The Kunstfreundes Sale

Bank Leu, and Münzen und Medaillen. GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN AUS DER SAMMLUNG EINES KUNSTFREUNDES. Zürich, 28. Mai 1974. 4to, original printed card covers. 372 pages; 253 lots; well illustrated throughout. Photocopy prices realized list laid in. Near fine. A most important sale, superbly catalogued and illustrated, comprising selections from the magnificent Charles Gillet collection. One of the great Greek coin sales of the 20th century; the 253 lots realized over $4 million. Daehn 2026. Spring 418: “the Kunstfreund catalogue set new standards in the cataloguing of ancient coins, both as to scholarship of the content and artistic layout” [also listed under “Most important sales of ancient Greek coins”].