A WORD FROM OUR CHAIRMAN
Indeed, we could hardly have had a better start to 2022, with no less than 25 auctions held worldwide in January across all Spink locations
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DIGGING UP THE PAST
“Unlike stamps, coins are designed to be handled, unlike fossils they have a tangible human connection”
In Loving Memory of David Parsons
Tim Hirsch Share on email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on google Share on tumblr DAVID PARSONS FRPSL – Philatelist Born on 27th June 1951, David died after a long illness on 6th January 2022. David had a love of stamp design at an early age through his father who, …
THE OPIUM WARS
One of the root causes of the First Opium War was a trade imbalance between China and Britain. Over two or more centuries, demand had grown in European countries for luxury goods from China, notably tea, porcelain and silk.
LONDON’S NEXT ‘INTERNATIONAL’
In 1890 London held its first international stamp exhibition – it marked the 50th anniversary of the introduction of Universal Penny Postage and the issue of the world’s first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black.
WORLD BANKNOTES NYINC
After a successful autumn World Banknotes auction in London, we quickly turned our focus to NYINC 2022.
SPOTLIGHT ON NEW TALENT
The Insider caught up with Saskia and Issy to ask them a few questions about their work and the inspiration behind it.
A NEW HENRY III GOLD PENNY – ENGLAND’S “FIRST GOLD COIN”
This newly discovered Henry III Gold Penny adds but one example to an extremely limited corpus of just eight coins, and the first addition since the accession of the Conte specimen to the Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge) in 2001.
WHISKY CASK OWNERSHIP WITH CASK 88
The winds of change never cease blowing, though – and a new way to interact with Scotch Whisky is appearing over the horizon. Full casks of still maturing whisky are making their debut at auction.
THE PORTUGUESE BANKNOTE CASE: THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY
This is the story about how a small-time Portuguese fraudster carried out one of the most audacious financial crimes in history and in doing so damaged the
Portuguese economy and almost definitely hastened the arrival of the Salazar dictatorship.