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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24816992, member: 26430"]Did anyone else participate in Kuenker's auction of the Alois Wenninger Library?</p><p><br /></p><p>Or any other recent book purchases to share? Or books you've read recently and want to talk about?</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i>Kuenker 399 on Saturday, 18 Nov 2023:</i></p></blockquote><p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=sale&sid=7333" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=sale&sid=7333" rel="nofollow">Sale on Numisbids with prices realized</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.kuenker.de/en/elive-auction/stuecke/398-399?filter=katalog&katalog_nummer=399" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.kuenker.de/en/elive-auction/stuecke/398-399?filter=katalog&katalog_nummer=399" rel="nofollow">On Kuenker website with more photos</a>.</li> </ul><p>Like coins, I always prefer to buy books that have some kind of interesting "object biography," so I wait for sales like this and buy whatever I can.</p><blockquote><p><i>Biographical background on Wenninger (1949-):</i></p></blockquote><p> <ul> <li>Numismatic Bibliomania Society: <br /> <a href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n45.html#article3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n45.html#article3" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n45.html#article3</a></li> <li>and Kuenker Exclusiv Nov 2023, page 11: <br /> <a href="https://issuu.com/kuenkercoins/docs/kuenker_exklusiv_2023_25_eng" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://issuu.com/kuenkercoins/docs/kuenker_exklusiv_2023_25_eng" rel="nofollow">https://issuu.com/kuenkercoins/docs/kuenker_exklusiv_2023_25_eng</a></li> </ul><p>There were several scarce books I'd spent a long time looking for. These two are a big deal if you collect Cappadocian coins and small Greek silver coins (<i>Kleinsilbermuenzen!</i>). When they become available they're usually expensive:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588538[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><b>SIMONETTA, ALBERTO M.</b> 2007. "The Coinage of the Cappadocian Kings: a revision and a catalogue of the Simonetta Collection." In: <i>Parthica</i> 9.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>The 1977 <i>Coinage of the Cappadocian Kings</i> (incl. with it) by the father, Bono Simonetta (1903-1987), is a classic, foundational catalog, but it's much more common than the one by his son, Alberto Mario Simonetta (1930-2021), and can be found anytime for $20 or less.</p><p><br /></p><p>A.M. Simonetta added substantially to collection and made revisions to the catalog (incl. some concessions to Morkholm, I believe).</p><p><br /></p><p>The 2007 catalog is very difficult to find. I've been looking for an (affordable!) copy since I bought seven coins from the Simonetta collection a couple years ago. Jacquier has had a copy on MA-Shops for $180 + $50 shipping for a while now (<a href="https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?full=on&ac=sl&st=sl&ref=bf_s2_a1_t1_1&qi=82mciaHY1sqmENhQunvS0ZMjmYk_1700628574_1:20794:39377" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?full=on&ac=sl&st=sl&ref=bf_s2_a1_t1_1&qi=82mciaHY1sqmENhQunvS0ZMjmYk_1700628574_1:20794:39377" rel="nofollow">actually cheap compared to some!</a>), but that was a bit much.</p><p><br /></p><p>On arrival I'll make a post with the Simonetta Collection coins too (most of which are also published in various articles from the 1950s onward):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588539[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b>KLEIN, DIETER</b>. 1999. <i>Sammlung von griechischen Kleinsilbermünzen und Bronzen</i>. Berlin/Milan: Nomismata 3.</p><p>[<a href="https://donum.numismatics.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=161545" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://donum.numismatics.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=161545" rel="nofollow">ANS Library Record</a>]</p><p><br /></p><p>Amazingly, there were 3 copies of this scarce book in the sale! Two were in group lots. I also tried to buy the single-lot copy that was signed by Klein with a warm inscription to Wellinger, but I lost my nerve and dropped out of the bidding (around 160 EUR I think).</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an essential book for collectors of small Greek coinage, especially from Asia Minor. Again, very hard to find.</p><p><br /></p><p>My ex-Sammlung Klein "plate coins" from the book (Nos. 764 & 769):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588532[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was able to get two other scarce volumes (one more than the other) related to small Greek coinage. These two "festscrhrifts" both relate to the recent <i>Collection sans Pareille</i>. (Remarkably, copies of both also appeared in another sale this morning at Antivm on DeaMoneta!)