The Grosvenor British Empire & Foreign Countries auction, held on 7th and 8th December 2006 at their Strand saleroom achieved a total price of £1,043,347, well above pre-sale estimates with lots fiercely contested by a full book of bidders and a well attended room on both days.
Specially featured was the Falkland Islands and Dependencies, including the collection of the late Geoff Moir and material from the collections of the … Read more...
The Richard Tompkins Collection of Malaya, Borneo and British Empire – To be sold by Auction 2nd and 3rd November 2006
Richard Tompkins was looking forward to a semi-retirement during which he could concentrate upon the collection he had built up over the previous 35 years. He had been bringing together an extraordinary wealth of material of the British Commonwealth (excluding the Dominions) ready to mount in albums which he … Read more...
Collectors and dealers across the World showed their continued confidence in the Stamp Market by contributing to a series of exceptional results in the two Grosvenor auctions held on May 18th and 19th, which offered important material from each of the Great Britain, British Commonwealth and Foreign Countries fields.
The specialised Great Britain auction, which proved to be the largest and most valuable of its kind to be held in … Read more...
The first Grosvenor auction of 2006, held on February 28th, was devoted to the Australasia region and produced an enthusiastic response from collectors and dealers across the World.
The sale, which produced a total realisation of £622,930 (including buyers premium) was divided into four important sections.
The first featured the remarkable “Ayers” specialised collection of the King George V Head stamps of Australia including many scarce stamps and proofs. Among … Read more...
