Tag: Auctions

More research, the Great Centenary Auction etc

First up can you spot the deliberate mistake in the following “email address”:

Refun@tax.co.uk

I would not have been fooled by this one even without the deliberate error, but unlike other variations which are merely tedious this one gave me a least a bit of a smile.

One of the things I have been doing recently is attending to my aunt’s plants while she is away, and I am delighted to report that a planted out bit of rose which gave little sign of being alive when I started is now showing definite hints of new growth.

I am continuing to work away on the social media side of things for the Great Centenary Auction, and am making sure to mention it any time I get a chance. If you have not already like http://www.facebook.com/GreatAuction please do so. Unfortunately the website is still not properly up and running, but those of you into twitter can visit http://www.twitter.com/great_auction.

Just a few pictures this time…

Definite signs of new growth here!
Definite signs of new growth here!

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Great Centenary Auction and a Timed Bid Sale.

I now have administrative rights for www.facebook.com/GreatAuction, the facebook page for the Great Centenary Auction, and I hope anyone reading this who has not already liked the page in question will do so now. I have today sent out my first press release relating to this auction, regarding a Canadian medal, which I sent to all the people I regularly include in such mailings plus the 10 most popular English language newspapers in Canada.

Today we completed the work necessary for the May Timed Bid Auction to go live, and it will soon be available for viewing on www.the-saleroom.com  – there are approximately 1,000 items, mainly stamps with some coins going under the hammer. Although most of the items had already been imaged, there were 23 lots which needed to be done from fresh today (as they were all small coins I was able to put them all on the scanner simultaneously, thereby saving some time). Apart from the Canada Medal press release all of today’s images are of those coins…

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Imaging for the May Sale finished at last.

The imaging for James and Sons May auction is now finished, and the printed catalogues should be available early next week, with online catalogues being available at www.the-saleroom.com or www.jamesandsonsnorfolk.com at around the same sort of time.

Once I finished the stamp lots, there were some postcards, some first day stamp and coin covers and some collections of military buttons to do.

Since I have been imaging all day today I have lots of good pictures for you…

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Some South African stamps are right-angled triangles, but this is the first time I have seen equilateral triangles in this context
Some South African stamps are right-angled triangles, but this is the first time I have seen equilateral triangles in this context

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As well as looking good this stamp had the additional merit of being the last I had to image for this month's sale.
As well as looking good this stamp had the additional merit of being the last I had to image for this month’s sale.

 

Imaging

After a full day spent imaging stamp lots, which can be accomplished at a good rate, the backlog of imaging for James and Sons May sale, which takes place at the Maids Head Hotel in Norwich on the 24th is looking a lot less bad than it did this morning. Printed copies of our catalogue should be available early next week.

The stamps I encountered today were from the full range of places and eras, and as you will see from the pictures which dominate this post, there were some gems…

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