by Ricky Verra | Mar 23, 2022 | Articles, Auction Highlights
Below is part 1 of our collectors’ guide to the stamps of the 1924 Paris Olympics, which features items from our previous and more importantly our upcoming auction series on June 13th-17th 2022. At the 1921 IOC Session in Lausanne, the French Olympic Committee ...
by Devlan Kruck | Oct 21, 2020 | Auction Highlights
Right, if we are going to do justice to our Olympic auction, let’s start at the very beginning, which is not to be confused with the lyrics from ‘The Sound of Music’, ‘Do-re-mi’, although there’s a ‘long way to run’ given the Olympics are synonymous with the Marathon...
by Ricky Verra | Sep 11, 2020 | Articles
It was with sadness that we learned of the passing of Manfred Bergman in July this year, whose enthusiasm and knowledge of Olympic philately and memorabilia was a guide and support for David Feldman and the company since David first settled in Geneva in 1973. Over the...
by Devlan Kruck | Sep 4, 2020 | Rarities, Weekly Digest
The trouble with ‘perspective’ is that you tend to evaluate events, such as the 1906 Olympic Games (later uncredited by the IOC), through the eye of your own understanding. That approach, as I’ve discovered, is destined to produce false starts, sprinting in the wrong...
by Marina Poncioni | May 7, 2019 | Auction Highlights
It gives us great pleasure to present our latest auction catalogue of Olympics and Football philately and memorabilia, which has brought together fantastic specialised collections from several vendors to produce this highly attractive offering of Olympics that we are...