Auction Catalogue

25 November 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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British and World Coins. Tokens and Historical Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 940

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25 November 1998

Hammer Price:
£40

Brooklands Automobile Racing Club, 1909, a plated badge by Percy Edwards Ltd, 71 Piccadilly, W1, stamped 448, 32mm; Oxton Motor Club, an engraved openwork silver badge, hallmarked W&H, Birmingham, 1928, named (R.E. Grice, Pontin Cup Trial, 1929), 29 x 26mm; Vita Sparking Plugs, a bronze jeton, 24mm. [3]. First fine and rare, others very fine; badges with clips and rings for suspension (£25-35)

Brooklands, the famous banked motor racing track situated near Weybridge and built by Hugh Locke-King, opened in 1907