Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1984-1988 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
5 production units.
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Philatelist Robson Lowe (1905-1997) founded the Regent Stamp Company and subsidiary Robson Lowe Limited, a leading stamp auction house. Robson Lowe Limited was taken over by Christie's, the fine art auction house, in 1980.
In the 1970s Robson Lowe persuaded the Corsini family to sell their archive of correspondence, which contained letters of great importance for postal history. He personally worked on them until their sale at Christie's in the 1980s.
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
GB 0074 CLC/B/047 1984-1988 Collection 5 production units. Robson Lowe Ltd , stamp auction house
Christie's , fine art auction house
Philatelist Robson Lowe (1905-1997) founded the Regent Stamp Company and subsidiary Robson Lowe Limited, a leading stamp auction house. Robson Lowe Limited was taken over by Christie's, the fine art auction house, in 1980.
In the 1970s Robson Lowe persuaded the Corsini family to sell their archive of correspondence, which contained letters of great importance for postal history. He personally worked on them until their sale at Christie's in the 1980s.
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records relating to auction houses Christie's and Robson Lowe Limited, comprising sales catalogues for the sale of the Corsini mercantile correspondence.
Sales catalogues in chronological order.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
See CLC/B/062 for photocopies of the Corsini letters relating to mercantile trade between London and Italy.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
November 2010 to January 2011. Auctions Auction catalogues People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Auctioneers Information sources Documents Auction particulars Sales catalogues Business enterprises Enterprises Robson Lowe Ltd , stamp auction house Christie's , fine art auction house London England UK Western Europe Europe
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Records relating to auction houses Christie's and Robson Lowe Limited, comprising sales catalogues for the sale of the Corsini mercantile correspondence.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Sales catalogues in chronological order.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Available for general access.
Condiciones
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
- latín
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
English
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
See CLC/B/062 for photocopies of the Corsini letters relating to mercantile trade between London and Italy.
Instrumentos de descripción
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Área de notas
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso por materia
Puntos de acceso por lugar
Puntos de acceso por autoridad
Tipo de puntos de acceso
Área de control de la descripción
Identificador de la descripción
Identificador de la institución
Reglas y/o convenciones usadas
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Estado de elaboración
Nivel de detalle
Fechas de creación revisión eliminación
Idioma(s)
- inglés