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Catalogues of English Coins, 1898–1906
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. BOUND VOLUME OF SALE CATALOGUES OF ENGLISH COINS. Includes the following: 23–26 May 1898. Henry Clark. Priced and named. 4 plates. 16–20 April 1901. W.N. Clarkson. Priced and named. 3 plates. 7–10 May 1901. J.E. Moon. Priced and named. 4 plates. 26–30 May 1902. Henry W. Cholmley [English portion only, through page 32]. Priced and named. 1 plate. 3–5 November 1903. Richard Manley Foster. [English portion only, through page 34]. Priced and named. 3 plates. 30 November 1905. Gentleman Relinquishing the Collecting of this Series. Priced and named. 27 February 1906. T.W. Barron. Priced and named. 3 plates. 4–5 May 1906. Lady Buckley. Priced and named. 2 plates. 14–15 May 1906. C.E.G. Mackerell. Priced and named. 3 plates. Nine catalogues, bound in one volume. Crown 4to, slightly later red half calf; spine with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, black spine label ruled and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt. Slight rubbing to spine; near fine. A handsomely bound volume gathering nine Sotheby sales of English coins, all of them priced and named. Leonard Forrer related an amusing, though touching, anecdote about C.E.G. Mackerell (1848–1905), owner of the final sale here present: "Mackerell collected Roman bronze coins and was very particular as to condition. Until you got accustomed to him, you could not but be amused at the way he examined coins sideways. Sometime before his death, I went to see him at Clapham, to value his collection, for which we offered £3,000. He having accepted that sum, I was preparing to take the cabinets when he burst into tears, and his three sisters also. Under these circumstances, I could do nothing less than leave him the cheque and the coins as well (with his promise that the coins were ours) until he had finally decided to part with them" (see BNJ for 1975, pages 195–196). Ex Oswald Fitch Library, with his armorial bookplate.
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. BOUND VOLUME OF SALE CATALOGUES OF ENGLISH COINS. Includes the following: 23–26 May 1898. Henry Clark. Priced and named. 4 plates. 16–20 April 1901. W.N. Clarkson. Priced and named. 3 plates. 7–10 May 1901. J.E. Moon. Priced and named. 4 plates. 26–30 May 1902. Henry W. Cholmley [English portion only, through page 32]. Priced and named. 1 plate. 3–5 November 1903. Richard Manley Foster. [English portion only, through page 34]. Priced and named. 3 plates. 30 November 1905. Gentleman Relinquishing the Collecting of this Series. Priced and named. 27 February 1906. T.W. Barron. Priced and named. 3 plates. 4–5 May 1906. Lady Buckley. Priced and named. 2 plates. 14–15 May 1906. C.E.G. Mackerell. Priced and named. 3 plates. Nine catalogues, bound in one volume. Crown 4to, slightly later red half calf; spine with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, black spine label ruled and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt. Slight rubbing to spine; near fine. A handsomely bound volume gathering nine Sotheby sales of English coins, all of them priced and named. Leonard Forrer related an amusing, though touching, anecdote about C.E.G. Mackerell (1848–1905), owner of the final sale here present: "Mackerell collected Roman bronze coins and was very particular as to condition. Until you got accustomed to him, you could not but be amused at the way he examined coins sideways. Sometime before his death, I went to see him at Clapham, to value his collection, for which we offered £3,000. He having accepted that sum, I was preparing to take the cabinets when he burst into tears, and his three sisters also. Under these circumstances, I could do nothing less than leave him the cheque and the coins as well (with his promise that the coins were ours) until he had finally decided to part with them" (see BNJ for 1975, pages 195–196). Ex Oswald Fitch Library, with his armorial bookplate.