Chapman, Henry. Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Ancient Greek and Roman, European, Oriental, Early American and United States Coins of George H. Earle, Jr., Esq. June 25-29, 1912. Philadelphia.Very Fine, save for some wear and chipping along the cover edges. Quarto. Original hardbound in white half cloth and boards with gilt lettering on the front cover. 39 fine photographic plates bound into the back, followed by the original prices realized list. The binding is sound but for a short split inside the front cover, while the interior is bright and clean. An attractive copy of this landmark sale, the second largest and one of the most important sales Henry Chapman conducted. It proved another important feather in his cap, once again securing him the record for the most valuable American collection sold with prices realized totaling $55,821.63, considerably more than what was achieved by his Stickney sale just five years before. This was in no small part due to the extensive holdings of outstanding quality. The Earle sale included four 1794 silver dollars, 17 examples of 1795, and so on through the American series. The extensively plated large cents, gold and other series were all of superior quality, and the sale included outstanding ancient and world coins as well. With the large number of nice quality plates, many fine properties can be easily provenanced to this landmark sale. One of three sales by Henry Chapman ranked “A+” by John Adams. According to Charles Davis, writing in his <em>American Numismatic Literature</em>, post-sale copies in this original binding, with plates and prices realized were offered for sale at $10, and are “quite scarce.”From the D. Brent Pogue Library.
