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Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 109

Documents
Collections
Numismatic Autographs
1841-1900, a delightful, miniature book of autographs compiled by Benjamin Nightingale, each page is devoted to a prominent collector with many illuminated heraldic drawings and includes J.M. Akerman (2), presidents of the Numismatic Society with John Lee (1836-39); Horace Hayman Wilson (1841-43); Albert Conyngham, later Baron Londesborough (1843-45); Henry Howarth (1908-14); Sir John Evans (1914-19); Sir Charles Oman (1919-30).

Lewis Tonna; George Gwilt; Samuel Birch; Sir Henry Ellis; Sir George Chetwynd, 2nd Baronet of Haddon Hall; William Wyon and Benedetto Pistrucci of the Royal Mint; Théodore Maxime Gazan and a group of other French collectors; Samuel Sharpe; Charles Masson (explorer); Holmesdale (later Earl Amherst); Theobold Butler (later 14th Baron Dunboyne); Richard Butler; Leonard Wyon of the Royal Mint; Thomas and Mary Thornycroft; many members of the British Museum and many more.


Benjamin Nightingale was a coin collctor who died in the nineteenth century. His collection of coins, medals and books was sold at auction in 1863.

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Estimate
£400 to £600

Sale 16043 Notices
Withdrawn