Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 50-51 15 Oct 2020
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Carlyon-Britton, Major Philip William Poole (1863-1938): The Carlyon-Britton Collection of Coins: the collector's unique record of the coins in the collection: two quarto index books, bound in three-quarter morocco and cloth boards, his bookplate to both; each volume with some hand-written notes and the coins individually and lovingly described on a moveable tab, 6 to a page, in red and black inks, showing purchases from c. 1910-1918; Vol. I, dated May 1913, 'Hammered English Gold Coins 1257-1662'; Vol. II, Henry VII – Charles II (though ending with Elizabeth), a superb record recorded in immaculate detail (Manville, Biographical Dictionary, p.50; cf. also BNJ 1917, p. 242 & BNJ 2001, p.144), in excellent condition (2)
*ex John Drury list12/1988 [£850] and A. H. Baldwin, fixed price list, January, 2014.
The lot is sold with a signed letter from Carlyon-Britton (43 Bedford Square, London W.C.), dated Jan. 4th 1910, to E. De Hamel regarding the Tamworth Hoard. Egbert de Hamel (1844-1925), was the owner of Middleton Hall, Middleton, in Staffordshire for whom the hoard would have had some 'local' interest. He is recorded as being a 'keen amateur photographer' but seems to have had no lasting interest in coins.
For a full and thorough description of these two catalogues, together with biographical details about Major Philip Carlyon-Britton, see A. H. Baldwin, fixed price list, January 2014, p. 180. Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge held three auctions of coins from the collection of Major Philip Carlyon-Britton, 1913-16.
(1500-2000 GBP)
*ex John Drury list12/1988 [£850] and A. H. Baldwin, fixed price list, January, 2014.
The lot is sold with a signed letter from Carlyon-Britton (43 Bedford Square, London W.C.), dated Jan. 4th 1910, to E. De Hamel regarding the Tamworth Hoard. Egbert de Hamel (1844-1925), was the owner of Middleton Hall, Middleton, in Staffordshire for whom the hoard would have had some 'local' interest. He is recorded as being a 'keen amateur photographer' but seems to have had no lasting interest in coins.
For a full and thorough description of these two catalogues, together with biographical details about Major Philip Carlyon-Britton, see A. H. Baldwin, fixed price list, January 2014, p. 180. Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge held three auctions of coins from the collection of Major Philip Carlyon-Britton, 1913-16.
(1500-2000 GBP)