Created: 10 Jul 2022. Updated: 19 Aug 2024 (see Change Log)
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See also: Intro to BCD Collection; Numislit Coin Exhibits; Catalog Collection Favorites; and Alexandrian Catalogs Online.Bibliography: 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.
My Corinth Stater ex Pozzi 1688 = Boutin 3756, alongside Mark M Salton-Schlessinger’s copy of Pozzi-Boutin
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).
Mobile users: Rotate 90′ to “landscape” view or swipe slightly left to see r. column (provenance).
For abbreviations, see Bibliography (below).
| 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)] |
| List V [Morris] | Nov 1972 | The Charles G. Morris Collection of Ancient Greek Bronze Coins. “1006 numbers, 34 pages, 18 glossy plates” (BCD). Little known sale but an impressive collection of Greek & RPC AE. At least a few coll. provenances noted (Curtis [842 (1418, ill. in 1969)], Knobloch [254 (474)], Niggeler [779]), especially… From the Mabbott sale [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). | |
| 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.)] | Ex FORVM |
| 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) |
| Auction [Bourguignon & 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 | to 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 | to 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, –] | Ex BCD Library. Addr. 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, –] | Ex BCD Library. |
| ANTIOCH ASSOCIATES | San Francisco, CA | Henry Clay Lindgren (1914-2005), at least 92 FPLs (c. 1993-2003) & 50 BBS (1994-2004). (Plus, confusingly, a second series of FPLs numbered separately according to Fitzwilliam [Catalogs, A-D].) Many (all?) FPLs are both unillustrated and printed as advertisements in The Celator. 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 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.” | |
| 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, addressed, minor notes, Bryce Brown, August 2023 |
| BBS X41 | 1995-2004 | Buy-Bid Sales Numbered 3, 6, 8-16, 18-19, 21, 23-44, 46-50. (82% complete for series) Missing 9 (of 50): BBS 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 17, 20, 22, 45. [Fitzwilliam, A-D ; KBR, –] | Ex RBW Library. Acq. from Bryce Brown, August 2023 [CJJ Coll. = BBS 15, Lot 100 (Lindgren I 177) & Lot 150 (Lindgren 1635); BBS 42, Lot 72 (RPC VI 1197)] |
| 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: CJJ Coll. = Sotheby 5 Jul 1995, ex Rubinger.] | |
| FPLs X2 | [DLK, p. 22: 1 star] | 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 | April 1989 (mailed) | “Supplementary Price List 3/(mailed Apr. 1989), 85 numbers, 6 pages of which 3 plates” Large format glossy catalog. [Fitzwilliam, A-D ; KBR, –] | Copy 1: Ex BCD Lib. Dupl. (PFJ 50, 1040 [part]) Copy 2: Ex BCD Lib. Dupl. (PFJ 49 [2021], 940 [part] = 48 [2020], 1069 [unsold]) |
| ARS CLASSICA | Lucerne | Lucien Naville, Jacob Hirsch (cataloger) | |
| Auction I [Pozzi, Partial Reprint] | 4 Apr 1921 | 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. Not including the Asian/African mint coins in Ars Classica I. [Spring 471, pp. 174-175, annotates both the 1921 auction catalog & later reprints ; Clain-Stefanelli 1932* for the 1979 Boutin, Clain-Stefanelli 1988* for original ; DLK, p. 22: 4 stars (Auction series)] “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.” (PFJ 48 [2020], 1112 [Ars Classica I]; my ital.) Who is Mr. Pozzi var…?? (French dealer? See L. Schmitt’s compte-rendu of HGC-9 in Bul. Numismatique 81, p. 11 [issue PDF or on CGB-fr.]) | Copy 1: Ex Mark Salton-Schlessinger & Lottie Salton Library Copy 2: Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger [CJJ Coll. = Pozzi/Boutin 1688/3756 (Corinth Stater) & Pozzi/Boutin 1236/2826 (Pelinna Obol = BCD Thess 1433.7 = Al Thani V 59)] |
| Auction VI [Bement, Greek 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] | Ex ANS Library Duplicates. Blue ink stamp reading: “Envoi de Dr. J. Hirsch, expert / c/o Ars Classica / 5, rue Lévrier / Genève” |
| Auction VII [Bement, Greek 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] | Ex ANS Library Duplicates Red ink stamp: “Envoi de Dr. J. Hirsch, expert…” [CJJ Coll. = Hidrieus Tetradrachm, Lot 1520 (Weber 6604 = SNG Lockett 2909 = SNG von Aulock 8046, et al.)] |
| Auction XI [Levis] | 18 Jun 1925 | Collection H.C. Levis | Ex Kolbe-Fanning Web Auction 1 (Jul 2024), Lot 2 |
| Auction XV [Woodward – Warren] | 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: I have seen no one else suggest an identity for the “recently deceased foreign amateurs,” but Col. R.K. Morcom’s (1877-1961) tag 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. | Ex CNG 555, 1188 (incorrectly described as hardcover binding/gilt) [CJJ Coll. = Elis AE, Lot 809 (16 Sfr.), ex Morcom, Warren, Franke, Philipsen] |
| ARTCOINS ROMA | 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. | ||
| Auction 7 | Rome, 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) | |
| Auction 8 | Munich, 3 Feb 2014 | ||
| Auction 9 | Munich, 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) | |
| Auction 12 | Munich, 29 Oct 2014 | ||
| Auction 15 | Munich, 27 Apr 2015 | ||
| ASOCIACIÓN NUMISMÁTICA ESPAÑOLA | 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. | |
| Subasta Social | 23 Nov 1978 | 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] | |
| Subasta Social | 15 Dec 1981 | 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] | CJJ Coll. = Lot 508 (Alba Longa 1398 & RRDP-Schaefer 22, p. 2) |
| BANK LEU / LHS | Zurich, 1949 – 2011 (auctions c. 1971 – 2009) | Bank Leu / Leu Numismatik / LHS Numismatik (L. Mildenberg, S. Hurter, A. S. Walker, Heiner Stotz, et al.). [Online: Gallica (c. 100) ; Archive (2) ; rNumis (c. 80 cats. linked, incl. Niggeler)] (For Leu [Winterthur], see below. Ca. 2017, 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.) | For Leu Numismatik (Winterthur, 2017 – present), see below. |
| (w/ Hess) Auction 7 [Hirsch] | 16 Apr 1957 | (see Hess) | |
| (w/ M&M) [Niggeler I] | Basel, 3 Dec 1965 | Sammlung Walter Niggeler, Teil I [Greek]. 554 Lots, 32 Pl. [Clain-Stefanelli 1981* (Sale Catalogs, Ancient Greek) ; Daehn 2025 ; Spring 412 ; DLK, p. 22 (2 stars, series)] | Ex ANS Library Duplicates; |
| (w/ M&M) [Niggeler II] | Basel, 21 Oct 1966 | Sammlung Walter Niggeler, Teil II [RRC, RPC] 524 Lots, 28 Pl. [Clain-Stefanelli 1981* (Sale Catalogs, Ancient Greek); Kroh p. 56 (3 Stars); Spring 413] | Ex ANS Library Duplicates; [CJJ Coll. = Lot 659 (Trau 394 = Merani 955 = RPC 3637.5 = CNR 16, 73 = et al.)] |
| (w/ M&M) [Kunstfreund (Gillet)] | Zurich, 28 May 1974 | Griechische Münzen aus der Sammlung eines Kunstfreundes [Charles Gillet, 1879-1972]. 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 Library of Lanz Numismatik (Hermann, Ernst, and Herbert Lanz), Hand-priced and mostly hand-named after lot 31. See Note 1. |
| Auction 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 Biblothek Alois Wenninger (monogram on cover) |
| (w/ NFA) [Garrett I] | 16 May 1984 | The Garrett Collection, Part I (by Order of Johns Hopkins University). World & Ancient Coins. Hardcover (interior a bit soiled & rough) | Ex Enrique Mancheno (Presidente de la Sociedad Numismática de Puerto Rico [SNPR]) |
| (w/ NFA) [Garrett II] | Zurich, 16 Oct 1984 | The Garrett Collection, Part II (by Order of Johns Hopkins University). World & Ancient Coins. 1858 lots, 345 pp., 145 Pl. (b&w, incl. enlargements). Softcover. | |
| (w/ NAC) Arcadius to Constantius XI | 26 May 1993 | See NAC | |
