In 1974 Robson Lowe published an illustrated monogram on this correspondence to commem-orate his visit to the National Philatelic Exhibi-tion held in Pretoria. The collection was sold privately at the time, and 46 years later it has resurfaced, intact, to be offered in the October Stamps & Covers of Southern Africa auction.
FORTHCOMING EVENT – STAMPS AND COVERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Read Article »
The banknote department will be starting its autumn auctions with an offering of the Mark T Ray Collection of English Banknotes.
FORTHCOMING EVENT – THE MARK T RAY COLLECTION OF ENGLISH BANKNOTES Read Article »
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.
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‘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 »
After commemorating the 205th anniversary of the battle of Waterloo we might legitimately consider the large number of British troops remaining on active duty on the Continent and the logistics required for their care and supply as well as their eventual re-embarkation for home.
MAJOR-GENERAL GENERAL SIR MANLEY POWER, K.C.B., K.T.S. Read Article »
