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A Plated Stickney Catalogue

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A Plated Stickney Catalogue
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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, later brown cloth, gilt. ix, (1), 222, (10) pages; 3026 lots; fine engraved frontispiece portrait of Stickney; 20 fine photographic plates; prices realized list bound in. Hand-priced in ink with occasional annotations of the period and later. Some discoloration to pages opposite plates. Generally near fine. A decent example of this monumental sale catalogue. The sale was Henry Chapman's first major solo production after the breakup of the partnership with brother Samuel Hudson the preceding year. [Online description truncated; see printed or PDF catalogue for full description.]