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On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Jeff Rock <rosaamltd@gmail.com> wrote:
> ** > > > I really wish NY and the FUN shows weren't on the exact dates -- someone > really needs to do some better planning! Maybe move NY so that it's a fe= w > days before the Americana sale and people can come in and do it all in a > long NY weekend! > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 3:12 PM, william gleckler <wgleckler@sbcglobal.net= >wrote: > >> ** >> >> >> whippersnapper! >> >> On Jan 3, 2013, at 5:56 PM, PLMossman@aol.com wrote: >> >> >> >> Sorry - a goof! >> Appendix 5 was John Beale Bordley "A Treatise on Copper Coin." >> I quoted Mease's from the *1838 Mass Historical Society Proceedings*. >> Hint: when you get to be my age don't do things from memory! >> Phil >> >> >> In a message dated 1/3/2013 5:21:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >> PLMossman@aol.com writes: >> >> >> FYI - One of Mease's articles was reprinted as Appendix 5 in *Money,*cou= rtesy of Eric >> *.* >> Phil >> >> In a message dated 1/3/2013 3:05:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >> remi66111@yahoo.com writes: >> >> >> >> I remember reading Mease's article in one of those huge New York >> history books. I even wrote a little something in C4, wondering about wh= at >> happened to the coins he discussed. >> Marc >> >> --- On *Thu, 1/3/13, David Fanning <fanning32@gmail.com>* wrote: >> >> >> From: David Fanning <fanning32@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: Kolbe & Fanning sale Jan. 12 >> To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com >> Date: Thursday, January 3, 2013, 12:25 PM >> >> >> >> Hi, John-- >> >> Thanks for writing. It's pretty darn rare, though I have sold one before= . >> I've pasted the lot description below. Eric Newman "rediscovered" the >> writings of Mease in the 1990s, I believe, and he considers this to be t= he >> first U.S. numismatic article on coins. (There are a couple older articl= es >> on American medals.) >> >> All best, >> >> David >> >> The First Numismatic Article on American Coins >> >> 230 Mease, James. Old American Coins. *Collections of >> the Massachusetts Historical Society*. Third Series, Vol. VII (1838). >> Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown; printed by Freeman and Bolles= . >> 8vo [24 by 15.5 cm], finely bound in recent tan quarter morocco with dar= k >> green cloth sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in >> gilt. 304, (2) pages. [Mease=92s article comprises pages 282 to 283.] So= me >> light occasional spotting, else fine. (2750.00) >> >> Mease=92s 1838 article is =93the first numismatic article on American co= ins >> published in America,=94 according to Eric Newman (*The Asylum*, Summer >> 1992). Of the highest importance and rarity: we are aware of only one ot= her >> copy having been offered to the numismatic market via auction. Brief as = it >> may be, this work is the foundation upon which U.S. numismatic scholarsh= ip >> has been constructed. Indeed, it is of greater value than merely as a >> curiosity or historical artifact: Newman=92s aforementioned article disc= usses >> how Mease=92s comments on the Bar Cent and the circulating value of >> Connecticut coppers have important implications for current scholarship = on >> these pieces. >> >> James Mease, M.D. (1771=961846) was a polymath who published on an numbe= r >> of different subjects, including medicine, geology and history. His *Pic= ture >> of Philadelphia* (1811) is a foundational work of local history and >> contains the first useful description of the U.S. Mint operations. In >> addition, he is considered to be the first writer to publish on the subj= ect >> of U.S. numismatics. In a groundbreaking series of three articles (of wh= ich >> this is the last), Mease examined U.S. medals and coins from the >> perspective of the numismatist. In his groundbreaking lecture on the top= ic >> of U.S. numismatic literature, William S.F. Mayers noted that =93the fir= st >> actual attempts at systematic classification and record of the coins str= uck >> in or for the American colonies and United States, appear in the shape o= f >> papers to be found in the collections of State Historical Societies=94 (= =93The >> Literature of American Numismatics,=94 *Norton=92s Literary Letter*, No.