Christies Catalogue Required

[Rob 3,152]

A very long shot, but I need details from Christies sale on 25/10/1948 in London. If anyone has one or has access to a copy it would be much appreciated. M&R only lists Christies and the BM as locations, and the former will not help.

[azda 979]

Nothing here i'm afraid Rob

[Rob 3,152]

I'm not holding my breath. Just trying to tie up the Ryal provenance. Looking at the Seaby ticket with the coin, the coding makes it a distinct possibility this was where it came from.

[Coinery 1,157]

A 1948 Christies provenance would be rather prestigious, for a very prestigious coin! Good luck!

Would the BM let you browse their copy in person?

[Rob 3,152]

A 1948 Christies provenance would be rather prestigious, for a very prestigious coin! Good luck!

Would the BM let you browse their copy in person?

Probably, but it's a long way to London to spend 5 minutes checking an auction catalogue. As it is in the C&M dept, you would have to go through security and all the other hassle one would associate with viewing their possessions. It also assumes that the catalogue is priced and named.

A Christie's provenance is no better or worse than any other. It's just that the ticket with the Ryal I bought the other day has M.C 49 written on it with the M.C scrubbed out and LF in its place. I'm working on the hunch that M.C is Manson & Christies, and the LF is Leornard Forrer, a dealer at the time who consigned the sale at Christies in October 48. But if this was an unsold lot, he may have offloaded it at Seaby in 1949 whence it appeared in the Bulletin that September. There is no sale consigned by M C in the period concerned according to Manville and Robertson

Edited April 30, 2015 by Rob

[Coinery 1,157]

Maybe something to add to a larger list for a future date? I like the 'ring' of Christies for some reason...even the mother-in-law could join in on a conversation about Christies, she wouldn't have a hope if it was Baldwin's!