by Devlan Kruck | Jan 25, 2021 | Latest News & Press Release, Rarities, Weekly Digest
George de Mestral (1907 to 1990), a Swiss engineer, is famous for inventing Velcro – the two component hook and loop fastener – which are today found in all sorts of clothing, shoes, wall hangers, medical apparel, transportation, sports wear and their...
by Devlan Kruck | Jan 22, 2021 | Latest News & Press Release, Rarities, Weekly Digest
Chapter One 1944 Stanisławów Ghetto – German occupied Poland This is an account of the events immediately following the Polish Resistance Army’s ‘Operation Tempest’ – a battle which defeated the German SS occupying Stanisławów Ghetto. There were...
by Devlan Kruck | Jan 20, 2021 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
Having just given you two legends for the price of one, and confessed the error of my ways in sequencing this series, you might be glancing up at the name of our next legendary collector and thinking you’re in for another double-bubble. Well, you’d be wrong, because...
by Devlan Kruck | Dec 10, 2020 | Latest News & Press Release, Weekly Digest
You’ll recall Phileas Fogg and his trusty valet Jean Passepartout helped us illustrate the epic auction journey we were about to embark upon last week, which included nine catalogues, and propelled us on a wager ‘Around the World in Five Days’. The original 1873 novel...
by Devlan Kruck | Dec 9, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
Mongolia and Genghis Khan are intrinsically intertwined. Genghis Khan invokes the memory of the world’s largest ever Empire, along with the obvious Mongol invasions and conquerings, which sadly conjures up visions of large-scale massacres of civilian populations...
