8, n. 26 (26 Jun 2005): Article 16] | (see above: Baranowsky 1931, ex Schulman Lib.) |
| [Graham -Tichant] | 8 Jun 1966 | The Richard J. Graham Collection [Paul Tinchant]: Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine […]. 150 pages of text, 2541 lots (incl. some group lots), many ill. on 40 plates (loose); Foreword by Forrer, Jr: “The figure of Richard J. Graham is mysterious and will ever remain so.” (This was promptly proved incorrect!) Greek (1-1385); RRC (1386-1518); RIC (1519-2366); Byz (from Arcadius, 2367-2445); Goths etc. (2446-2452); Bronze Medallions & Contorniates (for which the sale is most famous, 2453-2541, many ex Evans Coll.). Plates enclosed in a separate folder in the back cover, very interesting. [Spring 706; Clain-Stefanelli 3668 & 4978; see also Numiswiki entry, my copy illustrated & notes excerpted; Online from Gallica-BnF] | |
| SCHULMAN, HANS | New York | Hans M.F. Schulman (1913-1990). “The American Schulman,” son of Maurits “Max” Schulman (1876-1943), grandson of Jacques (above), cousin of Jacques the younger. [101 sale catalogs, not all ancient, indexed & sorted by year (1940-1975) at Washington University – Newman Numismatic Portal (embedded pdf’s from Archive); see Zander (1998) The Asylum XVI.3: pp. 6-7 & numerous “Notes from BCD” (2015-2023) re: HMFS] Related Numis. Lit. also in CJJ Library: – Numismatic Review (1943-1947, near-complete), edited by Thomas Ollive Mabbott, w/ Hans Holzer et al. (ex Richard Wingate Lloyd [1904-1980], one compliments of Shepard Pond [1889-1945]). – Hans M.F. Schulman & H.W. Holzer (1946), Coin Collector’s Almanac (inscr. to “Joe” & signed by H. Schulman). Holzer (1920-2009), Schulman cataloger & colleage, was a very interesting person outside numismatics, a prominent parapsychologist. (His Wiki page.) See Bob Forrest’s excellent review of Holzer’s Mabbott Greek catalog, “Strange Shores VI: The Mabbott Sale Cataloge.” | |
| [Atomic] | 20 Jun 1961 | [Atomic sale, Col. J. Curtis] 5.5-page section: 60 Drachms ex-Col. Curtis (Lot 1051-1110), NONE ill., but well described (but no weights) [Not the main Curtis Coll. sale]. [Gengerke, p. 546; Adams 33 (pp. 177, 335, “B” for Ancient, “Strong Egyptian”)] [Noted on Alexandrian Catalogs page] | |
| [Mabbott I] | 6 June 1969 | The Thomas Ollive Mabbott Collection. Part One. Coins of the Greek World. 2 Vols (Text & Plates). 148 pages, 3860 coin lots (~525 Alexandrian, 3273-3797, many ill.), 83 plates (9 of Alex.), 26 of antiquities & 2 misc. Several pp. of intro essays by H. Schulman, Hanz Holzer & Mabbott (w/ portrait). [Clain-Stefanelli 1973; Daehn 2060; Spring 712; Gengerke (2009) p. 546; Adams 64 (pp. 180, 337, “A-” for Ancient, “B+” Overall); see also: Forrest, “Strange Shores VI: The Mabbott Sale Cataloge,” Nl Bulletin 31 (12): 286-298; Online: Archive & NNP] [See also: listed on my Alexandrian Catalogs & Catalog Favorites pages] Secondary sales in my catalog library (see above): – Aiello FPL 5: At least 52 lots listed by lot no. from C. Morris Coll., incl. at least one reported “stolen” in 1972, Mabbott 1749 (Gallienus, Tabae) = Aiello FPL 5, 292 (see above & “Catalog Favorites” entry); – C. Blom FPL 47 (Aug-Sep 1969): Announced that he’d bought 800 lots, of which 54 were offered (cataloged by lot no.) in a special section. More offerings were promised, but in later FPLs must not have been identified as ex-Mabbott (w/ possible exception of FPL 48, absent from my set); – Malloy FPLs: Numerous lists include coins provenanced by Mabbott lot nos. Schulman sold portions of the collection over 6 catalogs. Parts I (Greek) & II (Roman, below) are the important ones, and were “reprinted” together by Durst (n.d., apparently originals re-bound as hardcovers). “Part VI” (non-seriated, 10 Oct 1972) consists of 60 lots [33 ill.]: “The Famous Contortionates Collection Originally Belonging to Professor Mabbott.” Parts III, IV & V seem to incl. NO ancients & don’t always indicate which coins/tokens are Mabbott’s vs. other consignors or stock. BCD clearly admired the Mabbott Coll. (he owned several coins) but was highly critical of the cataloging (and of the firm generally, perhaps stemming from their business at Mabbott I). Of Part III, here wrote: “Schulman here counts on Mabbott’s name to attract bidders,” stretching the series beyond any reasonable justification [BCD Lib. Dupl. IX, Jacquier 50 (2022), 188].) | [1] Ex Aiello, name on cover, annotated, ex Bryce Brown 2022 [2] Hardcover (red cloth) ex Milavic [3] Hardcover (blue leatherette) ex Bobkoskie See “Catalog Favorites” entry [CJJ Coll = Lots 1690 & 1699, 2045] |
| [Mabbott II] | 27 Oct 1969 | The Thomas Ollive Mabbott Collection. Part Two. Coins of the Roman World. (Roman world , Byzantine , Vandal , Ostrogoths , Crusaders) 33 Plates (on pp. 33-65). RRC (AE/Aes Grave [>2 Pl.], AR [<2 Pl.). RIC. 4168 = Nero Claudius Drusus Fourrée Ex-Gonzaga-Este purchased by “Mentor Collection” (Naville Numis. 74, 399); Spintriae. A handful Axumite. Imitatives. Many AE Medallions, Contorniates, etc. (~10 Pl., lots [ca. 4790- &] ca. 4847-4929, but see also Harding-Zack sale below). Some Vandal et al. Byz. [Clain-Stefanelli 3679; Spring 713; Gengerke (2009) p. 546; Adams 66 (pp. 180, 337, “A” for Ancient, “A-” Overall); Online: Archive & NNP] | [1] Ex Wenninger, monogram, bt. 1982 [2] Red cloth ex Milavic [3] Blue leatherette ex Bobkoskie See “Catalog Favorites” entry |
| [Harding, Zack, Mabbott VI] | 10 Oct 1972 | Harding Collection of Ancient Coins…Dr. Zack Collection of Israel & Judaea. Includes: “The Famous Contortionates Collection Originally Belonging to Professor [Thomas Ollive] Mabbott.” ~896 Ancients, ma. ill. on >17 Pl. Ancient (half Greek, 2 Aes Grave), no weights, short desc., 1-2 refs., no prov. but named consignors; unremarkable besides Contortionates; Harding (1-661 [Greek, scattered RPC, RRC incl. Aes Grave, RIC, Byz AV]); “Special Consignment” Roman Egypt, Alexandria (662-679, NONE ill.); Group Lots (Harding? 680-716 [Greek, RPC, Roman, 1X Byz]); Mabbott “Famous Contortionates Collection” (874-933 [33 ill. on 4 Pl.], 7 groups); “Collection of Small Greek Silver Coins” (934-954); Dr. Burton J. Zack, Judaea (Ancient: 1115-1213 [23 ill. on ~1 Pl., Greek, RPC, RIC], foll. by Islamic, Crusader, to modern); [Clain-Stefanelli 10160 (Modern Israel, Sales); Spring 715 (Mabbott not mentioned); Gengerke, p. 547; Adams 90 (pp. 182, 339, “B+” for Ancient, “B-” Overall)] [Online: Archive & NNP] | Poss. acq. Bookman’s (Tucson) early 90s by CSJ or CJJ |
| SKA | Zürich | [SKA] Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (Credit Suisse). Numismatic branch of the bank, c. 1970s-90s. Eight auctions held at Bern, 1983-1987. Better known for >150 FPLs produced at two branches in separately numbered series: 52 at Bern (1970-1988); 65 at Zürich (1970-1996), plus 40 unnumbered (1983-1995). The 65 FPLs from Zürich are the signature Monetarium catalogs, the firm’s first and last published (per Buttrey’s Fitzwilliam, Catalogs: S.) From the early 1960s, numerous European banks established in-house numismatic auction firms, hiring established numismatists or buying existing firms. (Bank Leu, 1961-1991, is probably the best known.) To my knowledge, all of them were disbanded or sold by the 2000s. SKA is NOT to be confused with the Swiss banks UBS (Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft) or SBC (Schweizerischer Bankverein) that also produced sale catalogs (1975- & 1970-), merged in 1998, and shifted their numismatic firm(s) to Frankfurter Münzhandlug in 2000 (then Sincona, 2011-). Further complication: SKA (Schweizerische Kreditanstalt/Credit Suisse) was also absorbed by UBS! But not until 2023, decades after both had ceased to publish coin sales. It’s fascinating to learn how the ancient coin trade intersects w/ other institutions in the economy. American banks have shown less interest in selling ancient coins (but see Merrill-Lynch’s “Athena Fund” [NFA, Sotheby’s] & ancient coin dealer-lenders, e.g., Aiello FPL V above, Stack’s today). One distinctive American commercial numismatic arrangement may be that between dealers and department stores, c. 1940-1970s (see Gimbel’s [Friedberg], above): Shop for a sport coat or coffeemaker, buy a Marc Antony Denarius on the way out! | |
| 10X FPLs | 1985-1992 | Nos. 44, 46–51, 53, 54, 57. Booklet size, ill. w/ b&w plates. Illustrated card covers. – 44 (F 1985): 88 ancient f. ill. on 6 Pl. ancient (3.5 Grk [1-50], 2.5 Celt [51-88). RIC: 56, none ill. (Lots 89-144); followed by several hundred modern/World, partly ill., 102 pp. total. – 46 (F 1986): 249 ancient f. ill. on 18 Pl. (6 Grk [1-84], RRC [85-116], RIC [117-209], Byz [210-249, a. all AV/EL]), foll. by Islamic AV, World; 136 pp. total. – 47 (Sp 1987): 169 ancient f. ill. (Grk [1-65], RRC [66-86], RIC [87-169]), one pl. Islamic/Indian AV, many pl. World (mostly AV, I think), 128 pp. total. [Note: a few plates loose.] – 48 (F 1987): 270 ancient, incl. excellent run of 45 ill. Byzantine Bronze (226-270, Grk [1-48], Bimetallic J. Domna Medallion w 1p essay, RIC [49-182, incl. Imperatorial: 165-171, some RPC], Byz [183-270]), foll. by Islamic, World, etc., 144 pp. total. – 49 (Sp 1988): 225 ancient (Grk [1-92], RIC [93-225]), ~70 early Islamic AV, foll. by usual modern Islamic/World, 125 pp. total. – 50 (F 1988): 222 ancient (Grk [1-100], RIC [101-222]), 134 pp. total. – 51 (Sp 1989): 243 ancient (Grk [1-101], RRC [102-139], RIC [140-243]), EID MAR denarius (Lot 134, ex Mazzini 15) on cover, 142 pp. total. – 53 (Sp 1990): 241 ancient (Grk [1-108], RIC [109-241]), 127 pp. total. – 54 (F 1990): 257 ancient (Grk [1-121], RIC [122-257]), 135 pp. total. – 57 (Sp 1992): 278 ancient (Grk [1-131], RIC [132-278]), p.81-2 essay for Tarentum AV Stater (Lot 4), 132 pp. total. | Ex KF WA5, 64 |
| SOTHEBY’S | London | See also PARKE-BERNET (New York), Sotheby’s American affiliate. | |
