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News from Spink
AUCTION NEWS Our second auction of Orders, Decorations and Medals in 2008 took place on the 24th July, with 545 lots coming under the hammer, realizing a total of £580,709. Included in the sale were three collections, primarily consisting of medals to awarded to the Royal Navy, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and the Essex Regiment. Highlights of the sale are as follows: Lot 58 Naval General Service 1793-1840, three clasps, 12 Octr 1798, London 13 March 1806, Off Mardoe 6 July 1812 (B. Hooper, Lieut. R.N.) Estimated at £ 10,000-12,000, realised £19,650
Lot 77 A Rare and Early Great War 1915 'Mesopotamian Theatre' D.C.M. Group of Four to Corporal R. Parks, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, For the Dawn Raid on the Turkish Camp at Ahwaz. Estimated at £ 1,200-1,400, realised £2,160
Lot 278 The K.C.B. and Army Gold Cross Group of Three to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Dyer, Royal Artillery, Who Was Killed Whilst Gallantly Attempting to Save the Lives of Two Ladies in a Run-Away Carriage, 1816. Estimated at £24,000-28,000, realised £42,650
Lot 288 The Scarce 93rd Highlanders, Crimea D.C.M. Group of Three to Private D. McTavish, Present in 'The Thin Red Line' at the Battle of Balaklava, 25.10.1854. Estimated at £6,000-8,000, realised £9,875
Lot 292 The Important '1942, Western Desert' Immediate M.M. Group of Seven to Sergeant H. White, One of the Original Members of L Detachment, Later 1st S.A.S. Regiment, Who Served with his Unit with Distinction in Sicily, Italy, Occupied France-as Part of Operation Houndsworth with the Maquis, and Over the Rhine; He was Twice Wounded, the Last Occasion Ending his Pre-War Profession as a Full-Back with West Bromwich Albion. Estimated at £24,000-28,000, realised £39,200
Lot 311 The Superb Great War and Mesopotamia Group of Six to Captain H.J. Brickell, Indian Army, Awarded the Russian Medal of the Order of St. George for Bravery, 2nd Class, For Gallantry on the Western Front as a Sergeant in the 5th Royal Irish Lancers; He Was Later Mentioned in Lieutenant-General J.A.L. Haldane's Despatches For Services with the 80th Carnatic Infantry in Iraq, 1919-20. Estimated at £5,000-7,000, realised £12,750
Lot 493 the Important and Well-Documented Group of Orders and Medals Bestowed Upon Monsieur L. Hymans, Belgian Politician, Historian, and Journalist, and the Father of the First President of the League of Nations. Estimated at £5,000-6,000, realised £6,080
Our next sale will take place on 20th November 2008, and we are accepting consignments until the third week of September; please contact us if you wish to consign to the sale. Among the lots already consigned, highlights include:
The 'Great War' C.B., C.V.O. Group of Eleven to Colonel W.N. Lloyd, Royal Horse Artillery, Mentioned in Despatches for the Action at Inyezane, 22.1.1879, Where He Commanded the Guns, and Also for His Part During the Two Month Siege of Eshowe During the Zulu War; Following Service in Egypt and the Sudan He Presented the Mahdi's Captured Standard to Queen Victoria.
A Good '1918 Battle of Amiens' Cavalry D.C.M. Group of Nine to Sergeant H.R. Smith, 5th Dragoon Guards, Who with the Help of Another Trooper Captured 20 Prisoners and 2 Motor Lorries on the First Day of the Battle
A small collection of New Zealand 1845-66 medals, including one dated 1863-1866 to Private W. Biggs, Royal Marines H.M.S. Curacoa, one of only two known with these dates to the Royal Navy. EVENTS ORDERS AND MEDALS SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL CONVENTION The OMSA Annual Convention, takes place this year in Jacksonville, Florida, between the 14th and 17th August. The Medal Department will, of course, be there, with a selection of Campaign Medals for sale, and we very much look forward to seeing you at some stage during the week, be it to buy, sell, or consign items for auction, or simply just to talk about medals. The week-end prior to the Convention we will be in New York, based in our Spink Smythe New York Office. If any American clients would like to meet us there please contact Oliver Pepys at opepys@spink.com AUCTION AND PRIVATE TREATY SERVICES PRICES REALISED Click here to view the prices realised for the 24th July auction. CATALOGUES For details regarding catalogue subscriptions, please contact us on 020 7563 4000, or email catalogues@spink.com SELLING MEDALS BY PRIVATE TREATY Although sale at auction of orders, medals and decorations is very successful, some clients still lean towards sale by private treaty. We at Spink are most interested in the straight purchase of both collections and individual items and will be pleased to discuss such arrangements. BUYING MEDALS ON THE SPINK WEBSITE The first half of 2008 has seen increased activity on the Spink Website. We are committed to adding more Orders, Decorations, and Medals on the website at an increased frequency. Due to the new facilities we have for in-house photography, already much in evidence in our last auction catalogue, we hope to update our online stocklists every fortnight. For those who have expressed an interest in receiving updates by email from Spink, we can contact you when new items are added to our online stocklists. If you are unsure whether we hold an email address for you, please email your details to enquiry@spink.com, stating that you wish to receive medal stock updates from Spink. Please note that items cannot be reserved and will remain on the site available for purchase until a firm sale has been completed. Click here to browse a selection of medals online MEDAL DEPARTMENT Mark Quayle - 020 7563 4064
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