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26 June 2024
Bank of Hereford, for Wig, Bag, Tail and Self, a skit note for 3 Pence, 26 June 1797, serial number 1644, signature of T. Rogers, about very fine, scarce Outing 4005a £100-£150
Hammer Price: £140
Fleet Bank in England, a skit note promising to pay ‘Mr James Jones or Bearer on Demand the Sum of Five Hundred Pens’, 11 June 1811, serial number 43106, signature which appears to read J.Beale, a remarkable copy of a Hase £1 note, with only tiny differences, stains, very fine and rare Outing 4025b £80-£100
Hammer Price: £180
Bank of England Agency of Lugano, an advertising or joke note without a clear purpose for £5, 21 June 1811, serial number D/23 29014, with two unclear signatures, printed by Tessin-Touriste, Lugano, which explains how the note is able to be a direct copy of a genuine Bank of England note without fear of prosecution, very fine Outing 4065a £80-£100
Hammer Price: £150
Scale de Cross Bank, for Sir Duncan, Hide, Strap, Last, Awl & Self, 2 Pence, Newcastle, 24 January 1784, serial number G907, signature of Jacob End, very good, scarce, the earliest known skit note, produced by James Duncan, a Cobbler in Newcastle Outing 4068a £100-£150
Hammer Price: £90
Universal Bank, a ‘happy new year’ note for 100 Pounds, ND (likely mid to late 19th Century), serial number 56513, promising to ‘pray to the almighty for a happy and prosperous new year & a weekly income from the above Bank of no less than 100 pounds’, signature of ‘loving friend’, on watermarked paper with two punch holes at left, very fine, scarce Outing unlisted £80-£100
Hammer Price: £70
The Bank of Funland/Bank of Fanland, a pair of large format skit notes for £5, 2 Octember 1956 and 3 Septober 1958, serial numbers OURA1 and E.L. FYRE R.U. 412, signatures of Watta Wangle and Robin Banks respectively, very fine, very amusing an quite charming (2 notes) Outing unlisted £80-£100
Hammer Price: £60
The Unknown Kingdom of Pomona and Other Places, a skit note in the style of a Treasury £1 for the dual denominations of ‘one nothing’ and £3, date unclear, serial number W1/64 220473, signature of Abraham Cosby, with an inscription round the portrait saying ‘Golf Balls Make Hagen Lots of Money in Pero’, and with a hand drawn image of the Hotel de Ville in Paris on the reverse, in place of the Houses of Parliament, uncirculated, meaning not entirely clear Outing unlisted £80-£100
Lovers Banking Company, denominated in Love, 14 February 1869, serial number L/O 98536 V/E, signed by Cupid, extremely fine, scarce Outing unlisted £60-£80
Hammer Price: £50
Bank Restriction Bill 'Anti-Hanging note', probably a slightly later reprint, a satirical note designed by George Cruickshank, signed by J. Ketch (the hangman), design very similar to the Bank of England white notes, minor edge damage, mounting remnants on reverse, good very fine and very scarce Outing 4040a £300-£400
Hammer Price: £260
Bank of Engineers, 8 Old Jewry, a skit note for £50, 1 May 1851, saying ‘We Promise and Demand the Sum of Fifty Pounds to any one who can produce work like ours’, signed by J.Schlesinger, with a pair of hand stamps on reverse reading ‘Great Exhibition 1851. Of All Nations’, and ‘Schlesinger & Co, 8 Old Jewry Cheapside’, very fine, scarce Outing 4062a £80-£100
Swan Court Bank, Manchester, for Buyer, Bidder, Puffer, Sweetner and Self, a skit note for 3 Pence, 18 April 1792, serial number 946, promising to pay ‘Mr Auctioneer or Bearer on Demand the Sum of Three Pence at Swan Court, market Street Lane or at the Glass , China and Original Medicine Shop at the corner of St James, Church Yard’, signature of Joseph Berry, with an image of a auctioneers hammer labelled ‘how much going’ and another of a swan with two necks, backed with tissue...
