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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Studying for a BA in History of Art
at Stockholm University, Swedish portrait artist Urban Larsson was drawn to the craftsmanship of the Old Masters.
TRICK OF THE LIGHT: AN INTERVIEW WITH SWEDISH PORTRAIT PAINTER URBAN LARSSON Read Article »
Introduction The Carolingian dynasty is well known to people who have grown up in France, Germany and their neighbours, but less familiar to those from Great Britain. Their reign began when the then Mayor of the Palace, Pippin the Short (751–768), also known as Pippin III, usurped the Merovingian throne and brought an end to
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AN INTERVIEW WITH GRAHAM DILLAMORE, HEAD GARDENER AT HAMPTON COURT PALACE “Life as a gardener has perhaps never been as challenging as it is now. In some ways, a gardener’s perspective and understanding of the serious and global climatic changes affecting our landscapes is more advanced than most other occupations” Graham Dillamore has spent over
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Spink London, 27th November 2025 Looking forward to our Autumn and Winter auctions of Orders, Decorations and Medals here at Spink, one of my personal highlights of the November sale will be a Naval General Service Medal with clasp ‘Shannon With Chesapeake’ which was awarded to Boy 1st Class John Robinson. It is one of
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Spink London, Coming soon Spink proudly presents the sale of the Hambleden Hoard – an extraordinary find that illuminates the fears, fortunes, and fate of a noble family living under the looming shadow of the Black Death in a world teetering on catastrophe. In April 2019, a group of metal detectorists attending the ‘Spring Detectival’
TREASURE, PLAGUE, AND POWER: THE HAMBLEDEN HOARD AND THE LADY OF YEWDEN Read Article »
Spink London, 23rd September and 29th October 2025 Now that the dust has settled from the whirlwind of summer sales, our London Banknotes department is preparing for a remarkable Autumn. Ahead of two online auctions scheduled to begin on 23rd September and 29th October, Spink is delighted to be returning to the rostrum in London
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RPSL London, 28th and 29th October 2025This is undoubtedly the finest collection of these issues to come on the open market. Formed over forty years, Tom has managed to acquire items from all the major collections that have been sold including Milo Rowell, Dr Cheah Way Mun, Dr Ian Matheson, Gerald Davis, William Bennett and
THE TOM GOSSE COLLECTION OF THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION ISSUES OF BRITISH SOUTH EAST ASIA Read Article »
Spink London, 9th October 2025 The Spink Coin Department is honoured to return to the rostrum this October to present the latest instalment from the property of the late Nicholas Rhodes. Spink previously offered the collector and scholar’s North East India collection in 2013 and 2016, alongside his Tibetan collection in 2013 and again in
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Spink London, 30th September 2025 Carrington And Pallas Collections To Rock Spink Rostrum! To herald the ‘Greatest Numismatic Auction in British History’ is to promise no small feat. But this Coinex, Spink is not only delighted to be returning as the Official Show Sponsor for the British Numismatic Trade Association’s annual exposition, but in so
On Friday 15th August, I was kindly invited to attend the Victory over Japan 80th Anniversary Memorial Service at the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire. A high-profile event attended by Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla and set amongst the many moving memorials to members of Britain’s armed forces past and present, the service
The arrival of September marks the close of a fantastic flurry of summer sales for the Banknotes department in London. The first of the series was a World, British and Irish Banknotes online auction, live from 26th June to 10th July, which showcased no fewer than 1,160 lots, including an impressive offering of over 600
