Auction Report

6 October 2010

Starting at 1:00 PM

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David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books (6 October 2010)


Gross Total £62,675 (£76,618 including buyers’ premium)
Number of lots 301
Exchange rate of the GB pound US $1.59 and €1.14

Principal Lots
Lot no.

4215 Thomas Sharp, A Catalogue of Provincial Copper Coins, Tokens…described from the originals in the collection of Sir George Chetwynd, 1834, ex libris Boyne, Cutting, Davis, Waters, Eklund and Gibbs, £3,900 (£4,680)
4290 Christopher Williams, A Descriptive List of the Provincial Copper Coins, 1795, ex libris Sarah Banks and Royal Mint Library, £2,100 (£2,520)
4191 Charles Pye, A Representation of Provincial Copper Tokens, 1916, printer's proof, ex libris Waters, Hudson and Craige, £2,000 (£2,400)
4205 Richard Samuel, Articles and Notes from The Bazaar, Exchange and Mart, 1880-9, ex libris Jacobs and Jan, £1,800 (£2,160)
4192 Charles Pye, A Representation of Provincial Copper Tokens, 1916, ex libris Jan, £1,600 (£1,920)
4214 Thomas Sharp, A Catalogue of Provincial Copper Coins, Tokens…described from the originals in the collection of Sir George Chetwynd, 1834, uncorrected proof copy, ex libris Koorlander, £1,600 (£1,920)

Saleroom Notices
The following were amendments to the catalogue descriptions
Lot no.
4042 6 volumes in the lot, as described
4055 Provenance: B. Koorlander lot 899, not 89
4227 6 volumes in the lot (vols. 80 and 81 combined), as described
4267 2 volumes in the lot, as described

The following lot was withdrawn before the auction:
4006

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