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Carfrae, Esquire Robert (01.04.1820 - 19.09.1900) |
Art- and coin collector (Antiquity and Scotland), Montrave Villa, of Murrayfield, Edinburgh. Curator of the Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. Auction sales by Th. Chapman & Son on 14 March 1883, Sotheby's on 23 May 1894, and Sotheby's on 8 July 1901 (Scottish coins). See e.g Sotheby's: Catalogue of the Collection of Greek Coins in Gold, Silver and Electrum: The Property of Robert Carfrae ... : which Will be Sold by Auction, by ... Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ..., on Wednesday, 23rd of May, 1894, and Two Following Days. The 1894 sale describes his collection of Greek coins as having been formed during the last 35 years, which gives a start year of 1859. Lit.: Lord Stewartby, Scottish Coin Collectors, Journal British Numismatic Society 66, 1996, pp. 87, 101 |
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Wikipedia [en] |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Carfrae |
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG214307 |
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Wikidata |
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106165687 |
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