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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Bonds and Share Certificates of the World (Sale 14016) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 30th May 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Thursday 29 May 2014 10.00 am to 5.00 pm and during the sale |
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| Auction Lots - Page 11 | |||
| 501 | |||
| Blaenavon Iron and Coal Company, certificate to bearer for half shares of £25 each, £2 10 shilling paid, 184[5], no.15, black, printed on vellum, slight discolouration, otherwise good very fine. £150-180 |
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| 502 | |||
| Blamey Consols Tin Mine Ltd., certificate for £1 shares, 189[9], no.55, scrollwork at left, black, together with 6 more British mining certificates comprising; King Arthur Silver-Lead Mine Ltd., 5 £1 shares, 1871, no.1477, Glan Clwyd Lead Mining Co. Ltd., two pieces, £1 shares, 187[5], no.154 and 155, Caldbeck Fells Consolidated Lead & Copper Mining Co. Ltd., three pieces, two certificates for re-issued shares of £2 each, 1870, no.8261-8265 and 26076-26080, and certificate for 10% redeemable debenture stock, 18[75], no.25, generally very fine. (7) £100-120 |
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| 503 | |||
| Denaby Main Colliery Co. Ltd., a group of 37 debentures for £100, 188[9], including no.1, with no coupons, long format, black, with attached coupon sheets, some of which do not match the serial numbers of the bonds, very fine and better. (37) £100-150 |
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| 504 | |||
| Dolcoath Mine Ltd., a group of five certificates comprising; £1 shares, 189[1900], no.1746, ornate scrollwork at left, red; 1 shilling priority shares, 19[21], no.305, ornate border, red; option certificate for 10 shilling shares, 192[4], no.859, ornate border, blue; 10 shilling shares, 19[24], no.2075, ornate border, grey, and, 10 shilling shares, 19[29], no.3800, ornate border, grey, the first very scarce, generally about very fine. (5) £80-100 Footnote: Dolcoath was a Copper and Tin mine in Camborne, Cornwall and had been mined for copper since 1720. In 1895 it was reconstructed with a new shaft and became a limited company. In 1920 having become almost worked out, the mine was closed. The company was then reformed in 1923 as an amalgamation of several smaller mines with a new circular shaft. In 1936 it was sold to South Crofty Mine. |
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| 505 | |||
| Great Work Tin Mining & Development Syndicate Ltd., certificate for £1 shares, 189[6], no.55, scrollwork at left, red, together with Great Work Tin Mines Ltd., ordinary shares of 2 shillings each, 19[35], no.1, ornate border, blue with blue underprint, very fine and nearly so. (2) £80-100 |
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| 506 | |||
| Minera Mining Company Ltd., two certificates for five £5 shares, 1871, no.3196-3200 and no.3201-3205, black on blue paper, together with more mining/coal companies comprising; Lincolnshire Boring Syndicate Ltd., "B" shares, 192[5], ordinary shares, 192[5], and 7% Notes, 1925; East Kent Colliery Company, one certificate for 1 shilling vendors shares, 191[1], eight certificates for ordinary shares, 191[4], red and blue respectively; East Kent Contract and Financial Company Ltd., three certificates for £1 shares, 19[10] and 19[11], red and green (these only fine); Extended Extension Ltd., two certificates for 'B' shares, 19[26], black; Snowdon Colliery Ltd., certificate for £1 preference shares, 191[0], red (this one only fine); South Eastern Coalfield Extension Ltd., two certificates for 'B' shares, 19[26], brown; Ebbw Vale Steel Iron & Coal Company Ltd., certificate for 'B' 7% preference shares, 1933, red; Kent Coal Concessions Ltd, South Eastern Coalfield Extension Ltd, Extended Extension Ltd and Deal & Walmer Coalfield Ltd., three pieces, one £5 bond, 1915, blue, two £100 bonds, 1915, blue and green, condition generally from very fine unless stated. (34) £100-120 |
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| 507 | |||
| Penryn Granite Quarries Company Ltd., three certificates for £20 shares, 186[6], no.408, 409, 414, vignette under title depicting ship at port, scrollwork at left, black, together with 12 more Slate/Stone companies comprising; Llangollen Lime and Fluxing Stone Company Ltd., £10 share, 1881, no.64 and 79; Liverpool and Birkenhead Slate and Slab Company Ltd., class A share for £20, 1859, no.683; New Delabole Slate Quarries Ltd., 10 shilling shares, 19[21], no.126; Abercwmeiddaw Slate Quarry Company Ltd., £100 share, 18[98], no.66, top right corner torn away; Pen-y-Bryn Slate Company Ltd., £50 share, 1882, no.229, damaged; Wheal Rashleigh and Criggan China Clay Company Ltd., £1 shares, 19[13], no.81, cancelled; Knightor, Treverbyn and Resugga Haematite Iron Ore Co. Ltd., £10 share, 1872, no.762; Trafford Stone Company Ltd., £1 ordinary shares, 190[2], no.17 and modern certificates (3), generally very fine unless stated. (13) £120-150 |
