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Forthcoming auctions and initiatives in the hobby

Granadine Confederation 1859 1 Peso Carmine Block of 15, to be auctioned by Siegel on 30th September (est. $3k-$4k)

There have been a few notable initiatives in the wider stamp world in the past few weeks but let’s start with the auctions. If you are kept up to speed with auction email alerts or read the monthly philatelic press, then it won’t have escaped your attention that the late Leo Malz collections of Central […]

20th September 2020Categories Auctions, EventsLeave a Comment0

$800,000+ Venezuela auction kicks off 2020

Venezuela 1861-62 Half Real orange, marginal block of eight. Low estimate of €2,500

Auction trends in 2020 and a fabulous collection of Venezuela comes to market Like so many industries around us, the philatelic auction business has gone into hibernation mode. The inability for people to gather means the physical perusing of auction lots is not going to happen for a good while yet. Most of the major […]

15th April 2020Categories AuctionsLeave a Comment0

Moorhouse Part II, SCADTA, Knox Martin & Bulls Eyes

Bolivia National Aviation School 10c Inverted

As the decade draws to a close there is still the opportunity to squeeze in a final few auctions to tempt the Latin American bidder. But first to a brief summary of the Nicaragua sale earlier this month. This was always going to be a difficult auction on which to correctly assess reserves. In comparison […]

18th November 2019Categories AuctionsLeave a Comment0

Important Nicaragua at Harmers

H.R. Harmer have been dropping hints about Bill Byerley’s Nicaragua collection coming to market for quite a while now but with the barest of details. That situation changed this week with the release of the auction catalogue, set to take place on November 12th. A named Nicaraguan auction is an infrequent event; one of the […]

30th September 2019Categories AuctionsLeave a Comment0

Top Drawer Ecuador at Westpex

Ecuador 1865 Half Real on Cover

Following the early Haiti auction in Spain in January,  April sees a superb selection of Ecuador classics up for auction at the annual Westpex show in San Francisco. Long-term incumbent auctioneers at Westpex, Schuyler Rumsey, are presenting a very focused collection of some of the key pieces of Ecuadorian philately. The sale takes place on […]

30th March 2019Categories AuctionsLeave a Comment0

Brian Moorhouse estate to be sold by Corinphila

Brian Moorhouse

The late Brian Moorhouse’s entire estate is to be sold by Swiss auction house Corinphila. In what promises to be one of the most important sales of Central and South American material in many years, the esteemed dealer’s stock holding will be sold off in a series of auctions. Brian Moorhouse died in July 2017 […]

23rd February 2019Categories AuctionsLeave a Comment1

Haiti specialized auction – time to take a Liberty?

Haiti Liberty Head Colour Trial

Specialized single country Latin American auctions are occasional events: even more so as far as Haiti is concerned. However, next week sees an expansive, dedicated auction to just one stamp: the 1881-1887 Liberty Head. Soler y Llach in Barcelona is offering the ‘Hispaniola’ collection of Liberty Heads on the 31st January 2019. There is a […]

26th January 2019Categories AuctionsLeave a Comment0

Tasty Brazil, Bolivia and Chile at Gartner

1881 Brazil 100 Reis Proof Sheet

Watching the postman struggle to our door the other morning could only mean one thing: it was time for another Gartner auction. Of all the international auction houses, Gartner probably produces the most substantial catalogues. They are usually multi-part affairs which even need their own separate booklet to enable the hapless bidder to navigate the […]

2nd October 2018Categories AuctionsLeave a Comment0

Hackmey’s Chile to be sold

Chile Colon block of 12

Conveniently following on from my plug for SOFICH a few weeks ago, comes the news that Joseph Hackmey is to part with his Chile collection. This is set to be a landmark auction with rare and exceptional items from one of the most important classic Chile collections ever formed. You’ll need deep pockets for this […]

20th July 2018Categories AuctionsLeave a Comment0

Colombian air post rarities under the hammer

Colombia SCADTA stamp

One of the most iconic and distinctive series of stamps in Latin American philately are the nine colourful labels used by CCNA (Compania Colombiana de Navegacion Aerea) in 1920. These beautiful designs have an almost cartoon like appearance and were originally designed as promotional labels for the Curtiss Aeroplane Company. Used to supplement the regular […]

21st November 2017Categories AuctionsLeave a Comment0

Brian Moorhouse RIP

Brian Moorhouse

Brian Moorhouse, the renowned Latin America expert and dealer, died on 15th July. I last saw him at his September auction, seemingly as fit as a fiddle and with no indication that this was on the cards. This will come as a sizable shock to the philatelic community, not least to the thousands of collectors […]

20th July 2017Categories AuctionsLeave a Comment2

Latin American Auctions – first event for eighteen months

Seebeck Mosquito Coast

Brian Moorhouse’s auctions tend to be somewhat infrequent affairs, the last being held in February last year. Peterborough is a rather incongruous location but for a single day it becomes the epicenter of Latin American philately. Brian had curated over 750 lots and attendance was good with a number of international collectors who had made […]

10th September 2016Categories AuctionsLeave a Comment0

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