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...
The British Empire & Foreign Countries auction held at Grosvenor’s Strand saleroom on 19th and 20th September, was a four session sale, the third of these over-running by a full 40 minutes due entirely to the intensity of the bidding, received pre-auction, by telephone and online on the day in competition with a strong attendance aroused by a presentation of Egypt that included much fine and rare material from … Read more...
GREAT BRITAIN
15-16 November 2018
Featuring the exceptional collection of the late John Harding, FRPSL, the Eric Neville Cheadle collection of first day covers and the ‘Bristol’ collection of 1879-80 Tender Essays.
BRITISH EMPIRE & FOREIGN COUNTRIES
20 November 2018
Featuring the Allen Wood, FRPSL collection of Basutoland, the Bill Hall collection of Barbados and the latest in our popular series of specialised sections of Falkland Islands … Read more...
Wednesday 19th September 2018 at 10.30 am and 2 pm
Thursday 20th September 2018 at 10.30 am and 2 pm
Featuring a special section of Australasia & Pacific Islands with rare stamps, proofs and essays from the Gold Medal winning collection of Tasmania Pictorials formed by Malcolm Groom, the first part of the ‘Dickidido’ collection of British Solomon Islands, the second parts of the ‘Tuanjai’ Fiji ‘Saisunee’ Gilbert … Read more...
Summer auction week at Grosvenor featured two sales that brought into question once more the expected relationship between catalogue values and open market prices. An underlying movement of collectors away from ‘basic’ stamps is increasingly noticeable, as are the collecting areas where prices have fallen back sharply after becoming overstretched in recent times.… Read more...
Wednesday 13th – Thursday 14th June 2018
Featuring the latest offering in our popular series of specialised sections of Falkland Islands & Antarctica, an important offering from the little known French Postal Agency in the Seychelles, the fine collection of Italian States formed by the late Robert Spalding and unusual sections of Olympic labels, Palestine and Zanzibar. The Great Britain sale features an exceptional offering of … Read more...
