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Nice Group of Elder Catalogues

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Nice Group of Elder Catalogues
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Elder, Thomas L. NUMISMATIC AUCTION CATALOGUES. New York, etc., 1912-38. Forty-five catalogues: Adams Nos. 64, 177, 179, 202, 210, 217, 218, 219, 223, 224, 226, 230, 234, 236, 237, 238, 243, 244, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 278, 279, 282, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288 and 290. All 8vo, original printed card covers. Condition varies, but generally very good to fine. Tom Elder's sales have only in recent years begun to be adequately appreciated. With 292 sales to his credit, Elder handled an enormous number of coins throughout the nearly four decades he held auction sales. This lot includes a number of notable sales, including the 1921 McMullin sale, the Lynch, Walker, Tilden sale of the same year, the 1925 Skilton sale (with original PRL), the 1934 Brevoort sale, the Reeve and Comstock sales of the same year, the 1935 Adams & Parker sale, the Borcky and Basset sales of 1935, the Sloane et al. sale of 1936, and the 1938 Gray & Dickie sale.