by Estelle Leclere | Jun 29, 2014 | Latest News & Press Release
BREAKING NEWS: SPECTACULAR “OFF THE CHARTS” RESULTS FOR THE DU PONT BRITISH GUIANA COLLECTION “In 40 years as auctioneer, I have never had the experience where every single lot was underbid to an astonishing multiple of the original estimate, leaving...
by Marcus Orsi | Jun 19, 2014 | Articles
A very rare 19th Century postage stamp from a former British colony in South America has sold for a record $9.5m (£5.6m) at auction in New York. Full article and video can be seen through the following link:...
by Marcus Orsi | Jun 18, 2014 | Latest News & Press Release
Well history was made last night in New York and I was blessed to be present. As I arrived a little before 18.00, there were a dozen European dealers and auctioneers arriving at the same time. We all gathered in the entrance to Sotheby’s about a hundred or so...
by Estelle Leclere | Jun 18, 2014 | Articles
The Economist explains Why rare stamps have become so valuable Jun 16th 2014 See the article here: http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/06/economist-explains-9?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ee/whyrarestampssovaluable#sthash.mVvbDw2x.dpuf
by Estelle Leclere | Feb 25, 2014 | Latest News & Press Release
John E. du Pont earned fame and notoriety for his position as a beneficiary of the Du Pont chemical company fortune and regrettably later in his life, for responsibility of the death of Olympic gold medal wrestler Dave Schultz in 1996, for which he was convicted and...