| Ashburnham | 6 May 1895 | Catalogue of the Collection of Greek Coins … the Earl of Ashburnham. 267 Lots (258 Ancient: 1-254, Greek; 255-258, LR/Byz gold), many Greek ill. on 5 Pl. [Spring 761; Clain-Stefanelli 1938; Online (many others): named Archive-UCLA & Archive-ANS; non-named copy (rare thus!), poorly trimmed plates: Archived-Met.] The present Earl was Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham (1797–1878). At least 55 coins listed as ex 1859 Lord Northwick sale, although the “anonymous press-cutting” excerpted in Spring (p. 294) hints that there may have been more: “The present collection consists mainly of the series acquired by Mr. Samuel Addington, a well-known collector, most of them coming from Lord Northwick’s sale in 1859.“ The Northwick sale was unillustrated, though it included many weights & prior provenances; named copies (Archive-ANS) are available. Many also ended up in Bunbury I & II. Binding.: Half brown morocco w/ marbled boards & matching rear endpaper & pastedowns (both). Spine gilt. Bookplate: Fine artistic dedication bookplate (with classical numismatic imagery), “From the Library of the Late Frank Sherman Benson Presented by Miss Mary Benson to the Long Island Historical Society“; signed by celebrated firm Ames & Rollinson (New Yorker, “Illuminators”, 30 May 1931), founded by calligrapher, manuscript artist, “master penman,” & preeminent handwriting expert, Daniel Titus Ames (1835-1909), who later partnered with & passed the business on to his talented apprentice, the “noted engrosser and illuminator of manuscripts” (NYT Obit), Charles W. Rollinson (1857-1937), several of whose bookplates (incl. his personal exlibris) are illustrated in Bowdoin’s (1901: p. 173) The Rise of the Bookplate, a direct descendent of William Rollinson (1762-1862) [objects, Worcester Art Museum], another important artist-craftsman (w/ commissions by G. Washington & A. Hamilton) & bookplate engraver (a dozen cat. in C. D. Allen’s 1894 American Bookplates, being those produced for other figures of particular historic note). Annotations: Hand-ruled (very neatly in red ink), named (blank ink, gutter), priced (margin). The annotations in this catalog raise some interesting questions. Comparing them to other hand-annotated copies of this same sale, their physical similarity is unmistakable. Likewise, others of the period… to continue (more notes to add) | Prices & buyer names hand-annotated; Exlibris Frank Sherman Benson; dedication bookplate, Long Island Historical Society. Photos, notes on “Favorites” pg. |
| Jungfleish II | 9 Mar 1972 | [Part II of the Jungfleisch Collection. Followed by a second portion, not annotated here, consisting of “Ancient, English, and Foreign Coins” from Various Properties] 310 Lots Ancient, incl. 294 coins of Roman Egypt, Alexandria, many ill. on 4 Pl. ancient (total 488 Lots, 6 Pl.); incl. bio. foreword. [Spring 836; Clain-Stefanelli 4543 (Roman Egypt).] Note: Marcel Clément Léon Jungfleish (1879-1858) had died long before the sale. He was a “praticien de la monnaie” rather than professional numismatist. His archive, including his work on numismatic biography, was bequeathed to Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, Cairo (IFAO). A second archive bequeathed to Institut Français d’Égypte may have burned in the 2011 uprising.(Re: prior parag., see Faucher, 2020, INC [saved locally]). | [Lot 134 (ill.) = CJJ Coll. = RPC IV.4 3092, ex 15 ; lost in transit (?) ex Wishnevsky] |
| Met I [Durkee et al.] | 10 Nov 1972 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Part One: Roman Gold Coins [Coll. of Jospeh H. Durkee (d. 1898), et al.]. Zurich. 347 Lots (all AV Aurei), f. ill. inline (bw), plus 7 pl. bw & 1 pl. color enlargements; Durkee: Lots 1-229; many coins with prior 19th cent. provenances (esp. Montagu; Lot 11 ill. in Eckhel VI [1828]). Foreword, Preface, and Introduction, incl. discussion of history of Met’s numismatic coll. & its relationship w/ ANS (apparently these coins were held by ANS for decades?). PRL photocopied. Hardcover. [Spring 837; Clain-Stefanelli 3681] Note: Tragically, the Met deaccessioned its spectacular collection to pay for the famed Euphronios Krater — only to repatriate it back to Italy in 2008. Fortunately, there is presently a numismatic display (somehow incl. certain pieces sold in 1972-3). Remaining permanent coins & other loans have been exhibited since c. 1996, expanded in 2007/8. (See van Alfen’s “New Greek and Roman Galleries…” in ANS Magazine 6: 2 [Sum 2007]). See also note below. | Ex FORVM (Aug 2022: BK22497) |
| Met II [Ward] | 4 Apr 1973 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Part Two: Greek Coins from the John Ward Collection. Zurich. 773 Lot, f. ill. on 31 pl. [Spring 838 (corr. CS No.); Clain-Stefanelli 1910; Kroh, p. 10 (see also p. 43); DLK, p. 26 (2 stars, series)] Note: Also ex-J.P. Morgan, who bought & donated the collection in 1905. G.F. Hill published it w/ much preferable photos to Sotheby’s: Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Greek Coins of the Collection of John Ward, F.S.A. (1901, London: n.s.); Greek coins and their parent cities (1902, London: John Murray). See also note above. | |
| Doheny | 20 Jun 1979 | Catalogue of the Collection of Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins. (Formed by Patrick A. Doheny of Beverly Hills, California). London: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co. 245 lots, f. ill. (b&w inline), unpaginated (x + 83 per Manville, 3 coins per page). Perhaps half w/ important provenances listed. Several pp. of color enlargements for gold coins (mostly Roman). Half-page “Preface.” Hardcover, green boards lettered in black. Est. & bid sheets, PRL absent. [Spring 847; Manville p. 347, 1979.30] Quite a fine little catalog! The “Hirmer style” (perhaps even by Hirmer?) color photographs are extraordinary. | Common Crow Books, Jan 2026 |
| Duke of Northum. | 4 Dec 1982 | Roman Coins From the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland Removed From Alnwick Castle. London. 560 lots, 74 pp. + 12 pl. (pp. & pl. unnumbered). Intro essay w/ inline photos of the mahogany cabinets. [Numiswiki ; WWE Catalogs ; Clain-Stefanelli — ; Manville-Robertson p. 352, 1982-53 (double-check)] Plates: 1: AV (Greek X3, RIC X17, Byz X1); 2: “Collection of Coins Relating to the Bible” (Greek thru Byz, 2 reduced photos of labeled display); 3: Denarii (X4) & Sestertii (X8); 4-6: Sestertii; 7: Sestertii (X4) & Middle AE (X8); 8-11: Denarii (RRC, Impt); 12: Denarii (Augustus & “Coinage of the Civil Wars, A.D. 68-69”). Notes: Despite many group lots & limited illustrations (today it would receive an extensive catalog), this is a charming little catalog, really. The interesting “Collection of Coins Relating to the Bible” is kept together w/ its original display in Lot 32 & given 2 pp. of text & a full pl. w/ 2 reduced group display photos. (One hopes this group is still together somewhere, not broken up for individual resale.) The catalog is divided into traditional categories (e.g., “Roman Large Brass”) already old-fashioned in 1982, roughly reflecting how the collector organized it in decades & centuries past. The best sections are “Roman Consular & Family Coins” (234-519, 520-545 [Aug.]) & “Civil Wars, A.D. 68-69” (546-560) — mostly individual lots. The coins cataloged by Adm. William H. Smyth (1856), Descriptive Catalogue of A Cabinet of Roman Family Coins. Smyth’s cat. is referenced for all of the RRC/RIC denarii (234-560) — even coins in group lots. (A marvelous work, as is Smyth’s own 1834 Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Imperial Large-Brass, both well-worth reading even today.) Provenance Notes: >10 of the 15 “Civil Wars” Denarii acq. by C. Gollnow, perhaps the finest priv. coll. of the period, cataloged & sold as Leu 9 (2021). See above. Interestingly, James Smithsonian, founder of the eponymous Washington, DC. Institution, was illegitimate son of Hugh Percy (1714-1786), 1st Duke of Northumberland & founder of this coll. It was consigned by his descendant,10th Duke of Northumberland Hugh Algernon Percy (1914-1988). | Ex ANS Library, w/ rec. “Oct 22 1982” & “Withdrawn” stamps (cover), “D” in pen (top r. cover). [A lovely copy, “as new” besides ANS provenance marks on cover.] |
| Brand 1 | 1 Jul 1982 | [Virgil Brand (1866-1926)] The Brand Collection, Part 1: Roman and European Coins. Zurich. 377 Lots (all single), first 135 Ancient (118 Roman AV & AE Contortionates & Medallions, 17 Pseudo-Imperial AV), ill. throughout, + 1 color plate & 5 pl. enlargements for Roman. Frontispiece & 2.5 pg. intro/bio. [Clain-Stefanelli — ; Manville-Robertson p. 373, 1982-1 (?); DLK –] Very high quality coins, many provenanced to important early 20th cent. collections (esp. Weber & Pozzi for Greek). Although Koppersmith’s notable (2007, The Celator) article describes Parts 3, 5, 7, and 10 as “the four-part Brand Collection” (meaning the parts w/ ancients), he neglected to mention the first sale in 1982, which contains the best coins. | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| Brand 3 | 9 Jun 1983 | [Virgil Brand (1866-1926)] The Brand Collection, Part 3: Greek and Roman Coins. Zurich. 469 Lots (all single), ill. throughout, plus 3 color & 6 enlargment plates. Frontispiece & 2 pg. intro/bio (different from pt. 1, repeated in the later pts.). Preface discussing collecting history (c. 1899-1926, totaling 11,000 coins). [Clain-Stefanelli — ; Manville-Robertson p. 374, 1983-1 (?) ; DLK, p. 26 (2 stars, series)] Very high quality coins, many provenanced to important early 20th cent. collections (esp. Weber & Pozzi for Greek). | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| Brand 5 | 1 Feb 1984 | [Virgil Brand (1866-1926)] The Brand Collection, Part 5: Greek & Roman Coins. London. 718 lots, 24 Pl. (b&w), unpaginated, w/ frontispiece. Incl. many groups, but often with provenances notes (esp. Weber & Pozzi). [Clain-Stefanelli — ; Manville-Robertson p. 374, 1984-1 (?) ; DLK, p. 26/8 (2 stars, series)] | Ex ANS Library Duplicates [Plus Duplicate, ex Brooklyn Gallery] |
| Brand 7 | 25 Oct 1984 | [Virgil Brand (1866-1926)] The Brand Collection, Part 7: Greek & Roman Coins. London. Incl. many groups, but often with provenances notes (esp. Weber & Pozzi). [Clain-Stefanelli — ; DLK, p. 26/8 (2 stars, series)] | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| Brand 10 | 24 Oct 1985 | [Virgil Brand (1866-1926)] The Brand Collection, Part 10, The Final Portion: Classical & Modern Coins. London. 193 Lots ancient, 3 Pl. (of 630 Lots & 19 Pl. total). Ancients in groups & single lots. Plates divided about equally between Greek & RIC. [Clain-Stefanelli — ; DLK, p. 26/8 (2 stars, series)] The 10-volume series of Brand Catalogs included ancients in 5 (vols. 1, 3, 5, 7, 10), though some include non-ancient coins as well. Thus, the set here is “complete for ancients.” | Ex Helmut Cohn AKA Herman Selig (bookplate); Noonans (28 Sep 22), 1486; Nemona Collectables (SF), 2025 |