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| 508 | |||
| Welsh Gold!, A scarce trio of certificates comprising St. David's Gold and Copper Mines Ltd., certificate for 5 shilling shares, 190[1], no.20, decorative title, scrollwork at left, Voel Mines (Merioneth) Ltd., £1 shares, 190[1], no.96, red, and North Wales Gold Ltd., certificate for 5 shilling shares, 19[36], no.7, ornate border, blue and black, the first two with rusty pin holes, generally very fine and all scarce. (3) £100-150 |
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| 509 | |||
| West Cork Mining Company, London, a group of 25 certificates for one share of £50, [1835], black on thick paper, good very fine and better. (25) £200-250 |
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| 510 | |||
West Cork Mining Company, £50 share, London [1836], no.1895, ornate scrollwork at left, printed in black on vellum, good very fine. £60-80Gas, Water & Electricity |
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| 511 | |||
| Public Utilities: A group of certificates comprising; East London Water Works, £100 share, 1847, no.4482, black printing, on vellum, red seal, with related transfer, also on vellum; Ulverston Gaslight and Coke Company, pair of certificates for £30 share, 1847, black on grey paper and £7 10s quarter share, 1858, black on grey paper, and, Maxwelltown and Dumfries Gas Company, shares, 18[68], small plain format, very fine to extremely fine. (4) £80-100 |
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| 512 | |||
| British Gas Light Company, £50 share, 18[25], no.2924, ornate scrollwork at left, embellished heading with Gas Light 'illuminated', printed in black on vellum, conditions printed on the reverse, about extremely fine. £80-120 |
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| 513 | |||
| British Gas Light Company, £50 share, 18[25], no.2925, ornate scrollwork at left, embellished heading with Gas Light 'illuminated', printed in black on vellum, conditions printed on the reverse, about extremely fine. £80-120 |
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| 514 | |||
| Gas Light and Coke Company, £50 share, 181(2), no.1919, ornate black printing, on vellum, red paper seal to left, usual yellowing of vellum otherwise good very fine. £80-100 |
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| 515 | |||
| Gas Light and Coke Company, £50 share, 181[2], no.1926, black printing, on vellum, red seal at left, signed by the secretary, good very fine. £80-100 |
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| 516 | |||
| Metropolitan Water Board, 3% Metropolitan water (A) stock, a group of 20 certificates for varying amounts of stock, 19[06], serial numbers between 164 and 3921, scrollwork at left, blue, perforated CANCELLED, generally very fine. (20) £60-80 |
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| 517 | |||
| West Middlesex Water Works, certificate for 1 share of £100, 1813, no.3153, with all 15 instalments stamped as paid, large format, black, 4 pages, impressed duty stamps, together with 2 related printed transfer certificates dated 1829 and 1830, very fine. (3) £80-100 |
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| 518 | |||
| West Middlesex Water Works, £100 share, 1813, no.3910 together with scrip receipt for one share, 1810, no.1558, share printed in black on vellum with large red seal, scrip on paper, share good very fine, scrip split at folds fine. (2) £60-80 |
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| 519 | |||
A useful group of English Golf Club certificates (5), comprising Ashton & Lea Golf Club Ltd., 10s shares, 1936; Hunstanton Golf Club Ltd., £1 shares, 1926; North Downs Golf Club Ltd., £25 debenture, 1912; Perranporth Golf Club, loan certificate, 1927 and Walmley Golf Club Ltd., £1 shares, 1909, generally very fine or thereabouts. (5) £80-100Commercial & Industrial |
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| 520 | |||
| A group of British certificates (36), including Queen Street (Cardiff) Arcade Co. Ltd., 1886; Cardiff Steam Laundry Dyeing Carpet and Window Cleaning Co. Ltd., 1901 over 189-; Bennett Park Art Club & Studio Co. Ltd., 1889; Gourock Confectionery Co. Ltd., 1894; Rhos-Llantwit Coal Co. Ltd., 1865; European & American Steam Shipping Co. Ltd., 1857; Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Co., 1868; Overend Gurney & Co. Ltd., 1865; De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd., 1927, the balance with slight duplication, many 1920's and 30's, mixed condition but many are very fine and better. (36) £80-100 |
