Bull & Bear Markets

439, Lot: 761. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TOKENS, Middlesex. London. John Ashby. CU Broker Badge (35mm, 15.50 g, 6h). Undated. JOHN ASHBY/ STOCK BROKER/ – N^O. 3 –/ BARTHOLOMEW LANE/ BANK./ – in six lines, above, man-headed bull left / Man-headed bear right; below, a chart of FIX’D HOLIDAYS and OFFICE HOURS. W 2767. VF, brown surfaces, a few minor rim bumps.

From the Quentin Brisley Collection of British Tokens.

John Ashby was a member of the London Stock Exchange 1814-1834.