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 Ricky Verra | Jan 15, 2021 | Cartoon, Weekly Digest
These times of “lock-down” or “confinement” are for some of us an opportunity to explore new talents, and we found out that our expert Ricky Verra not only is a seasoned philatelist but also a creative illustrator. See below his series are cartoons about stamp...
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...
by Devlan Kruck | Dec 9, 2020 | Famous Philatelists, Weekly Digest
When organising this philatelic collection of legends there are occasions when one or two of the ‘books’ get shuffled out of sequence. Our incumbent John Walter Scott a point in case, when I’d confessed that it was my original intention to flick straight...
by Ricky Verra | Dec 9, 2020 | Articles, Latest News & Press Release, Weekly Digest
David Feldman SA has been delighted to offer many showpiece items for sale privately in 2020, with several stunning 1840 Penny Blacks and Twopenny Blues of Great Britain as well as major rarities of Italian States. To finish the year, we have a further selection of...
by Marcus Orsi | Dec 1, 2020 | Latest News & Press Release
The first day of our Autumn Auction Series opened with much active bidding for the sale of the Joe Youssefi collection of Persia. In these unprecedented COVID times, the majority of the action was through the more than 50 bidders connected online through our bespoke...
by Ricky Verra | Dec 1, 2020 | Latest News & Press Release
David Feldman SA has been delighted to offer many showpiece items for sale privately in 2020, with several stunning 1840 Penny Blacks and Twopenny Blues of Great Britain as well as major rarities of Italian States. To star 2021, we have a further selection of...
by Devlan Kruck | Nov 25, 2020 | Latest News & Press Release, Weekly Digest
Phileas Fogg might have circumnavigate the world in eighty days with the help of his trusty valet ‘Jean Passepartout’ in Jules Verne’s book, but David Feldman will wager you that we can go ‘Around the World in Five Days’ with the aid of a technological ‘passeport’ and...
by Devlan Kruck | Nov 25, 2020 | Articles
As if to reflect the landlocked region that boasts the world’s highest mountain, our ‘Overseas & Latin America’ auction catalogue has nestled amongst Asian a special section on ‘Tibet – Everest Expeditions’. And if you scroll through this attractively...
