Unique D.S.O. Group of Medals for China Fetches Five Times Estimate at Spink
Nov 21 2013

Significant interest in a number of important medal groups sold by Spink in today's auction has resulted in some remarkable prices realised. The star of this successful auction was the unique and well documented China 'Defence of Legations' D.S.O. Group to Lieutenant Colonel F.G. Poole, East Yorkshire Regiment, who commanded the International Volunteers in Peking and was wounded during the defence. Our London auction room was filled to capacity this morning when the D.S.O. Group sold for a ma...

Unique D.S.O. Group of Medals for China to be Sold Alongside Historically Important Diaries at Spink
Nov 14 2013

Among the many interesting lots to go under the hammer at Spink on the 21st of November is the unique and well documented China 'Defence of Legations' D.S.O. Group to Lieutenant Colonel F.G. Poole, East Yorkshire Regiment, who commanded the International Volunteers in Peking and was wounded during the defence.   This is undoubtedly one of the finest campaign groups from the period, and will be sold alongside the remarkable diaries of Lieutenant Colonel Poole and his brother Dr. Wordswort...

The Man Who Saved Stanley: Spink to Sell Awards Bestowed Upon Doctor on Stanley’s Last African Expedition
Nov 04 2013

Above: Lot 29 On the 21st of November, Spink will be offering the opportunity to own the historically important group of honours and awards bestowed upon Surgeon-Major T.H. Parke, who saved the life of Henry Morton Stanley, the most famous African explorer of the age. Surgeon-Major T.H. Parke was a Doctor, Soldier, Explorer, and Naturalist. He served alongside Stanley in the Advance Column as Medical Officer on the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1887-89, on which he saved the lives of both...

Medals of Sir Thomas Ussher Break World Record at Spink
Jul 25 2013

Today in London, 448 lots of British and Foreign Orders, Decorations, and Medals went under the hammer. The sale received considerable international interest, and the morning began with a buzzing room of bidders, as well as countless clients joining us online and by phone. The sale featured many items of tremendous historical and aesthetic appeal, each one of them telling a unique and personal story of valour, loyalty, and often dramatic military adventure. Generating the most interest in the...

Historically Important Naval & Air Force Medals for Sale at Spink
Jul 12 2013

On the 25th of July 2013 in London, Spink's record-breaking medals department will be selling a wide range of British and Foreign Orders, Decorations and Medals. These include the unique K.C.H. and Five Clasp Naval General Service Medal Group awarded to Rear Admiral of the Blue Sir Thomas Ussher, the man who conveyed Napoleon to start his exile on Elba.   Above: Lot 62 Sir Thomas Ussher was an extraordinary individual. Known for always leading from the front, even when injured and on c...

Spink China Success as Historically Important Medal Sells for HK$ 8,640,000
Jul 08 2013

This weekend, Spink China's Hong Kong offices sold the historically important Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun, attributed to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. It sold for an astounding HK$ 8,640,000.   Above: Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun, the central medallion portraying the Chinese Sun on a blue background surrounded by a band of gold, the reverse officially numbered in Chinese characters "Special One". The Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun w...