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A Nice Group of Small-Size Chapman Sales

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A Nice Group of Small-Size Chapman Sales
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Chapman, S.H. and H. AUCTION CATALOGUES. Philadelphia and New York, 1879-1932. Eighteen different auction catalogues, issued by the brothers jointly or severally. Includes: the brothers' sales of Oct. 9, 1879; Feb. 11-12, 1880; May 28, 1880; Nov. 19-20, 1880; July 28-29, 1881; April 14, 1882; Dec. 7-8, 1883; April 5-6, 1892; June 21-22, 1892; May 10, 1893; Mar. 6-7, 1894; May 3-4, 1894; July 22, 1901; and Henry Chapman's sales of Dec. 18, 1908; Oct. 4, 1919; May 7-8, 1929; May 9-10, 1929; and Nov. 17-18, 1932. 8vo, all in original gilt-printed white paper covers with one exception. Seven hand-priced. Condition varies, but generally very good to fine, with a couple exceptions. A small but nice group of Chapman catalogues, with several being hand-priced. The Chapman brothers dominated the U.S. coin market for more than half a century, from their beginnings in 1879 to Henry's final sale in 1932. With the Bushnell sale of 1882, they changed the way catalogues were written and collections were presented, ushering in a new era of careful and professional cataloguing that many of their competitors struggled to emulate. Includes the first and last sales of the series, as well as the 1892 King collection and the 1919 ANA sale.