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Bidders Bounce Back

The September sale week at Grosvenor, opening the 2016 Autumn Season, achieved an excellent total result of £1,125,181.

The British Empire & Foreign Countries auction held on September 21 and 22 contained many substantial collections as well as fine specialist sections, including the Dougie Elliott collection of Ethiopia. Fewer than ten covers (sent stampless) from the punitive British Expedition to Abyssinia, sent against Emperor Tewodros II in 1867-68, … Read more...