| Auction 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)] | [Lot 126 in JJ Coll.] |
| LHS Auction 96 | 8 May 2006 | [BCD Peloponnesos I] ACSearch 1,771 lots [cataloged by ASW]; [DLK, p. 24 (3 stars for series)] | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger; Plus duplicate [Now in JJ Coll.: Lots 317.3, 328.11, 1560, 1561] |
| BARANOWSKY, MICHELE | Milan | ||
| Auction IV [Traverso-Martini] | 25 Feb 1931 | Collezioni numismatiche Valerio Travero 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] 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.” Provenance Notes: Custom bound, maroon half cloth w/ marbled boards, gilt spine, by one of Jacques Schulman & sons’ preferred bookbinders (each doing business w/ the other over 2+ generations of owners): Koster on Prisengracht, 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.) (The parallels between the Schlessingers [see below] 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.) | Ex Kirk Davis (Aug 2024), Tom Cederlind Lib. (KF 145, 19), Joel Malter Lib. (88, 641*), Harry W. Bass, Jr. bookplate (P. I [KF 1998], 342), J. Schulman Lib. stamp (“Important Ref. Lib.” P. I [H. Schulman 1966], 63) * 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.” [CJJ Coll = Plate XXII, Lot 593 (Corinth Stater ex Pozzi)] |
| BARTON, JOHN | See OWL, LTD. below | ||
| BERK (see also Gemini) | Joliet, IL & Chicago, IL | Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. With notable associates & catalogers, incl. (alphabetically) Aaron Berk, Curtis Clay, Phil Davis, Shanna Schmidt, et al. [Additional notes on “collection” catalogs 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)] I haven’t yet posted my individual HJB catalog annotations, but Esty has shared his very useful set (re: BBS 46-150, emphasis on 70-139, plus general commentary): http://augustuscoins.com/ed/catalogs/Berk.html | |
| BBS (>100 Nos. of 220) catalogs; [individual annotations yet to be uploaded] | 1987-2022 | 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-current (226, presently). 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)] | Ex FAC (most older sales) & HJB mailing list [Numerous lots in CJJ Coll., incl. ex Philip Ashton, Bill Behnen, Curtis Clay, Stephen Corn, Jyrki Muona, et al.] |
| BIRKLER & WADDELL (see also Waddell) | Washington, DC | Lucien Birkler & Edward J Waddell both worked independently & on other ventures, but produced > 10 joint auctions & dozens of FPLs (most published in The Celator), c. 1979-1992. [Fitzwilliam] | |
| List 2 | March 1981 | “69 numbers, 10 pages, 5 plates” | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (PFJ 50, 1040 [part]) |
| BLANCON | Hannover, Germany | Gilles Blancon Münzenhandlung | |
| FPL 13 (Spezialliste) | 1993/94 | Münzenangebot: Tetrarchien – Postumus – Gold. 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) |
| BOMAR ANCIENT COINS | Tacoma, WA | 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 | [postmark 26 Jun 1979; no date in Fitzwilliam] | 210 Lots, 184 ancient (~58 ill. / 3 Pl.): Greek (14 ill.), RPC (~3 ill., 2 Alex. Potin, 1 Syrian AR), RRC (0), RIC (~38 ill.), Byzantine (~3 ill.). One pl. medieval, modern. [Fitzwilliam, A-D] | Ex BCD Library; Addr. to Gregory B. Brunk (Iowa City [Waterloo crossed out]), his red & black annotations (dots, underlining); Ex Katen 68 (Brunk Library, Part II), Lot 650 (part of). |
| MBS #1 | 15 Sep 1979 | NO ILLUSTRATIONS. Greek (1-49), RRC (50-70), RIC (71-198, scattered RPC), Byz (199-223), Medieval (224-237), Groups (238-239). [Fitzwilliam, A-D (“15 Sep [ms date](number acc. to Demetriadi library)”) ; Gengerke — (only one 1983 sale noted, p. 60)] | Ex RBW Library, w/ address label, stamped, postmarked 27 Aug 1979 Ex Bryce Brown, Jun 2023 |
| BOWERS-RUDDY | |||
| Auction | 9 June 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, | |
| Thomas B. CEDERLIND | |||
| FPL 96 | Summer 1992 | [Fitzwilliam, A-D (date); KBR, A-C (same, also Sept.)] | Ex BCD Library Duplicates |
| FPL 98 | Summer 1993 | [Fitzwilliam, A-D (date); KBR, A-C (same)] | Ex BCD Library Duplicates |
| FPL 99 | Winter 1994 | [Fitzwilliam, A-D (date); KBR, A-C (same)] | Ex BCD Library Duplicates |
| CHRISTIE’S | London | Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. | |
| Auction [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…”)] Note: 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”. Also: Some old Kolbe & Fanning sales (e.g., KF 72 & 74) called it the “Adler Collection,” but no one else does; a mix-up based on the 1990 novel of the same name & author (w/ a Christie’s sale!)? But maybe they knew something no one else does? (I’ve also seen it confused w/ Victor Adda Collection, where many of its coins went next.) | 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 | 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 |
| CLASSICAL CASH | Boston, MA | 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, low resolution. Much worse than typical DIY dealer catalogs from 1950s-1990s, despite plenty of coins that would sell for four figures today. Nonetheless, with no warning, I recognized a lost provenance (Lot 1116) to an obscure but important unicum in my collection, so I must acknowledge the continuing research value! [Lots acq. by Keith Emmett Coll. (not in CJJ Coll.): 326, 360, 361] | CJJ Coll. = Lot 1116 (“Apparently unpublished and probably important”) = RPC IV 11165 (Temp.) = Varbanov II 3145 = Ex CNG, Conti Coll.) |
| 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 NUMISMATIC GROUP (CNG) | Lancaster, PA | 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 | 1991, First Quarter | 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 | 1991, Fourth Quarter | 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 Mailing List, 1991 |
| CNR XX.1 | March (Spring) 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 Mailing List, 1995 |
| CNR XX.2 | June (Summer) 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 Mailing List, 1995 |
| CNR XLVIII.2 | Summer 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 Mailing List, rec’d 22 Aug 2023 |
| CNA XII [Wetterstrom 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. = Lot 53 (Wetterstrom, Johns Hopkins, K&G 27.205) & Lot 213 (Wetterstrom, Ruzicka, Morris/Peck, Kowsky, K&G 35.511)] |
| CNA XIII [Wetterstrom 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 Mailing List |
| 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 Mailing List |
| 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); | Copy 1: Ex David Hendin Lib. (no owner marks); Copy 2: Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger; Copy 3: Duplicate |
| CNG 76, part 1 [Morcom et al.] | 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, Olympia Elis AE, ex. C. Morcom, Col. R.K. Morcom, G. Philipsen, E.P. Warren, Ars Classica XV, and, later, P.R. Franke.] |
| CNG 76, part 2 | 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.” | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger; Copy 2: Duplicate acq. from ANE, Kovacevic |
| CNG 81, part 2 | [BCD Peloponnesos II] ACSearch lots 2000-2921 | Copy 1: Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger; Copy 2: Ex Hendin Library (no owner marks); Copy 3: Duplicate [CJJ Coll.: Lots 2327, 2782] | |
| Triton XV, part 1 | [BCD Thessaly II (Hardcover)] ACSearch first 1,000 lots | Copy 1: Ex David Hendin Lib. (no owner marks); Copy 2: Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger; Copy 3: Duplicate [CJJ Coll. = Lots 218, 115.4, 952.2 (corr.)] | |
| CNG 117 | |||
| CNG 118 | |||
| CNG 119 | |||
| CNG 120 | [Lot 191 in CJJ Coll.] | ||
