The 1,401-lot auction, offered in two different catalogs, was conducted by three world numismatic firms; 302 lots (21.5 percent) were unsold.

The auction was conducted during the New York International Numismatic Convention.

The partner firms for the two-day New York Sale were Baldwin's Auctions Ltd., Dmitry Markov Coins and Medals, and M & M Numismatics Ltd.

For more information, visit the joint Web site, found at www.theNewYorkSale.com.

Some highlights:

• Roman Imperatorial, circa 40 to 39 B.C. silver denarius, Quintus Labienus, Good Very Fine, $43,125.
  
• Roman Empire, circa A.D. 103 to 111 bronze sestertius, Traianus (Trajan), Extremely Fine, $16,675.
  
• Roman Empire, A.D. 294 gold aureus, Treveri, Maximianus Herculius, Good EF, $17,250.
  
• Roman Empire, circa 317 to 318 bronze nummus, Treveri, Constantius II, Good EF, $34,500.
  
• India, Kushan Empire, circa A.D. 130 to 158 gold quarter dinar, Kanishka I, "earliest numismatic depiction of Buddha," Good EF, $69,000.
  
• Islamic, Umayyad, circa A.H. 101 to 105 (A.D. 719 to 723) gold half dinar or nisf, Yazid II, al-Andalus, About Extremely Fine, $23,000.
  
• Holy Roman Empire, Bohemia, undated (circa 1355 to 1356) gold chaise d'or, Charles I of Luxemburg as Emperor Karl IV, About EF, $27,600.
  
• Brazil under Portuguese rule, 1646 gold obsidional coinage of Pernambuco, a region occupied by the Dutch and besieged by the Portuguese, struck at Recife, About EF, $20,700.

• Russia, 1709 silver tympf (12 kopeks), EF, $32,200.
  
• Russia, 1707 silver half tympf (shestak), Peter II, plate coin for five different references, About EF to EF, $97,750.
  
• Russia, 1762 gold 10-ruble coin, Catherine II, Friedberg 129 (Gold Coins of the World by Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg), gem Uncirculated, $103,500.
  
• Russia, 1807 pattern ruble, plain edge, Numismatic Guaranty Corp. About Uncirculated 55, $97,975.
  
• Russia, 1829 platinum 6-ruble coin, first year of issue, with a "mintage of 828 pieces," AU, $31,050.
  
• Russia, 1835 platinum 6-ruble coin, NGC Mint State 63, $39,100.
  
• Russia, 1840 silver 1½-ruble/10-zloty coin, NGC MS-61, $46,000.
  
• Russia, Imperial Order of the St. Andrew First Called, Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar, gold cross, silver star, "Original patina. Superb," $54,625.
  
• Russia, Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, complete set (gold cross, 56 millimeters; silver star, 88 millimeters; full-length sash; and case of issue), "Star has minor enamel chip. Otherwise Superb," $184,000.
  
• Russia, Order of the White Eagle, Civil Division, complete set (gold cross, 88 millimeters by 62 millimeters; silver star), "perfectly preserved," $109,250.
  
• Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, Military Division, complete first class set (gold cross, 62 millimeters; silver star, sash and case of issue), "superb, problem free and very desirable" aside from the case of issue, $103,500.
  
• Soviet Union, Order of Red Banner of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Transcaucasian Type, Award No. 13981, "only a few hundred were issued," described as having "small enamel chip and moderate handling marks. Overall well preserved," $97,750.
  
• Soviet Union, Khorezm Socialist Soviet Republic, Red Military Order, silver with gold crescent, Award No. 47, red enamel partially chipped, top left part of gold crescent missing, replacement bolt and screwplate, "problems mentioned do not distract from overall good condition, especially considering the rarity," $103,500.

Stack family library, ANS duplicates top $1 million in George Kolbe auction

Highlights from the Stack Family Library and duplicates of numismatic literature from the American Numismatic Society realized $1,003,950 in George Frederick Kolbe's auction Jan. 9 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

The total, according to Kolbe, represented only the second time that a one-day numismatic literature auction topped the $1 million level. The first auction to reach that milestone was the landmark June 1, 2004, 1,000-lot auction of literature from the library of John J. Ford Jr.

Kolbe conducted the Ford Library auction as well, in conjunction with the auction firm Stack's, once owned by the consignors to the January auction.

The Jan. 9 auction totaled 500 lots, including 400 lots from the Stack Family Library. The ANS consignment totaled 100 lots.

The auction was held in conjunction with the New York International Numismatic Convention.

In describing the 400 highlights from the library formed by the Stacks over seven decades, Kolbe wrote: "Some are unique; all are desirable. There is no other American library quite like it."

According to Kolbe, "Sixty-eight registered bidders jammed the saleroom and, along with a dozen telephone bidders and over thirty internet bidders, purchased over 90% of the lots in the sale, overwhelming unusually strong participation by absentee bidders."

