Rare Coins, Antiquarian Books, Photo Archives & Ephemera
Catalog Information: 537 lots with images | View lots
Date: February 20, 2010
Auction House:
Location:
2177 Green Valley Lane
Mt. Crawford, VA
USA
22841
Phone: 540.434.3939
Fax: 540.434.3399
Email: info@jeffreysevans.com
Viewing Notes:
PUBLIC PREVIEW: Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, February 17, 18 & 19, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. CATALOG: The catalog will be posted approxiately two weeks prior to the sale. AUCTION DETAILS: 100% UNRESERVED AUCTION. Order of sale will be: COINS, PHOTO ARCHIVES, EPHEMERA, BOOKS. Highlights: COINS -- Featuring an important estate coin collection assembled in the 1970s and 1980s, being sold to benefit a Virginia institution. 175 gold pieces including 1809 $5, 1851-O $20, 1856 $3, 1866 $5, 1891-CC $5, 1922 Grant (no star) $1, 1924 $20, etc.; fine silver dollars including nine Carson City (1881, 1885, etc.) in BU to Proof-like condition; other high-grade silver coins including MS60 1869 $1, MS65+ 1875 half $, Proof 1888 and 1889 3 cent, Proof 1895 25 cent, etc.; multiple specimens of many key dates; rolls and group lots; plus more. * * * * BOOKS & EPHEMERA -- A fine selection of antiquarian books featuring a Roanoke, Virginia library. Much rare Americana and Civil War material, Southern, African, and Native American studies; a fine complete 1891-1902 run of The Strand Magazine featuring Sherlock Holmes' first appearances; additional literature; technology and transportation, 19th c. travel; law; decorative arts; illustrated; religion; plus many other categories. Along with good 19th c. ephemera including firearms and bicycle trade catalogues. * * * * PHOTO ARCHIVES -- The political and military photograph and related archives of the late Vicki DeStefano (US Army Audio-Visual Center head at the Pentagon from the 1950s-1980s). This material spans the presidencies of Dwight Eisenhower to George H. W. Bush and includes signed material from the Kennedys and others; political memorabilia; etc.
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