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SPINK EXPANDS IN CHINA WITH ACQUISITION OF PHILA CHINA AND OENO CHINA AUCTIONS IN HONG KONG

London, 7th November 2011- Spink is pleased to announce it has acquired Phila China, a leading philatelic auction house based in Hong Kong and founded by Anna Lee. This is the second acquisition for Spink over the past two months coming just on the heels of their recent acquisition of Investphila in Switzerland. Spink will at the same time acquire Oeno China, the fine wine auction business also founded by Anna Lee...more

London, 29th June 2011- Today Spink concluded the first two sales, of nine, from The Chartwell Collection. Over the course of 48 hours more than £5 million in rare British Empire and Great Britain philately sold to clientele that had travelled into London from nearly every continent on earth to attend the auctions. Numerous records for prices achieved at auction were broken proving the continued strength of the philatelic marketplace....... more

Stamp Sells for £1 Million at Auction

London, 28th June 2011- The world’s most famous stamp, the elusive
“Post Office Mauritius”, was sold today for a record breaking £1,053,090 at Spink in London. The auction room was buzzing with excitement as the famous stamp, lot 31, came up for sale as part of The Chartwell Collection. Nearly half a dozen bidders in the room participated as the price of the lot shot skyward....... more

Spink to Sell £20 million Stamp Collection in London.
Featuring the World's most famous Stamp "Post Office Mauritus"

London, 20th June 2011- Spink is honoured to announce the sale of The Chartwell Collection. Over the next 18 months, through a series of 9auctions, Spink will sell the most valuable collection of stamps to come up for auction in modern times. The Chartwell Collection, formed by the custodian of the collection Sir Cyril Humphrey Cripps........more

Spink to Sell the Only V.C. Awarded to a Professional Footballer, Second Lieutenant D.S. Bell

Spink is pleased to announce the sale of a fine and rare gold torc, from the Iron Age of Great Britain, dated approximately 150 to 50BC. The ‘Diss’ torc, so named because it was discovered in the Diss area of Norfolk, is estimated to fetch between £25,000 and £35,000 when it comes up for auction on the 30th September 2010 at Spink’s headquarters in London... more

Spink to Sell D.S.O., D.F.C. and Bar Group to Battle of Britain Hero Wing Commander R.F.T. 'Bob' Doe, Royal Air Force

Wing Commander Doe was the third most successful Fighter Pilot of the Battle of Britain, who, with 14 victories, was also one of the few to achieve recognition flying both Spitfires and Hurricanes. His medals will be sold by Spink in London at auction on 25th November 2010. The lot is estimated to fetch £130,000-160,000... more

This morning Spink sold a fine and rare gold Torc, from the Iron Age of Great Britain, for £50,700 at auction in London. The ‘Diss’ Torc, dated c. 150 to 50BC and so named because it was discovered in the Diss area of Norfolk, was purchased anonymously in today’s sale... more

This weekend Singapore was filled with philatelists all eager to participate in two sales held by Spink. The Collectors Series Sale and The “Stolz” Collection of the Postal History of South East Asia were conducted in front of an audience full of enthusiastic bidders. Collectors from Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, the United States and the UK purchased 99% of the lots that were offered which is a clear indication that the market for stamps remains high, particularly for those in fine condition and rarity... more

Spink to sell Rare Gold 'Diss' Torc at Auction

Spink to sell first gold coin in the name of an English King

London 14th June 2010 - Spink is very pleased to announce the sale of an Anglo-Saxon gold Shilling of King Eadbald of Kent dating from c.620-635. This is the first gold coin struck in the name of an English King and a rare and important piece of English history. Found near Deal Kent in 2010, this coin will be sold at auction on June 24th and is expected to fetch upwards of £8,000... more

On the 23rd and 24th of January 2010, Spink held a magnificent sale of Stamps, Banknotes, Coins and Bonds of Hong Kong and China, at the Landmark Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong. The sale featured a number of rare and valuable items... more

London - Spink is pleased to announce a new world record auction price for a Victoria Cross to a British recipient awarded to Flight Lieutenant W. 'Bill' Reid. The medal group sold this morning for £348,000 to an anonymous bidder in the room. Mark Quayle, medal specialist for Spink commented, “this was a fully justified price reflective of a remarkable act of gallantry.”... more

This will be a landmark auction, there having never been a catalogue solely devoted to this subject. Missing colours are undoubtedly the most spectacular and visual of all errors ...more

