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Hardcover Set of Ford Catalogues

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Hardcover Set of Ford Catalogues
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Stack’s. PUBLIC AUCTION SALES. JOHN J. FORD, JR. COLLECTION. COINS, MEDALS AND CURRENCY. PARTS I-XXI. NUMISMATIC AMERICAN HISTORY. New York etc., 2003-07. Twenty-one catalogues. 4to, original maroon cloth, gilt; upper covers embossed; decorative endpapers. 5464 pages; 10,885 lots; numerous portraits; profusely illustrated throughout, largely in full color. All but three with original prices realized lists (remainders with photocopies). Generally fine. A complete set of the original 21 volumes of the scarce hardcover edition of this encyclopedic series of Numismatic American History auction sale catalogues, documenting the fabled collection assembled by John Jay Ford, Jr. (The three follow-up sales held in 2013 are not included.) The production values exhibited by the catalogues themselves are exceeded only by the depth of numismatic scholarship contained therein. They will long remain indispensable to scholars, collectors, and dealers interested in the truly fascinating world of American numismatics that lies beyond dates and mintmarks. Ex Paul Rynearson library; ex Stephen Epstein library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 127, lot 250).