= 3, >> 1859, p. 6). Mease=92s articles are specifically mentioned by Mayers in = his >> article, showing that these works, long forgotten until recent years, we= re >> still in the memory of some in the late 1850s. A very rare publication; = an >> equally rare opportunity. Unlisted in Attinelli. Ex Joel J. Orosz librar= y. >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:48 PM, colonialjohn <johnmenc@optonline.net>wr= ote: >> >> ** >> >> >> Dave - >> >> As usual see at you at 9AM on Saturday. Looking forward to this item: >> >> James Mease's 1838 "Old American Coins," the first numismatic article on >> American coins. >> >> Never seen one or anyone ever refer to one ... . >> >> How rare is it? >> >> JPL >> >> --- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, David Fanning wrote: >> > >> > *Kolbe & Fanning New York Auction January 12* >> > >> > Kolbe & Fanning will be holding their annual New York Book Auction on >> > January 12 in conjunction with the New York International Numismatic >> > Convention at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The sale includes a number of >> lots >> > of interest to colonial collectors including: >> > >> > --J. Francis Fisher's 1837 "Description of American Medals" >> > >> > --An original Hall on 1787 Connecticut coppers >> > >> > --Armand Champa's large-paper copy of Hickcox on NY currency, in an Al= an >> > Grace binding >> > >> > --Materials from the personal research archives of Vladimir and Elvira >> > Clain-Stefanelli, including their archives on American medals >> > >> > --The Washingtonia archives of Jack Collins >> > >> > --A beautifully bound set of Loubat on American medals >> > >> > --James Mease's 1838 "Old American Coins," the first numismatic articl= e >> on >> > American coins >> > >> > --An original Crosby, ex Armand Champa, beautifully bound by Alan Grac= e >> > >> > --John Oldmixon's 1721 "Brittanische Ryk in Amerika," a rare work with >> > information on coinage in New England, Virginia and Barbados >> > >> > --Carl W=FCrtzbach's work on Massachusetts silver >> > >> > --Plated copies of classic auction sales including Beckwith, James B. >> > Wilson, Gschwend, Jenks and R. Coulton Davis, as well as a previously >> > unrecorded Geoffrey Charlton Adams sale with photographic plates. >> > >> > The full catalogue can be downloaded in PDF form from the Kolbe & >> Fanning >> > website at www.numislit.com. Live internet bidding is available throug= h >> > the-saleroom.com, which also features illustrations of every lot. For >> full >> > bidding instructions, please see the catalogue. >> > >> > David Fanning can be reached at df@... or by phone at (614) >> > 256-8915. >> > >> > ### >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > David F. Fanning >> > >> > Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC >> > 141 W. Johnstown Rd. >> > Gahanna, OH 43230 >> > (614) 414-0855 >> > Fax (614) 414-0860 >> > Cell (614) 256-8915 >> > www.numislit.com >> > >> >> >> >> >> -- >> David F. Fanning >> >> Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC >> 141 W. Johnstown Rd. >> Gahanna, OH 43230 >> (614) 414-0855 >> Fax (614) 414-0860 >> Cell (614) 256-8915 >> www.numislit.com >> >> >> >> >> >=20=20 >
--=20 David F. Fanning
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC 141 W. Johnstown Rd. Gahanna, OH 43230 (614) 414-0855 Fax (614) 414-0860 Cell (614) 256-8915 www.numislit.com
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<font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4"> </font><br></div><div><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Times New Roman" size= =3D"4"><font size=3D"4">Sorry - a goof!</font></font></div><font color=3D"#= 000000" face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4"> <div><font size=3D"4">Appendix 5 was John Beale Bordley "A Treatise on= Copper Coin."=20 </font></div> <div><font size=3D"4">I quoted Mease's from the <i>1838 Mass Historical= Society=20 Proceedings</i>.</font></div> <div><font size=3D"4">Hint: when you get to be my age don't do things f= rom memory!=20 </font></div> <div><font size=3D"4">Phil</font></div> <div><font size=3D"4"></font>=A0</div> <div><font size=3D"4"></font>=A0</div> <div> <div>In a message dated 1/3/2013 5:21:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,=20 <a href=3D"mailto:PLMossman@aol.com" target=3D"_blank">PLMossman@aol.com</a= > writes:<font style=3D"background-color:transparent" color=3D"#000000" fac= e=3D"Arial"><span>=A0</span> </font></div> <blockquote style=3D"border-left-color:blue;border-left-width:2px;border-le= ft-style:solid"> <div> <div> <div><div><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4"> </font><br></div><div><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Times New Roman" si= ze=3D"4"><font size=3D"4">FYI - One of Mease's articles was reprinted a= s Appendix 5 in=20 <i>Money,</i> courtesy of Eric<i>.</i></font></font></div><font color=3D"= #000000" face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"4"> <div><font size=3D"4">Phil</font></div> <div><font size=3D"4"></font>=A0</div> <div> <div>In a message dated 1/3/2013 3:05:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,=20 <a href=3D"mailto:remi66111@yahoo.com" target=3D"_blank">remi66111@yahoo.