6043 [NB Hunt I] | 19 Jun 1990 | The Nelson Bunk Hunt Collection: Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins [Part I]. New York. Unpaginated (c. 200 pp.). 90 lots (Nos. 55-164), f. ill. inline (B&W plus color enlargements for each). 2 pp. foreword by David Sellwood (then RNS President). Hardcover w/ glossy photo dustjacket. Original PRL. [Daehn 2108 (for complete series of sales) ; WWE, corr. (only 90, starts lot 55): “Many of the most famous and expensive types (EID MAR denarious, Agrigentum decadrachm, Athens decadrachm, Demareteion, Alexander ‘Porus’ decadrachm, etc.)…late Roman gold medallions” ; DLK, p. 28 (2 stars, series)] The highest quality coins (at least 21 hammering over $100K, two over $500K), with the most extravagant cataloging, at least two full pp. per coin, incl. full-p. color enlargements for every coin. | Bt. Bryce Brown, Sep 2021; Ex Irv Ford (Walnut Creek, CA) Library, his small sticker in front cover |
| 6044 [NB Hunt II] | 21 Jun 1990 | The Nelson Bunk Hunt Collection: Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins [Part II]. New York. 789 lots (Nos. 165-953), f. ill. inline (B&W, a few color enlargements). 8-pp intro essay by Margaret Ellen Mayo, “Collecting Ancient Art: An Historical Perspective.” Hardcover w/ glossy photo dustjacket. Original PRL. [Daehn 2108 (for complete series of sales) ; WWE ; DLK, p. 28 (2 stars, series)] M.E. Mayo’s essay is the best among the contributions by illustrious scholars. It is reprinted from the 1983 volume to accompany the Hunt Brothers exhibitions, Wealth of the Ancient World, pp. 25-34. [Archive.org loanable.] | Bt. World Numismatics LLC (Carefree, AZ), 17 Sep 2021 |
| 6054 [NB Hunt III] | 4 Dec 1990 | The Nelson Bunk Hunt Collection: Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins [Part III]. New York. 117 lots. Introduction by Elvira Clain-Stefanelli. Hardcover w/ glossy photo dustjacket. [Daehn 2108 (for complete series of sales) ; WWE, “One of the finest catalogs,” top grades for coins (Very High Value) & photos (Very High Quality Presentation), above Part II ; DLK, p. 28 (2 stars, series)] See also: Photos & notes on “Catalog Favorites” for more about the annotations. Possibly Rubinger’s, same hand as my annotated Bank Leu 52 & Bank Leu 71 (ex Rubinger). | Bt. Bryce Brown, Sep 2021; Ex Bank Leu (stamp), annotated, poss. Rubinger’s hand |
| 6055 [NB Hunt IV] | 5 Dec 1990 | The Nelson Bunk Hunt Collection: Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins [Part IV]. New York. 1,066 lots, most ill. No intro. [Daehn 2108 (for complete series of sales) ; WWE: “916 ancients among 1066 lots, the rest unphotographed multiple-coin lots” ; DLK, p. 28 (2 stars, series)] | Bryce Brown, Sep 2021 |
| 6055 [WH Hunt I] | 5 Dec 1990 | The William Herbert Hunt Collection: Important Byzantine Coins [Part I]. New York. Unpaginated, 962 lots (c. 1100 coins, mostly single lots, some groups throughout), a. f. ill. (67 B&W plates). Two page introduction by Simon Bendall. (Not particularly enlightening or important.) “Experts in Charge”: Tom Eden, David Tripp, Simon Bendall, Mish Tworkowski, Paul Song. Hardcover w/ glossy photographic dustjacket. [WWE: “The photos are okay”] Though not mentioned by Bendall, “authorship” of this “collection” should be credited to the buyer, Bruce McNall, rather than the payer, WHH (perhaps so for NBH, too). Whether “collection,” “accumulation,” or “property,” though, Bendall is no doubt still correct, 35 years later, that the sale was on such a grand scale that it is “unlikely to be repeated in the near, or even distant, future.” | Bryce Brown, Sep 2021 |
| 6148 [WH Hunt II] | 21 Jun 1991 | The William Herbert Hunt Collection: Important Byzantine Coins [Part II]. New York. Unpaginated, 646 lots. 114 f. ill. (B&W, inline) single lots, followed by 552 group lots, some ill. (Front matter, but no intro.) Glossy photographic card cover. [WWE] The Hunt sales are best known for magnificent rarities, but the group lots may represent them best. WHH reportedly instructed Bruce McNall (2003: 66) to buy “all the [Byzantine gold] coins there are, in the world. Everything.” There were 414 group lots containing as many as 60 or 100 gold coins (perhaps five or ten thousand Byzantine gold coins total), minimally described, a small fraction photographed. Lot 611, for example, including fewer than one character per coin (counting spaces): “Michael VII, 1071 – 1078, Histamena (100), Constantinople (S. 1868), mainly fine and better“. Several bronze groups contained over 250 coins. Lot 228 had the most, with “c. 1100…Many pieces from the Mardin hoard.” Any Byzantine collector today surely owns Hunt Collection coins (unless buying entirely from recent finds), but virtually none of those provenances can ever be recovered. | Bryce Brown, Sep 2021 [CJJ Coll. = Lot 178, part = SB 223 (Justinian Follis)] |
| NFA / Athena Fund I | 26 Oct 1993 (Zurich) | Sold on the Instructions of the Agent: Numismatic Fine Arts, International. 156 Lots (Greek, Roman, Byzantine), f. ill. & described w/ generous commentary. [DLK, p. 28 (2 stars, series); The Celator v7, n8 (Aug 1993): p. 22 (article) & p. 21 (advert); The Anvil 3.6 (Nov. 1993): Market Report, “Athena Fund Sale”] 3 Copies Total: Two duplicates copies in original glossy card covers as issued. (Also published in hardcover, but I don’t have one. Example sold by S. Kovacevic [ANE].) Notes, Catalog Provenance: Frank Kovacs Library, bound with the following day’s sale (Athena Fund Part II) in green hardcover w/ gilt spine (“NUMISMATIC FINE ARTS IN LIQUIDATION / SOTHEBY’S ZURICH / 1993”), original covers bound in (ea. w/ his adhesive addr. lab. on fr. up. r. corner). His saleroom copies annotated w/ bids, codes, bidder/paddle nos., but also with notes added on multiple occasions pre-sale, reflecting provenance research, discussions w/ dealers & clients, observations at viewing (incl. tooling & altered coins), etc. Catalog notes continued below (Athena Fund II). Notes, Coin Provenances: Highest quality coins in the “collection,” the NFA-Athena Fund-Bruce McNall crown jewels. A pleasure to read and, in my view, one of the classic catalogs of the 20th century (for several reasons). From The Celator (Aug 1993): “The coins in this sale are of particular interest, aside from their extraordinary appeal, because they represent holdings from the highly publicized Merrill Lynch “Athena Fund”. Including coins from both Athena I and Athena II, the eyes of the investment world as well as the collector fraternity will undoubtedly be riveted to this sale.“ | [1] Kovacs Library bound w/ Part 2, his annoted saleroom copy [2] dupl. w/ “Dear Client” corrsp. signed Tom Eden [3] dupl. ex FAC |
| NFA / Athena Fund II | 27 Oct 1993 (Zurich) | Sold on the Instructions of the Agent: Numismatic Fine Arts, International 1,734 Lots (Greek, Roman, Byzantine, many groups), most ill. in-line (the groups partially and/or one-sided), plus enlargements. Incl. Samaria Hoard (Meshorer & Qedar 1991) & others. [DLK, p. 28 (2 stars, series); The Celator v7, n8 (Aug 1993): p. 22 (article) & p. 21 (advert); The Anvil 3.6 (Nov. 1993): Market Report, “Athena Fund Sale”] 3 Copies Total: Two duplicates copies in original glossy card covers as issued. Notes, Catalog Provenance (continued from above [Athena Fund I]): Frank Kovacs Library, bound in green hardcover, gilt lettering on spine, with the preceding day’s sale (Athena Fund Part I). Both thoroughly annotated, but Part II especially (blue, red, black ink; yellow highlighter, pencil, etc.). The Frank L. Kovacs Numismatic Library, “undoubtedly one of the largest and most complete reference collections on ancient numismatics” in the American West, was famously (at least by the standards of classical numis. lit.!) acquired by Stanford University Libraries (D.A. Jordan, Jun 2016 [Remix: Stanford Libraries Newsletter], reprinted: CW, 3 Aug 2016 & E-Sylum [19.32.11], 7 Aug 2016). (Stanford also houses many coins ex Kovacs & Lindgren collections.) Apparently, however, some numismatic volumes remained in the “Frank L. Kovacs Archaeology Library” sold by CNG in 2026, including this and one other than I managed to acquire: Kovac’s annotated copy of Lindgren & Kovacs 1985 (from which my collection includes several “plate coins”). As of Apr 2026, I still need to add the Kovacs copies to the website, but see to see other literature related to coins from this sale, see here (Mazaios) & here (SH) on my page for “Provenance Coins, Part II: E. Greek” & also on my old Numis. Lit page. Notes, Coin Provenances: Many coins (incl. >10 ex-SH) later Stack’s 3 Dec 1996 Part II (NOT Price Coll.) w/o provenance, some acq. Jay Galst, sold CNG 2021-2022 (118, Triton XXV & EA 510 ff.). Given the number of group lots in this & Part III, large numbers of these coins can be routinely observed in current auctions, often w/o the provenance. | [1] Kovacs Library bound w/ Part 1, his annoted saleroom copy [2] & [3] dupls. [CJJ Col. (both acq. sans prov.) Lot 808 (Mazaios) & 972 (Samaria Hd. Obol).] |
| NFA / Athena Fund III et al. | 9 Dec 1993 (New York) | PARTLY ex NFA / Athena Fund. 567 Lots Ancient (Greek, Roman, some Byzantine; also some ancient & Visigoth from another consignment, plus U.S. / World Coins), many-to-most groups, many-to-most illustrated (often part only). [The Celator v7, n8 (Aug 1993): p. 22 (article) & p. 21 (advert); The Anvil 4.1 (Jan. 1994): Market Report, “Athena Fund Sale”] By far the least sought-after of the three, often completely forgotten, but nonetheless very useful relative to an average contemporary catalog, and important for the set. | [plus duplicate] |
| 5395 | 5 Jul 1995 | Two Hundred Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins. 200 lots (f. ill.). [Annotated in WWE Catalog Collection, “outstanding catalog” ; DLK, p. 28 (2 stars, series)] Ex-ANTIQUA, Inc. (Steve Rubinger, Woodland Hills, CA), customer presentation copy with ephemera, sent out to Rubinger’s auction representation clientele. Letter laid in (“Dear Fellow Numismatists”) discussing his planned attendance at the auction in London and terms for auction representation. [Cf. his advertisement in The Celator Nov 1993 (vol 11: 2) discussing services.] | Ex ANTIQUA w/ ephemera |
