A Fine Collection of Racing Tickets and Passes, the Property of a North Country Collector

YORKSHIRE, York, Trier’s Stand, 1768, a uniface oval gilt-bronze pass, unsigned, grandstand, back named (Mann Horsfield, Esq, No. 46), 53 x 39mm, 19.25g (W –; D & W –). Pierced for suspension, fine to very fine, extremely rare £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Racing Tickets and Passes, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: Baldwin FPL 1994 (141); Baldwin FPL 1995 (354).

Mann Horsfield († by 1803), Thorpe Green, York, landowner and High Sheriff 1774.

The Trier’s Stand, so-called because it was meant to house judges who previously had to stand in carriages, was built with funds raised in 1768