Numismatic Fine Arts, Edward Gans, Catalogue with fixed prices, January 1943

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Numismatic Fine Arts, Edward Gans.
101 West 55th street, NY, NY
Stock catalogue with fixed prices, January 1943.
Greek coins, Roman coins, artistic medals
Catalogue just about mint with bit of patina on cover.
34 pages.  Pages look mint/brand new.  No photos. back cover is blank.
This catalogue owned by a celebrity of sorts
The name Ernest A. Kehr and address as PO Box 1 Richmond Hill, NY 11419 is stamped in ink on title page.
Ernest A. Kehr (1911-1986) was an illustrious philatelist, and philatelic author. He had philatelic columns in three different major New York City papers and made numerous TV and radio appearances talking about stamps. Winner of numerous philatelic awards, the American Philatelic Society established The Ernest A. Kehr award in his honor. He is a member of the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame. But he was also interested in coins. he was a friend of my late mother. About 1970-71 he gave her some items of his numismatic literature to give me, I would have just been starting my teens. Time is a thief.
Edward Gans was a German banker who fled the Nazis, going to the United States, first to cold NYC then to sunny California. He founded Numismatic Fine Arts, doing business under that name until 1975. he made it until age 103!
“Edward Gans was a banker in Germany. After he immigrated to the US he became a dealer of ancient coins and fine arts of various kinds. He donated his coin collection together with an archive containing book publications on seals and similar objects, sets of archaeological magazines, and his correspondence with experts in various fields to the Department of Near Eastern Studies of the University of California at Berkeley.”
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Edward Gans
was born in Hamburg, Germany, on August 27, 1887, and died in Berkeley, California, on February 13, 1991, age 103. He was a banker in Germany, relocating to Berlin in 1909, to New York City in 1938, and to Berkeley in 1953.”