| 7214 [Conte] | New York, 1 Nov 1998 | [William J. Conte] An Important Private Collection of Byzantine Coins. 180 pp., 599 single lots f. ill. (b&w, w/ many color enlargements throughout), legends fully transcribed. Cardbound. Two-pp. historical intro. essay (unsigned). Throughout: numis. & hist. commentary (often extensive, some pages only 1-2 coins). Important provenance & object bio for many: prior colls. (e.g., Garrett, many Goodacre, especially W.H. Hunt, and others) & pub. hist. (especially Berk [1986] Roman Gold, also Sear Byzantine, Hahn MIB, and many others). [WWE, “Very long coin descriptions” (consignor unnamed); Classical Economies, Sale Catalogs (also unnamed); Brousseau –; The Celator 13.1 (Jan 1999, post-sale report)] Note: Otherwise high production value, but among last cats. to rely primarily on b&w photos. Most gold, few silver, couple bronze. Constans (337-340) through Andronicus II (1320-1334). Full legends transcribed for every coin, highly unusual for many types from the 7th cent. onward, due to their increasingly erratic renderings. Consignor Note: Curiously, the collector is unnamed, despite his “Late Roman and Byzantine Coins” being sold as “The Dr. William J. Conte Collection” (Baldwin’s 2, 5 Oct 1994). (No overlapping coins.) I’m not sure how it’s known to be Conte’s, besides “everyone knows.” From 2001-3: CNG 58, 60, Triton VI (and e-Auctions) = “William J. Conte Collection” of Anglo Saxon in III p. (provenance indicated by section of print catalog, not in online lot archives). In 2009: NAC Auctions 51, 52 = “The William James Conte Collection of Roman Sestertii and Bronze and Silver Medallions” in II p. In 2001, Fitzwilliam Mus. acq. ~750 Noman & Angevin coins from his coll. (also). By profession, a geneticist (Stanford U. & Greenwich, CT). | Ex Hendin Library (no owner marks), acq, Jan 2024; |
| SOUTH LAND | MS | SOUTHLAND NUMISMATICS, LTD. Todd A. Herring (Mississippi). | |
| FPL 7 | Winter 1994 | 14 pp., ancient coins ill. inline (plus 1 pl. antiquities). [Fitzwilliam] Final list cataloged by Fitz. (after 5, 6, one per year, 1992-4). | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 49 [2021], 940 [part]) |
| SPINK | London | ||
| 110 | Wareham Hoard, Philip V. Hill Collection of Roman Imperial | [CJJ Coll = 284.6 (Domna As) & 7X Wareham AR Ants ex Rudi Smits, listed in CHRB X] | |
| STACK’S | NYC | ||
| FPLs X4 | 1935 – 1948 | CNG description: (1) Auction (18 October 1935) [1985 reprint]; (2) FPL (November 1943); (3) FPL (1945-1946); (4) Auction (2 October 1947). The H.R. Lee Collection et al. (5) FPL 40 (Spring 1948) | CNG 597, 1216 Ex Joseph E. Stone (1945-46) |
| 248 [JQA- MHS I] | 5 Mar 1971 | The Massachusetts Historical Society Collection…..Featuring the Collection of President John Quincy Adams and Descendants, Part I: Ancient Coins. 971 Lots, 11 Pl. Foreword (Thomas B. Adams, p.2) & useful introductory essay about the history of collection & family (“The Adams Family as Collectors,” pp. 4-5). Many group lots, relatively few coins illustrated. Group lots may have been sold with a single envelope/tag, so most coins have not retained documentary or physical evidence of provenance. [Clain-Stefanelli 1975; Spring 857; Adams pp. 144, 313: No. 248 (corr.: erroneous categories graded?); Gengerke (2009), p. 593; Online via Archive & NNP] Notes: Although the collection was started by the US President, John Quincy Adams (1767-1848; possibly by his father, John Adams, the 2nd US President), it appears that all of the ancients were added to the collection by his son, Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886; also an important American politician; see Provenance Glossary). The grandson, Henry Adams (1838-1918; of The Education of…), did not add to the collection, and donated it to the MHS in 1913. As the coins were not exhibited, the MHS sold the coins in 1971 when the Board could no longer justify the risk of theft and expense of security. | Ex Christian Blom, annotated saleroom copy, w/ buyer names. Photos etc. on “Favorites” pg. Copy 2: clean duplicate CJJ Coll.: Lots 496.3 (later RBW 1325, Rubria Quinarius) & 939 (part; Diocletian AE) |
| 251 | 14 Jun 1971 | A Collection of Ancient Roman Coins in Gold, Silver and Bronze. 1072 lots, 66 pages, 15 plates. [CS 3654; Spring 858; Adams pp. 145, 313: No. 251 (“B” for Ancient); Gengerke (2009), p. 593; Avail. Online (Archive, NNP)] Note from BCD (not this copy): “Some unusually high quality Roman for a U.S. sale of the early ‘70s.” | |
| 253 [JQA- MHS II] | 17 Sep 1971 | The Massachusetts Historical Society Collection…..Featuring the Collection of President John Quincy Adams and Descendants, Part II: Foreign Coins. 1269 Lots, 19 Pl. Foreword (Thomas B. Adams, p. 2) & substantial illustrated essay with an important history of the collection (by James C. Risk, pp. 3-7). [Adams pp. 145, 313: No. 253 (“B” Overall); Gengerke (2009), p. 593; Avail. Online (Archive, NNP)] Note: Although this catalog contains no ancient (or Byzantine) coins, it is still worthwhile to the collector of ancients for its introductory essay on the collection, including some images of the collector labels (I’m not sure if any were sent to buyers w/ coins). The Foreword is repeated from Part I, but the essay by J.C. Risk is entirely new & quite valuable. | Ex Christian Blom, annotated saleroom copy, w/ buyer names. Photos etc. on “Favorites” pg. Copy 2: clean duplicate |
| 317 [Sawhill -JMU] | 15 Mar 1979 | Dr. John A. Sawhill Collection, sold by order of James Madison University Foundation, Inc. Ancient and Foreign Coins. 1,499 Lots (1,265 Ancient), 11 Pl., (~7.5 Pl. Ancient). Intro essay re: Sawhill coll. [Clain-Stefanelli 1770; Spring 862; Gengerke (2009), p. 595; Online via Archive & NNP] See also: more background & commentary on “Catalog Favorites” | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 50 [16 Sep 2022], Lot 1108). [CJJ Coll: Lot 157 (Messenia Triobol)] |
| 326 [Knobloch RIC] | 1 May 1980 | The Greater New York Numismatic Convention Sale: The Frederick S. Knobloch Collection of Roman Imperial Coins. 222 pp., 1438 lots, 40 plates. [Gengerke (2009), p. 595; Note from BCD (not this copy)] Notes: Begins w/ 4 lovely color plates (w/ tissue before & after), one ea. AR, AV, two AE. | Ex Jeff Peck (PA), acq. by CSJ (Oct. 2021) |
| [Knobloch LRBC] | 5 May 1984 | The Greater New York Numismatic Convention Sale – Part II: The Frederick S. Knobloch Collection of Late Roman & Byzantine Coins. 108 pp., 679 lots (no. 1201-1879), perhaps half ill. inline + 5 pl. [Gengerke (2009), p. 596; WWE (below); Online via Archive & NNP] Annotated on WWE Catalogs (this copy?): “… small format. 679 lots, many not illustrated. (I’d guess about 400 of the best are illustrated) 569 gold and silver from Diocletian to the end of the empire, 310 Byzantine gold and silver. (A few excellent copper coins are illustrated) Late Roman and Byzantine gold and silver (679)” | Ex WWE (Jul 2024) |
| [MIRB] | 12 Jan 2009 | Moneta Imperii Romani Byzantini: The Coinage of the Late Roman Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, and their Successor States from the Germanic Invasions to the Russian Empire. 640 Lots, f. ill. (color). Softcover. PRL. Constantine I through Constantine XI, plus 272 lots of contemps. & successors. Apparently formed c. 1973-2001, inc. Important content not in lot archives (but see PDF): Six pp. of intro. essays, incl. 1 p. background on formation of “The Collection of Connoisseur.” Addl. brief hist. intros. & commentary throughout. Note: Sold on the same day as & cataloged on ACSearch under name, “The Golden Horn Collection,” but I believe they are different colls., despite being sometimes mixed up later provenances. | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (monogram on cover) |
| STERNBERG | Zurich | Frank Sternberg (d. 1994) & Claudia Sternberg (from 1994 on). Sternberg produced one or two high quality catalogs per year with many plates (most after 1976 have >50 pl., up to 102 in 1998!), almost always emphasizing ancient coins, perhaps half also incl. smaller numbers of Medieval, Renaissance, Islamic, and/or World, sometimes antiquities and literature. (Only catalogs II & IV lack ancient.) Beginning in 1994, after Frank Sternberg’s death, his daughter Claudia ran the firm. (See her 1-pp. “In Memoriam” essay at the front [in German]. See also Silvia Hurter’s Nekrolog in SMB 174: 57 & Künker’s Apr 2025 [6728] bio.) BCD Library Duplicates 2016, 189 (Auction I): “The Sternberg auction catalogues are generally underappreciated amongst the younger generations of ancient coin collectors. Frank Sternberg was, however, a very meticulous dealer who spared no effort to ensure that his catalogues would be as accurate and as presentable as possible. This is his first auction, entirely composed of Roman coins, most of them with impressive pedigrees.“ Auction I is reputed to have consisted of Sternberg’s private collection, including the Woodward-McCullough EID MAR, which went to Weintraub, Hunt, and RoboCop actor Peter Weller (see Antiqua VII, above). Catalogs online via Archive indexed by rNumis. | |
| VIII | 16 Nov 1978 | 1,090 Lots f. ill. on 50 Pl. (+ 2 enlrg.), Greek, RRC (435: EID MAR Denarius), RIC (scattered RPC, Alexandrian), Byz, Axum (1.5 Pl.), contemporaries. Over 12 plates of Byzantine, most AE! [Online: Archive – rNumis] | Ex WWE (Jul 2024) |
| XXIV | 19 Nov 1990 | Incl. some Judaean/Samarian from 1968 Nablus Hoard; Jay Galst acq. some lots. Some later (Renaissance/Swiss) [Online: Archive – rNumis] | Ex ANS Library Duplicates (12 Mar 2022) This copy illustrated in E-Sylum 25 (10), 6 Mar 2022, Article 2 |
| XXVI | 16 Nov 1992 | 502 Coin Lots f. ill. on >27 Pl. of coins (+ enlrg.), +>250 antiquities lots on 23 Pl. Greek (9 Pl. incl. fine run of 19 small Judaean/Samarian AR fractions, ex Nablus Hd.?), Aes Grave (>2.5 pl.), RRC (>3 Pl., many struck AE), RIC (10 Pl., scatt. RPC), Byz (>1 Pl.) [Online: Archive – rNumis] Note: The final auction under Frank Sternberg’s direction. | Ex WWE (Jul 2024) |
| XXVIII | 312 Lots f. ill. on 26 Pl. (+2 enlrg.), all Roman Imperial bronze, many w/ important provenances noted [Online: Archive – rNumis] | Ex WWE (Jul 2024) | |
| STETTNER | Munich | Karl Stettner. Fitzwilliam only notes 2 FPLs published in 1938 & 1939. I’ve seen one other sale of the 1938 FPL. Neither list on HEIDI. Absent from KBR. (Based on FPL 1, I would certainly consider these well worth acquiring if affordable.) | |