| Triton XXIV | Peter J. Merani Collection, Part I. (see also Nvmmis Historiam Discens, below) | [Lot 955 on cat. faves (ex Trau, Niggeler, CNR, RPC, etc.)] | |
| Triton XXV | [All lots in CJJ Coll. were Session 6 (online only)] | ||
| CNG 121 | |||
| CNG 122 | |||
| Triton XXVI | |||
| CNG 123 | |||
| CNG 124 | Ex CNG Mailing List, rec’d 22 Aug 2023 | ||
| [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. = Four coins, Part I: 955 (Ex Trau, Niggeler, etc.); Part II: Lot 65 & Lot 70 (both ex BCD), Lot 109 (SNG Levante 777)] |
| COLOSSEUM COIN EXCHANGE (CCE) | Hazlet, NJ | Ira 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). A staple of the late 20th century American ancient coin scene, CCE’s booklet-size mail catalogs were among my first subscriptions as a youth. I lost my catalogs in the 1990s. Surprisingly hard to find now. | Coins w/ CCE provenance & tags w/ the distinctive logo still regularly appear, especially in the U.S. market (ACSearch results). |
| MBS 59 + FPL 91 | 22 Nov 1991 | 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 –.] The first auction (mail bid sale) that I participated in. (I won Lot 2.) | Ex BCD Lib. Dupl. (PFJ 50 [2022], 1041 (part)); Ex Lib. Joel L. Malter (1931-2006), & addr. to Malter Galleries. More in “Cat. Coll. Favorites.” [CJJ Coll. = Lot 2, Aegina Drachm, first auction win] |
| CRINON, PIERRE | See ALDI, above | ||
| DAVIS | Claremont, CA | Kirk Davis. 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 (X >50 of 80 total) | 1995-2022 | [Many handwritten annotations to transfer to website; see multiple paragraphs of commentary below under “collection” catalogs] | 36 of them Ex Warren Esty, acq. by CJJ 2021; 3 (35, 36, 51) gifted by K. Davis w/ 2022 order of old Auction Catalogs; a few dozen received on customer/mailing list. [Coins in JJ Col.: 78, Lot 25; 74, Lot 65] |
| DAVISSONS, LTD. | Cold Spring, MN | Allan Davisson. | |
| FPL | Nov-Dec 1991 | ||
| FPL: Numis. Lit. 1991 | |||
| E-Auction Catalogs 37, 38 | Sep, Dec 2023 | 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 | Ft. Worth, TX | C & L DeLand. 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 (X 23 Nos) | 1969-1976 | [23 of 30 known] Catalog I [per Fitz.] Feb 1969; Catalog II [context] May 1969; Catalog IV [context] 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)] | Ex Alex G. Malloy Library; at least four stamped & addressed to AGM; including brief correspondence on note cards to Alex from Leo DeLand laid in several issues; |
| 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! [Additional commentary under “collection” catalogs] | Generously gifted by K.D. following online discussion |
| 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] | |
| 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). Later hardcover, green full imit. leather. [Fitzwilliam; Spring –; BCD 2018, 2592; Poinsignon 3, p. 103, Nr. 3345.8 of 15 (corr.: only “1 Tf.” not 2 [?]).] Little-known but important early sale. One-of-a-kind catalog, exclusively Alexandrian Tetradrachms, coins rarely given individual descriptions until late 20th cent. 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] | Acq. from Antivm (Anzio, IT), previously ex “Collezione di Cataloghi e Listini,” Bertolami EA 71 (16 Jun 2019), 2459 |
| EMPIRE COINS | California & Florida | 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. | |
| Auction 4 | Dallas, 9 Nov 1985 | The 1985 N.I.C.E. Sale of Ancient Coins [Numismatics International Convention & Exposition]. 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 order |
| Auction 6 [Curtis?] | Dallas, 14 Nov 1986 | The 1986 N.I.C.E. Sale of Ancient Coins [Numismatics International Convention & Exposition] (w/ PRL). 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 order |
| Auction 7 [Dickie] | New York, 2 May 1987 | …featuring the Gordon J. Dickie Collection. Greater New York Numismatic Convention. 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 order CJJ Coll. = Lot 208 |
| Auction 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. | Ex Kirk Davis, Aug 2023 order CJJ Coll. = Lot 665 & 667, w/ Kroh’s tag & original cutout photos for plates |
| 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; p. 1: Online from BNF-INHA.] The second of which is much lesser-known (and apparently scarcer), but contains no ancients; they are rarely sold together, and often confused. The name is apparently a pseudonym. Kunker has suggested René Godard (1886-1955) as a possible identity (Poinsignon III, 3455 & 3456). | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| FOUNTAINHEAD OF FINE COINS | Coram, NY | Lawrence J. Devine & family. Active from early 1970s until c. 1980, publishing at least 13 FPLs. 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 complement.) | |
| FPL | Ex BCD Library Duplicates, PFJ 49 (2021), 940 (part) = 48 (2020), 1069 (unsold) | ||
| FREEMAN & SEAR | Los Angeles, CA | Rob Freeman (1993-2014) & David R. Sear (1993-1999/2001 only). 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. | |
| FPL 8 | Fall 2003 | ||
| GANS | Berkeley, CA | 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 [Nos. 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13] | 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 BCD Lib. Duplicates (PFJ 50, 1058, part) |
| MBS 16 | 19 Apr 1960 | Final auction catalog Greek and Byzantine Coins / Varia. | Ex BCD Lib. Duplicates (PFJ 50, 1058, part; see also note to PFJ 48, 1113 [different copy]) |
| FPL X10 [Nos. 19-22, 24-25, 27-30] | 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). | Most Ex BCD Lib. Duplicates (PFJ 50, 1058, part) FPL 19, 24, 25 Ex Brooklyn Gallery (Nov 2024), w/ uncertain collector inscriptions to covers (maybe “MP [?] HJA“) |
| GEMINI (see also Berk et al.) | Chicago & New York | 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)] | |
| VIII | 14 Apr 2011 [CICF] | ||
| XI | 12 Jan 2014 [NYINC] | ||
| GLENDINING & CO. | London | ||
| H.C. 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; | |
| “Property of a Nobleman” [COUNT DE LAVAL] | 18 Apr 1955 | 733 Lots, m. ill. on 29 Pl., tremendous collection, well cat. by G. Muller w/ his Foreword, weights to 0.1 grains AND 0.01 grams (!), some provenances noted (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; [Clain-Stefanelli 1983; Spring 230]; | Ex George D Hatie (ANA Pres. 1979-81) w/ Spink correspondence, commission form, presentation note (George Muller?); Ex Jeffrey M. Peck (PA, USA) CJJ Coll. = Lot 408.1 (Athens “New Style”; Salton = Thompson 540d.3) |
| Lockett Part II (Greek I) | 25 Oct 1955 | The Celebrated Collection formed by the late Richard Cyril Lockett, Esq., Greek Part I [Archive]. = 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)] | Ex LAC 65 (20 Oct 2017), 593; Ex “Collezione di Cataloghi e Listini,” Bertolami EA 71 (16 Jun 2019), 2481 |
| “Late Foreign Ambassador” | 7 Mar 1957 | [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] | Possibly also Ex G. D. Hatie (some similar markings, same purchase from Jeff Peck) |
| Lockett Part VI (Greek II) | 12 Feb 1958 | Richard Cyril Lockett Greek Part II [Archive] = 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)] | CJJ Coll. = Lot 1398 (part, Alex III Drachm, Salton & SNG Lockett 1501) |
| Lockett Part VIII (Roman, Byzantine) | 26 May 1959 | R.C. Lockett, Roman & Byzantine [Archive] = 16 Pl., 299 Lots, many ill. (RIC & Byz). (Post-sale priced copy.) [Clain-Stefanelli 3675; Spring 239] 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.” | |
