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Build Your Library! A unique opportunity to acquire some rare and often expensive reference books and catalogues at attractive prices.
B1. Various catalogs from the famous Real 8 sales of the 1960-70's. Inquire about the sales you are interested in.
B2. Alan Craig's SPANISH COLONIAL GOLD COINS IN THE FLORIDA COLLECTION. The best introduction to gold cobs, illustrated by the magnificent Florida State collection. 16 color plates, enlargements, many illustrations. New copy $49 including postage in the US.
B3. Rafael Tauler Fesser ORO MACUQUINO. The most comprehensive work on Spanish & Spanish Colonial gold cobs. Just published in November, 2011. 571 pages, large format (12"x 8.5"), luxury hard cover binding w/slipcase, thousands of color photos and illustrations. Rafael Tauler Fesser is a famous Spanish collector and long-time expert in the cob and milled gold coinage of Spain and her colonies. New copy $149.
B5. Q David Bowers. A CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH HISTORY, Featuring Treasure from the SS Central America. Q David's masterwork on the history and numismatics of the California Rush and gold coins recovered from the SS Central America. One of biggest numismatic books ever produced. Special deluxe binding, 13.5 inches tall, nearly 15 lbs. 1089 pages. A coffee table book only if you have a very strong coffee table. Actually reading this book will make make stronger physically. SOLD.
terravitan@aol.com or 480-595-1293
te B7. The only two auction sales in which the golden treasure of Nuestra Senora de la Luz was dispersed (mostly Lima and Santiago onzas) .Sotheby's March 1993 (New York) and Castel's November 1997 (Montevideo). Both with PR's. The Sotheby's catalogue is SOLD, the Castel's catalogue is extremely rare. One copy for $148. B8. The famous Tumbaga Sale, held at Christie's in London in April 1993. Also includes Maravillas and 1733 Fleet material. This catalogue is very rare and sought after by Tumbaga collectors. One choice copy. $175
B9. The definitive monograph on Potosi 8 reales cobs by Emilio Paoletti. Nearly 300 pages with thousands of photos. One new hardcover copy in unopened original box. SOLD B10. The standard reference work on Colombian silver and gold coinage, cob and milled. 299 pages, many photos and diagrams explaining the difficult cobs series at Cartagena and Bogota. Only issued in spiral binding. This is the second and final edition (2007) planned. SOLD
B11. The famous Christie's Norweb Sales of Mexican and Spanish Colonial rarities. May & November 1985. One of the most important Spanish Colonial sales of the 20th century. Two soft cover catalogues. $60 B12. The Sellschopp and Ortiz Sales (1988 & 1992) by the Swiss Bank Corp. Hard covers as show. Both catalogues for $250.
B13. Calico-Aureo's Caballeros Sale in three hardbound deluxe catalogues. Many 1715 Fleet gold cob rarities, many great Spanish rarities. The most important Spanish & Spanish Colonial sale of the last 30 years. One set SOLD. (Other Calico-Aureo catalogues also available.) B14. Goldberg's Millennia Sale from 2008 including a museum-quality collection of New World treasures. One set of 3 catalogs. SOLD.
B14a. Professor Running excellent monograph on the wreck and salvage of the golden treasure of the VOC merchantman Akerendam (1729). SOLD B15. The first & best Lane catalogue (1973) of the treasure of the VOC merchantman Hollandia (1743). Beautifully illustrated and a new mint copy. SOLD B16. Christie's 1989 sale of treasure recovered from HMS Feversham (1711). Unused copy with photo-PR. SOLD
B17. Christie's 1988 sale of treasure recovered from the Atocha and 1715 Fleets. The most important sale of gold and silver bars from the 1622 Fleet wrecks. Hardbound copy in average condition photo-PR. SOLD B18. Mendel Peterson's The Funnel of Gold (1975). Collectible First edition hardbound copy in excellent condition. Well illustrated. To this day the most scholarly work on the 1715 Fleet. One copy SOLD B19. Lopez Chavez Y Sanchez. Two monographs on the 8 escudos and the 4 escudos from 1961. The Media Onza volume is the only study of the 4 escudos ever produced. Ex-lib copy. The 8 escudos volume has the rare Schulman supplement. Both are in fine condition, printed on heavy paper with color photos. Hardcover with jackets. 500 copies editions. A wonderful resource for collectors and students of the 8 and 4 escudos. SOLD.
B20. Various books and catalogues related to the SS Central America, SS Brother Jonathon, SS New York, and SS Republic. Write or call for details & prices.
terravitan@aol.com or 480-595-1293
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