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Auction 164 27 Aug 2022
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The Important W.H. Hunter Sale
Chapman, S.H. THE COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL COINS AND MEDALS RELATING TO AMERICAN HISTORY, THE DOMINION OF CANADA, AND AWARDS TO INDIAN CHIEFS AND BRITISH REGAL AND WAR MEDALS FORMED BY W.H. HUNTER, ESQ., TORONTO. Philadelphia: S.T. Freeman & Co., Auctioneers, December 9-10, 1920. 4to, later brown cloth, gilt. (3)-92 pages; 856 lots. Original printed prices realized list laid in, along with trimmed photographic reproductions of all 9 plates. Partially priced and annotated with codes in ink. Title page lacking. Very good. Adams 22, rated A+ overall: "Superb historic collection, definitive for early war medals, Indian peace medals and Canadian." The plated version of this sale is one of the most difficult large-size Chapmans to locate. Unlike some rare catalogues, however, this one remains of the highest importance for its content. Largely devoted to depicting a wide variety of Canadian historical medals, the last four plates also illustrate American medals, British medals, and a few English coins. Bowman page 18: "Mr. Hunter was a barrister in Toronto. His collection ... included such rarities as 53 Indian Chief medals, a gold Beaver Club medal, 7 Louisbourg medals, 2 Oswego medals, 2 Canada Subdued medals, 2 Montreal Taken medals, 2 Upper Canada Preserved medals, 81 war medals, 4 jetons, wheat sheaf, a side view, Northwest, Molson, set Hudson's Bay, Lauzon, 2 bridge tokens and many others." Bowman's emphasis is on Canadian material; U.S. collectors may be more interested in knowing that the sale includes (and the plates depict) not one but two oval Washington Indian Peace Medals. Davis 226. Ex Charles Davis's auction of October 28, 2006, lot 25; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $200)
Chapman, S.H. THE COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL COINS AND MEDALS RELATING TO AMERICAN HISTORY, THE DOMINION OF CANADA, AND AWARDS TO INDIAN CHIEFS AND BRITISH REGAL AND WAR MEDALS FORMED BY W.H. HUNTER, ESQ., TORONTO. Philadelphia: S.T. Freeman & Co., Auctioneers, December 9-10, 1920. 4to, later brown cloth, gilt. (3)-92 pages; 856 lots. Original printed prices realized list laid in, along with trimmed photographic reproductions of all 9 plates. Partially priced and annotated with codes in ink. Title page lacking. Very good. Adams 22, rated A+ overall: "Superb historic collection, definitive for early war medals, Indian peace medals and Canadian." The plated version of this sale is one of the most difficult large-size Chapmans to locate. Unlike some rare catalogues, however, this one remains of the highest importance for its content. Largely devoted to depicting a wide variety of Canadian historical medals, the last four plates also illustrate American medals, British medals, and a few English coins. Bowman page 18: "Mr. Hunter was a barrister in Toronto. His collection ... included such rarities as 53 Indian Chief medals, a gold Beaver Club medal, 7 Louisbourg medals, 2 Oswego medals, 2 Canada Subdued medals, 2 Montreal Taken medals, 2 Upper Canada Preserved medals, 81 war medals, 4 jetons, wheat sheaf, a side view, Northwest, Molson, set Hudson's Bay, Lauzon, 2 bridge tokens and many others." Bowman's emphasis is on Canadian material; U.S. collectors may be more interested in knowing that the sale includes (and the plates depict) not one but two oval Washington Indian Peace Medals. Davis 226. Ex Charles Davis's auction of October 28, 2006, lot 25; ex Cardinal Collection Library.
(Estimate: $200)