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| 521 | |||
| A group of British certificates (17), including Portsmouth New Harbour Co. Ltd., 191[4]; Middleton & Tonge Cotton Mill Co. Ltd., 18[75], large vignette of mill; Mediterranean Electric Telegraph, 185[4]; South Down Metal, Chemical and Brick Co. Ltd., 188[8]; Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., 19[33], and Hampshire Advertiser County Newspaper and Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., various proof certificates, generally very fine or thereabouts. (17) £100-150 |
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| 522 | |||
| Three early British certificates, comprising Monmouthshire Iron & Coal Company, one share, 183[7], no.2619, issued to Admiral Sir Henry Digby; Reversionary Interest Society, one share, 182[3], large format, black, on vellum, and, Colquitt Street Tontine, share no. 54, Liverpool 180[7], black, on vellum, ink cancelled, fine to very fine. (3) £100-150 |
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| 523 | |||
| A good collection of British certificates, comprising Metropolitan Saloon omnibus Co. Ltd., 185[7], lovely vignette of horse drawn coach; Norfolk and Norwich Museum, share ticket, undated but circa 1838; Strand Music Hall Co. Ltd., 1862; Brighton Turkish Bath Co. Ltd., 1869; West Cowes Sea Bathing Co. Ltd., 1870; Mudies Select Library Ltd., 1864, signed by Mudie; Rossendale Union Foundry Co. Ltd., 1861; Inventors Assistance Company Ltd., 1859; Library Co. Ltd., 1862; British Honduras Co. Ltd., 1864; Northern Investment & Discount Co. Ltd., 1866; Drypool Workman's Club Co. Ltd., 1878; Dumfries Cemetery Co. Ltd., 1881; Continental Mining and Metallurgical Co. Ltd., 1890; Commercial Union Permanent Land, Building & Investment Society, 1880; Englebourne Slate Quarries Ltd., £20 debenture, 1877, and others (7), fine to extremely fine. (23) £150-200 |
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| 524 | |||
| A group of British share certificates (12), and private loan documents, insurance policies and miscellanea (36), dating from the 17th century through to the early 20th century, includes Reversionary Interest Society, one share, 1823, black, on vellum; Mediterranean Electric Telegraph, share, 1853; West Cowes Sea Bathing Co. Ltd., 1870 (2 examples); an office copy of a share transfer in the Portsmouth and Arundel navigation dated 1821, and Mudies Select Library Ltd., £20 share, 1864, an interesting lot worth close inspection, varied condition but many very fine. (48) £200-300 |
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| 525 | |||
| Anti-Dry Rot Company, two shares of £25 each, London 1836, no.4373, 4374, black printing on vellum, 4 pages, cut a little close at left, good very fine and rare. £120-150 Footnote: Purchased the John Howard Kyan patents for preserving wood in 1836 and the process was widely used on important buildings including buildings in Regent's Park and the British Museum. Although the process was used for wooden sleepers on the railways the iron fastenings corroded more quickly and better chemical processes soon evolved to tackle the problem. The company went out of business in the mid 1850's. |
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| 526 | |||
| British Aluminium Co. Ltd., a specimen 5% registered Prior Lien debenture for £100, 19- (annotation for 1910), from the Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. archive, vignette of Kinlochleven works at top, green and black, numbered 0000, small hole cancels over signature area, with coupons, American style, extremely fine. £60-80 |
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| 527 | |||
| Cambridge Cemetery Company, £10 share, 1843, no. 69, issued to Ebenezer Foster and signed by him and George Ebenezer Foster as Directors, black on cream paper, together with Winchester Cemetery Company, share no. 291, 184[1], black printing on vellum, pink paper and wax seal, very fine. (2) £60-80 Footnote: The cemetery of some 15 acres was situated on the North side of Mill Road and was consecrated in 1848. The Baptist Foster family were mill owners and founded a very successful bank in the town. They were heavily involved in many local businesses and projects and Ebenezer served as mayor in 1836/37. Fosters bank was sold to Lloyds bank in 1918. |
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| 528 | |||
| "Catseye" (Parent) Company Ltd., a pair of certificates comprising 8% cumulative participating preferred ordinary shares of 5 shillings each, 19[28], no.11, ornate border, navy blue, and deferred shares of 1 shilling each, 19[28], no.11, design as before, red, both about very fine. (2) £60-80 |
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| 529 | |||
