THE FIRST LUCIFER
VALUABLE RELICS Three pestles and the mortar used by the late John Walker, a chemist, of Stockton, in experiment! which led to liis invention of the lucifer match a hundred rears ago. were included in assets of John William Price, chemist, who appeared at Stockton Bankruptcy Court with a deficiency of £ 314. In his statement, the relics were valued at £l2O, hut the debtor expressed the opinion if they were sent to Christie’s they would realise £I,OOO. He said that Walker's day book, showing the cash transaction for the sale of the world’s first match, had been in his possession, but creditors now held it as security. The official reciever expressed a doubt whether Mr. Walker’s relics would realise as much, and he replied that Messrs. Bryant and May had already offered £3OO for them.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 34, 3 May 1927, Page 13
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138THE FIRST LUCIFER Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 34, 3 May 1927, Page 13
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