This is a trial listing, we must refine the format to make it usable for both of us, with time and if your interest in this project supports it, these listings will evolve into true reference files.
Valuation; the value of a catalog to the student and collector can be immense, they chronicle existence, the provenance, number existing, dates, price, etc, the condition at the time of the sale, it is surprising how many items seem to improve with age. In pricing the catalog we must admit that a large percent of the price is our overhead to stock and list them.
Some specialized auction catalogs still appear only under the heading that relates to their contents. The Walcott catalog is only listed under CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA and the Julius Steindler is only listed under MARITIME. Please also check the related headings. All below listings are limited stock.
The abbreviations should be evident, RAS-406, 1972 means Robert A. Siegel sale number 406 held in 1972. Most catalogs have the original prices realized, some have xerox copies, a few none. All are in VF condition unless noted otherwise. If no price is given the listing is a reference one and is not in stock. The absence of pr (prices realized) does not necessarily mean the copy in stock does not have it.
Sold, This file is intended to also be a reference one, when listings are made only for reference there is no price, when for sale a price is given, when the last such item is sold it is given as Sold after the price however this only means the last copy in the listed stock is sold. At present we have well over 5,000 catalogs that are not so listed thus if you want something listed as Sold please advise and we will take a look, perhaps one is still available and can be found.
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Literature Auction Catalogs
Sigmund Adler, H. R. Harmer, NY
Alfred H. Caspary, 1955 - 1958, H. R. Harmer Inc, New York
American Bank Note Co.Archives, Christie's Robson Lowe, NY
Lars Amundsen
John R. Boker, Jr by Heinrich Köhler
John Lek Collections, HRH
Alfred F. Lichtenstein Collection of European Countries, HRH 1735-39, 1966, $27.50
Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred F. Lichtenstein, 1968 - 1971, H. R. Harmer
Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred F. Lichtenstein, 1989 -2004, H. R. Harmer
Col. J. R. Danson
Judge R.S. Emerson
Col. E. H. R. Green, 1942 - 1946, various auction houses
The Glassco Collection, British Post Offices Abroad, Robson Lowe
William H. Gross
Scandinavia, Spinks - Shreves, NY, May 16, 2008, hard bound, $37.50, sold
Josiah K. Lilly, 1967 - 1968, Robert A. Siegel
Arthur Hind, 1933 - 1935, Phillips and Kennett, Harmer Rooke
Oded Eliashar Collection of Pigeon Post Mail
Josephine Bird Hall, Edson J. Fifield, New York
Edward S. Knapp, 1941 - 1942, Parke - Bernet
Ferrari de la Renotière Auction Catalogs
A reprint of the 14 sales held 1921-24, the rare Luder Edelmann 1929
sale and the Napier index published in 1925, with prices realized.
Louis Grunin, Christie's New York
Alfred F. Lichtenstein & Louis Boyd Dale, H. R. Harmer, New York
Charles F. Meroni, 1952 - 1953, John A. Fox
William L. Moody III of Texas, H. R. Harmer, New York
The Newbury Collection 1961 - 1963, Robert A. Siegel
Ferrars H. Tows, 1948-1950, Carl E. Pelander, New York
Weill Brothers' Stock, Christie's Robson Lowe, New York and Zurich
Burrus, 1962 - 1967, various auction houses
Not an auction catalog but the story of Dr. Paul Singer, the rise and fall of the Shanahans Stamp Auction of Dublin that tried to rise too high with the Maurice Burrus collection. Doctor of Millions by Seamus Brady, the story of the rise and fall of stamp king Dr. Paul Singer, 1965, 176 pages, card, enquire first, $35.00
Advertising & Illustrated Covers
Essays, Proofs & Specimens
US Postmasters' Provisionals and Carriers
1847and a few others
Hawaii and 1851 Issue US Covers from the Tito Collection, mailed to and
from Hawaii, foreign rates, etc., full color, Spink America, April 20, 1999, 130 pages
with pr, full color, soft bund, $25.00, hard bound with pr, $37.50
Newspapers
Airmail
The Inverted 24c 1918
Arabia
Beglium
Bermuda
Brazil
Africa, British East
Africa. British West
Africa, Transvaal
British West Indies
Caribbean
Cayman Islands
Ceylon
Dominica
East, Middle , also see Egypt, etc.
Falkland Islands & Dependencies
Fiji
Finland
France
Gambia
Great Britain
Isreal
Italy & States
Malaya
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Near East
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Peru
Poland
Rumania
RL-S 2786-87 (B65-66) Oct 14, 1966, $30.00
Russia
Switzerland
Venezuela
AFINSA, Madrid, Spain
H. R. Harmer, Inc., London
Mercury Stamp Co., New York
Michael Rogers, Inc., Winter Park, Florida
Robert G. Kaufmann, Wayne Township, N.J.
Sotheby Park Bernet Stamp Auction Co., Inc., New York
Sale 1, 1977, Sale 56, 1981
Sale numbers 1 - 23 were held by Robert Lewenthal of San Francisco.
The Lewenthal sale numbers appear to start with No. 15, my earliest catalog is April 25, 1965 however I have only 19 of the 23.
Henry's sales started with No. 24 held on October 24, 1976 and continued until his final one, No. 67 held on June 29, 1989.
These sales are in new condition and are from the estate of Mr. Spelman, they have been perfected as much as possible from copies in stock, only the below four HMS runs are available.