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588533[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b><b>Arthur Houghton, Silvia Hurter, Patricia Erhart Mottahedeh, and Jane Ayer Scott (editors.)</b>. </b>1984. <i>Festschrift für Leo Mildenberg / Studies in honor of Leo Mildenberg : Numismatik, Kunstgeschichte, Archäologie</i>. Wetteren: NR.</p><p>[<a href="https://donum.numismatics.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=115860" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://donum.numismatics.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=115860" rel="nofollow">ANS Library Record</a>]</p><p>with many contributions, including by Denyse Berend.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>SYLVIA HURTER & CARMEN ARNOLD-BIUCCI (editors)</b>. 2000. <i>Pour Denyse. Divertissements Numismtiques. </i>Bern.</p><p>[<a href="https://donum.numismatics.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=90531" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://donum.numismatics.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=90531" rel="nofollow">ANS Library Record</a>]</p><p>with many contributions, including Leo Mildenberg.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>The "<i>Collection sans Pareille"</i> of Greek Silver Fractions was big-deal collection sold at Nomos 26 and Nomos 29. I'm not sure "how secret" the collector's name is supposed to be, so I won't ID her yet (Nomos IDed her as "her"). But she was a close friend of Leo Mildenberg and purchased his collection <i>en bloc</i> in 1966, I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought two coins from the collection, both ex Mildenberg as well (one of which was also ex von Aulock). I strongly suspect at least one of the coins is published in Mildenberg's important essay on "Kleingeld" in <i>Pour Denyse</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588534[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was hoping to get more of the signed/inscribed literature (I'm really mad at myself for missing one or two in particular, though thrilled overall). But at least I got this very interesting one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588535[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><b>NOLLÉ, JOHANNES.</b> 1996. “Themistokles in Magnesia. Uber die Anfange der Mentalitat, das eigne Prtrat auf Munzen zu setzen.” In <i>SNR </i>75</p><p>[<a href="https://donum.numismatics.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=171860" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://donum.numismatics.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=171860" rel="nofollow">ANS Library Catalog</a>]</p><p><br /></p><p>An important article on the Ionian coinage of Themistokles after he jumped ship from Athens & joined the Persians. A few years later, Nollé coauthored another article on the same topic with Wenninger (as in, this Alois Wenninger), so it's particular special to have a copy of the off-print with a friendly inscription to him.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish my Themisto. Hemiobol was referenced in this article, but unfortunately they didn't cite it until their later co-authored article. J. Nollé & A. Wenninger, <i>JNG</i> 48, 1998, p.67 Th5a (this coin cited) =</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588536[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>I bought a bunch more, including several more with my coins inside, but I won't go through them all. There's a group of 36 auctions in there -- including 9 of the 10 BCD Sales!! Here's a collage showing a few more (some weren't photographed, I've used stock images for Winzer & BCD)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588537[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Any ancient coin book stuff to share or discuss??</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24816992, member: 26430"]Did anyone else participate in Kuenker's auction of the Alois Wenninger Library? Or any other recent book purchases to share? Or books you've read recently and want to talk about? [INDENT][I]Kuenker 399 on Saturday, 18 Nov 2023:[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=sale&sid=7333']Sale on Numisbids with prices realized[/URL]. [*][URL='https://www.kuenker.de/en/elive-auction/stuecke/398-399?filter=katalog&katalog_nummer=399']On Kuenker website with more photos[/URL]. [/LIST] Like coins, I always prefer to buy books that have some kind of interesting "object biography," so I wait for sales like this and buy whatever I can. [INDENT][I]Biographical background on Wenninger (1949-):[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*]Numismatic Bibliomania Society: [URL]https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/club_nbs_esylum_v26n45.html#article3[/URL] [*]and Kuenker Exclusiv Nov 2023, page 11: [URL]https://issuu.com/kuenkercoins/docs/kuenker_exklusiv_2023_25_eng[/URL] [/LIST] There were several scarce books I'd spent a long time looking for. These two are a big deal if you collect Cappadocian coins and small Greek silver coins ([I]Kleinsilbermuenzen![/I]). When they become available they're usually expensive: [ATTACH=full]1588538[/ATTACH] [INDENT][B]SIMONETTA, ALBERTO M.