The Specialised Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History auction held over two days at Grosvenor on October 30 and 31 achieved a final sale total of £310,714, showing a good overall demand for material but also reflecting a continuing volatility with certain specialist areas continuing to wallow in the doldrums.
The section of Collections & Mixed Lots that opened the first day provided an impressive start. A huge accumulation … Read more...
The April sale week at Grosvenor presented auctions over three consecutive days with high attendances both in the auction room and online, achieving a superb total realisation of £1,201,411.
Greatest enthusiasm in the 25th/26th April Specialised Great Britain auction was reserved for the less mainstream material which included a fine range of unusual Revenues and Telegraphs from the collections of Frank Brown and others.
Director and Office/Accounts Manager Christopher Lawrence, Grosvenor’s longest serving employee, recently notched up his 100th auction since joining the company in 2002.
At our recent Great Britain auction, in order to commemorate this achievement, Chris was presented with an engraved ship’s decanter which he accepted with good grace, albeit with some reluctance at being dragged into the spotlight.
Grosvenor offers its client the option of bidding in real time during the live auctions. If you wish to use this service there will be a surcharge of 3% (+VAT) applied to the hammer price of any purchased lots in addition to the Buyers Premium of 19% (+VAT).
Clients who regularly attend our sales will know that our sales proceed at a rapid pace. We aim to sell around 150 … Read more...
British Empire & Foreign Countries June 20-21 2017
The sale will feature an exceptional offering of Canada and Newfoundland including the outstanding collection formed by J.S.P. Wilson, FRPSL and fine material from the collection of Mel Doyle, together with a further presentation from the Moore & Moore Collection of Gibraltar, the collection of Ireland Seahorse issues formed by Professor Arthur Weston and the latest in our popular series of … Read more...
Grosvenor was proud to be a major sponsor of the Melbourne 2017 Exhibition. Safely returned, Constanze Dennis and Tom Margalski would like to thank the organisers for arranging a most rewarding philatelic event, where they enjoyed meeting many new as well as existing clients, some in person for the first time, and consumed a … Read more...
The February 2nd British Empire & Foreign Countries auction at Grosvenor, opening the 2017 Season, achieved an excellent total result of £636,764.
Many strong and unusual sections of lots featured throughout and were very well received, particularly those of Zeppelin Mail, Telegraphs, Cameroons, Togo and East Africa. Star item amongst the Togo was the very scarce used example of the 1914 (Oct.) Narrow Setting 10pf. carmine with part “ANECHO” c.d.s. … Read more...
