Annotated Catalogues from the Breen Library

[Catalogues]. NUMISMATIC SALE CATALOGUES WITH ANNOTATIONS BY WALTER BREEN. Group of twenty-nine catalogues, including the following: Stack’s sales of May 25–26, 1951; October 9–10, 1954; October 8–9, 1955; October 24, 1956 (Lohr); November 23, 1956; May 2–4, 1958; June 26–27, 1958; December 6, 1958; September 19, 1959; May 4–7, 1960 (Neumoyer); the 1963 fixed price list of the Brobston half cents; September 17–18, 1971 (MHS Part II); and March 12–13, 1976 (Garrett); Abe Kosoff/Numismatic Gallery sales of November 14, 1950; April 27–28, 1956 (Melish); and October 13, 1965; Hans M.F. Schulman sales of June 17–18, 1958 and October 23–24, 1959; French’s sales of November 22–23, 1957 and February 13–14, 1959; Imperial Coin Company’s October 22–24, 1954 sale; S.J. Kabealo’s sale of November 14–16, 1958; Donald Rhodes’s sale of January 9–12, 1959; Mayflower Coin Auctions’ December 2–3, 1966 sale (Stearns); Samuel T. Freeman & Co.’s sale of November 20–22, 1968; American Auction Association’s (Bowers & Ruddy’s) sale of November 10–11, 1972 (Marks Part II); Kreisberg & Cohen’s September 10–12, 1973 sale; Superior Stamp & Coin’s sale of October 1–4, 1973; and Rarcoa’s August 4–5, 1978 sale (Kaufman). Varying card covered formats. Some with prices realized lists. The extent of annotation varies from catalogue to catalogue (see comments). Condition ranges from good to near fine. A good group of catalogues that should reward careful reading. Breen’s annotations in these catalogues are usually limited, but are frequently worthwhile—a few catalogues could be stand-alone lots in this sale. Several are heavily annotated, but only in particular sections; a few others have only a comment or two throughout. Most fall somewhere in the middle, with occasional but interesting annotations that should be preserved.