| FPL 1 | 1938 | Lagerverzeichnis 1. Mit 4 Lichtdrucktafeln. 2040 Nrs., 908 Ancient (Nrs. 1113-2020). 4 Pl. (black & white). Small booklet, pale olive card covers. References, weights (0.1g) for the Greek coins, many of their legends transcribed. Some nrs. offering multiple coins in different conditions. A remarkable list, despite ill. only 48 coins– all of them Hellenistic or Classical Tetradrachms, almost all high quality (many Alexanders, some Athens, some Ptolemaic, Seleucid). The advertised “Lichtdrucktafeln” are spectacular, surely among the most beautiful I’ve seen in a pre-WWII fixed price list. Among the coins described briefly (incl. refs.) are hundred of Alexandrian and Roman Imperial. About 40 RRC (13 w/ weights to 0.1g). Apparently quite scarce. Provenance Note: In 2012, No. 1837 (Pl. 3, Alexander Tet. from Abydos) re-appeared in Künker 204 (Lot 220), which catalog I also acq. from the Bibliothek Wenninger. (Perhaps he was involved with Künker 2004?) The catalog, however, omits the Stettner provenance. Making the oversight especially perplexing, the original 1938 Stettner tag still accompanied the coin (more than 80 years later) when CNG sold it in 2019! | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger, his usual inked title on spine & penciled monogram on title page |
| SUPERIOR | Beverly Hills | Superior Galleries. The Money Talks [ALT: Money Talk$ or MONEYTALK$] issues mostly available online via NNP / Archive.org. Generally also including other collectibles: antiquities, postage stamps, sports memorabilia, and/or U.S. & World Coinage. Usually FPL, but occasional “Special MBS” issues. The numbering is a bit confusing, I haven’t tried to figure it out. | |
| Classical | late 1968 | Classical Coins of the Greeks & Romans. Small booklet (thick), 881 Ancient of 1022+ Lots, w/ separate Pictorial Supplement (25 of 28 Pl. Ancient). “Turtles of Aegina” by Ira Goldberg. B. Brown: “a thick and well-illustrated fixed price catalog with Pictoral Supplement featuring Ancient & world coins, and odd+curioius money; an early Superior publication, scarce” | Ex Bryce Brown, Aug 2023 order |
| Classical | n.d. [1970] | Classical Coins of the Greeks & Romans. Large Format. TEXT VOLUME ONLY (PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT ABSENT) Yellow cover w/ marble bust of Julius Caesar. 1536+ Lots, the first 1006 Lots Ancient (plus collections, 1007-1016), thru 1032 counting Sasanian, Trebizond, etc. Then Medieval & World. B. Brown: “a massive offering of ancient and world coins, very well-catalogued; articles and commentary;” | Ex Bryce Brown, Aug 2023 order |
| Judaean | Jul 1971 | Ancient Judaean & Biblical Coins & Rare Artifacts. Small Booklet. 353+ Ancient Coin listings (first 79 apparently group specials), plus antiquities, books, etc. Internal “Pictorial Supplement”: 11 Pl. Coins (10 Ancient [142 coins ill.] + 1 Medieval), 8 Pl. Antiquities. Judaean, Greek, RPC, RIC, RRC, Byz. B. Brown: “extensive and extensively illustraded and well cataloged price list of ancient coins & artifacts; scarce early Superior publication” | Ex Bryce Brown, Aug 2023 order; Poss. ex RBW Library (?), “7/71” in pen on cover, possibly in RBW’s hand. |
| Auction | 14 Oct 1971 | Antiquities, Rare, Ancient and Medieval Coins. 682 Ancient coins + medieval + antiquities (Moshe Dayan Coll.), total 1,091 Lots, ma. ill. on 15 / 19 coin plates ancient + 12 pl. antiquities. | |
| [Bromberg 1] | 5 Dec 1991 | Abraham Bromberg Jewish part 1 [“used at sale” photocopy of catalog, extensively annotated by Joel Malter; ex. Malter 6/2006 literature auction] | Ex Malter Library, Annotated; ex Bryce Brown |
| Newsletters (many) | 1970- 1997 | Still some to be sorted (plus some other Superior sale catalogs) | Many ex RBW Library, w/ his address label, acq. from Bryce Brown, Aug 2023 |
| MONEY TALKS | Feb 1970 | Six pages (heavy yellow stock), all adverstising/specials, folded over as a booklet, incl. a special for Widow’s Mites | Ex RBW Library [addr. label], acq. Bryce Brown |
| MONEY TALKS | Mar 1970 | Thin, six-panel (3 x double-sided) fold-out pages (incl. covers), var. medals & other weird collectibles, no ancient coins | Ex RBW Library [addr. label], acq. Bryce Brown |
| MONEY TALKS | Apr 1970 | Thin, triple-size fold-out pages, six total counting covers, folded for mailing, Roman glass, fractional currency, Shekel of Tyre special, medals, commem. stamps, articles about stolen moon rocks | Ex RBW Library [addr. label], acq. Bryce Brown |
| MONEY TALKS [6.8] | Oct 1976 | “Aegina Hoard” (p. 14), 30 pieces found in Colophon (W. Turkey), found w/ “handful of Athenian Tetradrachms,” a dozen picked, 10 in a group photo; no other ancient coins; scarabs, Egyptian wood antiquities | Ex Bryce Brown Aug 2023, addr. label detached (RBW?) |
| Money Talk$ [12.3, FPL] | Aug 1982 | Special Issue Featuring: Antiquities and Ancient Coins. 245 Ancients (pp. 16-31), most ill., plus specials, no weights, three fine provenances (169 [Dorset Mus.], 173 [Oman], 210 [Vierordt]); Barcid Dishekel (Hannibal/Hamilcar? type) | Ex RBW Library [addr. label], acq. Bryce Brown |
| Money Talk$ [14.3, FPL] | Jul 1983 | Ancient pp. 34-39, ~68 ill. (one provenance noticed, 53: Commodus Sestertius from nonexistent “Ars Classica 37”! they meant Ars Classica 17, 1504, Evans Coll.), also antiquities sections & specials | Ex RBW Library [addr. label], acq. Bryce Brown |
| Money Talk$ [15.2, FPL] | Mar 1984 | Ancient pp. 17-21, ~100 ancient coins of which 70 illustrated, followed by 126 bargain ancients not ill. | Ex Don See/Bryce Brown |
| Money Talk$ [15.4, FPL] | Aug 1984 | Ancient pp. 3-8, 82 coins f. ill., several each ex Virgil Brand & Garrett Collections, Hall Park McCullough; pp. 9-11, 240 bargain coins no ill. | Ex RBW Library [addr. label], acq. Bryce Brown |
| Money Talk$ [17.2, FPL] | Dec 1986 | Dec 1986 / Jan 1987. Ancients pp. 22-27 + specials, ~100 ancients many-to-most ill. | Ex RBW Library [addr. label], acq. Bryce Brown |
| Money Talk$ [18.1, FPL] | Su 1987 | 13 ancients f. ill. on pp. 4-5, specials pp. 9-11, 25, 38 | Ex RBW Library [addr. label], acq. Bryce Brown |
| Money Talk$ [19.2, FPL] | Dec 1987 | Ancients pp. 4-11, 64 coins f. ill. (but some badly faded) plus specials | Ex RBW Library [addr. label], acq. Bryce Brown |
| Money Talk$ [24.3, FPL] | Su 1989 | pp. 5-15 ancient, 149 coins f. ill., plus specials, remainder mostly philatelic | Ex RBW Library [addr. label], acq. Bryce Brown |
| Money Talks [24.4, FPL] | W 1989 | 110 ancient coins (pp. 22-30), f. ill. Greek, RRC, RIC, Byz, weights (0.01g) for most Greek AR/AV only, 3 w/ provenances (Sotheby Apr 1970 AV Octo., Arnold Coll. Caius Denarius, Consul Weber 2745 Valens AR); plus specials; plus 16 jewelry & 95 addl. listings (pp. 62-67), only 6 ill.; plus specials, huge special antiquities sale | 3X: Ex RBW Library [addr. label]; ex FAC; ex Bryce Brown, addr. detached |
| Money Talks [25/ 24.1, FPL] | Sp 1990 | [* misnumbered “Volume 25”?] Ancients (pp. 48-66), 279 single listings, half illustrated, plus specials | Ex Don See/Bryce Brown |
| Money Talks [24.2, FPL] | Su-F 1990 | No ancient coins (1 or 2 ads for specials) | Ex FAC |
| Money Talks [25.1, FPL] | Mar-Apr 1991 | ~143 ancient coins (pp. 58-69), most ill., plus many specials thru p. 80; a Constantine XI Stavrata (back when they were even rarer!) | Ex RBW Library [addr. label]; dupl. ex FAC |
| Money Talks [I.I, FPL] | Dec 1991 | 76 ancients, f. ill., plus specials; bibliography of Superior catalogs 1970-1991 (for purchase) | Ex FAC |
| Money Talks [I.II, FPL] | Mar 1992 | 24 ancient coins (pp. 6-7, “New Selection”), f. ill. mostly Greek, RIC, some Byz, 1 RRC, 4 RPC (1 AR, 3 AE “City Coins”); weights (0.01g) for Greek/RPC AR/AV only, 2 w/ provenances (NFA XX, Pipito Coll./Superior 1987), then Roman intaglios, currency, memorabilia, philately | 4X: Ex RBW Library [addr. label]; ex FORVM; ex Bookman’s (Tucson); ex Don See/Bryce Brown |
| Money Talks [I.III, MBS] | Jun 1992 | 51 ancient coins, f. ill. mostly Greek, RIC, some Byz, 1 Imperatorial, begins on p. 118 w/ No. 2050 – 2100, weights (0.01g) for most Greek AR/AV only, no provenances. | 4X: Ex RBW Library[addr. label]; ex Joel Malter; ex FORVM; ex Bookman’s, Tucson |
| Money Talk$ [I.IV] | Oct 1992 | Ancients on pp. 20-26, Vagi’s column (“collector program” announced for next issue), 36 single ancient listings plus specials | 2X: Ex Donald H See (1945-2020), ex Dart Stamp, Bryce Brown |
| Money Talks [I.V, FPL] | Dec 1992 | 42 ancient ill., plus 18 ancient bargain & var. specials, column by David Vagi, “Collector Program” unveiled | Ex RBW Library [label]; Dupls. ex FAC; ex Dart Stamp-Coin, Bryce Brown |
| Money Talks [2.I, FPL] | Mar 1993 | 53 ancient ill., bargain list of 34, plus specials, Vagi’s column (p. 62) | 3 Copies: Ex FAC; dupl. ex Donald H See (1945-2020) & Dart-S-C, Bryce Brown |
| Money Talks [23.3, FPL] | W 1993 | 49 ancients ill., plus many specials, Vagi on Abramowitz (p. 50) | Ex FAC; dupl. ex Dart Stamp-Coin, Bryce Brown |
| Money Talk$ | Dec 1997 | 23 pp., pp. 5-10 ancient coins, some group specials, pp. 7-9: 26 nos. single inventory lots; also some antiquities & ancient coin books, otherwise mostly modern (U.S., bullion, etc.) | Ex RBW Library [addr. label], acq. Bryce Brown |
| THIEME | Leipizig | C.G. Thieme.“Numismatischer Verkehr”, or “Numismatic Traffic,” was one of Thieme’s numismatic publications operated in Leipzig and Dreseden (“Numismatische Verein”) from the 1860s at the latest until at least 1927 (the latest I’ve seen). (Fitzwilliam also lists a 1933 auction.) Later issues are standard booklets, but those below are broadsheet. (Interesting: I don’t have it, but Thieme’s 18 Oct 1880 was Sammlung Leitzmann, of the classic 1867 suppl. to Lipsius, Bibliotheca Nummaria. See Poinsignon Teil III, Lot 4839.) | |
| FPL 3X | 1886-8 | July 1886 (numbers 5 & 6), October 1886 (numbers 7 & 8), and January 1888 (numbers 1 & 2). [Cover images from ANS.] VERY FRAGILE! (crumbling) | Ex ANS Library Duplicates, bt. 14 Dec 2022 |
| VEDRINES | Paris | Josiane Vedrines, Monnaies de Collection. c. 1981-1983. Continued in Poindessault’s name. Per Fitzwilliam (Catalogs, T-Z), after 8 Jul 1983: “from this point on the auction catalogues are in the name of POINDESSAULT and VÉDRINES; or VÉDRINES, with POINDESSAULT as expert: for both series see under POINDESSAULT”. Unrelated to the 2016- Monaco firm, MDC (Monnaies de Collection SARL). | |
