John S. Kebabian: Book appraisals, 1937-1960

RLIN ID No.

NYGG01-A33

Creator

Kebabian, John S., collector.

Title

Book appraisals conducted for estate purposes, 1937-1960.

Physical Description

9 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged by name of estate.

Historical/Biographical Note

John S. Kebabian, a professional book appraiser who resided in Scarsdale, New York, was an active member of the Grolier Club from 1959 until the year before his death in 1980. He was the author of The Haymarket Affair and the Trial of the Chicago Anarchists, 1886. A member of the Grolier Club between 1959 and 1980, Kebabian exhibited his collection of 17^th, 18^th and early 19^th century books about trades and crafts in England, France and America at the Grolier Club in 1979. He died in 1980.

Scope and Contents

Over 412 book appraisals made for the firms of G. A. Baker & Co., Inc., Samuel Marx, Inc. and others by Edward J. Lazare, Bernard C. Otto, Max Harzof and others. Personal collections appraised include but are not limited to those of Hervey Allen, Leonard Bernstein, Nelson Doubleday, J. P. Morgan II, I. N. Phelps Stokes, and Lucius Wilmerding. Appraisals were also made for over 20 law firms and for collections acquired by the New York Public Library. Also appraisal materials from the 1930s for the collections relating to Abraham Lincoln offered to the Library of Congress and of the library of Henry C. Folger. Entries include appraisal materials for the Herndon-Weik Lincoln collection purchased by the Library of Congress in the 1930s and the Library of Henry Clay Folger, which became the foundation of the Folger Shakespeare Library.

General Note

Title devised by cataloger.

General Note

Some appraisals are not dated.

Names

Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949. Library.

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918- Library.

Doubleday, Nelson. Library.

Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1920. Library.

Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891. Library.

Lazare, Edward J.

Morgan, J. Pierpont, 1867-1943. Library.

Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944. Library.

Weik, Jessie William, 1857-1930. Library.

Wilmerding, Lucius, 1880-1949. Library.

G. A. Baker & Co., Inc.

Samuel Marx, Inc.

Subjects

Book collectors. United States. 20^th century. Appraisals

Books. Prices. United States. 20^th century.

Decedents’ estates. United States. 20^th century.

Added Entries

Grolier Club.

Occupation (as reflected in collection)

Appraisers. United States. 20^th century.

Location

Grolier Club, 47 East 60^th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022-1098.

Partial Collection Inventory

Box 1 Ahlert through Curtis

Box 2 Cushing through Ferris

Box 3 Ferry through J

Box 4 Kane through Livingston

Box 5 Logan through Poor

Box 6 Postley through S

Box 7 Tallyrand through Whitney, J. H.

Box 8 Whitney, Mrs. Payne through Z

Box 9 Folger and Lincoln Collections