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Elder's 1908 Gschwend Sale, with 17 Plates

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Elder's 1908 Gschwend Sale, with 17 Plates
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Elder, Thomas L. CATALOGUE OF THE EIGHTEENTH PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF A SPLENDID COLLECTION OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH COINS, THE PROPERTY OF PETER GSCHWEND, ESQ. OF PITTSBURGH, PENNA. New York, June 15-16, 1908. Small 4to, contemporary patterned maroon cloth, gilt. 83, (1) pages; 2 leaves of addenda tipped in at end with instruction slip; 1097 lots, plus addenda lots 1098-1108 and A-BB; 17 fine photographic plates throughout, first with tissue guard. Typewritten copy of addenda bound in as well as printed copy. Hand-priced in ink. Annotations to first two plates identifying obverses and reverses. Near fine. The scarce photographically illustrated edition of Elder's first blockbuster catalogue. The Gschwend collection begins with astonishing colonials, many of which are plated: an NE shilling; Higley coppers; a Rosa Sine Spina; two Liber Natus pieces; Maryland silver; and so on. (The NE sixpence appears to be the fake from the Clay sale; this and the threepence were pulled from the sale.) The large cents and half cents include important specimens in remarkable condition. Pattern coins of the 1860s are very well represented. An excellent sale, and a useful reference for provenance studies. William Hartman Woodin had purchased the collection intact from Gschwend and, after removing a small number of coins needed for his collection, consigned it to Elder. Elder called it "the finest and most important that has been held in this city since the Parmelee sale in 1890." [online description truncated: see PDF or printed catalogue for full description]