Auction Catalogue

9 & 10 December 2003

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1797

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10 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£120

Sotheby & Co, Catalogue of…the Well-Known Collection of Scottish Coins formed by the late Sheriff Mackenzie, 21-2 February 1921, 380 lots; Catalogue of the Important Collection of Scottish Coins formed by the late R.W. Cochran-Patrick, 30-1 March 1936, 357 lots, 7 plates, PRL with buyers’ names tipped-in, together with original Spink invoice; Glendining & Co [London], Catalogue of Scottish and Irish Coins, the property of Dr. A.N. Brushfield, 28 March 1940, 200 lots, 4 plates; Catalogue of Scottish, Irish and Anglo-Gallic Coins…the collection of the late Rt. Hon. Lord Grantley, Part V, 18-19 May 1944, 295 lots, 3 plates (2 copies, one priced); Catalogue of a Collection [of] English, Scottish and Antique Coins…formed by Major H.J. Dakers, 8-9 October 1946, 579 lots, Scottish section with prices and buyers’ names, letter from Albert Baldwin to Davidson, 25 November 1947, relating to the poor standard of cataloguing [by Douglas Liddell] of the sale tipped-in; Spink/Bowers & Ruddy [Los Angeles], The ‘Dundee’ Collection of Scottish Coins, 19 February 1976, 347 lots, mostly illustrated, estimate sheet tipped-in [7]. A useful group of catalogues, but several with pencil checkmarks and first with no covers (£30-50)

Provenance:
Ex libris Dr James Davidson [second bt Spink October 1936]