ARGYLL ETKIN - MAJOR AUCTION 20th MAY 2010
TO COINCIDE WITH INTERNATIONAL LONDON 2010 SHOW
Argyll Etkin is pleased to announce our forthcoming major Auction on 20th May 2010.
Lots will be on view at our stand at the London 2010 International Show. If you have appropriate material, we can accept lots for the next three weeks.
Please contact Patrick Frost, Ian Shapiro,
Phyllis Wills and Adam Cooke
Material already consigned includes:
British Bechuanaland - The exceptional David Wessely collection of stamps and postal history.
G.B. Postal history including fine collections of KGV postal rates and destinations, Mulreadys and caricatures; 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee.
New Zealand stamps including scarce postal fiscals.
South Africa stamps, South West Africa postal history.
Antarctica postal history. GB stamps including specimens. Iraq 1920-1940 postal history.
Cancellations of Northern and Southern Rhodesia and East Africa.
Australia stamps and postal history with a fine collection of MacRobertson Air Race postal history.
Airships - Ticket and signed material from a passenger on the first Hindenburg flight 1936.
We will also be attending the following events in 2010:
Stampex 24/27 February
Philatex 25/27 February
Australia 12/14 March
London 2010 8/15 May
Olympia 4/13 June
We look forward to seeing you or hearing from you.
Please also note our extensive Auction offers on ebay which you can view here
Further enquiries to Patrick Frost, Ian Shapiro, Phyllis Wills & Adam Cooke
ARGYLL ETKIN - Auction Thursday 24 September 2009
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Among the items to be offered are:
Gt. Britain - Stamps, incl. Board of Education QV 1/- u.m.m, - and extensive postal history, including the "Derrick Cunliffe" Collection of Manchester & District postal history, and collections of surface-printed covers to foreign destinations, Post Office Notices and Missent handstamps. Also, Liverpool postal history, 1706 - 08 town handstamps and cancellations.
Campaign mail, incl. Boer War material, with letters, autographs, stamps & postal history. Also 1919 Allied Intervention in Russia covers.
Combination franking on re-directed mail. Aden postal history & postcards; Brunei; India; Italy, incl. States & Colonies, POs abroad & Vatican; North Borneo; O.F.S; South West Africa & Transvaal. Also the extensive "Blackdown" collection of Switzerland stamps & postal history, suitably lotted.
Catalogues available on request.
Viewing at our offices near Piccadilly Circus (tube Exit. 3, south)
by appointment please.
Also at Stampex 16 - 19 Sept,
and at Regus Centre on morning of sale.
Argyll Etkin Summer Schedule:
Argyll Etkin is a stand holder at the summer Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair from 5 to 14 June – we are on stand 8 and it will be lovely to see you. If you require complimentary tickets please contact Phyllis Wills. The show promises to be most exciting with a fascinating display of material relating to Royalty and other notable figures including the important Stephen Whatley painting of President Obama; the newly discovered letters from Grand Duchess Olga and a signed photograph of the key 1957 Commonwealth Prime Ministers in the garden of 10 Downing Street.
Our next auction is scheduled for September and you are most welcome to consign material for this important event. All enquiries – please contact Patrick Frost, Ian Shapiro or Adam Cooke. If suitable you can deliver material to us at the Strand Stamp Show on 10th June 2009. The auction lots will be on view at Stampex in London between 16 and 19 September which provides vendors with a good opportunity for their property to be viewed and offers buyers a straightforward way of viewing the lots.
Argyll Etkin is travelling to Melbourne for the annual Australian show scheduled to be held 23/26 July and Patrick Frost will be in attendance to meet old and new clients. He will also represent Argyll Etkin at the APS show in Pittsburgh USA – scheduled to be held 6/9 August.
It is worth mentioning for international clients, that all Argyll Etkin stock is priced in pounds which presents favourable prices for those paying in international currencies – as the level of the pound is attractive for you compared to twelve months ago.
We look forward to meeting you or hearing from you at your convenience.
Poignant letters from sister of Russia's last Tsar for sale
A remarkable set of letters from the sister of the last Russian Tsar, which were written at the height of the Communist Revolution and have never been seen in public, have come to light.
The 60 letters from the Grand Duchess Olga to her mother and sister reveal her desperation to discover the truth about the disappearance of Nicholas II a first cousin of George V, his wife, and their five children.
The correspondence, which is a fascinating insight into the bloody upheaval of the Bolshevik uprising, recounts her last meeting with her brother before his execution.
The letters were discovered after the death of Olga in 1960 above a Toronto coffee shop. They are being sold next week by the Mayfair philatelist Argyll Etkin at the Olympia International Art Fair. A reserve price of $150,000 has been put on the collection.
Read the full article from the Daily Telegraph [dated 30th May 2009] here.
Recent Auction: Argyll Etkin auction held on Thursday
5th MARCH 2009 at 12.00pm at Regus Conference Centre No. 1, Northumberland
Avenue,Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5BW
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for full press release.
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for prices realised.
Past Auction: Argyll Etkin auction held on Thursday
6th NOVEMBER 2008 at 11.00am at Regus Conference Centre No. 1, Northumberland
Avenue,Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5BW
Extensive British Empire mint QV - QE. GB 1892 £1 IR Official strip
of three.
Natal Postal History and Cancellations. Ireland IRA stamps.
Andaman Islands. Suez Canal. Mafia Island. Australia 1919 Flights. Ceylon
& Iceland Proofs.
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Argyll Etkin auction Tuesday 4th March 2008 at Regus Conference Centre No. 1, Northumberland Avenue,Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5BW
Strong Stamp and Postal History Market see Buoyant Prices
- Sale realises £360,000 Record.
- 85% of lots sold.
- Shackleton Letter sells for £12,180.
Fine Trinidad Lady McLeod 1847 Cover sells for £15,080.
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Argyll Etkin auction Thursday and Friday 27, 28 September 2007 at Regus Conference Centre. No. 1 Northumberland Avenue, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5BW.
World record price for India Gandhi 10 rupee service
stamp GBP21,850 against GBP 14,000 Catalogue Value achieved during bidding
from three continents at Auction on 27th September
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for full press release.
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for prices realised.
Argyll Etkin staged Charity Auction in Yorkshire
on 30th June 2007
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for full report.
ARGYLL ETKIN RECORD TWO DAY AUCTION - 8th &
9th March 2007 REALISES £968,000
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for press release.
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for prices realised.
Argyll Etkin’s Auction on 5th December of
the world-renowned Kenneth Griffiths Collection of Boer War Memorabilia
and Books.
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for further information.
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for prices realised.
Strong interest in Boy Scouts philately, Military History,
Ceylon, Hong Kong.
First time offer of 1909 Shepherds Bush Exhibition on cover.
Good prices for Gibraltar, Malta, Natal, Orange Free State and Rhodesia.
Argyll Etkin’s Auction on 3rd November achieved
realisations of £250,438 with 77% of lots sold.
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