David F. Fanning Numismatic Literature 

Welcome to the Web site of David F. Fanning Numismatic Literature. We sell rare and out-of-print numismatic literature from all times and places. Our current inventory includes works on ancient, medieval and modern numismatics, including a wide variety of material on American numismatics. Items range from the 16th to the 21st century and come in over a dozen languages.

NEW: Updated 2010 Catalogue

Our first fixed price catalogue of 2010 is now available. An Internet-only list, it includes numismatic works from around the world and features many sale items with reduced prices. To download the catalogue, click here.

December 3, 2009 Auction

Prices Realized List

Our third mail-bid auction sale closed on December 3, 2009. The sale included material from the libraries of John J. Ford, Jr. and Douglas Ball, and features many scarce and significant items. A PDF of the catalogue is available here. The prices realized list is available here. To be added to the mailing list, please contact us here. For more information on the sale, please click here.

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We hope to make this site a useful resource for collectors of numismatic literature and those who use such literature in their research. Check in with us as we develop this site and see what's new.

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What We Do

David F. Fanning Numismatic Literature specializes in rare and out of print publications pertaining to numismatics. This includes books, periodicals, auction catalogues and fixed price lists, ephemeral publications, letters and other memorabilia. We buy and sell important works, and work with collectors and researchers to locate copies of the texts they are looking for. We issue a bimonthly fixed price list, The Bookshelf, each issue of which features 100 lots of numismatic literature. In addition, twice a year we hold mail-bid auctions, usually offering 600 to 800 lots of material. Information on both types of catalogues can be found on this site. For those wishing to sell, we offer flexible consignment rates for inclusion in our catalogues. Contact us for more details and check back as we continue to build this site.

2009 Catalogues

The catalogue of our December 3 mail-bid auction is available here.

The November issue of The Bookshelf, our regular fixed price list, is available here.

The September issue of The Bookshelf, our regular fixed price list, is available here.

The July issue of The Bookshelf is available here.

The catalogue of our June 4 mail-bid auction is available here.

The May issue of The Bookshelf is available here.

The March issue of The Bookshelf is available here.

The January issue of The Bookshelf  is available here.

See the Auction Archives for older catalogues.