The Autumn auction of Specialised Great Britain auction, held on the Strand on October 26th-27th well exceeded its pre-sale estimate, generating a remarkable final sale total of £840,746, reflecting a healthy market.
This comprehensive auction featured two particularly significant study collections, both of which had led to important publications that won the prestigious Crawford Medal for Literature.
The unique collection of Overseas Mail from 1840 to the advent of the … Read more...
Thursday 3 & Friday 4 December 2026 – British Empire and Foreign Countries
Our final auction of the Autumn Season includes a landmark offering of Falkland Islands and Antarctica including rarities and selections from the collections of Chris Boyd, the late Mark Burton and Terry Lay as well as the first offering from the remarkable collection of South Georgia formed by Wilf Vevers FRPSL.
The first British Empire & Foreign Countries auction of Grosvenor’s Autumn season, held on September 23rd-24th was a deep and diverse sale, an intriguing basket of offerings for the serious collector. The final sale total of £780,348 was a tremendous return.
No-one should doubt the potential of the China market and the classic collection formed by the late Colonel Cosmo George St. Clair Harvey, untouched for many decades, certainly caught … Read more...
The Summer British Empire & Foreign Countries auction, held over two days on June 10th and 11th, contained several important sections and perhaps unsurprisingly the final sale total of £580,888 well exceeded the total of the pre-sale estimates.
The presentation of Mauritius postal stationery section was remarkably only the first part to be offered of the extraordinary collection formed by the late Alan Huggins MBE, RDP, Hon FRPSL, former President … Read more...