[/B] 2007. "The Coinage of the Cappadocian Kings: a revision and a catalogue of the Simonetta Collection." In: [I]Parthica[/I] 9.[/INDENT] [INDENT]The 1977 [I]Coinage of the Cappadocian Kings[/I] (incl. with it) by the father, Bono Simonetta (1903-1987), is a classic, foundational catalog, but it's much more common than the one by his son, Alberto Mario Simonetta (1930-2021), and can be found anytime for $20 or less. A.M. Simonetta added substantially to collection and made revisions to the catalog (incl. some concessions to Morkholm, I believe). The 2007 catalog is very difficult to find. I've been looking for an (affordable!) copy since I bought seven coins from the Simonetta collection a couple years ago. Jacquier has had a copy on MA-Shops for $180 + $50 shipping for a while now ([URL='https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?full=on&ac=sl&st=sl&ref=bf_s2_a1_t1_1&qi=82mciaHY1sqmENhQunvS0ZMjmYk_1700628574_1:20794:39377']actually cheap compared to some![/URL]), but that was a bit much. On arrival I'll make a post with the Simonetta Collection coins too (most of which are also published in various articles from the 1950s onward): [ATTACH=full]1588539[/ATTACH][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]KLEIN, DIETER[/B]. 1999. [I]Sammlung von griechischen Kleinsilbermünzen und Bronzen[/I]. Berlin/Milan: Nomismata 3. [[URL='https://donum.numismatics.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=161545']ANS Library Record[/URL]] Amazingly, there were 3 copies of this scarce book in the sale! Two were in group lots. I also tried to buy the single-lot copy that was signed by Klein with a warm inscription to Wellinger, but I lost my nerve and dropped out of the bidding (around 160 EUR I think). This is an essential book for collectors of small Greek coinage, especially from Asia Minor. Again, very hard to find. My ex-Sammlung Klein "plate coins" from the book (Nos. 764 & 769): [ATTACH=full]1588532[/ATTACH][/INDENT] I was able to get two other scarce volumes (one more than the other) related to small Greek coinage. These two "festscrhrifts" both relate to the recent [I]Collection sans Pareille[/I]. (Remarkably, copies of both also appeared in another sale this morning at Antivm on DeaMoneta!) [ATTACH=full]1588533[/ATTACH] [INDENT][B][B]Arthur Houghton, Silvia Hurter, Patricia Erhart Mottahedeh, and Jane Ayer Scott (editors.)[/B]. [/B]1984. [I]Festschrift für Leo Mildenberg / Studies in honor of Leo Mildenberg : Numismatik, Kunstgeschichte, Archäologie[/I]. Wetteren: NR. [[URL='https://donum.numismatics.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=115860']ANS Library Record[/URL]] with many contributions, including by Denyse Berend. [B] SYLVIA HURTER & CARMEN ARNOLD-BIUCCI (editors)[/B]. 2000. [I]Pour Denyse. Divertissements Numismtiques. [/I]Bern. [[URL='https://donum.numismatics.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=90531']ANS Library Record[/URL]] with many contributions, including Leo Mildenberg.[/INDENT] [INDENT]The "[I]Collection sans Pareille"[/I] of Greek Silver Fractions was big-deal collection sold at Nomos 26 and Nomos 29. I'm not sure "how secret" the collector's name is supposed to be, so I won't ID her yet (Nomos IDed her as "her"). But she was a close friend of Leo Mildenberg and purchased his collection [I]en bloc[/I] in 1966, I think. I bought two coins from the collection, both ex Mildenberg as well (one of which was also ex von Aulock). I strongly suspect at least one of the coins is published in Mildenberg's important essay on "Kleingeld" in [I]Pour Denyse[/I]. [ATTACH=full]1588534[/ATTACH][/INDENT] I was hoping to get more of the signed/inscribed literature (I'm really mad at myself for missing one or two in particular, though thrilled overall). But at least I got this very interesting one: [ATTACH=full]1588535[/ATTACH] [INDENT][B]NOLLÉ, JOHANNES.[/B] 1996. “Themistokles in Magnesia. Uber die Anfange der Mentalitat, das eigne Prtrat auf Munzen zu setzen.” In [I]SNR [/I]75 [[URL='https://donum.numismatics.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=171860']ANS Library Catalog[/URL]] An important article on the Ionian coinage of Themistokles after he jumped ship from Athens & joined the Persians. A few years later, Nollé coauthored another article on the same topic with Wenninger (as in, this Alois Wenninger), so it's particular special to have a copy of the off-print with a friendly inscription to him. I wish my Themisto. Hemiobol was referenced in this article, but unfortunately they didn't cite it until their later co-authored article. J. Nollé & A. Wenninger, [I]JNG[/I] 48, 1998, p.67 Th5a (this coin cited) = [ATTACH=full]1588536[/ATTACH] [/INDENT] I bought a bunch more, including several more with my coins inside, but I won't go through them all. There's a group of 36 auctions in there -- including 9 of the 10 BCD Sales!! Here's a collage showing a few more (some weren't photographed, I've used stock images for Winzer & BCD) [ATTACH=full]1588537[/ATTACH] [B]Any ancient coin book stuff to share or discuss??[/B][/QUOTE]
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