LONDON NEWS
A sneak peak into Spink’s first film poster auction, premiering in London on 25th October 2023.
2018
REBEL EMPERORS OF BRITANNIA: CARAUSIUS AND ALLECTUS
At the end of third century AD, Carausius and Allectus successively ruled Britain, and parts of the Continental coast, as rebel emperors for a period of ten years. And yet despite extraordinary achievements, they remain largely unknown to most people.
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A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY MAGPIE: DOWAGER QUEEN HEDWIG ELEONORA OF SWEDEN
Hidden in the lines of these meticulously detailed inventories we find the story of a seventeenth century woman with a passion for collecting.
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A WORD FROM OUR CHAIRMAN
In our annual letter from our Chairman, Olivier Stocker discusses Spink’s largest number of auctions in its 357 year history, and the return of the Chinese Collector on the international scene.
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MEDALS OF FAMOUS WELSH DOCTOR TO BE OFFERED IN APRIL 2023
The Spink Medal Department are pleased to announce they have been charged by a Direct Descendant to offer for Sale the Medals of Dr Rufus Clifford Thomas, Chief Medical Officer to the famous Maharajah Jamsaheb of Nawangar (better known as “Ranjitsinhji”) in April 2023.
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THE NUMISMATIC COLLECTOR’S SERIES SALE AT NY INC
With the turning of the calendar year , the Numismatic and Notaphilic Departments at Spink once again turn their attentions to New York and the International Numismatic Congress scheduled for Sunday the 15th of January 2023.
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STAMPS ISSUED BY BAHAWALPUR AS A SOVEREIGN NATION (14TH AUGUST 1947 – 3RD OCTOBER 1947)
One of the joys of collecting stamps is the opportunity it provides of discovering something that was not previously known to the philatelic
world.
A WORD FROM OUR CHAIRMAN
Dear Fellow Collectors, This autumn seems to have flashed by, and despite all the doom and gloom in the news there have been some highlights at Spink over the past few months, plus many exciting sales coming up to keep you going through the dark days of winter. But first I wanted to share my usual take on the state of
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The 1914-18 Memorial Plaque
Peter Duckers As we have now come to the close of the four-year commemoration of ‘The Great War’, it may be fi tting to look at the personal memorial given by the government to the next-of-kin of all those, British or Imperial, men or women, who died on or as a result of war service.
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