CATALOG OF THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COINS OF THE LATE MATTHEW ADAMS STICKNEY, ESQ
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The One Hundred Greatest Items Of United States Numismatic Literature Rank: Number 84
Adams 3, Clain-Stefanelli 12078, Davis 197, Gengerke 3
Henry Chapman’s coming out party following the conclusion of the Chapman brothers’ joint efforts in 1906, Stickney was the ultimate “fresh” collection, somewhat akin to the Eliasberg sales many years later. “This celebrated collection has for many years been a mystery, as hardly any one of the present generation had seen anything of it,” Chapman wrote in the introduction. Nonetheless, fellow dealers were somewhat clued in, as Chapman noted that “when the news that the sale of the Stickney Collection was in my hands was made public I received many letters of congratulation.” Early gold is definitive less the 1822 half eagle, which is compensated by the presence of a Brasher doubloon. The 1804 dollar came directly from the Mint Cabinet to Stickney in 1843 and eventually landed in the Eliasberg collection. The 1794 was “one of the finest dollars of this year sold for many years,” while among colonial issues a number of Crosby plate coins are found. Ample patterns and territorials complement the extensive federal series in this, Henry Chapman’s greatest solo effort.
Standard Edition
CHAPMAN, Henry. CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COINS OF THE LATE MATTHEW ADAMS STICKNEY, ESQ, SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS. COMPRISING ONE OF THE GREATEST COLLECTIONS EVER SOLD IN THIS COUNTRY. UNIQUE COLONIAL AND STATE COINS, BRASHER'S 1787 NEW YORK DOUBLOON, 1815 HALF EAGLE, AND AN ORIGINAL 1804 DOLLAR.
Philadelphia, PA: June 25-29, 1907
222pp, 3,026 lots
Quarto: 30.5 x 24 cm>
Softbound: White gilt-printed card covers
Plated Edition
CHAPMAN, Henry. CATALOGUE OF THE CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COINS OF THE LATE MATTHEW ADAMS STICKNEY, ESQ, SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS. COMPRISING ONE OF THE GREATEST COLLECTIONS EVER SOLD IN THIS COUNTRY. UNIQUE COLONIAL AND STATE COINS, BRASHER'S 1787 NEW YORK DOUBLOON, 1815 HALF EAGLE, AND AN ORIGINAL 1804 DOLLAR.
222pp, 3,026 lots, 20 Photographic plates
Quarto: 31 x 24.5 cm
Hardbound: White cloth and white paper boards, lettered in gilt
Gengerke 3: LpP
Adams 3
Plates have been reprinted by B&B