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Bank of Exchange & Co-operation, 1 Penny, dated/serial numbered 1879, signature of C. Wetum, with the address listed as ‘Dark Street, Bush Town, Founded by Adam & Eve’, and the text ‘Immense capital deposited in the vaults, of which every member has a special key’ and promising ‘to Preserve and Protect on demand the Morals of the Rising Generation’, with a crowned vignette entitled ‘The Fig Leaf Period’, showing an African man and woman and several spears, slightly ragged...
Hammer Price: £260
Brotherly Love Bank, for the Three Grand Principles, a Masonic note promising to pay Brother Secrecy the sum of 1 Shilling, Newcastle, 7 April 1806, serial number A48, manuscript signature of Faithful Hope, with Masonic symbols engraved at left, with a small but beautifully executed hand coloured element, minor mounting remnants on reverse low left corner slightly damaged, overall very fine and rare Outing unlisted £240-£300
Hammer Price: £280
Mendham’s Tea Warehouse, Ipswich, a note promising to pay the bearer 5 Shillings on demand, hand dated 1803, no serial number or signature, vignette of a tea chest at top left, complete with with naive depiction's of Chinese characters, wonderful condition, good very fine and extremely rare Outing unlisted £240-£300
Hammer Price: £200
Manchester & Gibralter Bank, for the Governor of the Gibralter Hotel, Pall Mall, a note promising to pay the bearer 2 Pence for winnings at Bagatelle, Manchester, 17 January 1810, serial number 1639, signed by William Murray, with a very nicely printed and ornate vignette of a contemporary steam train in a crowned frame at top left, partially stuck on card, very good, extremely rare and a wonderful item Outing unlisted £240-£300
Hammer Price: £240
A Confusing but Clearly Political Skit Note, for Self, Ridiculous & Folly, promising to pay £5 to Sir Charles Spencer or Bearer on the return of Common Sense, 1 April 1796, serial number 9162, signature of Simon Skirtless, with a vignette of Antony Alltop, Boot-maker, walking past a milestone with XXXIX (39) on it, saying the words ‘I Am The Go’, laid down on paper, otherwise very nice condition, good fine and rare Outing unlisted £200-£260
Hammer Price: £160
Gillbank and Co, Spirit Establishment, a note promising to supply the bearer with any quantity of Old & Genuine Wines or Spirits from a Stock of Ten Thousand Pounds, 19 December 1933, serial number 21, printed signature of Gillbank, vignette of a cherub with a wine glass seated on a barrel at top left, very thin paper, making the condition even more remarkable, good very fine and very scarce Outing 4050a £200-£260
Bank of Elegant Engraving, a beautiful note denominated £100 advertising the services of H.H.Collins & Co., October 1854, signature of H.H.Collins, with a wonderful reverse depicting the Crystal Palace and and underprint describing the note as a ‘Bank Note of the Crystal Palace’, clearly attempting to cash in on the Great Exhibition of 1851, original good very fine, rare and a very attractive and well produced note Outing unlisted £200-£260
Hammer Price: £300
Nottingham, a superbly engraved note advertising the services of the hairdressing establishment of J. Etches, denominated £1, ND (c.1825), serial number F1297, manuscript signature of J. Etches and with the additional text ‘Warser Gate’, the location of his premises, very fine, an unusually high quality engraving for the period, attractive and rare Outing unlisted £200-£260
Norfolk, Suffolk & Essex, Banks of Elegance, a note denominated £5,000 advertising the hairdressing services of the Faiers family, ND (c.1840’s-50’s), serial number 12, signature of H.H.Faiers, minor foxing but good fine to about very fine, rare Outing unlisted £200-£260
£200–£260
Bank of Merriment, Royal Grecian, a note denominated in FUN, advertising the seasonal pantomime at the Royal Grecian Theatre, 11 January 1854, serial number 1854, issued by B.O.Conquest, City Road, and with full details and billing on reverse, complete with wonderful vignettes of some of the players, (including a Mr. C. Webb), small repaired tear, overall good fine and an exceptional piece, very scarce Outing unlisted £200-£260
Hammer Price: £150
Fleet Bank in England, 25 Pence, 21 June 1811, serial number 64781, signature of R. Denton, some toning and small stains but a nice looking example, very fine and very scarce Outing 4018d £200-£260
Trent Fall Bank, for Rich’d Boiler, Tho’s Nossle & Co., 5 Halfpence in cash or steam, 1 August 1817, serial number 8540, signatures of Tim’y Smoke and Benj’n Margrave, with a lovely vignette of a small paddle steamer, entitled ‘Albion’ at top left, fine and rare Outing 4088a £200-£260
Hammer Price: £180
Bank of Fashion, for Self and Compy, a note promising ‘to cut any Lady or Gentleman’s hair superior to any man in Europe or forfeit on Demand the Sum of One Hundred Pounds, 24 October 1823, serial number 49, signature of J. Money, with the addresses 30, Palais Royal a Paris and 13 Fleet Street, clean and original paper, about very fine and very scarce Outing unlisted £180-£240
Hammer Price: £120
