Auctions by Bowers and Merena. A pair of important Frederick B. Taylor Catalogs.strongemThe Frederick B. Taylor Collection, March 26-28, 1987/strong/em. Hardbound. An extremely clean copy of this important colonial sale, essentially as issued with the original prices realized list included. An essential volume for any collector of colonial coins, particularly for the State Coinage issues. strongAuctions by Bowers and Merena. emThe Taylor Collection Limited Edition Photographic Plates, State Copper Coinage 1785-1788/strong/em. Purple hardbound, lettering in gilt. The scarce post-sale supplement to the Taylor sale, this being copy 38 of just 182 prepared. Presentation autographs of Q. David Bowers, Michael Hodder who cataloged the sale, and Cathy Dumont, photographer for Bowers and Merena. 23 high quality plates. With the original purchase invoice for this volume. A beautiful copy though slight damage is noted to one of the protective rice paper pages. (Total: 2 volumes)From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers.
