The James Teron collection of Tonga offered at Grosvenor in the British Empire & Foreign Countries sale on September 24th and 25th attracted great interest and strong results. The 1895 1d. olive-green, horizontal pair imperforate between and used with a scarce part boxed “PACKET BOAT” handstamp [lot 1967] realised £4,560. Included were a number of rare full panes and other multiples amongst which was the attractive mint block … Read more...
The June auction week at Grosvenor produced a highly satisfactory total of £708,989.
First to be offered was the remarkable Collection of Malta formed by John Birkett Allan on June 3rd, a landmark sale with its sale catalogue of 1,376 lots certain to become an invaluable work of reference for years to come.
Many individual results caught the eye, including the important order issued in 1798 by Napolean Bonaparte … Read more...
“I have no doubt you have never been part of a sale remotely like it and the sale total was a credit to you all!”
A huge thank you to all who contributed to the charity auction held on April 26th to honour the memory of Constanze Dennis. The sale was a great success, raising almost £15,000 for Blood Cancer UK and Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK.
Featured in this sale are the Brian Asquith FRPSLcollection of Chinese Airmails, the Large Gold Medal winning ‘On Dragons’ Wings’, as well as his unsurpassed collection ‘Faster than a Bullet – The Concorde Story’. Also included will be a further outstanding specialised section of Falkland Islands & Antarctica including unusual material from the collections of Edward Clapp and Tom Bainbridge.
