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A Plated Maris Sale

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:3,500.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 USD
A Plated Maris Sale
A buyer’s premium of 18% will be added to the cost of all lots purchased by absentee bidders. The premium is reduced to 15% for floor bidders. See shipping info and full terms.
(Smith, Harlan Page). CATALOGUE OF COLONIAL, UNITED STATES, AND PATTERN PIECES FROM THE CABINET OF DR. EDWARD MARIS OF PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia: Stan. V. Henkels & Co., June 21, 1886. 4to, later maroon cloth, gilt; original printed wraps bound in. 30, (2) pages; 501 lots; 6 fine photographic plates with tissue guards. Separately printed Preface laid in; photocopy prices realized list included. Small sheet of pencil notes on the sale's large cents by Del Bland laid in. Untrimmed, with wide margins. Tape repairs to original wraps. Near fine. A legendary rarity, and of enormous importance for colonial and state coinages, most especially the New Jersey coppers. [Online description truncated; see PDF or printed catalogue for full description.]