| Chester Race Company Ltd., two certificates, each for £100 share, 189[3], no.90 and [1922], no.322, both have scrollwork to left and embossed seal, together with; Ensbury Park (Bournemouth) Racecourse Co., £1 shares, 19[23], no.46, red embossed seal, ornate border, blue; Greyhound Racing Association (South Wales) Ltd, 1 shilling shares, 19[27], no.10, decorative title and scrollwork, red; Greyhound Racing Association (Liverpool) Ltd., £1 preference shares, 19[27], no.70, ornate border and scrollwork, red, generally very fine or better. (6) £60-80 |
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| 530 | |||
| Chibnall's Bakeries Ltd., a quantity of certificates for 6% cumulative preference shares of £5 each, fully paid up, green (6) and £1 ordinary shares, blue (23), dates from 1899 to 1904, attractive piece with vignette of bakery buildings under title, border including vignettes of interior of bakery, wheat and stores, printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., all ink cancelled across face, generally very fine or thereabouts. (29) £200-300 |
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| 531 | |||
| E. Mendelssohn & Co. 1906 Ltd., bearer warrant for 5 preference shares of £1, 1906, no.5033, attractive piece with vignettes of factory, early motor car and roadway, ornate border, brown, text in English and French, with coupons, good very fine. £60-80 |
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| 532 | |||
| Eastern Telegraph Company Ltd, certificate for ordinary stock, 18[98], no.6127, ornate border and scrollwork to left, blue with yellow underprint, printed by Waterlow & Sons, together with Electric Telegraph Company of Ireland, certificate for five £1 shares, 185[2], no.27926-27930, scrollwork at left, and Mediterranean Electric Telegraph, £10 bearer share, 185[-], no.21347, coat of arms and shield under title, text in French, English and Spanish, good very fine to extremely fine. (3) £80-100 |
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| 533 | |||
| Edison Telephone Company of Glasgow Ltd., certificate for 1 share of £100, 18[80], no.15, scrollwork at left and right, black, two light folds otherwise extremely fine. £60-80 |
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| 534 | |||
| Evans's (Covent Garden) Ltd., a group of 100 12 1/2% debentures for £10 each, 1871, part of an issue of £10,000, together with a group of 25 12 1/2% debentures for £10 each, 1871, numbers 1 to 25, second issue, total £4,000, scrollwork at left, black, with coupons, a little surface dirt but very fine and better. (125) £200-300 |
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| 535 | |||
| Gas Traction Co. Ltd., a group of 39 5% debentures for £100, 189[4], large format pieces with ornate border, blue, printed by Waterlow & Sons, a little surface dirt but generally very fine and better. (39) £120-150 |
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| 536 | |||
| Glasgow Ayrshire Society, certificate of membership, Glasgow 18[01], no.997, very attractive piece with arms in centre, cathedral at left, shipping at sea to right, black printing, on vellum, very fine and rare. £300-400 Footnote: Society founded in 1761 "to contribute as much as possible towards the relief of the distressed". |
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| 537 | |||
| Golf Illustrated Ltd., £50 debenture, 1933, no.34 of 60 issued, ornate 'tile' style border, olive green with green underprint, embossed seal bottom right, with counterfoil, together with Stableford & Co. Ltd., debenture for £100, 1923, no.298, in the name of Frank Stableford of Wallasey, ornate scrolled border, blue, embossed seal bottom left corner, both very fine. (2) £60-80 Footnote: Although Stabelford & Co were railway carriage builders based in Coalville, Leicestershire, Frank Stableford was the inventor of a golf scoring system using points rather than strokes played. |
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| 538 | |||
| Hotel Metropole (Cromer) Ltd., a group of 23 First Mortgage debentures for £5, 1913[4], ornate border, black, generally extremely fine. (23) £80-100 |
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| 539 | |||
| James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co. Ltd., a series of 34 debentures for £50 each, 1916, of only 60 issued, large format, ornate border, black, 4 pages, good very fine. (34) £60-80 |
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| 540 | |||
| John Rigby & Co. (Gunmakers) Ltd., £10 shares, 190[18], no.18, ornate border, grey with yellow underprint, together with three more related companies comprising; National Explosives Company Ltd, £1 shares, 1[901], no.2152 and 19[02], no.2558, both black with green underprint, and Schultze Gunpowder Company Ltd., certificate for shares of £3:6:8, [1905], no.510, ornate border, vignette of hand grasping lightning bolts under title, black and orange, all very fine. (4) £80-100 |
