It is all hands on deck in our London office. Between September and December we boast no less than nine auctions ranging from the highly anticipated first part of the ‘Dubois’ collection of Jamaica postal history and stamps to a hugely exciting sale of worldwide rarities, the ‘Doyen’ collection.
FORTHCOMING EVENT – AUTUMN STAMP SALES Read Article »
The recent Canada & British North America e-Auction at Spink New York showcased the diversity of the country’s philatelic history, with items ranging from early stampless covers through to modern errors and varieties.
FORTHCOMING EVENT – NEW YORK AUTUMN ROUND UP Read Article »
As the year has panned out, one could be easily forgiven for wanting to look forward rather than back. With 2021 heralding the 1,150th Anniversary of the coronation of King Alfred of Wessex, it gives Spink great pleasure to do both by presenting one of the larger offerings of his coinage to appear in recent years, alongside a succession of truly rare and iconic numismatic treasures from the most formative years in the history of the British isles. Migrant influxes, economic turmoil and political fragmentation – this may sound like our own times – but the same is true in AD 871, and just over the horizon? The Vikings are coming…literally.
FORTHCOMING EVENT – THE ENNISMORE COLLECTION Read Article »
A word from our chairman, Olivier Stocker, on how the collectables market is faring as we emerge from the Covid-19 crisis.
A WORD FROM OUR CHAIRMAN Read Article »
‘Finding the aforesaid head a stumbling block to the feet however, he wondered what it was, because his foot was tangled up in the head’s long golden curls. And touching it more carefully, he realised that it was the head of a decapitated man. And intuitively he realised that this was the head of someone holy, and a young man. And when his hands had been steeped in blood, and sometimes in the place where his eyes had been, he put the blood on his face. And immediately his sight was restored.’
‘Offa’s Remorse’: The martyrdom of an East Anglian king Read Article »
Our Orders, Decorations, Medals & Space Exploration sale will take place 29th-30th July 2020. For more information contact Marcus Budgen [email protected].
FORTHCOMING SALE – ORDERS, DECORATIONS, MEDALS AND SPACE EXPLORATION Read Article »
Emma Howard, from our book department, chats to Spink author Tony Abramson about his interest in coins and how his collection began.
A CONVERSATION WITH DR TONY ABRAMSON Read Article »
The Numismatic Collectors’ Series sale will take place in Hong Kong on 19th August 2020. For further information please contact Kelvin Cheung, [email protected].
THE NUMISMATIC COLLECTORS SERIES SALE Read Article »
Few coin collectors will have failed to notice the television coverage of Edward Colston’s Bristol statue being toppled off its plinth by anti-racism protestors. Author Graham Birch discusses British Coins and their links to the slave trade.
BRITISH COINS AND THEIR LINKS TO THE WEST-AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE Read Article »
As part of our series Voice of a New Generation, the Insider will be talking to some of our younger collectors about their passions and how their interest in collecting started.
THE VOICE OF A NEW GENERATION – INTERVIEW WITH KENDRICK CHAN Read Article »
