An auction of tickets and passes, historical and art medals, important British trade tokens, coin weights, including British medals from the collection of James Spencer (part IV), a group of medals associated with the artist Sir George Frampton, a collect

2005·16.8 MB·English

by  Dix Noonan Webb

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DNW
Auctioneers & Valuers
TICKETS AND PASSES, HISTORICAL AND ART MEDALS
IMPORTANT BRITISH TRADE TOKENS, COIN WEIGHTS
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British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer (Part IV)
A Group of Medals associated with the artist Sir George Frampton
A Collection of Medals by Karl Goetz
The Collection of Southwark 17th Century Tokens formed by Tony Coker
Staffordshire 17th Century Tokens and Unofficial Farthings
from the Geoffrey Kay Collection
Eighteenth Century Trade Tokens from a Private Collection
A Good Series of English Provincial Coins, the Property of a Gentleman
The Collection of Irish Coin Weights formed by the late Peter Coles
THURSDAY IS DECEMBER 2005 AT 9.30 AM PRECISELY
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MEDAL DEPARTMENT LOGISTICS AND ADMINISTRATION
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Commission Form - Coins, Medals and Tokens, 12 and 15 December 2005
Please bid on my behalf at the above sale for the following Lot(s) up to the price(s) mentioned
below. These bids are to be executed as cheaply as is permitted by other bids or reserves. I
understand that in the case of a successful bid, a premium of 15 percent (plus VAT if resident in
the European Union) will be payable by me on the hammer price.
Please take note of the following bidding increments and ensure your bids comply with the steps
outlined below:-
Up to £100 by £5 £1,000 to £2,000 by £50
£100 to £500 by £70 £2,000 to £5,000 by £700
£500 to £1,000 by £20 £5,000 to £10,000 by £200
Bids of unusual amounts will be rounded down to the bid step below and will not take precedence
over a similar bid unless received first. All absentee bids will be executed in the name of 'Wood'.
Please note: All bids for the COIN auction should be received by 6pm GMT on FRIDAY, 9
December 2005; all bids for the MEDAL and TOKEN auction should be received by 6pm GMT on
WEDNESDAY, 14 December 2005. Although we will endeavour to execute all late bids, Dix
Noonan Webb cannot accept responsibility for any bids received after that time. Bids may be
entered online via the DNW website until 8am GMT on the day of each auction.
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Absentee Bids
If instructed, we will execute bids and advise intending purchasers. This service is free. Lots will
always be bought as cheaply as is allowed by other bids and reserves.
Absentee bids, when placed by telephone, are accepted only at the sender's risk and must be
confirmed by letter or fax.
Successful Bids
Should you be a successful bidder you will receive an invoice detailing your purchases. All
purchases are sent by registered post unless otherwise instructed, for which a minimum charge of
£5.00 (plus VAT if resident in the European Union) will be added to your invoice.
All payments for purchases must be made in pounds sterling. Please check your bids carefully and
complete the payment instructions overleaf.
Saleroom Notices
Any Saleroom Notices relevant to this auction are automatically posted on the Inlernews pages
on the DNW website. Prospective buyers are advised to consult the site for updates.
Prices Realised
The hammer prices bid at the auction are posted on the Internet at www.dnw.co.uk in real time.
A full list of prices realised can be viewed and printed from our website after 21.00 GMT on
auction day. Telephone enquiries are welcome from 09.00 GMT the following morning.
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AN AUCTION OF
TICKETS, HISTORICAL AND ART MEDALS,
IMPORTANT BRITISH TRADE TOKENS
The Ulster Room (3rd Floor)
The New Connaught Rooms
61-65 Great Queen Street
London WC2
Thursday 15th December 2005
9.30 am precisely
Weekdays, Monday 28th November to Friday 2nd December,
Wednesday 7th to Monday 12th December
16 Bolton Street, Piccadilly, London W1
PLEASE NOTE:
There is NO viewing possible on 5 and 6 December
Tuesday and Wednesday, 13th and 14th December
16 Bolton Street, Piccadilly, London W1
Thursday 15th December
The Denbigh Room (3rd Floor), The New Connaught Rooms
Catalogue price £15
In sending commissions or making enquiries please contact
Peter Preston-Morley
Front Cover: Lot 2225 Back Cover: Lots 1658, 1 736
Contents
Session 1: 9.30am
Tickets and Passes.1171-1200
British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer (Part IV).1 201 -1241
A Group of Medals associated with the artist Sir George Frampton.1242-1260
British Historical Medals.1261-1439
Irish Medals.1440-1468
Session 2: will not start before 11,30am
World Historical Medals.1469-1507
A Collection of Medals by Karl Goetz.1 508-1 580
A Small Group of Medals featuring Allegorical Male Nudes.1581-1 595
World Art Medals.1 596-1 818
Numismatic Books related to Medals.1819-1823
Session 3: will not start before 2pm
The Collection of Southwark 1 7th Century Tokens formed by Tony Coker.1824-1 844
Staffordshire 1 7th Century Tokens from the Geoffrey Kay Collection.1845-1869
Eighteenth Century Tokens from a Private Collection.1870-1963
A Good Series of English Provincial Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.1964-2168
Unofficial Farthings from the Geoffrey Kay Collection.2169-21 79
British Tokens from Other Properties.2180-2267
The Collection of Irish Coin Weights formed by the late Peter Coles.2268-2273
Numismatic Books related to Tokens.2274-2275
The Auction Venue
The New Connaught Rooms are located in
Great Queen Street, in the heart of London's
