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Frederick Ernest Catling

Also known as: Frederick Ernest Catling; primary name: Catling, Frederick Ernest
Details: individual; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: c.1874-1947
Address: Avonmore Road, West Kensington, London (1930s) West Lodge, Hastings Road, Worthing (1947)
Biography: Engraver and collector of paper money. His collection, known as the Avonmore Collection, was assembled over more than 50 years, but then stolen in the 1930s and recovered following an advertisement in a newspaper. In 1946, he sold the collection to the Institute of Bankers, and it came to the British Museum along with that collection in 1
Bibliography: 'Avonmore collection of bank notes disappears. Owner said to have refused offer of £50,000 for them', The Glasgow Herald, 23 Sept 1937. 'Avonmore collection of banknotes. Man acquitted of receiving', The Glasgow Herald, 12 Nov 1937. Photograph of Fred Catling: http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/the-collector-fred-catling-of-avonmore-road-kensington-news-photo/3264233#1st-february-1933-the-collector-fred-catling-of-avonmore-road-london-picture-id3264233

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