Catalogue
Lot 1825
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
AUSTRALIA, to Commemorate the Establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1901, in silver (44mm) by W.J.Amor Sydney (cf.C.1901/39), reverse, The Father of Australian Federation. Toned, ...
Estimate $600
SOLD $750
Lot 1826
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
AUSTRALIA, to Commemorate the Establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1901, in bronze (44mm) by W.J.Amor Sydney (C.1901/39), reverse, The Father of Australian Federation. Toned, ...
Estimate $300
SOLD $420
Lot 1827
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
AUSTRALIA, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, 1935, in copper (51mm) by Stokes Melb (C.1935/6), issued by the Numismatic Society of Victoria. Uncirculated.
Estimate $300
SOLD $270
Lot 1828
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
NEW ZEALAND, Otago Diamond Jubilee medal in white metal (22mm) 1848-1908 (M.1908/1)(2); Otago Centennial medals 1948 in oxidised silver and bronze (2) (51mm) by J. ...
Estimate $120
SOLD $180
Lot 1829
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
GREAT BRITAIN, Fire mark of the Bristol Fire Office c.1800's in tin (22cm x 17cm)(cf.Bulau.644); another, Norwich Union in copper (cf.Bulau.719). Good. (2)
Estimate $250
SOLD $340
Lot 1830
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
GREAT BRITAIN, Fire mark of Norwich Fire Office c.1800's in lead (17cm x 14cm)(cf.Bulau.700). Good.
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Lot 1831
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
GREAT BRITAIN, York Minster 1796 in silver (45mm) by T. Wyon Snr., obv. York Minster in relief, title and date below, rev. Cliffords Tower in ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Lot 1832
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
GREAT BRITAIN, Boydell's Shakespeare Medal 1803, silver proof-like medal, by C.H. Kuchler, 48mm, (38.6 grams), obv. Shakespeare seated on rock between figures of Drama and ...
Estimate $300
SOLD $470
Lot 1833
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
GREAT BRITAIN, 1804 Death of Joseph Priestley (1733 - 1804), in white metal (54mm) by T. Phipson, obv. bust r., rev. script. (BHM.565; Eimer.951); 1850 ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Lot 1834
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
THEATRICAL MEDALS: Great Britain, William Betty "The Young Roscius" 1804 in bronze (42mm) by T. Webb, holed at top (BHM.557-8; Eimer.954); George Augustus Harris, "The ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Lot 1835
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
GREAT BRITAIN, Freidrich von Schiller, in bronze (51mm) by Allen & Moore, 1805, obv. head to right, around: Fredk Von Schiller, on truncation: Allen & ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Lot 1836
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
GREAT BRITAIN, Matthew Boulton 10th Anniversary of Death 1819, in gilt bronze (63mm) by G.F. Pidgeon (obv. after C.H. Kuchler), obv. Boulton r., rev. script ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $380
Lot 1837
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
FRANCE, Nicolas LeBlanc (1742-1806) commemorative in bronze (50mm) 1887, by Daniel Dupuis. Virtually as struck.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Lot 1838
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
SWEDEN, Carl Linnaeus on his death, in bronze (52mm) by Ljungberger 1778, obv. bust to r. rev. female figure with animals. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $300
Lot 1839
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
CHINA, Great Wall of China in bronze (60mm) c.1970s; Korea, National Assembly medal in gilt (70mm); Russia, Moscow 22nd Olympiad medal in bronze, square (50mm); ...
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Lot 1840
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Historical Medals
CORRESPONDENCE, invoices, typed display and information cards by W.G. Wright includes invoices from James R. Lawson 1949-1950, Spink & Son correspondence and invoices 1947-1952, letters ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Lot 1841
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Numismatic Literature
ANDREWS, Dr. Arthur, Australasian Tokens and Coins, 163pps, 61 plates, Sydney, Mitchell Library, 1921, green cloth. Nearly as new.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Lot 1842
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Numismatic Literature
CHITTY, A., Outline Catalogue of Australasian Tokens, Adelaide, June, 1912 (with pencil marks); and Supplement to Outline Catalogue of Australasian Tokens, Adelaide, December, 1918; Estate ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Lot 1843
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Numismatic Literature
JEWELL, Ray, Australiana - Countermarked Dies of the Holey Dollar, in Australian Numismatic Journal, July 1961, Vol.12, No.3; also ANJ Vol.10, No.3-4, Vol.12 1-2: Australian ...
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Lot 1844
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Numismatic Literature
MARKS, Percy, J., The History of Paper Currency in Australia, Sydney 1919. Original brown paper covers, AHS Vol V, part III of the Journal of ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Lot 1845
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Numismatic Literature
STAINSFIELD, C.W., The Tradesmen's Tokens of the Australasian Colonies., Together with an Account of the Early Silver Pieces and Gold Coinage of Australia, London, 1888, ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
Lot 1846
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Numismatic Literature
SUTHERLAND, Allan, Numismatic History of New Zealand, Wellington 1941, in original blue cloth, 310 pp, with illustrations throughout, signed by the author, copy no. 28 ...
Estimate $350
SOLD $800
Lot 1847
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Numismatic Literature
INTERNATIONAL NICKEL COMPANY OF CANADA, Nickel Coins, privately printed, 1937, ix + 243 pp., 2nd edition, together with letters to W.G.Wright from the company (1937) ...
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Lot 1848
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Numismatic Literature
MOND NICKEL COMPANY, Nickel Coinage, printed for private circulation, 1936, London, 121 pp., illustrated throughout, leather bound; with supplement 1936-1946, 1948, 28 pp. illustrated throughout, ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Lot 1849
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Numismatic Literature
MOND NICKEL COMPANY, Nickel Coinage, printed for private circulation, 1936, London, 121 pp., illustrated throughout, leather bound; with supplement 1936-1946, 1948, 28 pp. illustrated throughout, ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Lot 1850
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Numismatic Literature
ATKINS, James. The Tradesmen's Tokens of the Eighteenth Century, London 1892, vi, [1], 415 pp., 23 cm (loose binding and pages); Seaby, B.A., Copper Coins ...
Estimate $80
SOLD $250
Lot 1851
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Numismatic Literature
BROOKE, George C., English Coins from the Seventh Century to the Present Day, London, Methuen, 1st edition, 1932, 277 + xii pp., 64 plates; Humphreys, ...
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
Lot 1852
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Numismatic Literature
DAVIS, W.J., The Nineteenth Century Token Coinage, of Great Britain, Ireland the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, Original large interleaved copy 1904, 277 ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $750
Lot 1853
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Numismatic Literature
FREY, A. R., Dictonary of Numismatic Names; Spink & Son, 1947, 311 pp., together with Salton, Mark M., Glossary of Numismatic Terms (5 languages), 94 ...
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Lot 1854
Sale 89 Wright Collection - Numismatic Literature
KING, C.E., Early Christian Numismatics and other Antiquarian Tracts, London, 1873. 8 v., 324 pp., plate, illustrations; Seltman, Charles, Masterpieces of Greek Coinage, Oxford, 1949, ...
Estimate $50
SOLD $90