= com</a> writes:</div> <blockquote style=3D"border-left-color:blue;border-left-width:2px;border-= left-style:solid"><font style=3D"background-color:transparent" color=3D"#00= 0000" face=3D"Arial"><span>=A0</span>=20 <div><p> </p><table border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign=3D"top">I remember reading Mease's article in one of= those huge=20 New York history books. I even wrote a little something in C4,=20 wondering about what happened to the coins he discussed.=20 <div>Marc<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 1/3/13, David Fanning=20 <i><<a href=3D"mailto:fanning32@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">f= anning32@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br> <blockquote style=3D"border-left-color:rgb(16,16,255);border-left= -width:2px;border-left-style:solid"><br>From:=20 David Fanning <<a href=3D"mailto:fanning32@gmail.com" target= =3D"_blank">fanning32@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Colonial=20 Numismatics] Re: Kolbe & Fanning sale Jan. 12<br>To:=20 <a href=3D"mailto:colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com" target=3D"_bl= ank">colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com</a><br>Date: Thursday, January 3, 2013,= =20 12:25 PM<br><br> <div> <div><span>=A0</span>=20 <div> <p>Hi, John--<br><br>Thanks for writing. It's pretty darn r= are,=20 though I have sold one before. I've pasted the lot descript= ion=20 below. Eric Newman "rediscovered" the writings of Mea= se in the=20 1990s, I believe, and he considers this to be the first U.S.=20 numismatic article on coins. (There are a couple older articles= on=20 American medals.)<br><br>All best,<br><br>David<br><br></p> <p>The First Numismatic Article on=20 American Coins</p> <p><span style=3D"text-transform:uppercase">230<span>=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=20 </span></span>Mease, James. <span style=3D"text-transform:upper= case">Old American Coins.</span>=20 <i>Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society</i>. Thi= rd=20 Series, Vol. VII (1838). Boston: Charles C. Little and James Br= own;=20 printed by Freeman and Bolles. 8vo [24 by 15.5 cm], finely boun= d in=20 recent tan quarter morocco with dark green cloth sides; spine w= ith=20 five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. 304, (2) pages.= =20 [Mease=92s article comprises pages 282 to 283.] Some light occa= sional=20 spotting, else=20 fine.<span>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =20 </span>(2750.00) </p> <p>Mease=92s 1838 article is =93the first=20 numismatic article on American coins published in America,=94=20 according to Eric Newman (<i>The Asylum</i>, Summer 1992). Of t= he=20 highest importance and rarity: we are aware of only one other c= opy=20 having been offered to the numismatic market via auction. Brief= as=20 it may be, this work is the foundation upon which U.S. numismat= ic=20 scholarship has been constructed. Indeed, it is of greater valu= e=20 than merely as a curiosity or historical artifact: Newman=92s=20 aforementioned article discusses how Mease=92s comments on the = Bar=20 Cent and the circulating value of Connecticut coppers have impo= rtant=20 implications for current scholarship on these pieces. </p> <p>James Mease, M.D. (1771=961846) was a=20 polymath who published on an number of different subjects, incl= uding=20 medicine, geology and history. His <i>Picture of Philadelphia</= i>=20 (1811) is a foundational work of local history and contains the= =20 first useful description of the U.S. Mint operations. In additi= on,=20 he is considered to be the first writer to publish on the subje= ct of=20 U.S. numismatics. In a groundbreaking series of three articles = (of=20 which this is the last), Mease examined U.S. medals and coins f= rom=20 the perspective of the numismatist. In his groundbreaking lectu= re on=20 the topic of U.S. numismatic literature, William S.F. Mayers no= ted=20 that =93the first actual attempts at systematic classification = and=20 record of the coins struck in or for the American colonies and= =20 United States, appear in the shape of papers to be found in the= =20 collections of State Historical Societies=94 (=93The Literature= of=20 American Numismatics,=94 <i>Norton=92s Literary Letter</i>, No.= 3, 1859,=20 p. 6). Mease=92s articles are specifically mentioned by Mayers = in his=20 article, showing that these works, long forgotten until recent= =20 years, were still in the memory of some in the late 1850s. A ve= ry=20 rare publication; an equally rare opportunity. Unlisted in=20 Attinelli. Ex Joel J. Orosz library.