It's been awhile since Charles Davis has held a book auction, I regularly buy from him on
ebay and directly, he is a very knowledgable book dealer (he catalogued the Armand Champa book sale for Bowers and Merena, which brought well over a million dollars). His next sale has some of the most amazing items I've seen since the Champa sale...
How about the only known copy of Sylvester S. Crosby's The Early Coins of America and the Laws Governing Their Issue.. Profusely Illustrated,1873-1875
with the original wrappers unbound and complete in all 12 parts?
That lot should bring close to $10,000.00 heck even Crosby's own copy wasn't this original and nice.
11 pages of Bang's and Brother catalogs? lots of $$ est.
Chapman's Stickney and Taylor catalogs with plates? $2500/ea. est.
Bunches of oroiginal Elder, Frosarrd, Chapman, Low, Mehl, Woodward, catalogs and journals.
Rare leather bound Wayte Raymond Standard catalog $3,000 est.
Lots and lots of books and catalogs on ancient, medieval and foreign coinage.
You can view his catalog of the September 12, 2015 sale at his website, it is also available for PDF download at;
http://www.numisbook.com/ The auction catalog is located in the top link under current auction.
Time to to start selling coins so I can buy more books!
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013!
ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector.
See my want page:
http://goccf.com/t/140440
Posted 09/12/2015 4:51 pm
