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Sale 158 IMPORTANT NUMISMATIC LITERATURE Featuring Material from the TAB Library, the Eldert Bontekoe Library, & Other Properties Mail Bid & Live Online Auction Saturday, November 21 at 12:00 Noon Eastern Time Place bids and view lots online at BID.NUMISLIT.COM Absentee bids placed by post, email, fax or phone due by midnight Friday, November 20. Absentee bids may be placed online at any time before the sale. 141 W. Johnstown Road • Gahanna, Ohio 43230 (614) 414-0855 • Fax (614) 414-0860 • numislit.com • [email protected] Terms of Sale 1. This is an online and mail-bid sale. Absentee bids will be accepted by mail, fax, email and phone until the day before the live online sale. On the day of the live online sale, only bids placed via the live online platform will be accepted: no phone, fax, email or mail bids can be entered on the day of the sale. 2. All lots will be sold to the highest bidder at the time of the sale. All bids (whether placed online or by mail, fax, email or phone) will be treated as limits and lots will be purchased below these limits where competition permits. 3. Absentee bidders should be mindful that bids submitted in irregular increments may be rounded to a lower bid to comply with the online platform’s established bidding increments. 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. Registration of unknown bidders on the live online platform will constitute approval only when the bidder provides an acceptable credit card number with registration. 7. This is a reserve auction. The estimates of value are intended solely as a guide. Starting prices for this sale are at approximately two-thirds of estimate, though this may vary. Kolbe & Fanning reserve the right to purchase items in this sale for customers or stock 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 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 processing. 11. A late payment fee of 2% per month will be charged on accounts remaining unpaid 30 days after the sale. 12. This sale is conducted in U.S. dollars. Payment may be made by check, money order, credit card, PayPal 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 bid sheet 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. © 2020 Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers Place bids and view lots online at BID.NUMISLIT.COM 3 ANCIENT NUMISMATICS Important Collection of Punic Coins FERTS À GEORGES LE RIDER. London: Spink, 1999. 4to, 1 Acquaro, Enrico. LE MONETE PUNICHE DEL MUSEO original crimson cloth, gilt; jacket. xi, (1), 450, (2) pages; 50 NAZIONALE DI CAGLIARI. CATALOGO. Roma: Consiglio plates of coins. Fine. $100 Nazionale delle Ricerche, 1974. 4to, original maroon cloth, gilt. An important festschrift, bringing together thirty-seven articles in vari- ous languages on subjects relating to Greek numismatics, in addition to 96, (2), pages; 26 pages of figures; 100 plates of coins. Previous an introduction to and bibliography of Le Rider’s works. owner’s stamp; near fine. $100 The National Museum of Cagliari’s Punic collection; illustrates over 1600 coins. Clain-Stefanelli 3182. Daehn 6709. Greek Coins of Mylasa 2 Akarca, Askidil. LES MONNAIES GRECQUES DE MY- LASA. Paris, 1959. 8vo, original printed card covers. 106, (2) pages; folding table; 20 fine plates. Unopened. Title written on spine, else fine. $100 Scarce. Clain-Stefanelli 2747. Daehn 4854:”Examines the Hellenistic and Roman Provincial issues of Mylasa.” Grierson 63: “Hellénistiques et gréco-impériales.” Alföldi on Contorniates 3 Alföldi, Andreas, Elisabeth Alföldi and Curtis L. Clay. DIE KONTORNIAT-MEDAILLONS. TEIL 1: KATALOG. Berlin, 1976. Two volumes. xvi, 232; (4) pages; 3 diagrams, 2 folding; 212 fine plates. 4to, text volume in the original green cloth, gilt; plates loose in the original matching green cloth box, gilt. Covers a bit rubbed; near fine. $300 The Complete American Art Association An important and very well-illustrated standard work. Clain-Stefanelli 4985. Sale of the Enrico Caruso Collection with Coins Catalogued by Henry Chapman The Alpha Bank Collection 7 American Art Association [Henry Chapman et al.]. ILLUS- 4 Alpha Bank. THE ALPHA BANK COLLECTION: HEL- TRATED CATALOGUE OF THE RARE AND BEAUTIFUL LENIC COINAGE. Athens, 2007. 4to, original gray cloth, print- ANTIQUE ART TREASURES, MANY OF WHICH CAME ed in silver; jacket. 311, (1) pages; 206 color enlargements of FROM THE J. PIERPONT MORGAN, SPITZER, BARDAC, coins. Fine. [with] Alpha Bank. THE ALPHA BANK COLLEC- MAURICE KANN AND RODOLPHE KANN COLLEC- TION: ALEXANDER THE GREAT: FROM MACEDONIA TO TIONS, AMERICAN AND FOREIGN GOLD COINS, AND THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. Athens, 2010. 4to, original gray MANY OPERATIC COSTUMES, THE PROPERTY OF THE cloth, printed in silver; jacket. 197, (1) pages; 218 color enlarge- LATE ENRICO CARUSO. New York, March 5–8, 1923. 4to, ments of coins. Fine. $100 original printed paper covers over plain boards. (2), (340) pages; Two lavishly illustrated works based on this highly important collection. 1350 lots; fine frontispiece photograph of Caruso, with tissue guard; illustrated throughout, occasionally in color. Original pa- Names on Ancient Persian Coins per covers a bit worn, with clear tape repairs; corner bump. Very 5 Alram, Michael. IRANISCHES PERSONNAMENBUCH. good or better. $450 BAND IV. NOMINA PROPRIA IRANICA IN NUMMIS: The rare complete catalogue of this important and wide-ranging sale, MATERIALGRUNDLAGEN ZU DEN IRANISCHEN PER- of which coins and medals formed but a portion. Caruso (1873–1921) SONENNAMEN AUF ANTIKEN MÜNZEN. Wien, 1986. was an inveterate collector, and had the sagacity (as well as the means) to form highly interesting collections in a number of areas. Henry Folio, original gray cloth lettered in blue. 347, (25) pages; soft- Chapman was called in to catalogue the numismatic segment of the cover Tafelband with 47 plates. Housed in cardboard slipcase. sale, comprising lots 256–555 (which is rarely encountered in a sepa- Near fine. $300 rate printing). The sale also included some Renaissance medals and Infrequently offered and quite important. Daehn 6177. plaquettes not included in the coin section. This full catalogue of the great opera singer’s art estate is very infrequently seen. (The later sale of Le Rider Tribute Volume coins from Caruso’s estate by C. & E. Canessa, while scarce, is also en- 6 Amandry, Michel, Silvia Hurter and Denyse Bérend [edi- countered more frequently.) Worn or damaged covers appear endemic tors]. TRAVAUX DE NUMISMATIQUE GRECQUE OF- to these catalogues: this copy is above-average. ANCIENT NUMISMATICS 4 Kolbe & Fanning Sale 158 • Saturday, November 21, 2020 Continuation of the Bulletin on Counterfeits Both Bement Greek Coin Sales 8 American Numismatic Association and IAPN. COUNTER- 12 [Ars Classica VI & VII] Naville et Cie. VI. CATALOGUE FEIT COIN BULLETIN. Volume I–III, complete as published DE MONNAIES GRECQUES ANTIQUES EN OR ET EN AR- in eight illustrated issues.