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24 February 2022

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Lot

№ 64

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24 February 2022

Hammer Price:
£80

Royal Gaiety Bank, a theatre advertising note for ‘£10 or as many rounds of applause’, ND (c.1880’s), serial number 1910, signature of ‘Rigdum Funibus’, good fine and scarce
Outing unlisted £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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Rigdum Funnidos was the pen name of George Cruikshank, the famous caricaturist. This note, signed by the fictitious Rigdum Funibus, is probably a play on that name.
This note is almost identical in design to the previous lot, but of vastly inferior print quality, suggesting that it was copied and adjusted.