P. SCOTT RUBIN NUMISMATIC LIBRARY PART TWO MAIL BID SALE • Closing July 10, 2021
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THE P. SCOTT RUBIN NUMISMATIC LIBRARY PART TWO MAIL BID SALE • Closing July 10, 2021 (614) 414-0855 • [email protected] • (614) 414-0860 fax • 141 W. Johnstown Road • Gahanna Ohio 43230 THE P. SCOTT RUBIN NUMISMATIC LIBRARY PART TWO MAIL BID SALE Closing July 10, 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS Terms of Sale. 2 Sale Catalogues. 3 Archival Materials & Ephemera. 45 Books ...................................48 Periodicals. 64 Bid Sheet ................................69 141 W. Johnstown Road • Gahanna, Ohio 43230 (614) 414-0855 • Fax (614) 414-0860 • numislit.com • [email protected] Terms of Sale 1. This is a traditional mail-bid auction sale. Bids will be accepted by mail, fax, email and phone until 5:00 pm Eastern Time on Saturday, July 10, 2021. Bids may be left on voicemail, but please remember to clearly state your name and phone number. There is no online bidding in this sale. 2. All lots will be sold to the highest bidder at the time of the sale’s closing. All bids (regardless of how placed) will be treated as limits and lots will be purchased below these limits where competition permits. 3. Bids should be submitted in whole dollars. 4. Unless exempt by law, the buyer will be required to pay 7.5% sales tax on the total purchase price of all lots delivered in Ohio. Purchasers may also be liable for compensating use taxes in other states, which are solely the responsibility of the purchaser. Foreign bidders may be required to pay duties, fees or taxes in their respective countries, which are also the responsibility of the bidders. 5. This is not an approval sale. Any claims for adjustment by bidders must be made within three days after receipt of lots purchased. No lots may be returned without our written permission. By submitting bids you agree to the Terms of Sale. 6. Bidders unknown to us must supply acceptable credit references or a 25% deposit to assure entry of their bids. 7. This is a reserve auction. The estimates of value are intended as a guide. Starting prices for this sale are half of the stated estimate. Kolbe & Fanning reserve the right to purchase items in this sale for customers or for inventory at their discretion. 8. A buyer’s premium of 20% will be added to the cost of all lots purchased. 9. We reserve the right to withdraw any lot prior to the sale for any reason. 10. All postage, insurance and shipping charges will be added to the buyer’s invoice. There will be a $3.00 charge per lot for packing. 11. A late payment fee of 2% per month will be charged on accounts remaining unpaid 30 days after invoicing. 12. This sale is conducted in U.S. dollars. Payment may be made by check, money order, credit card, PayPal, Zelle or wire transfer. All checks must be in U.S. dollars and drawn on U.S. banks. Our bank account details will be provided on request for wire transfers, and any bank charges must be paid by the sender. 13. Lots to be mailed to addresses not in the United States or its Territories will be sent only at the risk of the purchaser. When pos- sible, postal insurance will be obtained. Packages covered by private insurance will be so covered at a cost of 1% of total value, to be paid by the buyer. 14. Title to all lots remains with the cataloguer until paid for in full. Payment must be made immediately upon notification or upon receipt of material. The discretionary right to withhold delivery of lots until full payment has been received is reserved. 15. All lots are as described. We acknowledge the possibility of errors or typographical mistakes, and any errors on our part will be cheerfully corrected. We cannot be responsible for your errors; please check your bids carefully. 16. Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC are licensed by the State of Ohio Department of Agriculture (license 2011000028) as an auction firm, and are bonded as required by law in favor of the State of Ohio. BOOK SIZES BOOK CONDITIONS F° (folio) over 13 inches As new — no signs of wear or defects. 4to (quarto) 12 inches Fine — nice clean copy, slight signs of use. 8vo (octavo) 9 inches Very good — some wear, no serious defects. 12mo (duodecimo) 7–8 inches Good — average used and worn book, complete. 16mo (sextodecimo) 6–7 inches Reading copy — poor but readable. 24mo (vigesimoquarto) 5–6 inches Ex-library — with library identification marks. 