The highest bids were registered for two lots connected to Col. E.H.R. Green, a prominent collector in the early 20th century with whom the founders of Stack's conducted business in the early 20th century.

Lot 79 contained original inventory records and other materials related to the acquisition by Stack's of Green's gold coins. Lot 80 contained company co-founder Joseph Stack's three-volume photographic record of Green's "fabled collection" of gold $2.50, $5 and $10 coins.

Each of the two lots realized $80,500 including the buyer's fee.

Another highlights from the Stack consignment included the family's complete bound set of Stack's auction catalogs, which brought $63,250.

A second auction featuring the balance of the Stack family library is currently planned for spring 2010.

Contact Kolbe at P.O. Drawer 3100, Crestline, CA 92325, visit Kolbe's Web site, found at www.numislit.com or send e-mail to him at GFK@numislit.com.

Some Stack family highlights:

• 53 volumes of the American Journal of Numismatics, 1866 to 1924, bound in 17 volumes, Fine set, $14,950.
  
• A set of the first six volumes of The Numismatist/The American Numismatist, "A fine example of perhaps the most desired volume in the entire field of American numismatic literature," $20,700.
  
• The United States Cents of the Years 1798-1799 by George H. Clapp, 1931, text annotated in pencil, Fine, $14,950.
  
• An assemblage of auction catalogs by Edward Cogan, 1858 to 1885, Fine, $5,750.
  
• A complete set of Coin Galleries' publications, including the firm's Dec. 15, 1959, "Informal Mail Bid Sale," neatly bound, Generally Very Fine, $29,900.
  
• Catalog for Thomas L. Elder's May 26 to 29, 1920, auction of the collection of Henry C. Miller, 28 photographic plates, Fine/Very Fine, $11,500.
  
• Typed manuscript and handwritten inventory of the collection of Louis E. Eliasberg Sr., Dec. 31, 1987, Fine, $12,650.
  
• A substantial collection of Ed Fossard auction catalogs, 1878 to 1901, Fine/Very Fine, $3,450.
  
• Norman Stack's working copy of Ebenezer Gilbert's 1916 book, The United States Half Cents, including the original set of the Joseph Brobston Collection half cent photographs, 12 photographic prints, Near Fine, $8,625.
  
• Original inventory records, correspondence and other materials relating to the acquisition by Stack's of the Col. E.H.R. Green Collection of U.S. and foreign gold coins and its disposition to King Farouk and others, 1940s to 1950s, Generally Fine, $80,500.
  
• Joseph B. Stack's deluxe set of the fabled photographic record of the Col. Green Collection of U.S. quarter eagles, half eagles, and eagles, accompanied by the original green cloth slipcases with black leather labels, gilt, Very Fine set, backs of slipcases worn, $80,500.
  
• An Historical Account of the American Coinage by John H. Hickcox, 1858, a large paper copy of the first work devoted exclusively to American coins and one of only five originally issued, Near Fine, $19,550.
  
• Joseph N. T. Levick's own 1865 auction catalog of his collection, April 27 to 29, 1865, auction postponed due to the assassination of President Lincoln and one of only 12 issued, Fine, $12,650.
  
• The United States Cents of the Years 1801-1802-1803 by Howard R. Newcomb, 1925, Henry Hines' deluxe leather-bound edition, one of 10 issued, Fine, $12,650.
  
• Annotated salesroom copy of Sotheby's King Farouk auction, Feb. 24 to March 6, 1954, Fine, $6,900.
  
• The Stack family's bound set of Stack's auction sale catalogs, 1935 to 2007, 618 catalogs in all, "the most remarkable series in American numismatic history featuring over 200 catalogues annotated by the auctioneers," Fine/Very Fine set, $63,250.
  
• Monete Greche Della Sicilla by Giulio Emanuele Rizzo, 1945 to 1946, "one of the most superbly-produced works ever published on ancient numismatics," front joints worn, internally a Fine or better set, $4,887.50.
  
• An original set of Corpus Nummorum Italicorum, Volumes I to XX, 1910 to 1943, internally a Very Fine set, contents entirely free of the usual foxing, $5,750.
  
• A complete original set of Georgii Mikhailovich's monumental work on Russian coins, 1888 to 1914, bound in 13 volumes, Fine/Very Fine set, $51,750.

Some ANS highlights:

• The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States 1796–1838, A.W. Browning, 1925, formerly in the library of the Clain-Stefanelli family, one of 50 copies issued, Near Fine, $2,760.
  
• Two-volume 1898 to 1902 Katalog der Orientalische Münzen by Heinrich Nützel, bindings a bit worn but internal Near Fine, $4,600.
  
• Nine-volume set of Domenico Sestini's Lettere e Dissettazioni Numismatiche, Fine set, $3,450.
  
• Catalog of the William W.C. Wilson auction, Nov. 16 to 18, 1925, with photographic plates, generally Fine internally, $3,737.