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A Nice Group of Haseltine Sales

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A Nice Group of Haseltine Sales
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Haseltine, John W. AUCTION CATALOGUES. New York and Philadelphia, 1870-84. Twenty-three different auction catalogues, being Adams Nos. 2, 5, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 25, 28, 39, 41, 42, 46, 48, 49, 52, 53, 64, 76 and 78. Lot also includes Haseltine's 1872-73 fixed price catalogue. 8vo, all in original printed wraps. A few with occasional annotations or pricing; one with original printed prices realized list. Generally very good or better, with a couple exceptions. A decent group of 23 Haseltine auction catalogues, including a couple scarcer ones. John W. Adams has written that "Over the years, the Haseltine catalogs have attracted little attention, even from advanced students. Such neglect is difficult to understand, the more so given that the man was the leading authority of his day in at least four branches of U.S. numismatics: colonial paper, Confederate paper, varieties of early silver and mint patterns. The eighty-seven sales are rich in all of these branches." Included in this lot is the January 1874 catalogue in which he related the story of the discovery of the Confederate cent. Ex Michael Spurlock library.