| MBS [2?] | 21 Dec 1982 | Monnaies de Collection (et Ouvrages de Documentation). Vente sur Offres (Mail Bid Sale). [Unnumbered, but the 2nd in Fitzwilliam’s Catalogs, T-Z.] Lots 1-214 ancient, f. ill. on >8 unnumbered plates, plus ancient supplement, Lots 580-592 (mostly groups of 2-150), 4 ill. Remainder medieval & modern World. 680 lots total, first 580 f. ill. Slim tall catalog, card covers, b&w photos. | Ex FAC BL23814 (corr., only 1 catalog) |
| VICO | Madrid | Jesús Vico. All hardcover except for 138 (thin sale, card cover). | |
| 134 | 28 Feb 2013 | ||
| 135 | 13 Jun 2013 | ||
| 136 | 7 Nov 2014 | ||
| 137 | 6 Mar 2014 | ||
| 138 | 6 Mar 2014 | [209 Spanish & S. American gold coins; no ancient] | |
| 139 | 12 Jun 2014 | ||
| 140 | 6 Nov 2014 | ||
| 141 | 5 Mar 2014 | ||
| 142 | 11 Jun 2015 | ||
| 143 | 5 Nov 2015 | ||
| 144 | 3 Mar 2016 | ||
| 145 | 2 Jun 2016 | ||
| WADDELL | Bethesda | Edward J. Waddell (Bethesda, Maryland). (see also Birkler & Waddell) 6 FPLs (all fully illustrated) + plus The World of Ancient Coins (special publication, his intro to buying expensive ancients) & ephemera/letters. Some received as a customer (though, at age 13, I wasn’t buying many Waddell-quality coins!). I recall marveling at the Arsinoe Dekadrachm on the cover of the first catalog I received. The high value stock allowed EJW to catalog his coins more thoroughly than typical cramped lists. Including bibliography, commentary, weights to 0.01g, high quality photos and plates (and occasional provenances). Thirty years on, still a pleasure to review. He still has an active website (he had the wisdom to register coin.com c. 1995 and keep it active; surely he’s declined substantial offers to buy that domain name. Note to self: Fitzwilliam may be missing some of these dates? | Most mailed to CJJ & CSJ; poss. 1-2 ex Bookman’s, Tucson |
| FPL 27 | n.d. [1987] | “143 numbers plus 8 of literature, 14 pages, 9 plates” | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (PFJ 50, 1040 [part]) |
| FPL 52 | 1991 | [one plate with a photo cut out] 42 ancient coins, plus antiquities & literature; | Mailing list |
| FPL 53 | 1991 (Fall?) | 250 coins (~240 ancient, Greek, RRC, RIC, RPC, Byz]), antiq. & lit., incl. nice RPC & Byz AE, lovely Greek AR fractions; | — |
| FPL 54 | Winter 1992 | 105 ancient coins (Greek, RIC, RPC, Byz, couple RRC), literature; The Celator 6.2 (Feb 1992), p. 15: “Exceptional Ancient Coinage Prevails in Waddell’s List 54.” One column-page summary begins: “A superb mint state tetradrachm of Aradus in Phoenicia graces the cover of Edward J. Waddell, Ltd.’s List Number Fifty-Four. This offering consists of 105 ancient Greek. Roman, and Byzantine coins, as well as a few interesting items of numismatic literature. All 105 coins are illustrated, several with enlargements….” | — |
| FPL 55 | Spring 1992 | [partly wrinkled cover] 193 coins (183 ancient, Greek, RIC, Byz, some RRC and RPC); | — |
| FPL 56 | Summer 1992 | 111 ancient coins (Greek, RIC, Byz, several RPC, few RRC) | — |
| FPL 57 | 1992 (Fall?) | 199 coins (~190 ancient, about 94 Greek [incl. 15 AR fractions], 12 RRC [half Caesar], 35 RIC, 32 RPC, 15 Byz), with >3 Pl. of Greek & RPC AE, some repetition of previous sale lots; | — |
| WARDEN | William B. Warden, Jr. (New Hope, PA). Obituaries in Sep 2000 issue of The Celator 14 (9), p. 2 (K. Wetterstrom) & p. 41 (W.G. Sayles). | ||
| FPL | Ex BCD Library Duplicates | ||
| FPL | Sp 1986 | FPL No.? (Feb-Apr 1986) Full-page list, “78 numbers, 8 pages of which 3 plates” [Fitzwilliam] | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (PFJ 50, 1040 [part]) |
| WEAVER | Cleburne, TX | Douglas Weaver Rare Coins (w/ Tom Stanton) | |
| FPL 1.2 | Nov 1975 | Lot 698 from this sale is an Athens Tetradrachm, previously HJB FPL 2 (Fall 1974), that I bought in 2019 unprovenanced from Morton & Eden (London). Addressed to Henry Christensen (1915-1979), stamped & postmarked 24 Oct 1975. Coin dealers Henry & his son William “Bill” Christensen (d. 2009) were known for their enormous collection of numismatic sale catalogs. See also: Photos & notes on “Catalog Favorites” | Ex BCD Lib., addr. H. Christensen [Lot 698 = JJ Coll.] |
| WORLD- WIDE | Beverly Hills | WORLD-WIDE COINS OF CALIFORNIA. James F. Elmen (1947-) [IAPN profile], w/ Peggy Elmen & Robert C. Elmen. From 1970-1976, JFE worked for World-Wide Coin Investments, Inc. (1973 FPLs: Silvia Haffner collection), changing the surname c. 1978 to present (at least 2022). [See Remy Bourne 5, p. 55: 453-458 ; Gengerke (2009): 688-9] BCD wrote of “Jim Elmen. Reading his short ‘Cataloger’s Comments’ one can already sense the sophisticated future dealer who so successfully mixed wisdom with a unique sense of humour in his World-Wide Coins of California editorials.” [JPF 50: BCD Library Duplicates 2022, 1043 & 52, 2023, 1714] | |
| FPL 18 | Su 1982 | An Offering of Rare World Coins: Including Russia, France & Germany. 19 pp., counting front cover & 4 pl. (B&W), for 599 Nos. (all single lots), of which only 3 ancient, f. ill. (2 Greek AR, 1 Byz AV). Half-p. foreword by J.F. Elmen, discussing a recent auction of Russian coins. Also introducing Peggy, to whom he was recently married. Robert C. Elmen named on front cover (unclear if brother, son? See also Gengerke). | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (PFJ 49 [2021], 940 [part] = 48 [2020], 1069 [unsold]) |
| ZSCHIESCHE & KÖDER | Leipzig | Operated at least from the 1880s until c. 1909, after which it continued as F. Redder until at least 1937 (according to Fitzwilliam). However, Helbing held Zschiesche & Köder “liquidation sales” beginning with Auktion 36 (7 Apr 1913). A nice bound group of 32 from the Poinsignon Lib. hammered at 800 EUR. Typical well-used copies seem to hammer for 10 EUR each, sometimes much less. | |
| FPL X5 | 1885- 1907 | 25 (March 1885), 26 (September 1885), 34 (May 1888), 35 (October 1888), and 113 (May 1907). | Ex ANS Library Duplicates, bt. 14 Dec 2022 |
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For abbreviations, see Bibliography (below).
Note 1 (Kunstfreund [Gillet], Bank Leu w/ M&M, 28 May 1974):
I bid on this catalog because, in addition being ex libris Lanz, it was described as: “beigeschriebenen Ergebnissen und meist auch Käufern sowie Ergebnisliste.” That is, this copy is hand-priced and hand-named (mostly). (Priced is far less important since there’s a published prices-realized list.)
The present copy appears to have been annotated live at the auction in 1974, perhaps by Hermann Lanz or one of his sons (Ernst and Herbert, or Gitta Kastner or owner of one of the other libraries Lanz absorbed). The hand-written names begin at Lot 31, the prices earlier, suggesting the author realized partway through that something important was happening, and it would be worthwhile recording the winning bidders. (As suggested by BCD, below, I won’t publish the names online, unless they have been previously published at some point — as some have. But, for current owners of an ex-Gillet/KF Sale coin, please don’t hesitate to contact me to see if I have the buyer’s name for your coin(s).)
The Kunstfreund catalog itself is not rare or valuable (though essential), but a named copy is — very much so. I’ve only heard of one fully-named copy, which sold at the second BCD Library Duplicates auction in 2015 for 700 CHF (plus fees, roughly $900 USD):
This particular copy, bound in full leather, in the ‘BCD style’ as some like to say, has an added attraction. The names of the buyers are bound in at the end, copied from a confidential list stolen from the offices of M&M in Basel … Forty years is a long time but nevertheless I hope the buyer of this lot will keep this sensitive information to himself.
BCD Library Duplicates Sale II, Auctiones GmbH Auction 39 (Online, 5 July 2015), Lot 214. (Emphasis mine.)
A comparable copy (though custom bound, rather than original softcover) was recently sold at Kolbe & Fanning Auction Sale 165 (3 Dec 2022), Lot 10: “Annotated by hand throughout…frequently [recording] the buyer of each lot…. This copy records many (perhaps half) of the purchasers…”.
To the owner of that lot: Please get in touch! Perhaps we should consider exchanging copies of our lists? Combined, we may be close to fully naming the catalog.
Update: Yet another copy was recently sold at Gut-Lynt Auction 9 (29 Jan 2023), Lot 892!
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Collection sites; Print vols. (some online); Print vols. I do not own (and haven’t reviewed); Other literature available online; Databases/libraries with pdf catalogs.
I regularly use a combination of print resources, online institutional resources, scholarly publications, and collector pages. For the catalogs above, I’ve tried to provide at least one bibliographic reference where possible, even if the reference is an online-only site annotating catalogs. (My annotated links to 20th century catalogs online is a separate project, but I do link some online sources above.)
Collector Sites:
The following private collections of sale catalogs have been turned into online research tools by their collectors:
- Warren W. Esty, WWE (AugustusCoins/ed) Annotated Catalogs (very useful, especially for pre-2000 catalogs not in acsearch or coinarchives: tabulates lots by general type [e.g., “G,” “RR,” “RI,” “Byz” & other details] w/ qualitative commentary, plus pages that organize catalogs by collecting themes);
- Steve Moulding’s rNumis (with links to catalogs online);
- Andrew McCabe’s website and catalog pages (organized around Spring [2009]), focusing on Roman Republican Coinage (photos of his previous library [FAC, 2013], later vastly improved!);
Other online resources:
- Numiswiki (FORVM/J. Sermarini) is also a useful reference (photos of his ref. lib. shelves, minus sale catalogs [FAC, 2013]);
- Classical Economies — useful reference list for important auctions, only major sales, repeated for each relevant category (56 pp. when I “printed to file” as PDF); see also: Full Inventory [PDF];
- Jens-Ulrich Thormann (Künker), ALED, alexandriner.de, bibliography/sale catalogs (Literatur) page: http://alexandriner.de/Literatur/literatur.html;
- Michael J. Covili’s Coins of Roman Egypt, CRE, Bibliography: including list of important auction sales of Alexandrian coins: [archived];
- Parthian & related, chronological list of important auctions, 1904-2010, from PDC (parthia.com).