| Lockett Part IX (Greek III) | 27 May 1959 | R.C. Lockett, Greek Part III [Archive] = 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)] | |
| Lockett Part XII (Greek IV) | 21 Feb 1961 | R.C. Lockett, Greek Part IV [Archive] = 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)] See “Catalog Collection Favorites: Lockett.” | Ex libris Pierre Bastien (1912-2010), w/ his bookplate. His custom cloth binding. CJJ Coll. = Lots 2384 (Hidrieus), 2927 (Nero Eumenia), 2894 (part, Augustus Samos), 2922 (part, Sebaste) |
| [J.G. Le Breton et al. (named & priced)] | 30 Oct 1963 | 181 Lots (300-480) Ancient (mostly Judaean & Greek, some Roman, Byz), f. ill. on 2 Pl., all Judaean (AR, AE & RPC) plus 4 RIC Aureii; last 50 Lots (431-480) ex Coll J. G. Le Breton; many/most group lots, also multiple coins well-pedigreed but NOT illustrated. NAMED and PRICED post-auction edition of catalog published by Glendining; some pages still uncut 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. | |
| HAMBURGER | Leo Hamburger. | ||
| Auction 69 [“Harras”] | 27 Nov 1922 (12 Sep) | Bedeutende Universalsammlung von Münzen und Medaillen. [Sammlung “Harras.”] (Originally dated 12 September 1922.) 1036 Lots (131 Ancient), 27 Plates (2 Ancient). [Spring 279] | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| HAMIDI | Torrance, CA | Omar Hamidi, 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. (by 1992) | FPLs 24, 28, 29, 30 (c. 1992) | Ex ANS Lib. Dupl. |
| HARMER-ROOKE | |||
| Auction [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 ART | |||
| List 1 | Spring 1951 (Baltimore) | [Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli, Numismatic Expert; Robert E. Hecht, Jr.] Ancient and Modern Coins. Booklet, 19 pp. incl. 3 b&w plates. 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 (the date is uncertain, but after the war; I have one volume stamped by him both V. CLAIN and DR V. CLAIN-STEFANELLI, 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) |
| Bulletin XXVI | “Circa 1960” (Philadelphia) | [George Allen, Managing Director.] 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 |
| Bulletin XL/XLI | “Early 60’s?” (Philadelphia) | [George Allen, Managing Director.] 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 | |
| Auktion 207 [Slg. Otto] | 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). Provenances incl.: Niklovitz, Pozzi, Vienna Dup. (Egger 39), Bement, H. Smith, Hoskier, Rhousopoulos, Naville X, Riche, Vautier & Collignon, Bachofen von Echt; Dispositions incl.: Krähenbühl, Cederlind Estate, Niggler, Knobloch, Seltmann, Leo Benz, Woodbridge, BCD Olympia, BCD Pelo II (not noted), Sawhill-JMU (not noted), Gillet-Kunstfreundes, Novak, et al. [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] | 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.) |
| (w/ Bank Leu) Auction 7 [Hirsch Estate] | Lucerne, 16 Apr 1957 | Antike Münzen, Zum Andenken an Dr. Jacob Hirsch (“In Memory of Dr. Jacob Hirsch”). 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). | Ex 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….” Deaccessioned coins c. 1980s, >2 acq. by Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Coll. (via Malter, 1984) |
| HISTORIA NUMISMATICA | Holicong, PA & New Hope, PA | Nick Economopoulos (see Pegasi below) & W. B. Warden (individually below). | |
| HN II | July 1991 (mailed) | Full-page format, “Ancient & Islamic Coins List … 279 + 81 + 6 numbers, 12 pages, 12 unnumbered plates, water damage to covers).” | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (PFJ 50, 1040 [part]) |
| HOUSE OF CONSTANTINE, | Madison, WI | Ralph W. Mathisen, 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 detached/absent). 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. | ||
| Auction 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 |
| Auction 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 |
| Auction 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 | |
| Auction 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 A831A = Burstein 745 = RPC IV 2502.6) & Lot 513 (BCD Akarnania 42) | |
| JSD | Santa Ana, CA | JSD Coins [alt: “J.S.D. Coins”] [some penicil & paper annotations yet to be typed and/or posted] | |
| FPLs (X 19 Nos.) & MBS (X 2 Nos.) | 1977 – 1986 | [see also notes under “collection” catalogs]; 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), probably ex-Malter 89 (Malloy Library, 2008), Lot 1556 (part of). |
| 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.) | |
| MBS IX | 21 Nov 1988 | Ex Kirk Davis, CJJ Coll. = Lot 192 | |
| MBS XI | 19 Jun 1993 | Provenance Note: Lloyd Beauchaine’s dated signature & address inadvertently 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…” Individual lots were not identified by consignor, but at least one lot (CNG 41, 1239, ill.) came from this catalog (Lot 375): Justinian 33 Nummi from Alexandria Mint (not ill., but same type & weight). | Possibly Ex Lloyd Beauchaine Library / “West Coast Collection” (?); Ex Kirk Davis Lib. Duplicate (?), yellow note “DUP” on cover (not RBW’s), clean copy, no annotations; acq. Aug 2023 from his VCoins |
| MBS XIII | 3 Jun 1998 | Provenance Note: Lot 25, Alexander AV Stater, later “Morris” Collection (Phil Peck), annotated (by KD?), possibly won for 1600? (Or just underbidder?) | Ex Kirk Davis, Ex Kirk Davis Library Duplicate (?), w/ many pencil & pen annotations, Lot 131 txt/pl. (& opposing lots) clipped out; acq. Aug 2023 from his VCoins |
| MBS XV | 1 Oct 2003 | Ex Kirk Davis Library Duplicate (?), w/ penciled annotations & hand-written bid request (on 80 & 48), yellow note “DUP” (non-RBW); acq. Aug 2022 from his VCoins | |
| MBS XVI | 29 Sep 2004 | Final sale | Ex Kirk Davis Library Duplicate (?), w/ penciled annotations, yellow note “DUP” (non-RBW); acq. Aug 2023 from his 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]) |
| KRICHELDORF | 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 |
| Auktion 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) |
| Auction 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) |
| Auction XXXVII [37] | 16 Dec 1983 | Numismatik Literatur. 627 Lots. 34 pp. NO COINS. | Ex FAC BC23697 (8 Nov 2022) |
| Auction 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) |
| Auction 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) |
| Auction 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) |
| Auction XLVI [46] | FAC BC22496 (31 Aug 2023) | ||
| Auction 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) |
| Auction 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 | Burtonsville, MD | Brian Kritt. 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.] | |
| Auction 11 [Slg. 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] [Some more notes in “collectible” catalogs page] | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| KÜNKER | Osnabruck | Fritz Rudolph Künker. [Alt: Kuenker.] Successor first to Hauck und Aufhauser. | |
| Auktion 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”] | Ex Wenninger (w/ his monogram on cover) CJJ Coll. = Lot 1088, Artuqid Dirh. = Wilkes, Islamic Coins & Their Values 1203 (“plate coin”) |
| 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. | |
| Auktion 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-]), personal custom hardbound copy [2] Duplicate, Softcover [CJJ Coll. = Lot 407 (“Biga of Cupids” Denarius, Cr. 320/1)] |
| Auktion 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; |
| Auktion 97 | 22 May 2000 | [DLK, p. 24 (4 stars for series)] | Ex WWE |
| Auktion 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; |
