LOW 1885 KINGSFORD SALE

"In response to your query regarding canceled sales, I only know of one such occurrence, although I am sure there are many others.

In Nov. 1885 Lyman Haynes Low prepared a 31 page, unplated catalogue for R.E. Kingsford, a barrister from Toronto, Canada. The sale consisted of 658 lots of British silver and tokens as well as Canadian coins and tokens. After the catalogue was prepared Kingsford withdrew his collection from auction and the sale was canceled. This catalogue is not listed in either of Adams' or Davis' text.

If anyone has a copy of this catalogue I would be delighted to correspond with them."

Dave Hirt also listed the Kingsford sale, an example of which was sold as lot 1364 in Part Two of the Champa Library sales. Cataloguer Charles Davis noted that the copy is one of three known. "Thirty years later, Low finally got to sell Kingsford's collection in his 180th sale."

Wayne Homren, Editor

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The E-Sylum: Volume 02, Number 51, December 19, 1999, Article 11

LOW 1885 KINGSFORD SALE

Wayne Homren, Editor