£24,250 for ‘Animals’ VC’ awarded to Rip, the heroic dog
This afternoon at Spink a full auction room witnessed the sale of the Dickin Medal awarded to the brave canine, Rip, D.M. There was a great deal of interest in the lot. In the end the hammer fell with the winning bidder, who wishes to remain anonymous, paying £24,250 for the lot...more

World Banknotes fetch enormous prices at Spink in London
Spink sold just over 1,000 banknotes during its World Banknotes sale in London. Several languages were overheard in the room where bidders actively pursued lots, bidding against those on the phone and those using Spink Live to participate in the sale. It was a truly international event with an outstanding result: a sale total of £1,478,254....more

$5 Canadian Note sells for £13,900 at Spink in London
Today Spink held the first half of a two day sale of ‘Banknotes of the World’ in London.the Merchants Bank of Canada, $5, Montreal Note dated 1 November 1919 with a red serial number 000001. The note was purchased by an anonymous bidder for £13,900....more

Rare Number One Notes Sell in Hong Kong Auction.

Spink offered a unique opportunity to obtain serial numbers never before released on the open market today in Hong Kong. Thirteen notes from The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation were auctioned and fetched a total price of over HK$1million. All thirteen lots were low numbered banknotes but what made this collection exceptional were the seven number 1 serial number notes. All number 1 notes are practically impossible to acquire. In the United Kingdom Her Majesty the Queen is presented with all Bank of England number 1 banknotes.....more

TITANIC LETTER fetches fantastic price at auction.

A letter from a first class passenger onboard the Titanic was sold at auction today by Spink Smythe in New York City for $16,200. The letter, dated April 10, 1912, was written by passenger George Graham of Harriston of Canada, a sales manager for the Eaton's department store company, to a business colleague in Berlin, Germany....more

Rarest Number one notes from hong kong return home for sale.

Spink are pleased to offer a unique opportunity to obtain serial numbers never before released on the open market. This Saturday Spink will auction 13 notes from The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. All thirteen lots are low numbered banknotes but what makes this collection exceptional are the seven number 1 serial number notes....more

Jefferson and Edison signatures, Two Titanic Letters in Public Auction

Two letters from first class passengers onboard the Titanic will be offered for a sale at a public auction in New York City and online, January 16, 2009. Both are written on White Star Lines stationery imprinted with the words, “On board R.M.S. Titanic,” and one may be the very first letter written on the ship by an early-boarding male passenger. “Letters from passengers aboard Titanic are extremely rare, and are among the most prized artifacts from the disaster,” said Robert Litzenberger, Autograph Specialist of Spink Smythe (www.SpinkSmythe.com), the Dallas, New York and London-based auction house conducting the sale. “The letters are expected to sell for $10,000 to $20,000 each.”...more

Positive News for Medal Auction Market; Spink Sale Exceeds Estimate by 54%

(London) – The auction room at Spink’s London headquarters was once again overflowing today for the sale of Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria. Bidders from around the world participated in the sale in person, via telephone and through Spink’s online bidding service, Spink Live. The sale’s total was an outstanding 54% more than the estimate. Mark Quayle, Head of the Medals Department at Spink commented, “It is reassuring to see that in a time of global financial crisis the market for Orders, Decorations and Campaign Medals remains buoyant for both vendor and purchaser alike.”...more

Spink are pleased to announce the sale of the award winning Joseph Hackmey Philatelic Collections of Classic Ceylon and New Zealand. These are, without doubt, the finest collections of these countries ever formed and are expected to fetch in excess of US$10 million at auction. Joseph Hackmey, the renowned arts and philatelic collector, began collecting Ceylon and New Zealand in the early 1980s, coinciding with the auctions of The Patrick Pearson Collection and The Bartrop Sale. Hackmey’s collections contain numerous rare and unique items with outstanding provenance. The auction will feature rarities previously held by the world’s most renowned collectors including Ferrari, de Worms, Caspary, Dale-Lichtenstein, Pack, Stanley, Agabeg, Pearson and John Woolfe, to name but a few.

The collections will be sold through two auctions taking place at Spink-Shreve Galleries in New York. The first sale will be held in early 2009 with a second sale following in autumn 2009. We feel certain that collectors of Ceylon and New Zealand, as well as new collectors from around the world, will be thrilled with the opportunity to purchase items from one of the most prestigious collections to come onto the market in the 21st century.

Two beautifully presented hardbound catalogues will be produced for the upcoming sales and will be available approximately four weeks prior to the auction. They are sure to be an important addition to any philatelic reference library, whether personal or institutional.

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