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| 541 | |||
| London Clinic & Nursing Home Ltd., £1 shares, 12s 6d paid, 19(29), no.114, scrollwork at left, black, slight tone spotting, very fine. £40-50 |
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| 542 | |||
| New Phonopore Telephone Company Ltd, £1 shares, 189[914], no.106, scrollwork at left, blue, together with five more Telephone Company certificates comprising; Kilduchevsky Mega Telephone Syndicate Ltd, £1 shares, [1897], no.8, blue, Telephone Construction Company Ltd, £1 shares, 1898[9], no.52, black, National Telephone Company Ltd, three certificates, £5 third preference shares, 189[9], no.6238, maroon, £5 third preference shares, 18[95], no.3794, purple, and £5 third preference shares, 19[10], no.9698, maroon, the second from last with hole in centre, the last has corner missing otherwise generally very fine. (6) £80-100 |
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| 543 | |||
| Sandow's Cocoa and Chocolate Co. Ltd., £1 ordinary shares, 191[2], numbers 7 to 20, all signed by Eugen Sandow and issued to Sandow Ltd., numbers 101 to 106, issued to Eugene Sandow and signed by different directors, number 293, also issued to Eugen Sandow and signed by A.W. Gamage as director; £1 preference shares, 191[2], numbers 2225 and 2226, signed by A.W. Gamage as director, number 2596, issued to Sandow Ltd., all brown, printed by Waterlow & Sons; Sandow Ltd., £100 debentures, 189[9], numbers 12 to 38 and 45 to 50, all issued to Eugen Sandow and signed by Warwick Brookes and Warwick Brookes Jnr. as directors, numbers 94 to 100, issued to Warwick Brookes and signed by Eugen Sandow and Warwick Brookes Jnr as directors, brown, mostly very fine and better and an interesting lot. (60) £120-150 |
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| 544 | |||
Tynemouth Aquarium and Winter Garden Co. Ltd., £10 share, 18[77], no.3624, vignette of the glass covered Winter garden building, Tynemouth Abbey at left within scrollwork, pink, good very fine. £80-100Literature |
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| 545 | |||
| Course of the Exchange, published by James Wetenhall, broker of London, a bound volume of single sheets, January 1st 1828 and a complete run from January 4th 1828 through December 30th 1828, 105 sheets, folio, bound with marble boards, detached, first page poor, the balance in excellent condition. £600-800 Footnote: These single twice-weekly sheets listed Government funds, Foreign bonds, and many companies including canals, insurance, mines and a handful of railways. Also mentioned is the price of coal, grain and corn exchanges. |
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| 546 | |||
| The Stock Exchange Yearbook, 1896, by Thomas Skinner, 22nd annual edition, 1376pp plus li index and advertisements at front, and xxxi advertisements at rear original binding, small tear at headband, wear and tear on joints and corners, light stain back cover contents mostly tight £200-300 |
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| 547 | |||
| The Stock Exchange Year Book, 1899, by Thomas Skinner, 25th annual edition, 1658pp + lxviii index and advertisements at front + xlii advertisments at rear, rebound with leather spine and marbled boards, contents in good condition. £200-300 |
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| 548 | |||
| The Stock Exchange Yearbook, 1901, by Thomas Skinner, first page missing, 1782pp plus lxiv index and advertisements at front and xiv advertisements at rear original binding, ex library, joints worn with small tear top front, contents fairly clean and tight £200-300 |
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| 549 | |||
| The Stock Exchange Yearbook, 1903, by Thomas Skinner, 29th annual edition, 1898pp plus lxvi index and advertisements at front and xlvi advertisements at rear original binding, small tears on head and tail of psine, corners chipped with nick centre right of board original binding, small tears on head and tail of psine, corners chipped with nick centre right of board, contents in good condition £150-200 |
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| 550 | |||
| The Stock Exchange Yearbook, 1905, by Thomas Skinner, 31st annual edition, 958pp plus lxiv index and advertisements at front and xlvi advertisements at rear original binding, ex library, scuffing at, first few pages slightly loose, remains of sticker at lower spine, large tear on tail and tears also on joints, contents good £150-200 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Bonds and Share Certificates of the World (Sale 14016) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 30th May 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Thursday 29 May 2014 10.00 am to 5.00 pm and during the sale |
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