These are lovely books. Books from the 1500s, at least after about 1540, are often no more expensive than those 200 years later
Thats a book I want, the 1533 Livy illustration of battle of Cannae. I'll watch out for it!
[ATTACH] Indeed bought from Quaritch! Actually secured it before the catalogue went out as Quaritch had commented on twitter on the absurdity of...
Just bought a book printed in 1536 on Greek and Roman ships. Link to some pics here:...
These two indeed look like find patina, certainly the legionary and the Vespasian quite likely – tho it might have a superficial clean, the thick...
These all look cleaned and not as found
It's a Royal Mint proof set box, in fact its the case that the silver piedforts immediately to its right came in; they are seated on the removable...
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All the coins are uniface with blank reverses. Seriously tho, as a host of a website http://andrewmccabe.ancients.info/ and photo resource...
Great pics. Wish more CT members would photograph coins with natural backgrounds such as you and I did in this post, coins as they are seen in...
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No value at all, not even a dollar, unless sold with deceptive intent. They sell these new in fancy packages in museums at a dollar or so each,...
Spend less money on coins than I earn (no hope goal) Buy nothing that isn't a permanent keeper, i.e. no study coins (no hope goal) Finish the...
RRC 36/1. Weighs 207 grams..Ex Leo Hamburger (27 May 1929) lot 358 (est. 120 RM) Geheimrat von Kaufmann coll. Richard von Kaufmann (29 March 1849...
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Its the same technique whether in advance or after purchase. As for "proof" when you know you've found a match with possibly edge differences due...
This happened to me too, more than once. Now, I get US purchase shipped yo a friend and we hand carry on transatlantic trips. Or we did before...
There are a host of trade secrets in finding provenances, some based on the coin itself, some on where to look and how to prioritise, and some on...
It's 5% from outside the EU plus £8 handling charge, but the new EU-UK trade deal will mean there will NOT be any tariff for goods including coins...
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