Readers across all collecting areas will know that Spink likes its sale items to find the very best of homes. The Medal Department therefore contacted the East India Club to advise the Secretary that, as the Club owns a magnificent portrait of Sir John, seeing his medals join the portrait would in effect be seeing them ‘go home’.
THE STORY BEHIND THE MEDAL Read Article »
It is not often that banknotes and medals have something in common – apart from the occasional stylised battle scene – but this article aims to highlight a particularly interesting crossover!
MEET THE SPECIALIST Read Article »
The first issue of Venezuela has, for over a century, been the target for the famous collectors of South American countries. Ferrari and Hubbarb are just two of the names that come immediately to mind.
THE “LUGANO” COLLECTION OF VENEZUELA Read Article »
This sale comprises the territories of Brunei, Labuan, North Borneo and Sarawak. Of particular note throughout, and in particular the sections of North Borneo and Sarawak, is the strength of the essay and proof material on offer…
BRITISH BORNEO STAMPS AND COVERS Read Article »
Last October, for example, we had a magnificent collection of Lebanese and Syrian banknotes; the Angola gave me the same buzz.
WORLD BANKNOTE AUCTION Read Article »
As we were all recovering from the excitement of our October World Banknotes auction, with the group of East African and Lebanese discoveries, preparation for the spring auctions started once again.
SPRING BANKNOTE SALES Read Article »
Following on from our ground breaking Polar Exhibition in November last year, we asked David Rose to talk to three times cancer survivor Patrick McIntosh about his trek across the Antarctic to the South Pole.
LIFE CYCLE: A GLOBAL RIDE TO FIGHT CANCER (AROUND THE SOUTH POLE) Read Article »
While describing how Robert Strange prepared etching plates to print paper money for Prince Charles Edward Stuart to pay his troops as the Jacobite rebellion collapsed in 1746, Jonathan Callaway recalled the mysterious fate of a cache of French gold…
THE ENGLISHMAN WHO SAVED THE JACOBITES’ GOLD Read Article »
Port Royal was captured by the English in 1655 during the invasion of Jamaica. It grew very rapidly both in trade and in notoriety. Treasure from the sacked Spanish cities and goods from many hundreds of ships found a ready market here.
The Port Royal Earthquake of 1692 Read Article »
The term “Parthian” comes from the name of the satrapy of Parthava (Parthia), a province that was once part of the empire of the Hellenistic Seleucids, and before that of the Achaemenid Persians.
RIVALLING ROME: PARTHIAN COINS AND CULTURE Read Article »
