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Bundesrepublik Deutschland beauftragt das Auktionshaus Spink mit dem Verkauf einzigartiger Deutscher Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Sep 29 2015

Das Auktionshaus Spink hat vom Deutschen Finanzministerium, BADV den Zuschlag zum Verkauf sämtlicher noch vorhandenen Anleihen des Deutschen Reichs aus den Beständen der ehemaligen Reichsbank erhalten. Nachdem in den 2000er Jahren aus diesem Bestand lediglich die Papiere von privaten Gesellschaften verkauft wurden, geht es nun an das Herz der Deutschen Wirtschafts- und Finanzgeschichte. Es kommen alle Anleihen, d.h. Schuldverschreibungen und Schatzanweisungen, des Deutschen Reichs und einzelner...

Spink Awarded Incredible German Bond Collection
Aug 17 2015

SPINK LONDON | Spink is delighted to announce that The Federal Republic of Germany has commissioned the auction house Spink with the Sale of a unique collection of German economic history; an amazing collection to be sold on the 20th November 2015.  The German Ministry of Finance (BADV) has awarded Spink, a leading collectables auction house, with the sale of the inventory of historic bonds from the former German Reichsbank.   At the beginning of this century, the BADV started with...

Bonds And Shares, Coming On In Leaps And Bounds!
May 14 2015

SPINK LONDON | The world of bonds and shares is about to be redefined! Our 29th May 2015 auction of Bonds and Shares of the World contains some 800 lots. China usually accounts for at least 10% of the sale but in this auction it accounts for roughly 100 lots including many rare pieces and many quantity lots suitable for dealers and investors. One of the best pieces is lot 191, a City Government of Greater Shanghai loan of 1934, bond for $5000 Chinese silver dollars, which is being offered at au...

Kings, Empresses, Noblemen . . .
Jan 12 2015

Our 30th January 2015 auction of "Bonds and Share Certificates of the World", to be held in Lugano by SPINK SWITZERLAND, contains a diverse selection of 348 rare and historically important items mainly from Europe and the United States. Amongst the early pieces you will find one of the earliest bonds available to collectors, issued in 1549 in Antwerp (Lot 105) under the Habsburg / Spanish rule of Charles V (1500-1558). During the first Golden Age of Antwerp, the city was the richest town...

Flying Into the Sun . . . From Early Flight to Solar Power
Jan 12 2015

For our 30th January 2015 auction of "Bonds and Share Certificates of the World", to be held in Lugano by SPINK SWITZERLAND, it was worth creating a special section for aviation. We are proud to offer the share of the first airplane company, the 1908 share of the Compagnie Générale de Navigation (Lot 95). This French company was the first to use the new invention from the famous American Wright brothers, the world's first successful fixed-wing aircraft. In 1906 Orville and Wilbur Wright s...