Lot 1974
Sale NZ1 · The Unique & Unparalleled Collection of New Zealand Historical Medals & Memorabilia (Part 1)
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A.R.C. (Auckland Racing Club), (1909) Life Member fob medal struck in gold (4.0g, 20mm), by A.T. (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'H.T.Gorrie' (D&C.R6). Fine.
Henry Thomson Gorrie was born in Auckland on 12 December 1849. He spent his early working life with the Bank of New Zealand. Henry (known as Harry) spent time on the goldfields of the west coast of the South Island buying gold for the bank in places such as Lyell and Ross. In the 1880s Henry Thomson Gorrie returned to Auckland and went into the stock and auctioneering business with his father-in-law, Alfred Buckland. In the early 1900s H.T.Gorrie became Managing Director of the business which was known as Alfred Buckland & Sons.
Gorrie was elected a life member of the Auckland Racing Club in 1909. He died in 1922 aged 73.
- Estimate
- $1,000
- Result Status
- Passed in