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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Philatelic Literature Auctions please go to Literature Auction Catalogs
Dr. Paul Singer & the History of Shanahan Auctions, Five Years to the Top of the World and a Deep Fall by Wolfgang Maassen. Singer & Shanahan acquired the world's largest stamp collection, Maurice Burrus. In May, 1959, his success abruptly ended: The stamps for sale of the announced "Mystery Collection", a unique collection of Lombardy Veneto, was stolen, the auction for the 5-year anniversary of the company was cancelled. 2019, 187 pages, full color and cloth, $59.00.
Doctor of Milliams by Seanus Brady 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, 1965, 176 pages, card, $35.00, enquire first
Sigmund Adler, H. R. Harmer, NY
Alfred H. Caspary, 1955 - 1958, H. R. Harmer Inc, New York
Caspary in Harmer binding
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, 11 catalogs with pr, introduction booklet, VF
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
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
The Newbury Collection 1961 - 1963, Robert A. Siegel
Ferrars H. Tows, 1948-1950, Carl E. Pelander, New York
Parts 1-6 with prices realized, cloth bound as one book, $675.00
Weill Brothers' Stock, Christie's Robson Lowe, New York and Zurich
Burrus, 1962 - 1967, various auction houses
Advertising & Illustrated Covers
Essays, Proofs & Specimens
US Postmasters' Provisionals and Carriers, see name sales
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
Michael E. Aldrich revenue auctions, catalogs, 1984-1988, sales no. 21, 23-25 & 28, new condition with prices realized, the lot $85.00
The Vaquero Collection, Essays and Proofs, RAS, Sale 1158, May 12, 2017, $27.50
The Hope Collction, US Newspapers & Periodicals, RAS, Sake 249, March 1, 2022, $32.50
Grant Inman Collection, Complete, RAS Parts 1-7, sales1131, 1135, 1137, 1149, 1160, 1164, 1173, complete $165.00
Private Die Proprietary Medicine Stamps by George B. Griffenhagen, 1969,
78 pages, card, $12.50
Match & Medicine Census Book by Michael E. Aldrich
A census of the stamps with over 125 illustrations, copies are tabulated
by condition, well printed and most usable, enjoyable to read.
1997, 220 pages, cloth, $46.50
Patent Medicine Tax Stamps by Henry W. Holcombe
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
PuertoRico
Poland
Rumania
RL-S 2786-87 (B65-66) Oct 14, 1966, $30.00
Russia
Switzerland
Venezuela
AFINSA, Madrid, Spain
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
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.
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.
Harmer, Rooke & Co., New York, 1951-1956 about 98 catalogs, $165.00
Carl E. Pelander, 1952 – 1961 about 34 catalogs, $120
Roger Koerber, South Field, Mi. 1981 – 1988. catalogs 18+, $90.00
Aero-Philatelic Exchange, Washington, D.C., 1948-1949, 6 sales, 3 related, $15.00
Adelphia, Philadelphia, 1946-1949, 6 sale $12.00
Cosmos Stamp Co, NY, 1947-1948, 2 catalog, $6.00
Cross Stamp Co., NY, 1960, 2 sales, $3.00
A. H. Murchison, Los Angeles, 1941, 3 catalogs catalog sold
Allan M. Thatcher, Florida, 1962-1970, 17, $17.00
Belmont Stamp Co. Dallas, Texas, 1950 - 1952, 2 catalogs $9.00
Bill Lathrop, Hollywood, Ca, 1946, 2 catalog $12.00, sold
Brooks Stamp Co, Brooklyn, NY 1963-1973, 15 sales, $20.00
C. I. Crowell, NY , 1940, 1 catalog, $4.00
