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Priced & Named Bache, Bertsche et al. Sale

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Priced & Named Bache, Bertsche et al. Sale
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Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN COINS, MEDALS, &C., BEING SELECTED SPECIMENS FROM THE CABINETS OF MESSRS. BACHE, BERTSCH, LIGHTBODY, LILLIENDAHL, AND VINTON, TOGETHER WITH THE ROMAN COLLECTION FORMERLY BELONGING TO SIR EDMUND TEMPLE, OF LONDON, BUT MORE RECENTLY TO MR. WATSON, OF NEW YORK, THE WHOLE NOW THE PROPERTY OF W. ELLIOT WOODWARD, OF ROXBURY, MASS. New York, Mar. 20-25, 1865. 8vo, contemporary brown half morocco with marbled sides; spine ruled and lettered in gilt; original printed wraps bound in. 220 pages; 3834 lots; ruled in red and neatly priced in blue ink with buyers’ names throughout, with sale sub-totals on every page. Spine and corners worn, with front board loose and rear nearly so; internally fine and worth restoring. Ex Geo. B. Mason, with his circular ink stamp on the front flyleaf; printed address label of Charles P. Knoth on front pastedown. Adams A: “1819-33 $5, except 1822. NE shilling. AU 1796 50¢. AU 1805 5¢. Gem cents, such as 1796 Cap, 1806. Fillmore, other peace medals. RRR colonial.” The sale brought $12,285.10 ($12,524.66 according to Attinelli), rivaling the record-setting results of Woodward’s 1864 McCoy sale. Ex John J. Ford, Jr. library (Kolbe Sale 93, lot 971).