Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 2452. Estimate $30.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $30. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lempertz, M. (Peter Hanstein’s Sons, Proprietors). Münzen Sammlung des Herrn van Vleuten- Part I: Griechen, Römer, Byzantiner. (Cologne). No. 237. 23 February 1926 et seq. 2243 lots, 14 photographic plates. General ancients. Beige quarter cloth with marbled boards, morocco spine title. Fine condition.

Ex libris Dr. Pierre Bastien. The art auctioneers Lempertz of Cologne, founded in 1846, apparently only conducted a handful of coin auctions between 1911 and 1934. The plates betray their “artistic” point of view; the coins are not illustrated sequentially, but chosen for harmonious balance of presentation on each plate.