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The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes

Sir David Kirch

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№ 190

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1 March 2023

Estimate: £80–£120

Bank of Elegance, Loughboro’, a note promising to ‘accept the Challenge of any Man in England to Cut and Dress any Lady’s or Gentleman’s hair in a Superiour style or forfeit on Demand the Sum of Fifty Pounds’ 18 October 834, serial number 20, signature of Pyke & Son, thinned a little at right, overall good fine, and nicely engraved
Outing unlisted £80-£120

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

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This is the same Mr. Pyke who appears on other skit notes in Shrewsbury, dated 1826. Other than that, little is known about him.