Hammer Price: £100
Plumbers Arms Tea Gardens, Home Brewed Ale and Chop House, at Crooms Hill, Greenwich, an advertising note for £1000, 22 May 1837, serial number 8, promising to ‘afford the best accommodation on the most reasonable terms to the visitors of the above names house’, signature of Mr. J. Pope, mounting traces and paper damaged at corners, overall fine and rare Outing unlisted £100-£150
Hammer Price: £340
Leeds & Hull, 35 George Street Waterworks, a skit note for £50, 1803, promising to ‘pay with Steam & Art combined to clean and completely Renovate or Dye in Colour, all kinds of Ladies and Gentlemen's wearing, Apparel, Carpets & Moreens cleaned or Dyed to and Colour, Watered & Prest like new’, signature of J. Adams the First, edges ragged, on very thin paper, very good and extremely rare Outing unlisted £100-£150
Hammer Price: £80
Holborn Cloth Exchange, Colston & Co., a skit note denominated 73, ND (c.1830’s), serial number 73, advertising ‘Colston & Co.s Establishment for Woollen Cloths, Cassimeres, Buckskins, Petershams, Pilots, Fancy Waistcoatings, &c.&c. Stands unrivalled for being the Cheapest House in England, signature of W. Colston, stamp hinges on reverse, good fine and rare Outing unlisted £100-£150
Bank of Wigs, 80 Hutcheson Street Glasgow, Henry Urquhart, a skit note for 5 Pence, 1 January 1816, serial number 1614, promising to ‘be at Home on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays to cut & dress hair fit on Wigs &c every lawfulday me or my people or pay five-shillings if absent from work’, signed by Henry Urquhart, mounting traces, about very fine and rare Outing unlisted £70-£90
Hammer Price: £220
Bank of Wigs, 86 Bold Street Liverpool, Henry Urquhart, a skit note for 5 Pence, 1 January 1826, serial number 1614, promising to ‘be at Home on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays to cut & dress hair fit on Perukes &c me or my people or pay five-shillings if absent’, signed by Henry Urquhart, on watermarked paper, about very fine and rare Outing unlisted £70-£90
Hammer Price: £190
Bank of Fryland, an advertising note denominated in £Fish, ND (c.1930s), serial number 12-2 7-12 30, asking patrons to ‘please pay a visit to the Great Central Fried Fish Restaurant, 19, Fleet Road, Hampstead, where the Best Fish only is obtainable’, signature of L. Alberts, proprietor, extremely fine, scarce Outing unlisted £70-£90
Gowlands Lotion, a half skit note denominated 55, ND (c.1800), serial number 55, advertising Gowlands Lotion, for complexion, sold at 55 Long Acre, London, with a very passable copy of the Bank of England vignette but showing an apothecary in place of Britannia, fine, rare and of Jane Austen fame! Outing unlisted £80-£100
Bank of Elegance, 2 Green Arbour Court, Old Bailey, a skit note for £5, 1 January 1841, serial number 230, promising to ‘pay on Demand the Sum of Five Pounds, if I do not sell Articles cheaper than any Body else in the whole universe, signed by G.Gilbert, piece torn from top right (present in lot), very good Outing unlisted £70-£90
Bank of Elegance, 3 & 5 Deansgate, Manchester, a skit note for £5, 1 March 1950, serial number D/M 3333, promising to ‘Pay on Demand the sum of Five Pounds if I do not supply London & French Paper Hangings of the newest & richest Designs at the lowest price’, signed by William Shiers, very fine, very scarce Outing unlisted £80-£100
Hammer Price: £130
Bank of Elegance, 8, West Blackhall St, Greenock, £5, 1 September 1862, serial number 230, promising to ‘Cut or Dress any Lady or Gentleman’s Hair on Demand in the First style of Art, here or elsewhere, signed by Fredk Watson, fine, scarce Outing unlisted £80-£100
Hammer Price: £120
Bank of Engraving, W.C. Clayton, Reading, a skit note for £50, 3 January 1852, serial number W/C 43826, promising to ‘Engrave and Print in Letter Press or Copper Plate, Bind Books and supply Stationery on Demand, for the Sum of Fifty Pounds, in the first style of the Art, or forfeit the above Sum, signature of W.C. Clayton, thin paper, fine and scarce Outing unlisted £80-£100
Bank of Laughter, a skit note for 5 Pounds, advertising the the show ‘We’re Still Here’ by the O’D. Gaiety Show, ND (c.1921), serial number N.G. two-two-two-two, signatures of Jimmy O’Dea and Harry O’Donavan, amusingly marked as ‘produced under protest by Joseph O’Dea & Co, 11 Hume St Dublin’, fine, scarce Outing unlisted £80-£100
Bank of the Great Wizard of the World, a skit note for £50, ND (1850’s), serial number 154624, with the text: ‘Temple of Natural Magic and Ventriloquism’, and ‘Signor Alfred Bosco who had the Honour to appear before Her Majesty the Queen & the Royal Family begs respectfully to announce that he will give Unique Drawing Room Entertainment at the Strand Theatre’ and finally that ‘This note of fifty pounds will be presented to those who will patronage him with their presence’,...
Hammer Price: £420
Banque de Theatre, an English skit note for 100 Francs, 23 April 1903, serial number 1516, advertising the play ‘The School Girl’ at the Prince of Wales Theatre, run by the company of George Edwardes and Chalres Frohman, on watermarked paper with floral patterns and the word SPECIMEN, extremely fine and scarce Outing unlisted £70-£90
Hammer Price: £55
Blank of England, stage money for £1, ND (c. 1930s), serial number X20 33445, signature of M. Greenhorn, Chief of the Council, very fine, printed on both sides, probably rather convincing at a distance! Outing unlisted £50-£70
27 July 2023
A skit note in the style of a post bill, printed by Tom Smith & Co. London, denominated in Kisses, dated Christmas 1889, with a red faux duty stamp reading ‘my true love’, signed by ‘A. Lover.’, with the text ‘Seven days after date, I promise to ay to the holder of this anything in season, provided always that at the time of it’s becoming due he or she shall be heartwhole and that this offer is thoroughly reciprocated’, good fine, scarce, unusual and charming Outing unlisted ...
