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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24889576, member: 26430"]It is indeed a single-collector sale (and a very high quality collection at that):</p><p><br /></p><p>"<i>The Property of a Lady: Part II.</i>" (See: <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2068693" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2068693" rel="nofollow">BCD Library Duplicates 2014: 46</a>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I just received the <i>Part I</i> catalog (notes below) from Kunker's Wenninger Library Sale. Both included lots of very high value ancient gold coins (none in my collection!). Many were acquired by Victor Adda (collection published as <i>Face of Power</i>), sold in recent years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, after looking through my usual sources, I've so far been unable to learn the identity of the collector. But I'd like to know. There's a good chance that following up on other publications of the coins included one might learn the collector's name.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i><b>EDIT</b>: <i>A pair of old Kolbe & Fanning sales call it the</i> "<b>Adler </b>Collection" but definitely needs confirmation... There are a few reasons a mix-up might be possible, including a 1990 novel of the same name. (I've also seen this collection confused with the "Adda Collection.") I don't think it's publicly known.</i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>(I'm certain it's a different collector from the <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofancie00glen_23" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofancie00glen_23" rel="nofollow">1945 Glendining's "Property of a Lady."</a> But there's also a <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofancie00gle_722/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofancie00gle_722/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">1985 Glendining "Property of Lady"</a>; no idea yet if that could be the same.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My notes on the <i>Part I</i> catalog so far:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">CHRISTIE’S London Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. </font></font></b></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Auction [Lady I]</b>. 9 Oct 1984. <i>Highly important Ancient Coins. The Property of a Lady: Part I.</i></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">313 Lots f. ill. inline (b&w, w/ enlg.), plus 6 color plates (redundant); 98 pp. + back matter. Hardcover, linen + dustjacket.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">1-p. Foreword re: collection history/“pedigree”; very high quality coins; some Greek coins silver, but mostly gold (all the Roman/Byzantine, most of Greek, incl. many Ptolemaic large AV).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[BCD <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2068692" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2068692" rel="nofollow">2014: 45</a> & <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2561114" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2561114" rel="nofollow">2015: 200</a> (“Superb Roman and Ptolemaic gold as well as one of the finest Cleopatra VII portraits…”)]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><i>Note</i>: Part II of the same collection was sold by Christie's, 8 Oct 1985, with similar content (see: <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2068693" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2068693" rel="nofollow">BCD Library Duplicates 2014: 46</a>). Not to be confused w/ <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofancie00glen_23" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofancie00glen_23" rel="nofollow">1945 Glendining's "Property of a Lady."</a> Uncertain: <a href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofancie00gle_722/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/catalogueofancie00gle_722/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">1985 Glendining "Property of Lady"</a>. Possibly other collections so-named exist.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (no ownership marks) </font></font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1598826[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24889576, member: 26430"]It is indeed a single-collector sale (and a very high quality collection at that): "[I]The Property of a Lady: Part II.[/I]" (See: [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2068693']BCD Library Duplicates 2014: 46[/URL].) I just received the [I]Part I[/I] catalog (notes below) from Kunker's Wenninger Library Sale. Both included lots of very high value ancient gold coins (none in my collection!). Many were acquired by Victor Adda (collection published as [I]Face of Power[/I]), sold in recent years. Unfortunately, after looking through my usual sources, I've so far been unable to learn the identity of the collector. But I'd like to know. There's a good chance that following up on other publications of the coins included one might learn the collector's name. [INDENT][I][B]EDIT[/B]: [I]A pair of old Kolbe & Fanning sales call it the[/I] "[B]Adler [/B]Collection" but definitely needs confirmation... There are a few reasons a mix-up might be possible, including a 1990 novel of the same name. (I've also seen this collection confused with the "Adda Collection.") I don't think it's publicly known.[/I][/INDENT] (I'm certain it's a different collector from the [URL='https://archive.org/details/catalogueofancie00glen_23']1945 Glendining's "Property of a Lady."[/URL] But there's also a [URL='https://archive.org/details/catalogueofancie00gle_722/mode/2up']1985 Glendining "Property of Lady"[/URL]; no idea yet if that could be the same.) My notes on the [I]Part I[/I] catalog so far: [INDENT][B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]CHRISTIE’S London Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. [/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5] [B]Auction [Lady I][/B]. 9 Oct 1984. [I]Highly important Ancient Coins. The Property of a Lady: Part I.[/I] 313 Lots f. ill. inline (b&w, w/ enlg.), plus 6 color plates (redundant); 98 pp. + back matter. Hardcover, linen + dustjacket. 1-p. Foreword re: collection history/“pedigree”; very high quality coins; some Greek coins silver, but mostly gold (all the Roman/Byzantine, most of Greek, incl. many Ptolemaic large AV). [BCD [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2068692']2014: 45[/URL] & [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2561114']2015: 200[/URL] (“Superb Roman and Ptolemaic gold as well as one of the finest Cleopatra VII portraits…”)] [I]Note[/I]: Part II of the same collection was sold by Christie's, 8 Oct 1985, with similar content (see: [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2068693']BCD Library Duplicates 2014: 46[/URL]). Not to be confused w/ [URL='https://archive.org/details/catalogueofancie00glen_23']1945 Glendining's "Property of a Lady."[/URL] Uncertain: [URL='https://archive.org/details/catalogueofancie00gle_722/mode/2up']1985 Glendining "Property of Lady"[/URL]. Possibly other collections so-named exist. Ex Bibliothek Alois Wenninger (no ownership marks) [/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [ATTACH=full]1598826[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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