Imitation Spade Guineas, London, Drury Lane, J. Sainsbury (21), 8850, 8860, 8870 (2), 8880, 8890, 8900, 8910, 8920, 8930, 8950, 8960, 8970, 8980, 8990, 9000, 9010, 9020, 9040, 9050, 9060 [21]. Very fine and better, a good group, only lacking three significant variants £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Advertising Checks from the David Magnay Collection.

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Provenance: 8890 and 8920 bt J. Whitmore November 2001; 8950 bt D.G. Vorley October 1995; 8980 bt August 2008.

John James Sainsbury (†1928) and his wife, Mary Ann, founded the business at 173 Drury lane in 1869