Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF SELECTED SPECIMENS FROM THE AMERICAN PORTION OF THE FINOTTI COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS, THE PROPERTY OF W. ELLIOT WOODWARD, OF ROXBURY, MASS. New York: Bangs, Merwin & Co., November 11-14, 1862. 4to [30.5 by 25.5 cm], later red cloth, gilt. 88 pages, interleaved; 1908 lots; price realized printed alongside each lot. Contemporary pencil annotation at lot 1397. Occasional spotting and discoloration, with a few folded corners; very good or better. Adams 4. The Special Interleaved Large Paper Copy, one of only ten printed. Joseph M. Finotti's collection comprised Woodward's first great sale of American coins, medals and tokens. Important in many categories, including colonials, medals, tokens, Washingtonia, proof coins, large cents and half cents, it brought a total of $3,751.43, the highest amount for a coin sale up to that date. As Woodward notes, "money was no object" in the formation of the collection. It was the first of Woodward's outstanding "Semi-Annual Sales" held in New York, a series justly renowned for the quality and quantity of numismatic material offered therein. The interesting annotation to lot 1397 reads, "Mr. Allen of Queens sent me a piece of this description June 10, 1873." In his footnote to the Finotti sale, Attinelli observes: "Copies of the above catalogue, cut and uncut, were issued after the sale, with printed prices. 10 copies with printed prices were also issued on large paper." Adams A: "1850ff proof sets. RR Washington. Proof 1823 1¢. Proof 1842 ?¢. Superb colonials including proof Clinton." Attinelli 26. Davis 1153. Ex Charles Davis's sale of November 4, 2000, lot 318 at $700 hammer; ex Jim Neiswinter Library.