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The Giuseppe Parodi Collection

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:170.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 USD
The Giuseppe Parodi Collection
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Ratto, Rodolfo. CATALOGO DELLA COLLEZIONE DI GIUSEPPE PARODI DI GENOVA. Genova, 31 Maggio 1898 giorni successivi. 8vo, cloth-backed original printed card covers. (4), 72, (4) pages; 1274 lots; 4 photographically printed plates of coins and antiquities. Near fine. A rare early Ratto sale: one of two copies we have offered in the past 25 years. Only the second Ratto sale listed by Spring. Rodolfo Ratto (1866-1949) held his first auction sale of coins in 1895 in Genoa, moving later to Milan and then Lugano, with his final sale being held there in 1934. His son Mario (see above) entered the business in Paris in 1928. Spring 531. Ex RBW Library.