Kolbe & Fanning

Auction 164  –  27 August 2022

Kolbe & Fanning, Auction 164

2022 Summer Americana Sale

Sa, 27.08.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
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Description

Bluestone, Barney. CATALOGUE OF THE "ORIGINAL" CELEBRATED ALBERT A. GRINNELL COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES PAPER CURRENCY. PARTS I-VII. Syracuse, 1944-1946. Seven catalogues. 8vo, original printed card covers. 651, (1) pages; frontispiece portrait of Grinnell; 5898 lots. All sales with original printed prices realized list. [with] Bluestone, Barney. IMPORTANT PUBLIC AUCTION OF LARGE SIZE U.S. PAPER CURRENCY, PROPERTY OF ALBERT A. GRINNELL. Syracuse, March 8, 1947. 8vo, original printed card covers. 55, (1) pages; 841 lots; frontispiece portrait. Eight catalogues total. Generally fine set. The complete set of these important auction sale catalogues, including the scarce 1947 "mopping up" sale. Adams page 115: "The high point of the Bluestone series is, of course, Albert A. Grinnell's paper money. A serious collector (and, in real life, the President of Grinnell Brothers Music House) Grinnell spent most of his adult life in assembling a landmark collection. Included therein were holdings of United States notes, National Bank notes and New York paper money that remain unrivaled in both scope and features." Clain-Stefanelli 13539. McKerchar 155. Ex Cardnal Collection Library.

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Price realized 100 USD
Starting price 100 USD
Estimate 150 USD
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