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Lot 584. China White metal medal n.d. [1848], Junk Keying
The Junk Keying
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Bidding closed
(Sunday, March 20th, 22:14:40 CET)
Current time: Thursday, November 14th, 03:58:41 CET
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Price realised: |
CHF 1'100.00 (9 bids)
Approx. EUR 1'174.25 / USD 1'246.16 / GBP 977.73
Bid history
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CHF 1'100.00
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Bidder 5 *
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2022-03-17, 06:50:58
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CHF 1'000.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2022-03-20, 15:41:31
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CHF 805.00
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Bidder 4 *
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2022-03-19, 21:04:56
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CHF 650.00
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Bidder 3 *
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2022-03-17, 14:20:39
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CHF 340.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2022-03-15, 01:46:08
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CHF 320.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2022-03-06, 14:59:22
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CHF 300.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2022-03-06, 09:10:07
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CHF 280.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2022-03-06, 14:59:18
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CHF 250.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2022-03-06, 14:59:10
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* User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on.
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High bidder: |
Bidder 5
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eAuction #75, Lot 584. Estimate: CHF 300.00
China. White metal medal n.d. [1848] (45 mm, 25.61 g), by Thomas
Halliday. "Voyage of the Junk Keying".
Obv. THE CHINESE JUNK / "KEYING",
starboard view of junk ship with three sails set.
Rev. Sixteen line
inscription: THE FIRST JUNK / THAT EVER ROUNDED / THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
OR / APPEARED IN BRITISH WATERS. / HER DIMENSIONS ARE / LENGTH, 160FT,
DEPTH OF HOLD, 12FT, / BURDEN, 800 TONS, CHINESE MEASUREMENT / RUDDER, 7
1/2 TONS, MAINSAIL, 9 TONS, / MAINMAST, 85FT LONG FROM DECK / THE SHIP
IS BUILT OF TEAK WOOD / SHE SAILED FROM HONG KONG 6TH / DECEMBER 1846,
ARRIVED IN / ENGLAND 27TH MARCH 1848 / 477 DAYS FROM CANTON / 'CAPTAIN
KELLETT ' / COMMANDER.
BHM 2315.
Extremely fine.
This medal
commemorates the first Chinese Junk boat to sail from China to England.
The Keying was a three-masted, 800-ton Foochow Chinese trading junk
which sailed from Hong Kong in 1846 around the Cape of Good Hope
first to New York and Boston and then to Britain in
1848.
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![China White metal medal n.d. [1848], Junk Keying](images/000024/023660_l.jpg)