Very affordable British agricultural medals 01 August 2012 This is the season of agricultural shows and so Duke’s of Dorchester’s June 20 sale of British agricultural medals was well timed. Auction Reports
Titanic medal surfaces auction 29 May 2012 London auctioneers Morton & Eden, in association with Sotheby’s, have included in their May 31 sale this silver medal awarded to a steward aboard the RMS Carpathia for his help in rescuing passengers from the Titanic.
Landmark Islamic coin sales at the double 17 May 2012 Two of the greatest offerings of Islamic coins ever have recently been sold in London. The two catalogues – Morton & Eden’s and Baldwin’s – will be useful historical documents for a long time to come. Auction Reports
London coins market grows by another 25% 31 March 2012 AFTER 2010 saw the London market grow by a third it would have been a bold commentator to predict a further substantial rise in 2011. Nonetheless, coins and medals auctions in the capital saw totals rise by almost a quarter on the previous year. News
Hackney hoard comes up for sale 14 November 2011 MORTON & Eden are to auction a hoard of American gold coins discovered in the garden of an East London home where they were buried in fear of a Nazi invasion.
Landmark coin collection to go on sale in New York 23 August 2011 AUCTIONEERS Baldwin's have announced the sale of what is being billed as the most important collection of ancient Greek coins to come to auction in nearly a quarter of a century.
New record for Islamic art in bumper week of sales 11 April 2011 ISLAMIC art dominated the London sales agenda last week with the first of the two bi-annual series of auctions devoted to this field in the capital.
Gold dinar sets new high at £3.1m 11 April 2011 THE London Islamic sales week got of to a ‘magic carpet’ start when Morton and Eden held an 81-lot sale devoted to the rarest Islamic coins.
Landmark Renaissance medals set for sale in December 09 November 2009 ON December 9, Morton and Eden are to offer what is possibly the most important collection of Renaissance medals to come onto the market in decades.
Civil War hoard surfaces 30 years after discovery 08 May 2009 A HOARD of James I gold unites, found in the wall of an Oxfordshire cellar 30 years ago, is expected to sell for £50,000 at London specialist auctioneers Morton & Eden on June 9-10.
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