Baldwin's of St. James's
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British Coins, A remarkable and previously unrecorded manuscript archive from the Estate of E. J. Shepherd, comprising:
1 large paper copy of the Auction Catalogue at Sotheby's, 22-25 July 1885 (ruled in red ink with prices realised)
1 small paper copy as above (unpriced as issued)
1 extracts of lots 378-411 of Sotheby's sale, 11 June 1848, including prices, Sotheby Accounts attached (consigned by Rev. E. J. Shepherd, evidently being his duplicates)
1 catalogue of the Thomas Dummer collection, with prices and buyers' names, nicely bound (sold by Mr. Gerard in Soho on 28 June 1785)
1 small card-covered notebook catalogue, containing 17 pages of notes on the whereabouts of important coins of the British Services and viewing notes of selected lots from the Rich, Edmunds, Higgs, Barclay and Dimsdale Collections (in the manuscript hand of the Rev. E. J. Shepherd)
Various manuscripts and invoices including items from Kenyon, Webster, Murchison and Loscombe (addressed to Rev. E. J. Shepherd)
Manuscript notes on the whereabouts of late Anglo-Saxon pennies, with woodcut illustrations of current coin references (lot)
This is a fascinating contempary archive associated with one of the greatest names in British numismatics.
(750-1250 GBP)
1 large paper copy of the Auction Catalogue at Sotheby's, 22-25 July 1885 (ruled in red ink with prices realised)
1 small paper copy as above (unpriced as issued)
1 extracts of lots 378-411 of Sotheby's sale, 11 June 1848, including prices, Sotheby Accounts attached (consigned by Rev. E. J. Shepherd, evidently being his duplicates)
1 catalogue of the Thomas Dummer collection, with prices and buyers' names, nicely bound (sold by Mr. Gerard in Soho on 28 June 1785)
1 small card-covered notebook catalogue, containing 17 pages of notes on the whereabouts of important coins of the British Services and viewing notes of selected lots from the Rich, Edmunds, Higgs, Barclay and Dimsdale Collections (in the manuscript hand of the Rev. E. J. Shepherd)
Various manuscripts and invoices including items from Kenyon, Webster, Murchison and Loscombe (addressed to Rev. E. J. Shepherd)
Manuscript notes on the whereabouts of late Anglo-Saxon pennies, with woodcut illustrations of current coin references (lot)
This is a fascinating contempary archive associated with one of the greatest names in British numismatics.
(750-1250 GBP)