Lot 2401

Sale NZ1 · The Unique & Unparalleled Collection of New Zealand Historical Medals & Memorabilia (Part 1)

Description

G.Tombs & Co., c1880s, struck uniface in bronze (63mm), no maker, obverse inscribed 'G.Tombs & Co./Printers/and/Bookbinders', reverse blank.

George Tombs was a partner of Whitcombe & Tombs which began in 1882 in Cashel Street, Christchurch, as a partnership between a teacher of French who had become a bookseller, George Hawkes Whitcombe, and printer George Tombs.

Estimate
$450
Result Status
Passed in

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