C. N. Begin, Quebec, Canada, 1948-1960, 2 catalogs, $5.00
Cheltenham Stamp Co, Philadelphia , 1945, 1 catalog $4.00
Clarence L. Sorch, Tamaquaa, PA , 1960, 1 catalog $3.00
Christian L. Dull, Philadelphia, 1941-1947, 2 sales, $7.00
Cleveland Stamp Auctions, Cleveland, 1962-1967, 10 catalogs, $24.00
Collector's Shop, New Haven, Ct, 1947 -1953, conducted by Sy Colby, 2 catalog, $8.00
Cosmos Stamp Co, NY, 1944-1947, 2 sales $3.00
Cross Stamp Co., NY, 1960, 2 sales, $3.00
D. Blake Battles, Wooster, OH, 1948 - 1949, 2 catalogs $7.00
Daniel F Kelleher., Boston, 1942-1955, 11 sales
E. Gould, NY, 1940, 1 catalog $5.00
Edwin P. Seebohm, San Francisco,1940-1947, 3 catalogs $9.00
Elmer R. Long, Harrisburg, Pa, 1946 - 1962, 5 catalogs and a fascinating 1942 booklet
Eugene Klein, Philadelphian 1940, 1 catalog $6.00
Equitable Stamp Co., NY, 1945-1946, 2 sales, sold
Frank J. Katen, New Haven,Conn., 1950 1st sale, $4.50
George Creed, Philadelphia, 1946-1947, 3 sales, $4.00
George Creed, Philadelphia, 1946-1949, 3 sales $7.00
Grace Stamp Co, NY, 1942-1948, 4 sales, $12.50
Gustave H. Fabian, Hempstead, NY, 1950-1953, 5 sales, $6.00
H. A. Robinette, Washington, DC, 1941-1948, 14 sales, sold
H. G. Ouzounian, NY, 1948-1952, NY 8 sales, 17.00
H. Lazarus, NY, 1960-1961, 6 sales $12.00
H. Lazarus, NY, 1961-1967, 38 sales, $45.00
Haig G. Ouzounian, NY, 1948 -1951, 8 sales, $24.00
Harringtib-Moorem, Boston, 1957, 3 sales , $10.00
Hedley J. Hollands, Toronto, Canada, 1963-1964, 5 sales, $10.00
Herbert A. Swift, NY, 1948, 1 catalog $6.00
Hobbs Stamp Co, NY, 1951-1954, 27 sales, also 3 1969, $30.00
Stamp Co, NY, 1951-1954, 27 sales, also 3 1969, $30.00
Hy Bedrin, NY, 1951, 2 sale $.6.00
J & H Stolow, NY, 1946, 5 catalogs, sold
J. M. Bartlels, NY, 1939-1942, 5 catalogs, sold
J. Stephen, Colwyn Bay, GB1953, 2 catalogs
Jack O. King, 1949-1950, 4 sales, $10.00
James E. Mace, Tamaque, PA. 1947-1949, 5 sales, $9.00
James. R. Arnold, Metuchen, NJ, 1948-1950, 8 sales, $16.50
John W. Nicklin, NY, 1948-1970, 22 sales, $35.00
Lee Gilbert, NY, 1954-1958, 3 sales, $4.00, sold
L. W. Hudson & Co., Fresno, CA, 1940, 1 sale $5.00
M. E. Greebel, Inc,. NY, 1952-1955, 3 sale $3.00, sold
Martin Sellinger, NY1954, 2 catalog, specialized German, $6.00
Maurice Jamet, Paris, France 1951 - 1963, 4 sales, $8.00
Max Bloch, NY, 1951-1956, 4 sales
Miner Stamp Co, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1951-1953, 3 sales, $8.00
Michael M. Karen, Far Rockaway, NY, 1962-1980, 6 sales, $10.00
Munson Wallace, Beverly Hills, CA, 1950, 1 catalog $4.00
Murray Simnock, NY, 1942, 2 sales. sold
Ohlman Galleries, NY, 1947-1949, 3 sales, $10.00
Outlet Stamp Co., NY, 1949, 1 sale, $4.00
Perry W. Fuller, Baltimore 1945-1952, 3 sales, $10.00
Pilgrim Auctions, Inc., Boston, 1947-1951, 6 sales, $25.00
Pollitz & Paige, Boston1948-1949, 2 sales $8.00
Putnam Auction company, Lake Hahopac, NY, 1948, 2 catalogs, sales 3-5th, $7.00
Railto Stamp Co, Lakewood, NJ, 1947, 1 catalog
Rigby Postal History Auctions, Bournemouth, UK, 1965 - 1969, 2 catalogs, $6.00
Robert L. Kuehne, Mt Airy, MD, Putlneyville, NY, 1973-1976, 11 sales, $20.00
Rosenbaum Co., Pittsburgh, PA, 1945, 3 sales including the sale with 36 lots of B.F. Stevens covers, $25.00
Robert Laurence, NY, 3¢ 1851-1857 covers, Feb 23, 1937,1 catalog
Rumark Company, NY, 1947, 2 catalogs $5.00
Sol Kaplan, Cincinnati, OH, 1944, 1 catalog $6.00
Stamp Emporium, NY 1947, 1 catalog, $4.00
