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James and Sons January Catalogue Now Available Online

Announcing that the catalogue for James and Sons’ January auction is now available for viewing online and showing some of the highlights.

INTRODUCTION

The catalogue for James and Sons’ first auction of 2018, which takes place at James and Sons HQ in Fakenham on January 31st is now available for viewing online (and we expect printed copies to be ready by the end of this week). The rest of this post shows some of the highlights awaiting you, category by category.

LOTS 1-100 MILITARIA

Of course this section is dominated by lot 17, the Jutland medal group (see here for more details), but that is not the only item of interest by any means:

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This Trench Mace will kick of thbe auction.
Jutland 7
Lot 17
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Zulu Spear – lot 26
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Lot 72

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LOTS 101-248 POSTCARDS

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LOTS 249-380 COINS

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LOTS 381-500 BANKNOTES

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LOTS 601-849 STAMPS

There are no lots in the range 501-600. I have already covered the stamps in a previous post. 

LOTS 850+ SILVER AND OTHER STUFF

A mixture to end the auction…

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Lot 856
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Lot 857
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Lot 858
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Lot 859
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Lot 860 – a close look athe markings on these pens will tell you why there are four of them in the set.
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The next three images (lots 881, 882 and 883) are motoring badges from yesteryear.

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Lot 861 – there are 24 slides in total in the wooden box…
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…of which my employer wanted close-up shots of four…
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…and a very close up shot of this one to feature in the printed catalogue.
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We end with lot 855 (four-image gallery) – a very interesting little commemorative clock.

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