Waverly Trading Co., Waverley, Ma
Richard C. Frajola, Danbury, Ct; Empire Co. & Ranchos de Taos, NM
Sales 1 - 58, plus 4 Private Treaty sales, 1981 - 1995, June 1987 through May 1995, 58 auctions and 4 private treaty sales, 1 Confidential Bid Auction of US PA in Shanghai, 1998
H.R. Harmer Ltd, New Bond St., London
Major run of the yellow covered auction catalogs, only a few flimsies (thin paper printed to
Send overseas by air), excellent condition, most have prices realized, from
Large deluxe catalogs, all have some color, mostly World Wide and British Colonies
Lowell S. Newman & Co. Auctions, New Jersey
Stanley Gibbons, London
A good run from 1968 through 1979 being 191 catalogs, many with prices realized, excellent condition, some dulication, perhaps 20 in all, delivered to a US mailing address, $250.00. sold
Shreves Philatelic Galleries, New York
Robson Lowe, Postal History Sales
Robson Lowe, Bournemouth
H. Lazarus, New York
Rarity Sales, one each year from 1964 to date
Nutmeg Stamp Sales, Andrew Levitt, Danbury, Ct.
Richard Wolffers, Inc., San Francisco, 1970-1995
An excellent run starting with No. 3 in 1970 and continuing
to number 189 in 1995 thus
H. R. Harmer, Christie's Robson Lowe, etc.
We can make up fine runs of these and other auction houses but
have not done the sorting for lack of time.
Adelphia, Philadelphia
Name Sales
Dr. Josep Agris US Coil Issues, Shreves, Sept 5,1997, hard bound, $35.00
Alfred Clayton, Commonwealth Classics, HRH-L, Dec, 1959 with pr, $32.50
American Bank Note Co.Archives, HRH Connecticut
The John R. Boker, Jr , the deluxe set with color illustrations and detailed descriptions
Clifford C. Cole, Jr., 1988, Robert A. Siegel
The Köhler catalogs for the Boker Sales in English but no illustrations
A.C. Dibble British Empire Collection, H. R. Harmer
His Majesty King Farouk I of Egypt
Individual Col. Green Sales
W.Parsons Todd, 1977 - 1978, R.A. Siegel
Ishikawa Ryohei, various auction houses
Morton Dean Joyce
George T. Turner
Robert L. Markovits
Philip H. Ward Sales, New York, some pr may be xeroxes
Oscar A. Schenck, Harmer, Rooke & Co. Inc.
George B.Sloane, Part 1, 2 & 3, J. Fox, 1959, sales 201-2, 206-8, & 218-220
Frederic R. Harris, Harmer Rooke
Adolphe Menjour, H. R. Harmer
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1946, H. R. Harmer
Y. Souren
US
Postal History
Free Franks
Maritime
Locals, Carriers and Express
Railroads
Postal Stationery
First Day Covers
US and Colonial Stampless
1851-1860
Encased Postage Stamps
1861-1868
1869
Mixed 19th Century US Classics
Mixed 19th & 20th Century
Canal Zone
Hawaii
Officals
Revenue
CSA
Foreign by Subject
Airmail
Covers
World Collections and Rarities of the World
Foreign by Country
Africa, Oil Rivers and Niger Coast
Africa, also see British Africa, South, West and Central
Australia and States
Austria
Balkans
Belgian Congo
British Empire Revenue
British Empire, Mixed, Markings, etc.
British Africa, South, West, Central, Cape, etc
Africa, South
Africa, British Central
Cape of Good Hope
Africa, British, various
British Asia, Malaya
British West Indies
British Guiana
Canada
Checkslovakia
Chile
China
Colombia
Cook Island
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Danish West Indies
Ecuador
East, Near (Levant Holy Lands) and Far East
Egypt
French Colonies
Germany, Coloies and States
Gibraltar
Great Britain Official Stamps
Greece
Grenada
Haiti
Hispaniola
Iceland
India and States
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan
Latin America
Liberia
Long Island
Monaco
Palestine
Sarawak
Scandinavia, Sweden, Norway, etc.
South & Central America
St. Vincent
Seychelles
Siam
Straits Settlements
Thailand
Tibet
Tristan Da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha>
Turks Islands
Virgin Islands
Zululand
Auction House Runs & Name Sales
George Alevizos, California
Corinphila, Zurich, Switzerland, A major dealer in rarities from the days of Ferrari to date
David Feldman, Geneva, Switzerland
John A. Fox, New York
Henry M. Spelman III, San Anselmo, California
Herman ( Pat ) Herst, Jr, Shrub Oak, NY
Walter S. Scott Stamp Co., New York
John W. Kaufmann, Washington
Major Run of the British and British Colonies
Irwin Heiman, New York
Samuel C. Paige Auctions, Boston
Robson Lowe, London
Robson Lowe, Switzerland
Robert A. Siegel, New York
An Excellent Working Run, vf, most with prices realized,
Greg Manning Auctions, Montville, NJ
Auction House Memories
Fond and perhaps not so Fond Memories from the past.
We hope you enjoy visiting these names for a little walk down memory lane!
Hy Bedrin, New York
Max Bloch, New York
Brooks Stamp Co, Brooklyn, New York
Cleveland Stamp Auctions, Cleveland
Cosmos Stamp Co, New York
Cross Stamp Co., New York
George Creed, Philadelphia
Christian L. Dull, Philadelphia
Equitable Stamp Co., New York
Grace Stamp Co, New York
Lee Gilbert, New York
Gustave H. Fabian, Hempstead, New York
M. E. Greebel, Inc. New York
Hedley J. Hollands, Toronto
Hobbs Stamp Co, New York
Michael M. Karen, Far Rockaway, New York
Jack O. King
Robert L. Kuehne, Mt Airy, MD
H. Lazarus
James E. Mace, Tamaque, Pa.
John W. Nicklin, New York
Ohlman Galleries, New York
Haig G. Ouzounian, New York
H. A. Robinette, Washington, DC
Rosenbaum Co., Pittsburgh, Pa
Uptown Stamp Co. New York
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