32mo (trigesimosecundo) 4–5 inches Unless stated otherwise, all books are bound; all periodicals and auction sale catalogues are in the original paper covers. Books without descriptions of condition may be assumed to be nice clean copies in the octavo range. Sizes are not always noted for auction catalogues and periodicals. All serious defects are noted. © 2021 Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers The P. Scott Rubin Numismatic Library 3 SALE CATALOGUES 1 Ace Stamp & Coin Shop. MAIL AUCTION SALES. Cin- LATE HARRY FRENCH KNIGHT AND ESTATE OF THE cinnati, February 28, 1941 and June 23, 1941. Two catalogues. LATE ALLAN MCCULLOH. Cover title cited. New York, Oc- 8vo, original printed card covers. First with covers discolored; tober 10–13, 1934. 8vo, original printed card covers. (8), 146, (2) second near fine. $20 pages; 790 lots; illustrated. Fine. $50 The firm’s mailing address was 18 E. 4th Street, Cincinnati, which was Sol -Ka Lots 425–452 in this depression-era sale comprised mostly bulk lots of Ameri- plan’s office a few years later. can coins, with some unusual lotting to be seen. A Roman Numerals 1907 Saint Gaudens $20 was grouped with an 1801 $10. A six piece “Gold proof set of 1870” 2 Adams, Geoffrey Charlton. AUCTION SALE XXI. THE was succinctly described: “Brilliant and very rare.” Scarce. HISTORY OF THE DOLLAR. CATALOGUE OF A COLLEC- TION OF SUPERB SILVER COINS, ALL DOLLAR SIZE... 6 American Numismatic Association. YOUNG NUMISMA- NO FINER COLLECTION EVER OFFERED IN THIS HEMI- TIST AUCTION CATALOGUES. Thirteen different YN Auc- SPHERE. New York, July 14, 1905. 8vo, original printed paper tion sale catalogues, being those conducted at the ANA Conven- covers. 75, (1) pages; 753 lots. Very good. Also included is a tions for 1989–2002 with the exception of 1997. Varying formats. printed open letter soliciting subscriptions to Adams’s periodi- Also included are two silent auctions conducted for the Robert cal, The Coin Cabinet and an old reproduction of his critique of Lecce Advanced Scholarship Program for 2015 and 2016. Gener- the 1804 dollar, printed as a “Paper to be read before the Chicago ally fine. $100 Very rarely offered. Numismatic Society, at meeting September 2d, 1904.” Very good to near fine. $50 7 American Numismatic Rarities, in cooperation with Spink. The catalogue is Adams 21, rated B overall: “Extensive thalers, crowns: Germany THE LOUIS E. ELIASBERG, SR. COLLECTION OF WORLD the broadest but Europe throughout is well represented. The circular drumming GOLD COINS AND MEDALS. New York, April 18–19, 2005. up subscription to The Coin Cabinet is interesting, as it claims a circulation for 4to, original pictorial card covers. xxv, (1), 357, (1) pages; illus- the first issue of 1000 copies and manages to misspell the editor’s name, closing: “Very truly yours, GEOEFREY CHARLTON ADAMS.” The diatribe against the trated throughout in color. Fine. $25 An extraordinary collection, ably catalogued. 1804 dollar is, though a later reproduction, well worth reading, as it states firmly the author’s opinion that the pieces in question “were undoubtedly struck since 8 Anderson Auction Company. A PRIVATE COLLECTION steam coinage was invented or from 1836 to 1860 and that “all numismatists OF VALUABLE COINS. New York, December 20, 1907. 8vo, origi- should take warning and ... relegate the 1804 Dollar, (?) the 1823 Cent restrike (?) and the 1795 Jefferson cent (?) to the melting-pot or junk-box where such fakes nal printed card covers. 51, (1) pages; 855 lots. Very good. $20 and frauds properly belong.” Ex John W. Adams Library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 150, part of lot 4). Prices Like You’ve Never Seen... 3 Alexander & Co. FIRST MAIL AUCTION SALE. GOLD, 9 Arcade Currency Palace. FIXED PRICE CATALOGUE SILVER AND COPPER COINS. Boston, March 14, 1904. 16mo, OF HIGH-END U.S. PAPER MONEY. Tarpon Springs, 2009 or self-covered [printed on a single sheet and folded. 16 pages; 416 later. Tall 4to, original pictorial card covers. 96 pages; illustrated lots. Very good. [with] Alexander & Co. SECOND MAIL AUC- throughout in color. Near fine. $50 TION SALE. GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS, ETC. Where to begin? This catalogue includes around 100 listings of high-end United States paper money. Prices begin in five figures, but the firm’s owner, Ahmet Boston, October 31, 1904. 4to, self-covered. (4) pages; 297 lots. Sandicki, has his sights set higher. Much higher. Many listings have six-figure, Folded for mailing. Near fine. [with] Alexander & Co. CATA- seven-figure, even eight-figure price tags (all in U.S. dollars). A few are in nine LOGUE OF THIRD MAIL AUCTION SALE OF GOLD, figures, and at least one listing is for over $1 billion. If you thought paper money SILVER AND COPPER COINS, ETC. Boston, November 27, records were in the single millions, you clearly aren’t being ambitious enough: Google the owner for some fun. 1905. 16mo, printed paper covers. (12) pages; 304 lots. Fine. [with] Alexander & Co. CATALOGUE OF FOURTH MAIL 10 Aron, Michael. NUMISMATIC AUCTION CATA- AUCTION SALE OF GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER COINS, LOGUES. Van Nuys, 1982–2006. Thirty-five catalogues, being ETC.