| Auktion 105 [BCD Korinth] | 26 Nov 2001 | [BCD Corinth] ACSearch 931 lots (all single lots, German); [DLK, p. 24 (4 stars for series)] | Copy 1: Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger; Duplicate: Ex FORVM. [Lot 721 in JJ Coll.] |
| Auktion 111 [BCD Euboia] | 25 Nov 2002 | [BCD Euboia] ACSearch 604 lots (all single lots, German); [DLK, p. 24 (4 stars for series)] | Copy 1: Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger; Duplicate; [Lot 587, Karystos AE in JJ 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 NUMISMATIK | Winterthur, sales in Zurich | 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. | |
| Auction 6 [Kleinkunst] | 20 Oct 2020 | [Kleinkunst] | |
| Auction 7 – 1 | 23 Oct 2020 | (Plus duplicate copy acq. by CSJ) | |
| Auction 7 – 2 | 24 Oct 2020 | ||
| Auction 8 [Krähenbühl] | 23 Oct 2021 | The Collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl. | |
| Auction 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). | |
| Auction 10 | 24 Oct 2021 | ||
| Auction 11 | 14 May 2022 | ||
| Auction 12 [Lang] | 15 May 2022 | The Collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang. | [Lot 1386 = JJ Coll., ex-George His (prov. not noted)] |
| Auction 13 | 27 May 2023 | ||
| Auction 14 | |||
| LHS / BANK LEU | see BANK LEU above | ||
| LINK, A.J. | Wallis, TX | ||
| 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. | |
| 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. | 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 M.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 M.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 M.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 M.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 M.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 M.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 M.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 (~4X M. Ant. Leg. Den.); 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 M.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 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 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 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*) | Copy 1: Ex ANS Lib. Copy 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?) |
| Auction 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). |
| Auction 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).] 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.; also, at least 3 lots (not in JJ coll.) published in BCD Peloponnesos 359, 1209, 1654] |
| Auction 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). |
| Auction 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 [Joel 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] * 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 | Fa.-Wi. 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 | Spring 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 X 25 Nos. (missing only Autumn 1974, incl. 1 dupl.) | 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 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; n. 2, Summer 1976; n. 3, Autumn 1976; n. 4, Winter 1976; Vol 6 (Complete): n. 1, Spring 1977. | Probably ex-Malter 89 (Malloy Library, 2008), Lot 1559 (part of, 26X JNFA 1971-1977, presumably complete + 1 duplicate); Ex FAC BC23387 & BC20754. |
| Auction 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. [BCD Lib. 2022, Jacq. 50, 1070 (not this copy); Gengerke p. 393] (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. | Ex ANS Library, signed by Malter & inscribed to A. J. Seltman, 12 Nov 1973 (the day after the auction). |
| Auction 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. [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). >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]. | Ex Michael Malter, acq. Feb 2023 |
| Auction IX | 26 Oct 1979 | [Sprial bound] | |
| Auction 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 (unnamed consignor), CNG EA 483 [2021], 357. Lot 460 in JJ Coll., also ex Wetterstrom (above), Peck, Kowsky. |
| XXIX [Rindge] | 22 Mar 1985 | Frederick Hastings Rindge (1857–1905) [w/ some underlining & annotations by RMC, incl. bids & lots won] | Ex Richard Marean Coveney (Boston, 1933-2021), w/ blind-stamp Ex Bryce Brown, Jun 2023 Lots 284 & 350 (part) in JJ Coll |
| XXX [Rindge] | 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] | Ex Richard Marean Coveney (Boston, 1933-2021), w/ ink “received” & library blind-stamp Ex Bryce Brown, Jun 2023 |
| Auction XLIV | 29 May 1990 | Ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Modern Coins and Antiquities. 104 pp. | |
| Auction 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)] 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.) Not to be confused with “the other” J.S.W., acronym given in RPC to J.S. Wagner. ** 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 (Dec 1999): The Celator Vol 13.2: p. 31. | Ex Library of Stuart L. Malter (1942-2021, Charlotte NC) [Joel’s cousin & antique scales collector], via Jim Crotts Rare Books (Clemmons, NC), 7 Feb 2023 |
| Auction 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 |
| Auction 88 [Malter Lib] | 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] |
| Auction 89 [Malloy Lib] | 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. |
| MERIDIAN COIN COMPANY INC | London & Los Angeles | 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. | Copy 1: Ex RBW Library, w/ his minor annotations (acq. B. Brown Feb 2024) Copy 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) |
| MONETE E MEDAGLIE | See DE NICOLA, Luigi. | ||
| MONNAIES DE COLLECTION | Monaco | ||
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| MÜNZEN und MEDAILLEN, AG | Basel | MMAG, preceded by Munzhandlung Basel, below. | |
| 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); prev. Ex Library of Angelo Cantera (1931-1999), w/ correspondence from MMAG (but absent from DNW 21 Mar 2001 sale, where 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 “Sonderliste: {Small}” (per Fitzwilliam): “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 I, II] | 3 Dec 1965, 21 Oct 1966 | (see Bank Leu, above) | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| Auction 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] | Ex Solidus 121 (25 June 2023), 523 |
| (w/ Bank Leu) [Kunstfreund (Gillet)] | 28 May 1974 | (see Bank Leu, above) | Ex Lanz Library, partly named |
| Auction 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) |
| Auction 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, GmbH | Weil am Rhein | MMDE: 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. | |
| Auktion 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) |
| Auktion 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 (his monogram, title on the spine in his hand) |
| Auktion 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.] | Copy 1: Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger; Copy 2: Ex Hendin Library (no owner marks); Copy 3: Duplicate; [CJJ Coll. = Lot 278.1 (AE w/ Athens/Man-Faced Bull) & Lot 42 (Leukas Pegasos Stater)] |
| MÜNZHANDLUNG BASEL | Predecessor of MMAG (above). | ||
| Auction 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. [Steger & 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; also on my Alexandrian catalogs & Catalog Favorites; avail. online at Heidelberg & elsewhere]; | Ex Lanz Numismatik Library w/ Hermann Lanz’s (1910-1998) stamp, inv. no. [CJJ Coll. = Lot 795 (not ill., ex Steger, Voirol, Sternberg & “AK Coll” = Kellner 7-26) ] |
| MÜNZ ZENTRUM | |||
