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Theatre and Entertainment, MAYFAIR, The Playlovers Academy & Stage Institute, 1925, silver, legends highlighted in blue, by J.A. Restall, the first exhibition of the history of concerts by the contemporary records of two centuries, named (H. Stead), rev. lionel powell & harold holt around to inaugurate the opening of their new premises for concert tickets at 161 new bond st. london w.1 1925, hallmarked Birmingham 1924, 57mm, 62.27g. Very fine and extremely rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: Bt R. Gladdle October 2013. Harold Holt (1885-1953), England’s leading theatrical impresario in the 1930s and the son of a Jewish diamond merchant from Kimberley, South Africa, managed many of the best-known names in classical music, including Dame Nellie Melba, Yehudi Menuhin, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Paul Robeson. He teamed up with Lionel Powell (†1931) in 1924, Powell having previously been a partner in the agency originally formed by Alfred Schulz-Curtius (1853-1918) to promote the music of Richard Wagner. The partnership was not long-lived, being dissolved by mutual consent on 31 July 1927. After Powell’s death Holt was the pre-eminent concert promoter in his field. Described as easy to work with but not a sufferer of fools, Holt had an infamous run-in with the Italian actor and operatic tenor Enrico Caruso Jr, then based in California, who refused an offer of $36,000 for ten appearances in London
Nottinghamshire, Mansfield, Edward Dawson, ‘Morgan’s’ mule Shilling, 1812, payable by e dawson mansfield w jerrems gainsborough etc, rev. arms of Bristol, dollar silver, edge grained, 4.30g/12h (D 1; Wager pp.49, 52). Virtually as struck and toned, a great rarity £600-£800 --- Provenance: F. Gorsler Collection, DNW Auction T12, 3 October 2012, lot 118 [from P. Dawson 1997]
Charles II, Coronation at Scone, 1651, a cast silver medal, unsigned, crowned bust right, rev. lion rampant left, holding thistle, 6h (MI I, 394/18; E 183). Tooling to fields, otherwise about very fine and rare [slabbed PCGS Genuine Tooled-XF Detail] £1,000-£1,200 --- Provenance: ‘Duke of Lansing’ Collection, Stack’s/Bowers Auction (Las Vegas), 5-7 August 2020, lot 21271
18th Century Tokens, DEVON, Plymouth, Shepheard, Dove, Hammett & Co, Halfpenny, 1796, 9.34g/6h (DH 6); together with miscellaneous tokens, etc, 18th century (8), later (14, two in silver) [23]. First extremely fine, others in varied state, one silver token pierced £80-£100
Exhibitions and Museums, EARL’S COURT, Gigantic Wheel, 1897, brass shell, 38mm (W & E 3127C.1); annual medals (9), 1897, 1898 [brass], 1899, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, some by Spink, all copper except as stated, all 32mm (W 1010ff; Hawkins p.699 and pl.xxx, 8); together with a silver medal from the Bygone Britain series, 38mm [11]. First good very fine, last brilliant, others about very fine and better and a complete set [1900 never issued] £30-£40
Dorset, Dorchester, Robert Cox, William Merle and Robert Pattison, Shilling, 1811, cox merle & pattison dorchester bank one shilling token pure silver, rev. St Dunstan leading the Devil, edge grained, 4.25g/12h (D 3). Discolouration at upper left on reverse, otherwise extremely fine with brilliant fields, very rare £700-£900 --- Provenance: J. O’D. Mays Collection, Spink Auction 207, 23 March 2011, lot 322
An important relic originally awarded to “Honest Jack Althorp”, the 3rd Earl Spencer, “the most decent man who ever held high Government office”: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, Northampton, uniface octagonal silver, unsigned, racehorse standing right, winning-post in background, stippled field, back named (1, Ld. Spencer), 57 x 36mm, 30.73g (W 1551; D & W –; cf. DNW 138, 3232). Scuffed on the back, otherwise about very fine, extremely rare £500-£700 --- John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer, PC, DL, FRS (1782-1845); educ. Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; DL for Northamptonshire 1803; enjoyed a love for the turf and horses from an early age; MP successively for Okehampton, St Albans and Northamptonshire, 1804-34; Leader of the House of Commons and Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1830-4; considered by many as the architect of the fight to pass the Reform Bill, 1832; entered the House of Lords, 1834; first president of the Royal Agricultural Society, 1838. Race meetings were staged unofficially at Northampton Heath in the 17th century but were regularised in the late 1730s by the Earl Spencer and in 1737 the first official meeting took place. New grandstands were erected in 1844, but before then the racecourse had the dubious reputation for also being used for public executions. Racing ceased in 1904 after a fatal accident involving spectators
