Kolbe & Fanning

Auction 166  –  25 February 2023

Kolbe & Fanning, Auction 166

Numismatic Literature

Sa, 25.02.2023, from 6:00 PM CET
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Description

Superior Galleries. THE BOYS TOWN SALE FEATURING THE H. ROLAND WILLASCH COLLECTION OF BUST HALF DOLLARS AND BUST SILVER DOLLARS AND THE KING OF SIAM PROOF SET. Beverly Hills, May 27–29, 1990. 4to, original brown full water buffalo skin; both covers paneled with double gilt fillets with decorative lozenges in the corners; front cover lettered in gilt and stamped in blind; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt and decorated in blind; all page edges gilt; vivid blue hand-marbled endpapers; silk marker. (22), 423, (1) pages; 6025 lots; text illustrations; 10 color halftone plates. Housed in the original matching brown leather clamshell case lined in brown moiré cloth. Fine. The first copy we have handled. With this sale, Kater-Crafts Bookbinders began producing Deluxe Leatherbound Editions for select Superior catalogues, using fine materials and exceptional craftsmanship to develop a truly special edition. The skin used is of a far superior grade to the run-of-the-mill leathers used in most modern bookbinding, and each catalogue was the result of hours of patient work by hand. The results show. Only 10 copies were thus prepared. Ex Kolbe & Fanning's 2012 New York Book Auction, lot 336; ex Cardinal Collection Library.

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Price realized 375 USD
Starting price 325 USD
Estimate 500 USD
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