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Dorothy Sharp (1928 – 2024)

The Grosvenor graphic designer Dorothy Sharp passed away on June 25th, having  celebrated her 96th birthday earlier in the month. She had worked as part of our team for over 25 years, the front cover of the recent GPA 159 catalogue being her final contribution.

Dorothy Bertha Merriton Sharp was born in Kent in 1928 and was the granddaughter of noted English historian Samuel Rawson Gardiner. After the death … Read more...

 

Autumn 2024 Schedule

Autumn 2024 Schedule

The Langton Hill Collections of Bermuda, Ascension, Saint Helena and Tobago
25 September 2024

British Empire & Foreign Countries
26 September 2024

This sale will close for consignments on 24 July.

 

Specialised Great Britain
30-31 October 2024

This sale will close for consignments on 28 August.

 

British Empire & Foreign Countries
4-5 December 2024

This sale will close for consignments on 2 October.

 

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Rollercoaster Ride

 An impressive British Empire & Foreign Countries auction held on June 5th-6th brought the Grosvenor Spring Season to a close. The two-day sale of over 2,000 lots almost exactly matched its pre-sale estimate, achieving a sale total of £706,314.

This was a rollercoaster of an auction reflecting an increasingly uneven market. Some countries are demonstrably hot, others disconcertingly not.… Read more...