Institutional/library collections are valuable for bibliographic detail. I have the Fitz., KBR, and CE files saved locally (the KBR can be combined into one 113 pp. doc., but Fitz >1300 pp. combined!):
- Fitzwilliam Museum Library [2016]: Collection of Numismatic Sale Catalogues [old version] — important major project by Ted Buttrey (1929-2018) et al. Anyone interested in auction catalogs should familiarize themselves with it (I use it regularly for many purposes, as mentioned repeatedly above);
- Cabinet des Médailles, KBR (Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België/Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique) [Dec 2022] “Auction Catalogues and Sales Lists of Coins and Medals” — extensive lists of catalogs;
- DONUM, the ANS Library Catalog, can be useful for auctions, although the sale catalog collection (especially FPLs) isn’t as large as some others.
Print volumes in my library (can’t go wrong buying [most of] these):
Adams, John W. 1982 [2001 reprint]. U.S. Numismatic Literature, Vol 1. 19th Century Auction Catalogues. Crestline: G.F. Kolbe.
- J.W. Adams bio.
- I have the 2001 reprint on reduced size pages but the same materials (and 16 pages of addenda/errata laid in). Described by Charles Davis as a “content analysis of 1000 auction catalogues issued by 21 dealers including Cogan, Woodward, the Chapmans et al during the formative years of American numismatics including much biographic information and general lore found no where else.”
Adams, John W. 1990. U.S. Numismatic Literature, Vol 2. 20th Century Auction Catalogues. Crestline: G.F. Kolbe.
- Mine is numbered copy 268 / 500, signed in Jan. 1992 by author & by Kolbe (publisher/editor).
- Recently acquired Vol. 2, which is excellent. Not exactly expensive, but still pricier than Spring and Fanning. (Like my Fanning, I waited to find a numbered & signed copy, by Adams & Kolbe.) Lots of biographical & historical background similar to Fanning (but with somewhat different coverage and interests), plus useful tables like Durst (1981). About 16 sellers included, all with their first catalogs between 1900 and 1950 (e.g., Elder, H. Schulman, Stack’s; those starting before 1900, such as Chapman, are in Vol. 1).
Babelon, Ernest. 2004 [translation]. Ancient Numismatics and its History, Including a Critical Review of the Literature. Kolbe & Fanning.
- The book concludes with a bibliography of mostly 19th century important auctions (very few of which are illustrated, so most of them are not in Spring [2009] or Fanning [2020]).
Clain-Stefanelli, Elvira E. 1965. Numismatics: An Ancient Science. Smithsonian.
- Signed & inscribed copy, ex D. Wayne “Dick” Johnson Collection of Signed and Inscribed Numismatic Literature
- Very little attention to auction catalogs specifically, but discusses of major collections in various periods, some of which have been dispersed at auction, thus providing biographical information & context.
- A classic historry of the field.
Clain-Stefanelli, Elvira E. 1965. Select Numismatic Bibliography. Stack’s.
- Signed & inscribed to Mrs. Mary Reichenbach (?)
Clain-Stefanelli, Elvira E. 1985. Numismatic Bibliography. Battenberg.
- Signed & inscribed to Barry Tayman (1943-), one of only two such copies I’ve seen (the other being inscribed to her son, Alexander Clain-Stefanelli)
- It is unbelievable that a single person could achieve such a volume. (Of course, no such project is done entirely alone, but this is undeniably a masterpiece.)
Daehn, William. 2013. Annotated Bibliography of Ancient Greek Numismatics. CNG.
- Another impressive bibliography. I appreciate that Daehn included much more individual summary for many items than Clain-Stefanelli did. This is the edition to get, not the 2001 first edition (red softcover, Davisson’s).
Davis, Charles. 1992. American Numismatic Literature: An Annotated Survey of Auction Sales 1980-1991.
- My copy inscribed to Ken Lowe (of Money Tree, d. 1998) and signed by author; ex Bryce Brown
- One step further removed from auctions of coins, this volume annotates sales of auction catalogs, but includes valuable summaries and bibliographic detail. A niche topic, but Charles Davis is one of very few authorities. From what I’ve seen, the bibliography of auction catalogs looks useful even apart from the records of their sales. For such items, I usually try to find a “collectible” copy (e.g., inscribed to other well-known numismatic professionals) since there’s usually not much of a markup (except for the specially-bound editions, which are pricey!), or order directly from the author.
- Davis will apparently still sign a copy on request if you buy from him!
Durst, Lorraine. 1981. United States Numismatic Auction Catalogs: A Bibliography. NY: Sanford J. Durst.
- Signed copy, inscribed to D. Wayne Johnson (1930-2020), Dec. 1981, ex DWJ Library of Signed & Inscribed Numismatic Literature
- This is a highly specialized “working” text, no doubt highly valuable to anyone interested in coins that appeared in American auctions c. mid-19th to early 20th cent., or researching the provenances of such coins or the catalog genre itself. I’d recommend it only to the specialist collector w/ a library of auction catalogs or numismatic bibliographies. (I suspect there may be some shortcomings in the ancients lists, though; noted below.)
- The text consists of a half-page Foreword by Abe Kosoff & one-page Introduction by author. (A.N.E.’s sold listing of a copy on VCoins has a useful summary.)
- It consists almost entirely of a highly detailed 75-page long table (spreadsheet), and Indices. There are 1,600 numbered rows representing auction catalogs. Several columns give basic descriptors: date of sale, and the numbers of pages, lots, and plates. Importantly, the consignors/collectors (“Owners”) are named for many or most.
- The biggest contribution is the detailed checklist of categories of coins represented in each sale (a series of columns for different types, including Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Judaic, and “Other” ancient). It’s a binary checklist, though: we don’t learn how many coins of each type or whether any are illustrated. (Unlike, say, Spring.)
- Within days of buying it, I’ve already found the checklist to be valuable in determining whether to bid on old American auction catalogs deaccessioned from the ANS Library. Just one catalog purchase based on the checklist could justify having purchased it.
- I’m worried that Durst may have occasionally confused “Roman Empire” (c. 3rd cent. BCE – 5th CE) with “Holy Roman Empire” (c. 9th – 18th). At least for No. 17, the C.S. Bement sale of European coins (cat. by Chapman; 26 Jun 1918), the box is checked for ancient Roman, but that sale includes none (the closest are Holy Roman). Maybe that was a one-off — I’ve only spot-checked a couple others, and they were correct (e.g., No. 788, Frank Coll., part II; Frossard, 15 Sep 1899).
- Useful Indices includes Auction Houses, Catalogers, and Owners (i.e., consignors), and Cross-Reference between Cataloguers and Auction Houses. (I found it unusual that only page numbers are given, rather than the auction nos. No great matter, though.)
- I do find it a useful adjunct to Fanning 2020, a book with exponentially more historical context & narrative depth (cited below; interestingly, Fanning doesn’t seem to mention Durst at all, nor is it indexed in Clain-Stefanelli’s comprehensive 1985 Numismatic Bibliography…).
Fanning, David P. 2020. Ancient Coins in Early American Auctions, 1869-1939. Gahanna, OH: Kolbe & Fanning. [Available online on Archive.org]
- Autographed copy
- Quite a lovely volume with even more historical narrative than Spring (i.e., on a per-auction or per-person basis, being a marginally smaller volume, about 279 pp. to Spring’s 368, but with covering many fewer auctions). Interestingly, Fanning seems to have found that the first illustrated ancient coin auctions were American. It’s also interesting to see the differences in practices across American and European markets, and how they were differently affected, for instance, by WWII.
Grierson, Philip. 1966. Bibliographie Numismatique. Brussels: Cercle d’Etudes Numismatiques.
- Ex Library Lanz, annotated
- Although it is the early edition, I felt very fortunate to acquire an annotated copy of Grierson from the Lanz Numismatik Library (Part IV), sold by G. Hirsch. Remarkably, it included an additional photocopy of the section on auction catalogs, complete with a second set of annotations! (Image here.)
- Note: This is the first edition; I don’t have the revised 1979, now the standard ref.
Kroh, Dennis J. 1993. Ancient Coin Reference Reviews. Ormond Beach, Florida: Empire Coins.
- Two signed copies, one inscribed to me
- Not very heavy on sale catalogs, but enough to make it useful for that purpose. Of course, it’s a wonderful bibliography more generally.
Malter, Joel. 1968. Byzantine Numismatic Bibliography, 1950-1965. Chicago: Argonaut.
Malter, Joel. 1995. Byzantine Numismatic Bibliography, 1966-1994. Encino: Malter-Westerfield.
- Both copies signed & inscribed, vol 1 to Frank Mosher (Oriental Bookstore, Pasadena, CA), vol 2 to cousin Stuart L. Malter (1942-2021)
- Twenty-seven years later (1995), Malter published the 1966-1994 vol.
- These catalogs are not principally (or even secondarily) about sale catalogs, though,
- Malter summarizes his commentary on sale literature (1995: p. 57): “Occasionally an auction catalogue or two have been discussed in some detail….”
- Of course, the Schulman reprints of Ratto are noted (in both vols.; see above), as are a few important firms and sales, and many articles published in commercial publications such as Spink’s Numismatic Circular and Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin.
- One of my interests is that it covers literature that published private collections and auction coins (e.g., H. Goodacre is mentioned more than once, but not the 1986 Christie’s or Downie-Lepczyk auctions of his collection [from which one coin in now in my coll.]).
Manville, Harrington & T.J. Robertson. 1986. British Numismatic Auction Catalogues, 1710-1984. London: AH Baldwin & Spink. [Vol 1 of Encyclopaedia of British Numismatics.]
Moulton, Karl. 2005 (Winter). “American Nineteenth-Century Catalogue Census.” The Asylum XXIII (1): pp. 2-66.
- Highly-specialized topic of interest exclusively to catalog collectors or those deeply afflicted by numismatic bibliomania. Not exclusive to ancient coin sales. Use as an adjunct to Durst, Davis, Adams, and Fanning.
Spring, John. 2009. Ancient Coin Auction Catalogs: 1880-1980. Spink.
- This is a book I use all the time. It’s an absolutely wonderful resource for collectors of old catalogs or coins from old collections. Aside from the value of being able to look up details of catalog contents and sale dates, there is a great deal of historical and biographical material here that one won’t find elsewhere (e.g., that the “Nobleman” [above] from Glendining’s April 1955 is Count de Laval — but not which).
Print volumes I do NOT yet own/have NOT reviewed:
Brunk, Gregory. 1979 (Summer). “A Tentative Index to Modern Numismatic Auction Catalogs and Pricelists: Ancient Coins.” SAN Journal For The Society of Ancient Numismatics X (2), pp. 24ff.
- Brunk bio.
- The “ancients” volume accompanying the “medieval & modern” index listed below (available online).
- It’s amazing how often I learn of an article I’d really like to have that comes from this publication. A great periodical. Sadly I have only a few issues at present. (Full sets are pricey!)
Grierson, Philip. 1979. Bibliographie Numismatique, 2nd edition. Brussels: Cercle d’Etudes Numismatiques.
- Note: I only have the first edition (1966) above — not the updated ed. which replaced it as the standard bibliographic ref.
Other articles/books/scholarship available online (depending on your interests…):
Attinelli, Emanuel J. 1976 [1876]. A Bibliography of American Numismatic Auction Catalogues, 1828-1875 [originally: Numismagraphics, or a List of Catalogues…]. New York: Quarterman. [Free on Google Books.]
