Richard III Coin Found Near Bosworth Battlefield Sells For £36,000 at Spink
Dec 05 2012

RICHARD III COIN FOUND NEAR BOSWORTH BATTLEFIELD SELLS FOR £36,000AT SPINK             London. December 5th, 2012. A gold coin discovered near the site of the famous Battle of Bosworth in Leicestershire, bearing Richard III's personal emblem of the boar, has sold for £36,000 to a private collector, against a pre-sale estimate of £12-15,000 at Spink in London. It went under the hammer in Spink's Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medal...

Spink Sells iconic Piece of Philatelic History by Tender
Dec 04 2012

SPINK SELLS ICONIC PIECE OF PHILATELIC HISTORY BY TENDER  THE NISSEN PLATE RECONSTRUCTIONS SELL FOR MORE THAN TWICE ITS STARTING PRICE      The Chartwell Collection of 1840 One Penny Blacks from the original Nissen Reconstructions Sold at Spink, by tender for £364,266     London. December 4, 2012. Spink announced today, the outstanding result of one of the most valuable pieces of Philatelic History -The Nissen Plate Reconstructions. The sale took place by...

Greatest Collection of Australian Commonwealth Stamp Sells for Over £2.2 Million at Spink
Nov 14 2012

GREATEST COLLECTION OF AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH STAMPS SELLS FOR OVER £2.2 MILLION AT SPINK, UK                     One of Australia's great philatelic rarities that sold today  It realised £84,000 against an estimate of £35,000-45,000   London. November 14, 2012. The culmination of a two day sale of some of the world's finest Australian Commonwealth stamps proved to be a huge success at Spink today. Stamp collectors from...

Richard III Coin Found Near Bosworth Battlefield
Nov 12 2012

RICHARD III COIN FOUND NEAR BOSWORTH BATTLEFIELD      London. Monday November 12, 2012. A historical gold coin bearing Richard III's personal emblem of the boar, has been discovered near the site of the famous Battle of Bosworth in Leicestershire and is set to cause much excitement when it goes under the hammer in Spink's Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals sale in London, on December 4th & 5th, 2012.   While badges, sword mounts and cann...

FIRST VICTORIA CROSS AWARDED TO A NON COMMISIONED OFFICER OF THE INDIAN ARMY TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER AT SPINK
Oct 24 2012

FIRST VICTORIA CROSS AWARDED TO A NON COMMISIONED OFFICER OF THE INDIAN ARMY TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER AT SPINK                     London. October 23, 2012. Spink announced today that it will offer for sale the Indian Mutiny V.C. awarded to Sergeant Major (later Lieutenant) Peter Gill of the Loodiana Regiment. The Victoria Cross, which is the highest military decoration bestowed for bravery and gallantry in the face of the enemy, was...

A ONCE IN A LIFETIME COLLECTION TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER AT SPINK AUCTIONEERS
Sep 07 2012

THE GODFATHER OF THE PENNY BLACK                         A ONCE IN A LIFETIME COLLECTION TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER AT SPINK AUCTIONEERS   SIR ROWLAND HILL                       A highly important Letter from Sir Rowland Hill (1795 -1879) to William Wyon Estimated at £6,000-8,000    A unique and historic letter, dated 3 June 1840, from a...

MEDALS AWARDED TO AVIATION LEGEND JOHN ‘CAT’S EYES’ CUNNINGHAM DOUBLE THEIR PRE SALE ESTIMATE RAISING £384,000 FOR CHARITY
Sep 06 2012

 MEDALS AWARDED TO AVIATION LEGEND JOHN 'CAT'S EYES' CUNNINGHAM DOUBLE THEIR PRE SALE ESTIMATE RAISING £384,000 FOR CHARITY                         London. September 6, 2012. The outstanding collection of medals and memorabilia relating to Group Captain John 'Cat's Eyes' Cunningham, the highest-scoring night fighter ace of the Second World War and pioneering chief test pilot for de Havilland during the jet age, sold...

MEDALS AWARDED TO AVIATION LEGEND
Aug 22 2012

MEDALS AWARDED TO AVIATION LEGEND JOHN 'CAT'S EYES' CUNNINGHAM TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE AT SPINK                   London. 22nd August 2012. The outstanding collection of medals and memorabilia relating to Group Captain John 'Cat's Eyes' Cunningham, the highest-scoring night fighter ace of the Second World War and pioneering chief test pilot for de Havilland during the jet age, will be offered for sale at Spink on the 6th September 2012 as pa...

The Morgan Collection
Jul 24 2012

Greatest Collection Of Australian Commonwealth Stamps Sees Daylight After Two Generations Third Watermark £2 with Harrison imprint London. July 24, 2012. An outstanding selection of the world's finest Australian Commonwealth stamps will go on sale to the public, after two generations of private collecting. Stamp collectors and enthusiasts will be offered the rare treat of being able to pick from some extremely rare examples, which will go on sale in a special auction at Spink in Lond...

First V.C. of the Great War sells at Spink for £276,000
Jul 19 2012

London. 19th July, 2012. Today Spink UK offered for sale the first V.C. ever awarded to a private soldier in the Great War (1914-18). The medal group sold to a private collector for £276,000, far exceeding its' pre-sale estimate of £140-180,000.   The Victoria Cross group of six was awarded to Private S.F. Godley, Royal Fusiliers, for his defence of the Nimy Bridge at Mons on the 23rd August 1914, during the first infantry attack of the Great War.   The Victoria Cross (V.C.) is th...

Exclusively English
Jul 12 2012

Largest Collection Of Provincial Banknotes To Come On To The Market London. July 12, 2012. Spink, the world's premier auction house for collectables is to offer the most extensive collection of provincial banknotes to have ever come on to the market. This fabulous collection was amassed by one private collector, David Kirch and all proceeds will go to The David Kirch Charitable Trust. It will be offered in a series of auctions at Spink, London, the first of which will take place in early Oct...

First Scottish coin realises three times estimate
Jun 28 2012

London. June 28, 2012. Today Spink, the world's premier auction house for collectables, sold the first known coin ever issued in Scotland for the staggering price of £8,400. The penny, discovered near Harrogate in North Yorkshire in 1998, is one of less than only ten known examples ever found and existing today, making it exceptionally rare. The coin was purchased by a private collector in the room, for more than three times its pre-sale low estimate of £2,500 at Spink's UK headquarters in Lond...

Rare Cognac Sets Record Price
Mar 08 2012

Spink held its inaugural fine wine auction in Hong Kong on March 8th 2012 with a selection of 380 lots on offer to the public. The sale room was buzzing as the first lot, a magnum of Bollinger, was sold. The highlight of the sale was a rare cognac, the Remy Martin Louis XIII Rare Cask, which sold for HK$183,000 - a new world record price.   For further press information, or pictures, please contact: Sandie Maylor, Email: [email protected]     or Telephon...