Auction Report

7 October 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books (7 October 2009)

Gross Total: £139,620 (£167,544 including buyers’ premium)
Number of lots 621
Exchange rate of the GB pound US $1.59 and €1.08

Principal Lots
Lot no.

1-247 The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by the late Robinson S. Brown Jr (Part I), £75,900 (£91,080)
248-286 West Country Tokens from the Collection of David Sadler, £7,540 (£9,048)
287-310 The Collection of 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Victor Ford, £3,765 (£4,518)
62 Newmarket, Spence's Halfpenny, 1793, £3,100 (£3,720)
311-326 19th Century Unofficial Farthings from the Collection of George Berry, £3,020 (£3,624)
90 Buxton, William Hay, Thomas Tomlinson and William Orme, Halfpenny, undated, £2,600 (£3,120)
100 Puddington, William Waller, Halfpenny, 1797, unfinished die, £2,600 (£3,120)
344-364 The Paranumismatic Stock-in-trade of the late Bryan Hennem, £2,590 (£3,108)
327-343 Birmingham Ephemera associated with the late W.J. Davis, £2,380 (£2,856)

Saleroom Notices
The following were amendments to the catalogue descriptions
Lot no.
15 Provenance: W.J. Noble lot 15, not 14
67 The dimensions of DH 15b are 10.32g/5h
131 The dimensions are 11.69g/12h
191 The reference is DH 86b
202 Provenance: From R. Dalton May 1915, not direct from T. Bliss
344-364 Sold as viewed and not subject to return
509 The reference is D 11
526 The second item is a Halfpenny
534-548 Sold as viewed and not subject to return
618-621 Sold as viewed and not subject to return

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