| Auction 52 | 12 Nov 1984 | 1292 Alexandrian, many/most ill. [Kroh, p. 55 (4.5 Stars); WWE. See also my 20th cent. Alexandrian Catalogs page] | |
| 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. | |
| FPL (w/ CNG) | 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 |
| Auction 2 | 18 May 2010 | 232 Lots. Cardcovers. | Ex Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (no ownership marks) |
| Auction 4 [BCD Thessaly] | 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). | Copy 1: Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger; Duplicate [Lot 1433.7 in JJ Coll.] |
| FPL | Winter-Spring 2012 | 123 Distinctive Numismatic Items. | Ex WWE |
| Auction 24 | 2022 | Intro to Maleatas Coll. of Epidauros on p. 80 not available online, clearly written by ASW. J.-P. Righetti Collection of Alexandrian (acq. since the MM GmbH sale). | CJJ Coll. = Lot 137 (Epidaurus, 6 coins) & Lot 299 (Righetti, Dattari, RPC III 6058) |
| NUMISMATIC ART & ANCIENT COINS | San Diego (later, Zurich) | “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) |
| MBS & Auction 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 |
| NUMISMATIC FINE ARTS (NFA) | Beverly Hills, CA | Numismatic Fine Arts. [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 part 1 [Houghton-Lorber] | 31 Mar 1987 | [plus Duplicate] Arthur Houghton, cat. by Catharine Lorber. [Video showing the remarkable amount of text per lot] | Acq. from Jane Frank (née Steinberg, w/ Howard Frank, Santa Fe artists & famous collectors of science fiction art/literature), ex library of her brother Robert Steinberg & their father William Fox Steinberg, of Steinberg’s (New York) |
| XVIII part 2 | 1 Apr 1987 | ||
| Auction XX | 9 Mar 1988 | ||
| Summer MBS 1986 | 27 Jun 1986 | ||
| Winter MBS 1987 [Rosen] | 18 Dec 1987 | Jonathan Rosen Collection | [Lot 579.5 = Rosen-Waggoner 548, later W.B. Porter coll., now JJ Coll.] |
| XXIV = Fall MBS 1990 | 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’s CRE (corr., date of sale). 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 (Alexandrian portion reprinted); 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 [Julius 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 = Spring MBS 1992 | 23 Apr 1992 | ||
| XXIX | 13 Aug 1992 | ||
| XXXI | 18 Mar 1993 | ||
| Summer MBS 1993 | 9 Sep 1993 | ||
| NUMISMATICA ARS CLASSICA [NAC] | Zurich | 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) Arcadius to Constantine XI | 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) |
| Auction 13 [Slg. Ludwig] | 8 Oct 1998 | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (w/ monogram) | |
| Auction 39 [Feirstein I] | 16 May 2007 | Ex A. Wenninger | |
| Auction 42 [Feirstein II] | 20 Nov 2007 | Ex A. Wenninger | |
| Auction 45 [Feirstein III] | 2 Apr 2008 | Ex A. Wenninger | |
| Auction 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] | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (w/ his monogram &c.) [CJJ Coll. = Lots 157.5, 197, 198, 281.3] |
| Auction 56 [Spatrom] | 8 Oct 2010 | ||
| Auction 62 [Markoff] | 6 Oct 2011 | ||
| Auction 97 [America] | 12 Dec 2016 | The America Collection: A Highly Important Selection of Roman Coins. Hardcover w/ dust jacket. | Copy 1: Ex A. Wenninger (w/ monogram on DJ) Copy 2: Ex A. Wenninger (no ownership marks) |
| Auction 101 [Ploil III] | 24 Oct 17 | The Ernst Ploil Collection of Roman Coins, Part III. | Ex A. Wenninger |
| Auction 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 A. Wenninger |
| NUMISMATISCHER VERKEHR | Leipzig | 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, LTD. | Chicago & Henniker, NH | OWL, LTD. John Barton (d. 1988) & Mary Ann Barton. 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] | October 1980 | with Thomas P. McKenna. The Aurelia Collection of Roman Republican Silver Coins. 300 Lots, 32 pp., 15 Pl. (b&w). Softcover booklet. [Fitzwilliam; 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 | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 49 [2021], 940 [part] = 48 [2020], 1069 [unsold]) | ||
| PARKE-BERNET | New York | U.S. firm affiliated w/ Sotheby’s [below] | |
| Sale 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”!) | Copy 2: Ex BCD Library Duplicates (PFJ 50, 1077); Copy 1: Acq. B. Brown. |
| Sale 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). |
| Sale 2930 | 11 Nov 1969 | [No Ancient] Coins & Commemorative Medals | Came in a Konvolut w/ two above |
| PEGASI | Ann Arbor, MI | 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, who has continued to present. (Previously N.E. produced catalogs w/ W. Warden & solo lists, 1990-2.) 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.) | |
| 35 FPLs from No. 11 to 91 (part of) | c. 1984 to 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. [Noted on “collectible” catalogs page] | 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. | |
| PHOENIX | New York, NY | 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. | |
| FPL #7 | n.d. [posted May 1975] | List Seven. Small booklet, address label on front cover. 440 Total lots, most ill. on 7 Pl., 7 pp. dense text = 329 Ancient coins, mo. ill. on 6 Pl. (>200, 31-42 ea., some 1-sided); 30 Turkoman; 90 modern/world. Photocopied “Special Dealer’s Supplement” laid in, Nos. 441-488 (1p., 8.5×11″ photocopy, folded, 45/48 ancient). The photos are all reduced to ~75% diameter (so, 50-60% of original area). The effect of a 25% reduction is dramatic. (Not sure if Phoenix always did that.) Maybe the extra plates (+5-6 for full-size) would’ve required another 10-cent stamp (!) or substantially raised printing costs. In the era when many coins & even entire catalogs were unillustrated, buyers were more tolerant of such minor inconveniences. (I’m sure many readers kept magnifiers handy for the dense text anyway.) | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 50 [2022], 1041 [part]) Stamped, addressed to Alex G. Malloy [postmark 14 May 1975] |
| 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]). [More about ML Davidson in my “Provenance Glossary.”] | |
| Christmas 1982 FPL | Dec 1982 (?) | 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) | Ex BCD Lib Dup (PFJ 50 [2022], 1041 [part]) |
| RATTO | Lugano | Rodolfo Ratto & Mario Ratto (successor). | |
| Ratto Byzantine | 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.” 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). | |
| 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 | ||
| RYNEARSON | 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) | 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]) [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). 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) | |
| 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 5 remained in Salton Coll. (2 now mine). 1 Roman Provincial from Künker 378 (21 Oct 2022): No. 133 (now CJJ Coll.) = Lot 6739; and, 4 Greek from Stack’s NYINC (14 Jan 2022): No. 63 (now CJJ Coll.) = Lot 4268; No. 67 = Lot 4318 (Mithradates VI Tet.); No. 7 = Lot 4366 (AV Daric); No. 38 = Lot 4095 (Rhegion Drachm). | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 49 [2021], 940 [part] = 48 [2020], 1069 [unsold]) [CJJ Coll. = No. 63 (Laval Lot 408.1 = Salton I, Lot 4268 = Thompson “New Style” 540d.3) & No. 133 (RPC VI, 8177); See: “Catalog Favorites” entry.] |
| 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 graddaughter), and Dr. Herbert E. Ives” (see Stack’s Salton Part I [NYINC 2022], 4142). | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 50 [2022], 1041 [part]) |
| SCHLESSINGER | Berlin, then Amsterdam | Felix Schlessinger. | |
