Special Collections

Sold on 6 October 2010

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Advertising Checks from the David Magnay Collection

David Magnay

Lot

№ 659

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6 October 2010

Hammer Price:
£55

Imitation Spade Half-Guineas, London, Leadenhall Street, Play…International Games [H.P. Gibson & Sons Ltd] (5), 6000 (2), 6010, 6020, 6040; Oxford Street, Parkins & Gotto (5), 5850, 5860, 5870, 5880, 5890; Sydenham, Conn and Conrad 5470; Crystal Palace 5480 [12]. Very fine and better, but 5480 pierced
£60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Advertising Checks from the David Magnay Collection.

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H.P. Gibson & Sons Ltd, est. 1903 as the International Card Co, manufacturers of indoor games, had moved to Aldersgate street by 1929 but the company’s premises were destroyed by the blitz in 1940; Parkins & Gotto, stationery manufacturers and wholesalers; Conn and Conrad, variety artistes;