Forthcoming Auctions

British Empire & Foreign Countries
Tuesday 3 October 2023

Our October 4 sale will feature the second part of the Stefan Heijtz FRPSL collection of Barbados. This exceptional collection has been awarded three international Gold medals at the Philakorea 2002 (with Felicitations of the Jury), London 2020 and London 2022 exhibitions.… Read more...

 

The Curate’s Egg

Like the proverbial curate’s egg, parts of this auction were excellent, despite a disappointing number of lots that failed to find new homes. Collections and selections that provided depth of interest for collectors and potential for dealers attracted particularly enthusiastic bidding whilst some ‘old favourites’ were disappointing on the day.

Notable individual results included the 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet overprinted “SPECIMEN” from the unlisted stereo A16 [lot 383… Read more...

 

MARCH MADNESS

More than £1 million was spent at the Grosvenor auction of British Empire & Foreign Countries on March 14th/15th by buyers excited by an attractive offering of ‘genuine’ material from a series of traditional collections compiled by their original owners over many years. This large sale brought to the market the greater part of the remarkable all World collection formed by Dr Brian Austen, South Atlantic and Falkland Islands … Read more...

 

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

On December 9th GROSVENOR celebrated its 25th Anniversary, at the same time holding its 150th Auction.

The British Empire & Foreign Countries auction of December 8/9 was a sale of broad appeal and showcased the first part of the extensive collection formed by Dr Brian Austen. The sale total for ‘GPA 150’ came in at £511,469, well in excess of the pre-sale estimate.

Although collections are currently in … Read more...