NETHERLANDS, Capture of Steenwijk, Ootmarsum and Coevorden by Maurice of Nassau, 1592, a silver jeton, lion rampant left with sword and bundle of arrows, rev. inscription and date in seven lines, 29mm, 4.78g (Dugniolle 3507). Metal flaw on edge, good very fine, scarce in silver £100-£150
FRANCE, Death of Guy-Toussaint-Julien Carron, 1821, a copper medal by A Desboeufs, 51mm (BDM I, 565); GREAT BRITAIN, Trustee Savings Bank Week, 1960, a silver medal by C. Ironside, 33mm [2]. First extremely fine, second lightly cleaned otherwise about extremely fine £60-£80
19th Century Tokens, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, March, Stephen Ratcliffe, Edward Elam and John Thurbon, Shilling, 1811, 3.92g/6h (D 1); LEICESTERSHIRE, County series, ‘Morgan’s’ Sixpence, 1811, 1.47g/12h (D 7); LINCOLNSHIRE, Epworth, Thomas and William Read, Shilling, 1812, 4.52g/12h (D 4), Lincoln, James Millson and Thomas Preston, Shilling, 1812, 3.73g/12h (D 13), Stamford, Edward and Francis Butt, Eighteen Pence, 1811, 5.73g/12h (D 16), County series, Shilling, 1811, 3.79g/6h (D 1); NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, Peterborough, Cole & Co, Shilling, 1811, in silver-gilt, 5.89g/12h (D 6) [7]. Fourth, fifth and sixth about fine, others about very fine and better, last on heavy flan £100-£150
Gardens, REGENT’S PARK, Zoological Gardens, Subscriber’s Pass, silver, legend both sides, 23mm, 2.93g (W 1177; D & W 88/323). Very fine and toned, rare £60-£80 --- Provenance: Bt C. Wright October 2016. The Zoological Society, founded in April 1826 and the recipient of a royal charter in March 1829, opened their gardens to members in April 1828
Fiji, George V, Penny, 1935 (KM. 2), George VI, Sixpences (3), 1938, 1943s (2), Penny, 1945 (KM. 7, 11, 11a), Elizabeth II, Penny, 1956 (KM. 21); BRITISH HONDURAS, George VI, 5 Cents, 1943 (KM. 22a); GIBRALTAR, Victoria, Two Quarts, 1842/1 (KM. 3), Elizabeth II, Proof Halfcrown, 2016; ST HELENA, Elizabeth II, silver Proof 25 Pence, 1973 (KM. 5a) [10]. Varied state; last cased £50-£70
Historical Medals, 50th Birthday of Joseph Priestley, 1783, a silver medal by J.G. Hancock, bust right, rev. scientific apparatus on a bench, chimney with smoke at right, 36mm, 18.29g/12h (DH Warwickshire 33; BHM 251; E 807). Usual flaw on reverse rim, very fine and toned, rare £300-£360
Edward III, Post-Treaty period, Penny, York, annulet on bust, 0.74g (N 1295; S 1650); Henry VIII, Second coinage, Penny, Durham, Bp Wolsey, mm. crescent, 0.63g/6h (N 1811; S 2352); Elizabeth I, Third issue, Sixpence, 1569, mm. coronet, 2.86g/10h (N 1997; S 2562); together with miscellaneous hammered silver coins (29) [32]. Varied state, several damaged £200-£260
Suffolk, Woodbridge, Studd and Mathews, ‘Morgan’s’ Proof One Shilling and Sixpence, 1811, in copper, obv. silver-plated, Justice standing, rev. value in wreath, edge grained, 7.10g/11h (Mays 10 Bis). Flan crack, otherwise extremely fine, obverse attractively toned, extremely rare £340-£400 --- Provenance: W.J. Davis Collection, Sotheby Auction, 11-15 March 1901, lot 754 (part); H. Levine Collection; Baldwin ‘Basement’; Baldwin’s of St James’s Auction 16, 17 April 2018, lot 760
18th Century Tokens, MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, Thomas and Alexander Hutchison, Proof Halfpenny, 1792, in silver, St Andrew with cross, rev. arms, edge payable at the warehouse of thos. & alexr. hutchison, 14.87g/6h (DH 45). Good fine, very rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: Mark Rasmussen FPL 15, Spring 2008 (392); J. Akins Collection [bt S. Lockett July 2008]
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