Author Archives for Andrew Williams

September British Empire & Foreign

August 28, 2018 3:45 pm Published by Comments Off on September British Empire & Foreign

Sale: 124

Wednesday 19th September 2018 at 10.30 am and 2 pm
Thursday 20th September 2018 at 10.30 am and 2 pm 

Featuring a special section of Australasia & Pacific Islands with rare stamps, proofs and essays from the Gold Medal winning collection of Tasmania Pictorials formed by Malcolm Groom, the first part of the ‘Dickidido’ collection of British Solomon Islands, the second parts of the ‘Tuanjai’ Fiji ‘Saisunee’ Gilbert … Read more...


The Best of What Might Be

June 25, 2018 12:56 pm Published by Comments Off on The Best of What Might Be

Summer auction week at Grosvenor featured two sales that brought into question once more the expected relationship between catalogue values and open market prices. An underlying movement of collectors away from ‘basic’ stamps is increasingly noticeable, as are the collecting areas where prices have fallen back sharply after becoming overstretched in recent times.… Read more...


June Auctions

May 25, 2018 9:18 am Published by Comments Off on June Auctions

Sales: 122 & 123

Wednesday 13th – Thursday 14th June 2018 

Featuring the latest offering in our popular series of specialised sections of Falkland Islands & Antarctica, an important offering from the little known French Postal Agency in the Seychelles, the fine collection of Italian States formed by the late Robert Spalding and unusual sections of Olympic labels, Palestine and Zanzibar. The Great Britain sale features an exceptional offering of … Read more...


Sound Foundations

April 17, 2018 10:21 am Published by Comments Off on Sound Foundations

The Specialised Great Britain auction held over two days on April 11-12 achieved an unexpectedly high total of £826,648 with the return of a number of important buyers to the market. Whilst catalogue price adjustments, both upward and downward, are undoubtedly required in some areas, this pleasing overall pattern of results reflects a broad base of support that should provide a sound foundation for future growth in the Great Britain … Read more...