| Auction 15 | Amsterdam, 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, J. | Amsterdam | Jacques Schulman (1849-1914; ALT: Jacob Schulman). Head of a great 19th-20th century numismatic family, incl. grandson Hans F. (below). [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] | |
| Auction [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, H. | New York | Hans F. Schulman (1913-1990). “The American Schulman,” grandson of Jacques (above). [101 sale catalogs, not all ancient, indexed & sorted by year (1940-1975) at Washington University – Newman Numismatic Portal (embedded pdf’s from Archive)] | CJJ Lib: Coin Collector’s Almanac inscr. to “Joe” & signed by H. Schulman |
| Auction [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] | |
| Auction [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). At least FIFTY-TWO lots from Mabbott I are cataloged in Aiello FPL 5: C. Morris Coll., incl. Mabbott 1749 (Gallienus, Tabae) = Aiello FPL 5, 292, reported “stolen” in 1972 (see above & Catalog Favorites/Mabbott). [Clain-Stefanelli 1973; Daehn 2060; Spring 712; Gengerke (2009) p. 546; Adams 64 (pp. 180, 337, “A-” for Ancient, “B+” Overall)] [Noted on Alexandrian Catalogs & Catalog Favorites pages] [Online: Archive & NNP] | Ex John Aiello Lib, name & addr. on cover, crossed out; Phil Peck’s name & phone no. also on cover; Acq. by CJJ from Bryce Brown, 2022. Lot 2045 = CJJ Coll. ex Phil Peck Coll. |
| Auction [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] | Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger, monogram, penciled “1982” (but not the von Aulock copy unless dupl. hors catalog) |
| Auction [Harding, Zack, Mabbott] | 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] | Prov. uncertain; possibly acq. by CJJ or CSJ at Bookman’s in Tucson, early 90s; either in a Konvolut or just because it was available in a used bookstore |
| SOTHEBY’S | London, New York, or Zurich | 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 (253 Ancient coins), many ill. on 5 Pl. [Spring 761; Clain-Stefanelli 1938.] Most, apparently, from the 1859 Lord Northwick sale, via Samuel Addington. The present Earl was Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham (1797–1878). | Hand priced and named; Exlibris Frank Sherman Benson; dedication bookplate, Long Island Historical Society. FSB acquired at least one lot (27), but from a later sale. |
| 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]). | |
| Met I [Durkee et al.] | Zurich, 10 Nov 1972 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Part One: Roman Gold Coins [Coll. of Jospeh H. Durkee (d. 1898), et al.]. 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. | |
| Met II [Ward] | Zurich, 4 April 1973 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Part Two: Greek Coins from the John Ward Collection. 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. | |
| Duke of Northumberland | London, 4 Dec 1982 | Roman Coins From the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland Removed From Alnwick Castle. 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 | Zurich, 1 Jul 1982 | [Virgil Brand (1866-1926)] The Brand Collection, Part 1: Roman and European Coins. 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 (?)] Very high quality coins, many provenanced to important early 20th cent. collections (esp. Weber & Pozzi for Greek). | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| Brand 3 | Zurich, 9 Jun 1983 | [Virgil Brand (1866-1926)] The Brand Collection, Part 3: Greek and Roman Coins. 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 | London, 1 Feb 1984 | [Virgil Brand (1866-1926)] The Brand Collection, Part 5: Greek & Roman Coins. 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 | London, 25 Oct 1984 | [Virgil Brand (1866-1926)] The Brand Collection, Part 7: Greek & Roman Coins. Incl. many groups, but often with provenances notes (esp. Weber & Pozzi). [Clain-Stefanelli — ; DLK, p. 28 (2 stars, series)] | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| NB Hunt I | 1990-1 | [DLK, p. 28 (2 stars, series)] | Ex Irv Ford (Walnut Creek, CA) Library, his small sticker in front cover |
| NB Hunt II | 1990-1 | [DLK, p. 28 (2 stars, series)] | |
| Sale 6054 [NB Hunt III] | New York, 4 Dec 1990 | 117 lots. Introduction by Elvira Clain-Stefanelli. [Daehn 2108 (for complete series of sales) ; WWE, “One of the finest catalogs” ; DLK, p. 28 (2 stars, series). Noted on “collectible” catalogs page] | [Ex Bank Leu Library stamp, paper ephemera & annotations by Alan S. Walker (signed “ASW”)] |
| NB Hunt IV | 1990-1 | [DLK, p. 28 (2 stars, series)] | |
| WH Hunt I | 1990-1 | ||
| WH Hunt II | 1990-1 | ||
| NFA / Athena Fund I | 26 Oct 1993 | 156 Lots (Greek, Roman, Byzantine), f. ill. & described w/ generous commentary. 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). [DLK, p. 28 (2 stars, series)] | [plus duplicate, including correspondence (“Dear Client”) signed by Tom Eden] |
| NFA / Athena Fund II | 27 Oct 1993 | 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. 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. [DLK, p. 28 (2 stars, series)] | [plus duplicate] [Two coins from this sale, both purchased w/o provenance: Lot 808 (part), Tarsos AR Stater; Lot 972, Samaria AR Obol Ma’eh.] |
| NFA / Athena Fund III, et al. | 9 Dec 1993 | 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). 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] |
| Sale 5395 | 5 Jul 1995 | Two Hundred Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins. 200 lots (f. ill.). [WWE, “outstanding catalog” ; DLK, p. 28 (2 stars, series). Noted on my “collectible” catalogs page] | Ex ANTIQUA, Inc. (Steve Rubinger, Woodland Hills, CA) clientele presentation copy w/ ephemera |
| Sale 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 –] Note: High production value but among last relying primarily on black & white photos. Most gold, few silver, couple bronze. Constans (337-340) through Andronicus II (1320-1334). Commendably, the catalog gives full legends for every coin, highly unusual for many types from the 7th cent. onward, due to their increasingly erratic renderings. Consignor Note: Curious the collector is unnamed; others of his “Late Roman and Byzantine Coins” already sold as “The Dr. William J. Conte Collection” (Baldwin’s 2, 5 Oct 1994). (I find 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 print catalog section, 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; |
| SOUTHLAND NUMISMATICS, LTD. | Mississippi | Todd A. Herring. | |
| 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 | ||
| Auction 110 | Wareham Hoard | [7 Wareham AR Ants in JJ Coll., acq. from Rudi Smits, pub. CHRB X] | |
| STACK’S | New York | ||
| Auction (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. | Lot 496.3 (later RBW 1325, Rubria Quinarius) & 939 (part; Diocletian AE) now in JJ Coll. |
| Auction (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: Some unusually high quality Roman for a U.S. sale of the early ‘70s.”] | |
| Auction (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. | |
| Auction (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] Notes: For additional background on the collection & commentary about the contents of the catalog, see my entry in “Catalog Collection Favorites.” | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (Jacquier 50 [16 Sep 2022], Lot 1108). Also in JJ Coll: Lot 157 (Messenia Triobol, later BCD Coll.). |
| Auction (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) |
