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Hand-Priced Caruso Sale, with Some Annotations

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:450.00 USD Estimated At:650.00 USD
Hand-Priced Caruso Sale, with Some Annotations
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.
Canessa, C. & E. COLLEZIONE DEL FU COMM. ENRICO CARUSO. MONETE E MEDAGLIE IN ORO: GRECHE, ROMANE, BIZANTINE, MEDIOEVALI E MODERNE, ITALIANE E ESTERE, MEDAGLIE PAPALI, ITALIANE E ESTERE. Napoli, 28 Giugno 1923 e giorni seguenti. 4to, later maroon leatherette and black cloth sides, gilt. (8), 104 pages; 1458 lots; fine portrait of Caruso; 64 fine phototype plates. Hand-priced in pencil with occasional annotations about buyers and authenticity (or otherwise). Fine. An important collection of gold coins formed by the celebrated Italian grand opera tenor and sold less than two years after his untimely death in 1921 at age 48. Though most important for ancient and Italian coins, the sale featured 36 lots of United States and pioneer gold coins, nearly all illustrated, including several fractional California pieces. A scarce catalogue. Clain-Stefanelli 7966. Grierson 275. Spring 96 [also listed under "Most important sales of Roman Imperial coins" and "Most important sales of Byzantine coins"].