</p><br><br> <div>On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:48 PM,=20 colonialjohn <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a title=3D"http://mc/compos= e?to=3Djohnmenc@optonline.net" rel=3D"nofollow">johnmenc@optonline.net</a>&= gt;</span>=20 wrote:<br> <blockquote style=3D"border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-= left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><u></u> <div><span>=A0</span>=20 <div> <div> <div> <p>Dave -<br><br>As usual see at you at 9AM on Saturday. Look= ing=20 forward to this item:<br><br>James Mease's 1838 "Old= American=20 Coins," the first numismatic article on American=20 coins.<br><br>Never seen one or anyone ever refer to one ...= =20 .<br><br>How rare is it?<br><br>JPL<br><br>--- In <a title=3D= "http://mc/compose?to=3Dcolonial-coins@yahoogroups.com" rel=3D"nofollow">co= lonial-coins@yahoogroups.com</a>,=20 David Fanning wrote:<br>><br>> *Kolbe & Fanning New= York=20 Auction January 12*<br>> <br>> Kolbe & Fanning will= be=20 holding their annual New York Book Auction on<br>> January= 12=20 in conjunction with the New York International Numismatic<br>= >=20 Convention at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The sale includes a= =20 number of lots<br>> of interest to colonial collectors=20 including:<br>> <br>> --J. Francis Fisher's 1837=20 "Description of American Medals"<br>> <br>> -= -An original=20 Hall on 1787 Connecticut coppers<br>> <br>> --Armand=20 Champa's large-paper copy of Hickcox on NY currency, in a= n=20 Alan<br>> Grace binding<br>> <br>> --Materials from = the=20 personal research archives of Vladimir and Elvira<br>>=20 Clain-Stefanelli, including their archives on American=20 medals<br>> <br>> --The Washingtonia archives of Jack=20 Collins<br>> <br>> --A beautifully bound set of Loubat = on=20 American medals<br>> <br>> --James Mease's 1838 &qu= ot;Old=20 American Coins," the first numismatic article on<br>>= American=20 coins<br>> <br>> --An original Crosby, ex Armand Champa= ,=20 beautifully bound by Alan Grace<br>> <br>> --John Oldmi= xon's=20 1721 "Brittanische Ryk in Amerika," a rare work wit= h<br>>=20 information on coinage in New England, Virginia and=20 Barbados<br>> <br>> --Carl W=FCrtzbach's work on Ma= ssachusetts=20 silver<br>> <br>> --Plated copies of classic auction sa= les=20 including Beckwith, James B.<br>> Wilson, Gschwend, Jenks = and=20 R. Coulton Davis, as well as a previously<br>> unrecorded= =20 Geoffrey Charlton Adams sale with photographic plates.<br>>= ;=20 <br>> The full catalogue can be downloaded in PDF form fro= m the=20 Kolbe & Fanning<br>> website at <a title=3D"http://www= .numislit.com/" href=3D"http://www.numislit.com/" rel=3D"nofollow" target= =3D"_blank">www.numislit.com</a>. Live internet=20 bidding is available through<br>> <a title=3D"http://the-s= aleroom.com/" href=3D"http://the-saleroom.com/" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"= _blank">the-saleroom.com</a>, which also=20 features illustrations of every lot. For full<br>> bidding= =20 instructions, please see the catalogue.<br>> <br>> Davi= d=20 Fanning can be reached at df@... or by phone at (614)<br>>= =20 256-8915.<br>> <br>> ###<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>= >=20 -- <br>> David F. Fanning<br>> <br>> Kolbe & Fan= ning=20 Numismatic Booksellers LLC<br>> 141 W. Johnstown Rd.<br>&g= t;=20 Gahanna, OH 43230<br>> <a rel=3D"nofollow">(614)=20 414-0855</a><br>> Fax <a rel=3D"nofollow">(614)=20 414-0860</a><br>> Cell <a rel=3D"nofollow">(614)=20 256-8915</a><br>> <a title=3D"http://www.numislit.com/" hr= ef=3D"http://www.numislit.com/" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">www.numi= slit.com</a><br>><br><br></p></div> <div style=3D"color:rgb(255,255,255)"></div></div></div></div= ></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>David F. Fanning<br><b= r>Kolbe & Fanning=20 Numismatic Booksellers LLC<br>141 W. Johnstown Rd.<br>Gahanna, = OH=20 43230<br><a href=3D"tel:%28614%29%20414-0855" value=3D"+1614414= 0855" target=3D"_blank">(614) 414-0855</a><br>Fax <a href=3D"tel:%28614%29%= 20414-0860" value=3D"+16144140860" target=3D"_blank">(614) 414-0860</a><br>= Cell (614)=20 256-8915<br><a title=3D"http://www.numislit.com/" href=3D"http:= //www.numislit.com/" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank">www.numislit.com</a= ><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>= <p> </p> </div> <div style=3D"color:rgb(255,255,255)"></div></font></blockquote></div><= /font><div><br></div></div> <div style=3D"color:rgb(255,255,255)"></div></div></div></blockquote></di= v></font><div><br></div>
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