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The Stickney Sale

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:225.00 USD
The Stickney Sale
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Chapman, Henry. CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COINS OF THE LATE MATTHEW ADAMS STICKNEY, ESQ., SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS. COMPRISING ONE OF THE GREATEST COLLECTIONS EVER SOLD IN THIS COUNTRY. UNIQUE COLONIAL AND STATE COINS, BRASHER’S 1787 NEW YORK DOUBLOON, 1815 HALF EAGLE, AND AN ORIGINAL 1804 DOLLAR. Philadelphia, June 25-29, 1907. 4to, original gilt-printed white cloth and boards. ix, (1), 222, (2), (10) pages; 3026 lots; prices realized list bound in. Binding a little worn, but sound; near fine internally. Set of 20 reprint plates included. The Post-Sale Edition. Adams A+: “Famous early collection, perhaps the best. Replete with history and great rarities in all U.S. series.” Henry Chapman’s first major solo production after the breakup of the partnership with brother Samuel Hudson the preceding year. Ex August 8-9, 1968 Colby Ritzman sale, lot 147; inscribed in ink on front pastedown: “Return to F. A. Baldwin, 162 South College Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich.” The reprint plates are well-done.