EXPENSIVE HOBBY.
COLLECTION OF BUTTERFLIES. (VKITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BX ELECTRIC TEUSqiUPH—COPYBIGHT.) LONDON", March 11. Mr James John Joicey, "who has justf died, was the possessor of the second largest private collection of-butterflies in the world, reported to number 1,500,000. He "had been spending from £7OOO to £IO,OOO annually, having agents in all parts, of the world. . The collection was possible because he was the son of a millionaire, but his hobby once brought Mr Joicey to the Bankruptcy Court, where it was stated that he was unable to live on £20,000 a year.> He started the hobby 40 years ago. It is expected that the, collection will be bequeathed to-the nation. [James John Joicey, F.E.G.S.; F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S., F,E.H.S., naturalist and entomologist, was born in 1870. His magnificent collection of Lepidoptera was housed at the Hill Museum, Wilton, Surrey.] ■'.'" .' : '.." '
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20495, 14 March 1932, Page 11
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138EXPENSIVE HOBBY. Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20495, 14 March 1932, Page 11
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