Bluestone, Barney. NUMISMATIC AUCTION SALES. Numbers 2-109, complete except for Sale 1. Syracuse, 1932-1950. Sales 2-98 octavo, sales 99-109 quarto; original printed card or paper covers throughout. Sales 2, 4, 7, 18, 21, 29-32, 34, 41, 71, 85, 95, 100, 104 and 106-108 are either hand-priced or include a printed prices realized list. A few catalogues are two-hole punched for inclusion in a binder. Generally very good to near fine. A tough set to complete. Of Bluestone, John Adams wrote: "Those who die penniless generally manage to do so in obscurity. Such is the case with Barney Bluestone, once a prominent numismatist but today an enigma." Adams notes that the catalogues "are sought less avidly than they should be. A collector can assemble most of them at modest cost, although complete sets are almost unknown." Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Price realized | 400 USD |
Starting price | 400 USD |
Estimate | 600 USD |