Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 2449. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $1775. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Weber Collection] Forrer, L. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Herman Weber. (London, 1922-1929.) 3 vols.: Volume I (Hispania-Sicily): xvi, 377 pages, photographic plates 1-69. Volume II (Macedon-Southern Greece): 579 pages, photographic plates 70-171. Volume III (Bosporus-Mauretania): 996 pages bound in two volumes, photographic plates 172-317. The rare original catalogue of one of the finest private collections of Greek coins ever formed. The four text volumes bound in later green cloth with gilt morocco spine titles; the plates are loose, in their original printed folders. Includes a 1922 advertising flyer and order form for volume I, from Spink (original cost £3 3s 0d). Very Fine condition. Seven (7) volumes in lot.