Pitt-Rivers was successful in purchasing 162 (or possibly 164, if the 2 lots said by the sale catalogue to have been bought by Behrens but listed in catalogue of 2nd collection are Pitt-Rivers] out of 900 lots sold on the 3 days between 12-14 March 1888. He spent a total of £105.2.6 over the three days on 263 objects

There are a number of lots above which do not appear to be listed in the catalogue of the second collection. There are also a number of entries which do not list a lot number which might match some of the missing entries, though the description do not make matching easy:

Add.9455vol2_p409 /6-9 [not described, 4 terra cotta animal figures]

Add.9455vol2_p422 /5 [not described, figure of swan]

Add.9455vol2_p422 /6 [not described, figure holding child]

Add.9455vol2_p422 /7 [not described, figure]

Add.9455vol2_p422 /8-9 [not described, Lamps]

Buyers at sale in 1888

Beaumont

Behrens

Buckland / Buckler

Butler

Daniell Jnr

Dickinson

Dobree

Fielding

Harrison

Hook [or Hock]

Hope

Hopkins

King

Lough

Nash

Pope

Ransom

Richards

Richmond

Sasson

Thompson

Usher

Verity

Wagner

Buyers at sales in 1883 and 1884 who also bought in 1888

Jackson

Ready

Pitt-Rivers

Smith [though this may be more than one person]

Way

White / Whyte [though this may be more than one person]

People who bought at this sale and also at one other sale:

Baxter [2][3]

Birch [1][3]

Brent [1][2]

Brock [1][3]

Lawson [2][3]

Minet [1][3]

Pearson [1] H. Pearson [3]

Powell [2][3]

Rollin [1][3]

To find out information about people who bought in this and other sales see other pages devoted to other sales in 1883 and 1884

Note that it is strange that we can find no information about most of the buyers in 1888

AP May 2012.