| Auction [Knobloch RIC-Byz] | 5 May 1984 | The Greater New York Numismatic Convention Sale – Part II: The Frederick S. Knobloch Collection of Late Roman & Byzantine Coins. 108 pp., 1879 lots, 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) |
| Auction [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, FRANK | Zurich | ||
| Auction VIII | 16 Nov 1978 | 1,090 Lots f. ill. on 50 Pl. (+ 2 enlrg.), Greek, RRC (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) |
| Auction 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 |
| Auction 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] | Ex WWE (Jul 2024) |
| Auction 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, KARL | Munich | 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 Wenninger Library, his usual inked title on spine & penciled monogram on title page |
| SUPERIOR GALLERIES | Beverly Hills, CA | 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 Coins of the Greeks & Romans | late 1968 | 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 Coins of the Greeks & Romans | n.d. [1970] | 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 |
| Ancient Judaean & Biblical Coins & Rare Artifacts | Jul 1971 | 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. |
| Public 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. | |
| Public Auction [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 |
| Various Superior Newsletters | 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” [Vol 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$ [Vol 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$ [Vol 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$ [Vol 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$ [Vol 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$ [Vol 17-2, FPL] | Dec-Jan 1986-7 | Ancients pp. 22-27 + specials, ~100 ancients many-to-most ill. | Ex RBW Library [addr. label], acq. Bryce Brown |
| Money Talk$ [Vol 18-1, FPL] | Summer 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$ [Vol 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$ [Vol 24-3, FPL] | Summer 1989 | pp. 5-15 ancient, 149 coins f. ill., plus specials, remainder mostly philatelic | Ex RBW Library [addr. label], acq. Bryce Brown |
| Money Talks [Vol 24-4, FPL] | Winter 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 [Vol 25/24*-1, FPL] | Spring 1990 | [* misnumbered “Volume 25”?] Ancients (pp. 48-66), 279 single listings, half illustrated, plus specials | Ex Don See/Bryce Brown |
| Money Talks [Vol 24-2, FPL] | Summer-Fall 1990 | No ancient coins (1 or 2 ads for specials) | Ex FAC |
| Money Talks [Vol 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 [Vol I-I, FPL] | Dec 1991 | 76 ancients, f. ill., plus specials; bibliography of Superior catalogs 1970-1991 (for purchase) | Ex FAC |
| Money Talks [Vol 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 [Vol 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$ [Vol 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 [Vol I-V, FPL] | Dec 1992 | 42 ancient ill., plus 18 ancient bargain & var. specials, column by David Vagi, “Collector Program” unveiled | Ex RBW [label]; Dupls. ex FAC; ex Dart Stamp-Coin, Bryce Brown |
| Money Talks [Vol 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 [Vol 23-3, FPL] | Winter 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 (X 3 Nos.) | 1886-1888 | July 1886 (numbers 5 & 6), October 1886 (numbers 7 & 8), and January 1888 (numbers 1 & 2). [Cover images from ANS.] | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
| VICO | Madrid | Jesús Vico. All hardcover except for 138 (thin sale, card cover). | |
| Subasta 134 | 28 Feb 2013 | ||
| Subasta 135 | 13 Jun 2013 | ||
| Subasta 136 | 7 Nov 2014 | ||
| Subasta 137 | 6 Mar 2014 | ||
| Subasta 138 | 6 Mar 2014 | [209 Spanish & S. American gold coins; no ancient] | |
| Subasta 139 | 12 Jun 2014 | ||
| Subasta 140 | 6 Nov 2014 | ||
| Subasta 141 | 5 Mar 2014 | ||
| Subasta 142 | 11 Jun 2015 | ||
| Subasta 143 | 5 Nov 2015 | ||
| Subasta 144 | 3 Mar 2016 | ||
| Subasta 145 | 2 Jun 2016 | ||
| WADDELL (see also Birkler and) | Bethesda, MA | Edward J. Waddell. Additional comments under “Collection” catalogs; 6 FPLs + plus The World of Ancient Coins & ephemera. | |
| List 27 | n.d. [1987] | “143 numbers plus 8 of literature, 14 pages, 9 plates” | Ex BCD Library Duplicates (PFJ 50, 1040 [part]) |
| List 52 | 1991 | [one plate with a photo cut out] 42 ancient coins, plus antiquities & literature; | Mailed to CJJ & CSJ; some acq. Bookman’s, Tucson (?) |
| List 53 | 1991 (Fall?) | 250 coins (~240 ancient, Greek, RRC, RIC, RPC, Byz]), antiq. & lit., incl. nice RPC & Byz AE, lovely Greek AR fractions; | |
| List 54 | Winter 1992 | 105 ancient coins (Greek, RIC, RPC, Byz, couple RRC), literature; | |
| List 55 | Spring 1992 | [partly wrinkled cover] 193 coins (183 ancient, Greek, RIC, Byz, some RRC and RPC); | |
| List 56 | Summer 1992 | 111 ancient coins (Greek, RIC, Byz, several RPC, few RRC) | |
| List 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 | New Hope, PA | William B. Warden, Jr. | |
| FPL | Ex BCD Library Duplicates | ||
| 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) [Additional notes under the “Collection” catalogs] | |
| FPL Vol. 1 Num. 2 | Nov 1975 | Ex BCD Library, addressed to Henry Christensen (1915-1979), 24 Oct 1975. [Lot 698 = JJ Coll.] | |
| WORLD-WIDE COINS OF CALIFORNIA | |||
| FPL | Ex BCD Library Duplicates | ||
| 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 (X 5 Nos.) | 1885-1907 | 25 (March 1885), 26 (September 1885), 34 (May 1888), 35 (October 1888), and 113 (May 1907). | Ex ANS Library Duplicates |
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.)
Collection 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;
- 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!);
- 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: http://coinsofromanegypt.org/html/topics/bibliography.htm.
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. 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. Select Numismatic Bibliography. Stack’s.
- Signed & inscribed to Mrs. Mary Reichenbach (?)
Clain-Stefanelli, Elvira E. 1985. Numismatic Bibliography. Battenberg.
- 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.) I haven’t yet seen her 1965 volume but it may be worth having both.
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 niche items, I usually try to find a “collectible” copy (e.g., inscribed to other well-known numismatic professionals) since there’s 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.
- 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.]).
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:
Adams, John W. 1982. U.S. Numismatic Literature, Vol 1. 19th Century Auction Catalogues. Crestline: G.F. Kolbe.
- I’ve read only positive things and plan to add this volume ASAP. There’s a 2001 reprint that is usually cheap (with 16 pages of addenda/errata laid in). From a Charles Davis listing: “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.”
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.
- 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.
Manville, Harrington & T.J. Robertson. 1986. British Numismatic Auction Catalogues, 1710-1984. London: AH Baldwin & Spink. [Vol 1 of Encyclopaedia of British Numismatics.]
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: 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); 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); 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); many more to add ex BCD Lib. Dupls., ex ANS, and several hundred more items from the RBW Library.