The Brian Asquith collection of Chinese Airmails was one of several sections of lots to impress in the British Empire & Foreign Countries auction on December 3rd-4th. Appearing on the front cover of the catalogue, the characterful cover from the 1920 (May 7) Tientsin to Peking flight “by Handley-Page Aeroplane” [lot 449] rose to £5,490 whilst an attractive registered cover from the 1933 (July … Read more...
The Specialised Great Britain auction held at Grosvenor on October 29th-30thexceeded expectations, producing a final sale total of £534,448.
Interest was well spread throughout the major collecting areas and the usual strong response to the opening section of Collections & Mixed Lots resulted in most lots comfortably exceeding their estimate.
The star lot on the first day was a group of fascinating material from The Mercantile … Read more...
This auction is currently in preparation and will include Gold Coast from the collection of Ian Anderson FRPSL, the late Alister Kinnon collection of Saint Lucia and a further specialised section of Falkland Islands & Antarctica including the Martin Joce collection of South Shetlands.
Further consignments for this prestige sale are cordially invited and can be accepted until April 6th.
A specialised auction of over 1,600 lots with important sections including the remarkable Gold Medal winning collection of the 1840-76 2d. blue formed by the late Jane Moubray RDP, Hon. FRPSL, together with the exceptional Brian Callan FRPSL collection of Telegraphs. The sale is now closed for consignments and private/public viewing by appointment is available from Monday 6th April. Please telephone or email us at info@grosvenor-auctions.co.uk to arrange your visit.… Read more...
