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The Adams/Ford "Reprint" of Bement II, with Outstanding Plates

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 USD
The Adams/Ford  Reprint  of Bement II, with Outstanding Plates
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Chapman, Henry. PART II: CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF MAGNIFICENT SPECIMENS OF EUROPEAN COINS IN GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER, THE PROPERTY OF CLARENCE S. BEMENT, ESQ., PHILADELPHIA. New York: Anderson Galleries, June 26-27, 1918. 4to, modern off-white cloth; gilt-printed front cover mounted on board. iv, (2), 93, (1), (8) pages; 999 lots; 9 reprint plates taken from original negatives. Prices realized list bound in. Fine. An exceedingly well-done reprint that combines the original catalogue and prices realized list with new reprint plates taken from the original glass negatives, the whole well bound in the likeness of the originals. The quality of the reprinted plates actually exceeds that of the originals. John J. Ford and John W. Adams were responsible for making this, and a similar printing of the Jackman sale, using original copies of the sale (part of a hoard of Chapman catalogues found in the Henry Chapman estate) and the original photographic negatives to print the high-quality plates. Apparently, only 20 copies of the Bement sale were reproduced. The Bement sale featured an outstanding collection of European coins, the choicest and rarest of which are depicted on the plates. Adams 35 (rated A- overall, A for all European categories). See Davis 208.