- Reprinted in 1976 w/ a brief foreword by John W. Adams, which I found worth reading. I’m sure there are others like this that I’m not aware of (the earliest numismatic bibliography is reportedly Le Pois 1579, and Rambach [2010] reports 16th-17th century auctions with ancient coins, so I’m sure there are older bibliographies of auction catalogs). For research value, I’m personally not in a position to make much use of it. But I’m glad to know about it, and find it interesting to peruse (esp. after reading Fanning [2020] and Spring [2009], as well as Babelon’s [2004, tr.] similar chapter on primarily European auctions, noted above).
BCD. 2014-2021. BCD Library Duplicates sales: Auctiones GmbH e-Auctions 28 (29 Jun 2014), 39 (5 Jul 2015), and 51 (25 Sep 2016); Jacquier Auctions [parts of, all with additional lots] 43 (15 Sep 2017), 44 (13 Sep 2018), 47 (21 Sep 2019) Lots 2001-2200 [pdf catalog on Jacquier site may be easier], 48 (18 Sep 2020) Lots 1001 to 1164, and 49 (17 Sep 2020) Lots 899-1000. Indexed on ACSearch.info (also archived on the websites of the respective firms). See especially the combined 1,532 lots with a “Note from BCD”.
- An invaluable resource that seems not to be used nearly as much as it deserves. For many things, this is where I look first. I use it all the time if I want to get an idea of the quality of a catalog or FPL not indexed elsewhere, how many plates or ancient coins are included, and whether BCD recommends it. Sometimes I can find the title I’m searching for, sometimes not, sometimes I find something else; always worth trying, and often with surprising bits of biography, bibliography, or numismatic history; occasionally a riddle or puzzle to ponder…. I have several saved as favorite vignettes of numismatic literature.
Brousseau, Louis. 2010. “Annexe : Liste des Ventes Depuis 1980,” pp. 580-590, appendix to: “Review of John Spring Ancient Coins Auction Catalogues: 1880-1980.” Revue Numismatique 166 (6), pp. 577-590.
Brunk, Gregory. 1979 (October). “A Tentative Index to Modern Numismatic Auction Catalogs & Pricelists: Medieval and Modern Coins, Tokens, and Medals.” Numismatics International Bulletin 13 (10), pp. 315-351.
- Very little of this index references ancient coins, but see the “Byzantine Empire” section, pp. 324-5.
- Nonetheless, an excellent piece of numismatic bibliography the could be a model for any catalog collector. He begins:
“Perhaps the most important untapped source of material useful to numismatists in making attributions consists of the publications of professional coin dealers. While a few important auction catalogs have been reprinted and have become standard reference works, the vast majority of such publications simply gather dust. In large part this is because we do not have a detailed index of what useful material has been published. No index, except in the most general way, points out important groups of coins which have been sold at fixed prices or at auction.”
Gengerke, Martin. 2009. American Numismatic Auctions.
Grierson, Philip. 1993/1994/1996. Unpublished Autobiographical Memoir (& History of DOAKS). Dumbarton Oaks.
Kampmann, Ursula. 2022. The Origins of the German Coin Trade: The Hamburger and Schlessinger Families. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolph Künker. Salton, Schlessinger, Hamburger Families & Collection. [Available on Issuu; or direct link to PDF on Kuenker.de.]
DLK = Koppersmith, Daniel L. 2007. “Important Auction Catalogs Offering Archaic and Classical Greek Coins.” The Celator, May 2007, vol. 21 (5): pp. 22 ff. [Full issue PDF available from community.vcoins]
- Also published in Kolbe Sale #105 (20 Mar 2008), “The Daniel Leonce Koppersmith Library,” pp. 31 ff.
Lupia, John N. III. 2000-2019. The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Numismatic & Philatelic Biographies : From the 7th Century BC to Today [ENDP].
- Website cataloging the biographies of important numismatic figures (especially American, also philatelic), illustrated through the “object biographies” of numismatic literature, correspondence, and ephemera.
Rambach, Hadrien. 2010. “Collectors at auction, auctions for collectors.” Schweizer Münzblätter [SMB] 60: pp. 35-43.
—-. 2016-2018. “Provenance Glossary” (Parts I, II, and III), combined document, available on academia.edu.
—-. 2017b. “A List of Coin Dealers in nineteenth-century Germany,” pp. 63-84 in S. Krmnicek & H. Hardt. Tübingen.
—-. 2017a. “Collecting Coins in Nineteenth-Century Germany,” pp. 37-62 in S. Krmnicek & H. Hardt. Tübingen.
Smith, Pete. 2022 [1992, 2012]. American Numismatic Biographies. (Revised edition.)
Walker, Alan S. 2002. Review: “BCD Corinth,” The Celator Vol 16 (2), Feb 2002: 26ff.
—-. 2008. “Catalogues and Their Collectors.” American Journal of Numismatics Vol. 20: 597-615. [On JSTOR w/ free account.]
- This is a splendid article. It’ll be a joy to read for anyone interested in the catalog genre, provenance research, or old collections from the past century or so. I learned valuable information about several famous collections that I couldn’t find anywhere else.
- Incidentally, I recommend reading anything one finds by ASW — including his many Nomos AG emails. He writes in many numismatic subgenres; in addition to writing about auction catalogs and having cataloged much of the BCD Collection, he might reasonably claim to have invented ancient-coin-marketplace satire/humor (sometimes a phrase or two, sometimes most of an article — I’ll mention only The Celator, June 1995, and wonder what unique mind would produce such an article and what extraordinary publisher would print all four pages! I suppose the earliest bit of ancient coin satire could be Aristophanes, but we had to wait some millennia for it to reach the marketplace).
Wetterstrom, Kerry K. Summer, 2014 [Winter, 1998]. “Collecting the Auction Catalogs of Numismatic Fine Arts.” CNR (Classical Numismatic Review) Vol 39(2): pp.4-6.
- A previous version of Wetterstom’s article appeared much earlier in The Asylum, the official journal of The Numismatic Bibliomania Society, The Asylum Quarterly Vol. XVI, No. 1 [Winter 1998]:4-7)
Databases / Libraries with Significant Holdings on Sale Catalogs Online
BNF (Gallica) Online Catalog: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ (superb quality, some great coverage);
INHA Library (Bibliothèque de l’Institut national d’histoire de l’art):
https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/en/ (usually good quality, maybe not always);
Heidi (University of Heidelberg): https://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/helios/digi/digilit.html (usually the best quality images and an interface that I find superior);
Internet Archive: https://archive.org/ (great coverage but variable quality, sometimes multiple copies for a single sale, sometimes hand-named copies, giving further provenance leads, from the ANS collection or ANS-via-Hamelberg collection);
ACSearch Library: https://www.acsearch.info/library.html (maybe you need the free account, mostly decent reproductions);
Hathitrust: https://www.hathitrust.org/ (often bad image quality on plates);
Newman Numismatic Portal at Washington University (St. Louis): https://nnp.wustl.edu/
Issuu (for recent catalogs from CNA, CNG, Berk, Gemini, others): https://issuu.com/
And don’t forget Google Books, though the image quality is usually low;
Various dealer sites/pdf archives: Several dealers include archives of pdf catalogs, some duplicating or linking to sites above: HJB (Berk), Numismatica Ars Classica (NAC), Kolner Munzkabinett Archives starting with Auktion 1 (1968). Lanz used to have many available, but they went away when the website was downsized. Some are still available (as are some Gitta Kastner, the Lanz predecessor) on Yumpu (https://yumpu.com or Yumpu German, https://www.yumpu.com/de), though I don’t like that site’s interface & ads.
Change Log [return to top]:
Archived pages: WayBack Machine 2022-. Updates:
2022 …
17 Jul 2022 (to add those just won at Lanz Lib. Sale IV; not yet received); 27 Jul 2022 (moved the Bibliography here, from Catalog Collection Favorites); 10 Aug 2022 (added my list of Databases/libraries w/ catalogs); 13 Aug 2022 (a few new catalogs & books order from Forum [J. Sermarini]); 7 Nov 2022 (updates re: the name Kunstfreundes sale now at Kolbe-Fanning 165, 10); 13 Nov 2022 (beginning to add a few dozen more from 2022 BCD Library Duplicates [Jacquier 50] & recent orders from ANS Library Duplicates & Forum [FAC, Joe Sermarini]; continuing to fill in dates/bibliographic info elsewhere); 14 Dec 2022 (some new catalogs from ANS, Hamburger, Zschiesche, Thieme, Godart Coll., & named & priced Ashburnham ex-FSB);
2023 …
12 Jan 2023 (refs. to Adams 1990 for some Schulman & Stack’s catalogs); 22 Jan 2023 (Malter ex-ANS to AJ Seltman); 27 Jan 2023 (CCE MBS 59); 4 Feb 2023 (added Hesperia & others); 8 Feb 2023 (Salton 30, Malter 49 + FPLs/MBS); 23 Feb 2023 (Dupriez 97 & Glendining II); 26 Feb 2023 (Kricheldorf X6, Num. Art & Anc. Coins X2); 27 Feb 2023 (Malter 2 & 88); 25 Apr 2023 (details of various FPLs; more Myers); 3 May 2023 (commentary/detail/refs. on McNall’s NFA, the “Caesar Sale” & Malter’s JNFA); 10 Jun 2023 (order from Bryce Brown, K&F 167, others); 24 Jun 2023 (Nomos 4…); 26 Jun 2023 (Blancon, Voirol, Brand, Garrett); 10 Jul 2023 (Bland X4 & Northumberland ex ANS); 14 Jul 2023 (more Stack’s, JMU & 2X MHS); 26 Jul 2023 (filling blank squares, noting the new Laval-Salton Athens Tetradrachm); 26 Jul 2023 (annotating Kricheldorf, Blancon, Malloy catalogs); thru 29 Aug 2023 new orders from Kirk Davis, Bryce Brown (many ex RBW Lib.); 15 Sep 2023 (KBR Catalog Coll. Links); 27 Sep 2023 (Kricheldorf +3; ANE +2; Tinchant notes); 14 Dec 2023 (MMDE 23 [BCD] & Lanz 88 [Benz] Duplicate, more provenances); 19 Dec 2023 (11 Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger, 25 others yet to add);
2024-5 …
10 Jan 2024 (Conte ex Hendin; Gans ex BCD); 14 Jan 2024 (more ex Wenninger, Malloy ex ANS ex Shubin); thru 2 Mar 2024 (Stettner, others); 19 Aug 2024 (Traverso-Martini sale from Kirk Davis, ex Schulman, Bass, Malter, Cederlind Libraries); 15 Dec 2024 (a few more BCD Dupls. filled in; various large runs ex RBW Library: Robinson, Blom, Antioch Associates [duplicate set]; complete set of Antiqua, mostly WWE, etc.); 26 Jan 2025 (Dorotheum, Apostolo Zeno, various other edits); 20 Apr 2025 (annotated Stack’s JQA, Birkler & Waddell I-III, links to “Collection Favorites“); Nov 2025 (several ex KF WA5, CNG EA 597, ANS dupls. ex CNG 598; Rob Freeman’s annot. Triton I & II; Cahn 65, part. named; Hess Sydenham ex S&S & BCD [photos on RPC p.]).
2026 …
Jan 2026 (Sotheby-Doheny); Feb 2026 (Berk FPL 2 & Hesperia Art Bulletins 1-40); 31 Mar 2026 (Malter XXXIV added, noting that Part II, Lots 334-980 = F. O’Sullivan coll. Roman portrait AEs); 5 Apr (a few ex Kovacs Lib. & Kammerer Lib., larger groups yet to add).
Note: Still more to add from several Libraries: BCD Dupls., ANS, WWE, Milavic, Ballen, Freeman, RBW (large “remnants” lots of hundreds), K&F WA 2, et al.