Banknotes

Boston Theatre, an American advertising note denominated £5, in the style of the Bank of England £5 note, ND (probably 1884-96), signed signed Eugene Tompkins, featuring the coat of arms of Massachusetts, good extremely fine and scarce
Outing unlisted £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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This note is an adjusted later reprint of the previous lot, but refers to an entirely different theatre, with a different owner. Eugene Tompkins managed the Boston Theatre, along with several others in New York City, and wrote a history of it, published in 1908.