Bank of Sincere Love, a skit note in the style of a Bank of England note, denominated in Love, 14 February 1847, serial number L/Y 1665797, signed by Cupid and payable at the temple of Hymen, with an amusing vignette of cupid at top left, backed on paper, with some damage to edges, about fine and scarce Outing unlisted £50-£70
Hammer Price: £30
Bank of Love, denominated in Love, 14 February 1868, serial number L/Y 67579, signed by Cupid, payable at the temple of Hymen, with an amusing vignette of cupid looking strangely cross at top left, light stains, very fine and scarce Outing unlisted £70-£90
£70–£90
Sand Hill & Somerset Bank, for Taunton, Chard, Upcot, Norton & Co., promising to pay ‘Thomas Buckler Lethbridge our sapient Representative five grains of sand when the Phisical cause of his ‘Hair standing on end’ shall be radically cured and on his Son of the (Blood of the Despards) supporting the Liberty of the Subject and Trial by Jury’, 21 June 1810, with a vignette of the tower of London, the River Thames, and a figure intended to be Sir Thomas Lethbridge whose hair is standing...
Hammer Price: £360
Bank Restriction Bill, an original copy of the 'Anti-Hanging note', 1819, a satirical note designed by George Cruickshank, signed by J. Ketch (the hangman), with a design very similar to the Bank of England white notes, fresh and original, very fine and a lovely example of this famous political commentary Outing 4040a £300-£400
Hammer Price: £320
Magical Digest, a large format promotional note for £1 (2), ND (c.1950’s), serial number S/R 876520, signed by Garpinta the Office Rabbit, and specifying that ‘this currency note is not legal tender of any amount’, first example very fine, second fine, scarce and amusing (2 notes) Outing unlisted £100-£150
Royal Lyceum Bank, a Canadian advertising note in the style of a Bank of England £10, Thursday April 9th, year unknown, serial number 1910, promising to ‘perform to the public visiting this bank to the best of my ability every evening or forfeit ten pounds or as many rounds of applause, signature of Rigdum Funnibus, with an additional note in red indicating a performance at the Academy of Music by Mr. E.H.Sothern in ‘The Maister of Woodbarrow’, some edge damage, otherwise very fine,...
£60–£80
Please Note, an advertisement in the form of a £5 note for Aerial Flashes at the Theatre Royal, Stratford, ND (first performance 20th October 1924), claiming that ‘everyone is talking about it, and when YOU see it you will get the craze’, printed by Taylors, Wombwell, very fine, rare Outing unlisted £60-£80
Public Lounge, Holborn, otherwise known as Tulleys Lounge, a skit note promising to allow entry for 1 Shilling, or forfeit £1000, ND (1834), serial numbers 95 and 96, and detailing the attractions as being a Euterpeon (automatic music machine), an evening concert, and a Cosmoramic Corridor (a series of enormous, usually coloured, images of cityscapes or faraway places), with a printed signature of James Tulley, two mounting hinges at in upper margin on reverse, otherwise good fine and...
Bank of Dundreary, a Scottish advertising note in the style of a Bank of England £5 for the play Brother Sam at the Princes Theatre, Glasgow, 1 April 1863, serial number 2840, signature of Mrs Edmund Glover, with a vignette showing the character Lord Dundreary in place of Britannia at top left, laid down on paper, very good, rare Outing unlisted £70-£90
Bank of Fun, a skit note in the style of a Bank of Ireland £5, advertising the Christmas Pantomime at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, denominated in fun, 26 December 1848, serial number X/Mas 1848, signature of Signor Bolero, about very fine, rare Outing unlisted £80-£100
Bank of Elegance, for Myself & Co. (M. Carroll), a note promising to ‘pay the bearer 5 Rounds if I do not sell Articles cheaper than any Body else in the whole universe’, 1 January 1847, serial number 230, with a vignette of Queen Victoria and the text ‘Long Live the Queen’, very good, very scarce Outing unlisted £60-£80
Bank of Elegance, for Myself & Co., promising to ‘Pay on Demand the Sum of Five Pounds if I do not Sell Goods Cheaper and better than any person Travelling the World, 6 October 1837, serial number 230, with a vignette of a finger ring at left, very good Outing unlisted £50-£70
Bank of Elegance for W.H. Slater & Co., promising to ‘Pay on Demand the Sum of Five Pounds if I do not sell the best and most Fashionable Over-Coat in London for the sum of one Pound’, 1 October 1868, serial number 018, and with the address 18, Shoreditch, City Side G.E.R, with a vignette of the three feathers, presumably referencing the emblem of Prince of Wales, very good to fine, unusual Outing unlisted £70-£90
Hammer Price: £40
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