Spink in the News
Rare Coin Auctioned
The first gold coin struck in the name of an English King is to be sold at auction in London. The shilling, bearing the head of King Eadbald of Kent, dates from 620 to 635. It is set to fetch at least £8,000 at Spink on June 24....
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Black Dragon Banknote Sells for Record at Auction |
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China's currency has drawn the wrath of Western politicians, but a particular one-yuan note received altogether
more welcome attention at auction in Hong Kong this week. The rare bill—a Black Dragon, or "Ooi-Long," note
from 1909—wowed collectors at a packed auction room in the Landmark Mandarin Oriental hotel...
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| Rare documents from early LDS Church history auctioned |
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SALT LAKE CITY -- An auction in New York City this week featured never-before-seen rare documents, some of them important to the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A Utah collector says some items sold for 10 times the asking price... more |
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