On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week James and Sons had its January auction, a two day sale devoted entirely to stamps and postal history. This post looks back at the auction.
AN OUTLINE OF THE AUCTION
The first day featured mainly British stamps, with descriptions handwritten by someone else and typed in by me. The second day featured items from all over the world, and these lots were describe entirely by me. I also did all the imaging for this auction and uploaded it to the two online platforms that we use. On the days of the auction I handled the IT side of things.
A SUCCESSFUL SALE OVERALL
Both our online platforms were quite lively, and a number of items fared very well. On day one the most consistent success was enjoyed by stamps from the ‘seahorse’ range. Day two saw all sorts of things sell well, including a number of bidding battles. By the time the last lot went under the hammer I was very tired (in addition to a stressful though satisfactory two days at James and Sons I had had a WNAG commitment on the Tuesday evening).
THREE SUCCESSFUL BIDS
I had put bids in on a number of lots on day one, and on three items I was successful. Lot 105 was my first moment of good fortune:
Lot 166 was the first of three items of its type, and I was outbid on the other two, which was professionally satisfying.
Finally lot 262, which from my personal perspective was the star item of the entire auction.
PHOTOGRAPHS
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