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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, 1880-1929. Twenty different auction catalogues, issued by the brothers jointly or severally. Includes: the brothers' sales of May 28, 1880; July 28-29, 1881; May 1, 1883; Dec. 7-8, 1883; Dec. 15-16, 1885; May 5-6, 1887; June 21-22, 1892; Aug. 10-11, 1893; Mar. 6-7, 1894; May 17, 1894; July 11-12, 1894; April 16-17, 1897; April 19-20, 1905; S.H. Chapman's sales of Feb. 26-27, 1920 and June 9, 1924; and Henry Chapman's sales of Feb. 20, 1908; Nov. 3-4, 1911; July 25-27, 1922; Dec. 19, 1927; and May 7-8, 1929. 8vo, all in original gilt-printed white paper covers. 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 (those of July 1881 and June 1892 have had the large cent sections named in modern times). 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 May 1, 1883 (Galpin) and Feb. 26-27, 1920 (Kingman) sales, which are scarce. Ex Michael Spurlock library.