The Trans-Mississippi Philatelic Society, Inc, Omaha, Nebraska, 1943, 1 catalog $4.00
The Collector's Shop, New Haven, CT., 1946, $4.00
Uptown Stamp Co, NY, 1936, 1 sales, $4.00
Wakonds Stamp Co. Denver, Col, 1 catalog $4.00
Water Giseger Co, NY, 1955-1956, 2 catalogs $5.00
Wilbur Muller, New Britain, CT, 1945-1946, 4 sold
Willard P. Snyder, Philadelphia, 1946, 1 catalog, $5.00
Zenith Stamp Co, NY, 1949, 1 catalog, $4.00
Name Sales
Dr. Josep Agris US Coil Issues, Shreves, Sept 5,1997, hard bound, $35.00
Caspary unbound sets
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
Arthur Hind, 1933 - 1935, Phillips & Kennett, NY; Harmer Rooke, H.R. Harmer, London
Foreign sales, 1934-1935, H. R. Harmer, London,
In publishers ¼ leather binding with pr, sales 6, 7, 8, 9 10, 11; $335.00
Complete set as issued, not bound, pr xeroxed, sales 1 to 11, $375.00
W.Parsons Todd, 1977 - 1978, R.A. Siegel
Ishikawa Ryohei, various auction housesIshi
The M. Ferrari De La Renotiere Auction Catalogues
With the G.S.F. Napier index and prices realized, Hind is listed as a subscriber, All sales No. 1-14 with plates, 1921-1924, extensive annotated in pencil. The 3rd sale, April 5-7, 1922, lot 295, the One Cent Magenta and annotated as for Hind. The catalogs appears to have been also been used by Alvin Good with a listing of bidding in his hand, Alvin was George Worthingham's curator. After Worthingham's death Alvin became associated with Hind. The 12th sale, April 22-24th, 1925, has a French tax form with adhesive revenue tax stamp for Arthur Hind purchases at that sale, the tax value and the realizations agree, see our web site for a part image of this form (the later 1929 sale is not included) bound in quality full leather as three volumes, hubbed spine with gold stamping, the pages show use as would be expected, $3,750.00, sold
William L. Moody III of Texas, H. R. Harmer, New York
Part 1, 2 & 3, The US and CSA, Harmer binding, 1/2 leather, with pr, $195.00, sold
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
Charles Lathrop PACK. Harmer, Rooke, New York1944-1947
For each part i have tried to pick out a major area but they are all well mixed as was the custom at the time, thus when i list "major Spain" the sale contains many major areas and items
Complete set, VF condtion with original PR, $525.00
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, Black Jacks
1869
Mixed 19th Century US Classics
Mixed 19th & 20th Century
Canal Zone
Hawaii
Officals
Revenue
The Henry Tolman II Collection of US Revenue Stamps
Christopher West, alias Elliott Perry
Stamp Boxes
CSA
Arthur Hind, 1933 - 1935
Phillips & Kennett, NY; Harmer Rooke, NY
British Empire, 1934, C.J Phillips & W. C. Kennett, New York, sale never held
Foreign sales, 1934-1935, H. R. Harmer, London
In publishers ¼ leather binding with pr, sales 6, 7, 8, 9 10, 11; $335.00, sold
George Walcott Collection of Used Civil War Patriotic Covers, Still the best listing of used Civil War Patriotics
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
Heinrich Köhler, Wiesbaden Germany
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
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.
The years on the catalogs only represent what we have/had and not the total life of the auction.
We hope you will enjoy visiting these names for a little walk down memory lane!
Old Catalogs
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