Bank of Fashion, for Self and Compy, a note promising ‘to cut any Lady or Gentleman’s hair superior to any man in Europe or forfeit on Demand the Sum of Thirty Thousand Pounds, 24 October 1823, serial number 49, signature of J. Money, with the addresses 49, Threadneedle Street and 13 Fleet Street, clean and original paper, good fine and very scarce Outing unlisted £180-£240
Hammer Price: £140
Bank of Love, denominated only in Love, 14 February, no year listed (likely c.1840-50 based on air and clothing), serial number 71742 , signed True Heart, promising to ‘give you on fair demand both heart and hand on the 14th February’, with a vignette showing a man and woman gazing adoringly at one another in a style popularised by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, about fine, a very touching piece and a much scarcer variety Outing 4061 for bank name £150-£200
Hammer Price: £220
Lovers Banking Company, denominated in Love, at the Temple of Hymen, 14 February 1877, serial number L/O 98657 V/E, signed by Cupid, promising to ‘pay you on demand the entire love of the supplicant who sends this’, with a vignette of a country church at top centre, red and black print, mounting traces, fine and very scarce Outing unlisted £150-£200
Hammer Price: £170
A Summons to the Court of Hymen, with blank spaces for full names and dates, the text ‘you have this day been charged before the undersigned, one of Cupid’s Justices of the Peace, in and for the said Court of Hymen, for that you wilfully, feloniously, and designedly waylaid, entrapped and stole from the plaintiff in this cause, A Heart, the whole, sole and real property of the said plaintiff’, and continuing with a summons to appear on the date to be filled in by the giver, signed by I...
Bank of Experience, £5, 10 February 1839, serial number 55, signature of Leukin Jones, the note promises to ‘pay on demand for the Governor of the World the sum of five pounds to any person who can find a better paper than the Paul Pry or, a greater fool than the bearer of this note’, very good and rare Outing unlisted £150-£200
£150–£200
Brett’s, 109, Drury Lane, a note promising to ‘supply the bearer with pure Patent Brandy, Patent Holland's and every other genuine article in the Wine and Spirit Trade at fair and reasonable prices or forfeit £1000’, 1 December 1832, signature of Henry Brett, previously mounted and remains of blue paper still attached to reverse, low right corner top missing, overall fine and scarce Outing 4044a £150-£200
Bank of Engraving, a passable imitation of a Bank of England £20, promising to ‘pay all bets or forfeit the sum of twenty pounds’, 23 June 1905, serial number 51856, signature of J.J.Morris, minor graffiti, fine and rare Outing unlisted £150-£200
Bank of Elegance, 36 Lowgate, Hull, a note promising to ‘supply on demand to my friends and the public, Boots and Shoes of the best Quality, at such prices that must give satisfaction, or forfeit the sum of Five Pounds’, 7 October 1869, serial number 4, signature of Robert Garton, foxed, with minor edge damage, mounting remnants on reverse, good fine and very scarce Outing unlisted £150-£200
Royal Surrey Bank, a theatre advertising note for ‘£10 or as many rounds of applause’, on watermarked paper, 1885, signature of George Conquest, crowned vignette mentioning Tom Major, Property Master, at left, good very fine and very scarce Outing 4086a £150-£200
Hammer Price: £340
United Kingdom of Great Blessings and Joyland, an entirely hand painted Christmas and New Year card in the likeness of a Treasury £1, dated Christmas 1924, serial number 1925, signature of the artist, Alexine Thorpe, with imagery including a turkey, sausages and a Christmas pudding on the obverse and Father Christmas in a wheeled sled powered, seemingly, by Shell Motor Spirit, on reverse, truly beautiful and a very touching item, very fine and unique £150-£200
Bank of Folly, an April Fool note, denominated in a single Fool (i.e. the receiver of the note!), at the Temple of Folly, 1 April 1947, serial number A/F 71841, signature of ‘Wide Awake’, with an amusing vignette of a man waggling his fingers with his thumb on his nose, decent quality printing on very thin paper, clean and fresh, a few folds in upper and lower margins good very fine and rare Outing unlisted £150-£200
Little Sheffield Bank, for Presto, Adagio, Moderato & Concertante, 5 Halfpence, 1797, no signature or serial number, fine and very rare Outing unlisted £150-£200
Hammer Price: £130
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
Hammer Price: £80
Gilbert + Watson Ltd, a spoof but rather realistic 10 Shilling note advertising the show Miss Paris-in-London, 4 January 1915, very fine and scarce £100-£150
Hammer Price: £380
Flora Cromer, a spoof £1 advertising ‘her latest success, The Kaiser’s Gramaphone’, ND (c.1914-15), signature of ‘some girl’ and a likeness of Flora Comer at left in the place of King George V, very fine and very scarce £100-£150
Petticoat to Park Lane, a spoof £1 advertising the latest production of Frederick Baugh and Fred Moule, ND (c.1915), signature of ‘some drama’, with a vignette of the star, Abraham Jacobson, in the place of King George V, very fine and very scarce £100-£150
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