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Large Paper Post-Sale Finotti Sale with Printed Prices

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 USD
Large Paper Post-Sale Finotti Sale with Printed Prices
A buyer’s premium of 17.5% will be added to the cost of all lots purchased. See shipping info and full terms.
Woodward, W. Elliot. CATALOGUE OF SELECTED SPECIMENS FROM THE AMERICAN PORTION OF THE FINOTTI COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS, NOW THE PROPERTY OF W. ELLIOT WOODWARD, OF ROXBURY, MASS. New York: Bangs, Nov. 11-14, 1862. 4to [24 by 19 cm], later brown cloth, gilt. 88 pages, interleaved; 1908 lots; price realized printed alongside each lot. Fine. The Special Interleaved Large Paper Copy, one of only ten printed. Joseph M. Finotti’s collection comprised Woodward’s first great sale of American coins, medals and tokens. Important in many categories, including colonials, medals, tokens, Washingtonia, proof coins, large cents and half cents, it brought a total of $3,751.43, the highest amount for a coin sale up to that date. As Woodward notes, “money was no object” in the formation of the collection. It was the first of Woodward’s outstanding “Semi-Annual Sales” held in New York, a series justly renowned for the quality and quantity of numismatic material offered therein. In his footnote to the Finotti sale, Attinelli observes: “Copies of the above catalogue, cut and uncut, were issued after the sale, with printed prices. 10 copies with printed prices were also issued on large paper.” Unfortunately, this copy was cut down when bound (the original would have measured about 30 by 25 cm), though it remains notably larger than the normal catalogue. Adams A: “1850ff proof sets. RR Washington. Proof 1823 1¢. Proof 1842 ½¢. Superb colonials including proof Clinton.” Attinelli 26.