The Preston-Morley Library of Token Books

The Peter Preston-Morley Library of Token Books, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc [New York], The John R. Farnell Sr. Collection, Part I, 8 December 1981, 190 lots, 4 plates; The John R. Farnell Sr. Collection, Part II, 26 May 1982, 123 lots, 4 plates [2]. Clean copies; prices realised for Part I and corrigenda sheet tipped-in (£20-30)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Library of Token Books.

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The Farnell family collection, which had its origins with Richard Farnell in the early 19th century, was the first of the modern generation of one-owner collections of 18th century tokens to have been dispersed by auction