Covent Garden. The auction takes place in
the Ulster Room and viewing on the day of
the auction is in the Denbigh Room; both are
accessed by lift to the 3rd floor.
The Rooms are a 3-minute walk from the
nearest Underground station, Holborn
(Central and Piccadilly Lines), which is a
40-minute direct journey from Heathrow
Airport.
Numerous buses from Charing Cross, Euston,
King's Cross and Waterloo main line railway
stations stop at the junction of Kingsway and
Great Queen Street. The nearest covered car
park is at the corner of Drury Lane and Parker
Street, 2 minutes away.
A
veritable and fascinating pot-pourri of items are combined in DNW's last auction of 2005, which
brings together tickets and passes, historical and art medals, important groups of British trade tokens
and British and continental coin weights.
The medal element of the sale begins with the fourth and final portion of British pieces from the
collection of James Spencer, among which is a very rare Beaufoy Shakespearian prize of the City of London
School (lot 1213). This is followed by a group of medals associated with the artist Sir George Frampton (1860-
1928), including many pieces exhibited by him at the Royal Academy in 1908. The run of British historical
medals includes an important collection of bronze medals by William Wyon in a purpose-built cabinet,
believed to have been part of the artist's reference collection (lot 1305), silver and copper strikings of the Capt
Cook memorial issue (lots 1303-4), an original 1852 electrotype of Pistrucci's Waterloo medal (lot 1334) and
culminate in several modern issues of the British Art Medal Society. Of particular interest is the fact that there
are medals named to three well-known British numismatists, John Shirley-Fox (lot 1226), William Luard
Raynes (lot 1382), Percy Gardner (lot 1383) as well as the northern collector Simeon Lord (lot 1201). Devotees
of the British medal of the late 18th century are reminded to check the pages devoted to two collections of
trade tokens at the back of the catalogue, where such as a silver medal commemorating the 50th birthday of
Joseph Priestley can be found (lot 2131).
It is some years since the London market witnessed the dispersal of a good collection of medals by
Karl Goetz. The 90 pieces offered in this catalogue span the period of the Great War and its aftermath, and
feature a number of poignant studies which emphasise the artist's well documented satirical take on the events
of the day. These are complimented by a further series of satirical German medals of the same period by the
likes of Walter Eberbach, Ludwig Gies, Arnold Zadikow, Fritz Eue, Martin Gotze and Elizabeth van Esseo
(starting at lot 1733). There are also some spectacular cast bronzes by Pierre Roche, who was working in
France at the same time, including an example of the medal commemorating the capture of Jerusalem by the
Allies in 1917 (lot 1684). Several of the more notable pieces are featured on the Plates. Elsewhere, a small
group of medals and plaques featuring allegorical male nudes share the stage with numerous other art medals
and plaques from continental Europe and further afield.
The day's last session is given over to trade tokens, headed by the collection of 95 1 7th century issues
of Southwark put together by Tony Coker, a retired City shipbroker, over the last 14 years. This is followed by
the greater part of the Staffordshire 17th century token collection formed by Geoffrey Kay which, with 52
different pieces from an original holding of 73, is the best group of the county to be sold at auction for over 60
years.
Devotees of the 18th century token series will find plenty to interest them in this catalogue which,
inter-alia, includes no less than 32 strikings in silver - a modern-day record for a London auction in itself. First
under the hammer are 367 pieces from a private collection, spanning the county series from Bedfordshire to
Middlesex; then a further collection of 590 English tokens which borrows its title, English Provincial Coins,
from those of the pioneering studies by Pye, Conder and Sharp. Both collections are of recent formation and,
in the case of the latter, re-introduce many rare and desirable pieces from the Spence and Litrenta collections
to the auction room, giving numismatists who were disappointed last time a second chance. Some pieces,
though, such as the silver trial of the Birmingham entrepreneur Samuel Garbett (lot 2119), the uniface trial of
Sir John Rous' Blything halfpenny (lot 2083) and the most attractive silver penny of James Conder (lot 2090)
have not been offered to the wider market in recent years.
Concluding the day is a good group of no less than 215 Victorian-era unofficial farthings from the
Geoffrey Kay collection, a mix of material from other properties which features an exceptionally fine example
of Britain s highest denomination gold token, the 40 shilling piece issued by Reading philanthropist John
Berkeley Monck (lot 2225 and front cover), one of the rare Castlecomer Colliery countermarked dollars (lot
2223) and the collection of Irish coin weights formed by the late Peter Coles (+2002), a former aerospace
engineer of Nashville, USA.
A quic k reminder not to forget our other auction this week, Sale 68, which features 1,171 lots of
British, Irish and World coins. You'll find more information overleaf.
We would like to take this opportunity of wishing all clients and subscribers the compliments of the
forthcoming Season and a happy and prosperous 2006.
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on Thursday 15 December, from 08.00.
We regret that owing to another DNW auction taking place the week before this sale,
it will not be possible to view the coins in this auction on 5 or 6 December.
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