Announcements

Announcements

Auction #16 is Complete

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With strong bidding including some very impressive prices, Auction #16 is now on the books. Our new premises, while not as spacious as we enjoyed on Sparks Street, proved up to the task. We will feature some of the highlights over the coming weeks.

Auction #16 FloorThe office is closed to the public until Monday, February 2nd, while we organize material and prepare invoices, though we are able to respond to e-mail and will check voice-mail messages. You will likely not receive a reply until Monday unless the matter is urgent.

Unaudited Prices Realized can be checked on Stamp Auction Network. As always, please wait for an invoice by e-mail to inform you precisely what you have won, along with premium and tax if applicable.

Local buyers who are planning to pick up their lots will be able to do so beginning on Wednesday, February 4th by appointment. Please contact us by e-mail or telephone and we will advise of the hours we are available. There is plenty of free visitor’s parking at 1550 Carling.

We are accepting consignments through February 27th for a sale in May. Please contact us to let us know what you have available.

Auction #16 Catalogues are in the mail

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Our printed catalogue for Sale #16 was sent out this afternoon. Customers in Ontario and Québec will likely receive theirs this week, while the rest of Canada will have them in hand early next week, and US destinations by the end of the week.

A small number of catalogues were sent to more distant recipients just before the New Year.

Please let us know if you are expecting a copy and have not received it by January 16th.

Auction #16 will take place on January 27-29, 2015

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After organizing our new offices and getting comfortable, we are gearing up for an excellent sale in the new year. Most lotting is complete, and catalogue production will start very soon.

Our Canada & BNA offering has many highlights, including two Seaway Inverts (mint NH, and seldom seen used), a collection of plate block Officials including high values with missing periods, an XF unused Newfoundland #2, a 1933 bistre Balbo Flight with Inverted Surcharge.

Canada also features the lovely Summerhill Collection of Admirals. The owner made a point of collecting the very best quality of every Admiral listed in the Unitrade catalogue. All mint never hinged, fresh, very fine centered or better, in singles and often in blocks, including coil multiples. A few major re-entries (used) are also included.

The British Commonwealth is highlighted by the Stanstead Collection, primarily Africa to 1953. With consistently high quality, where used sets were available in nice condition, these were preferred. Overall the offering has very rich, deep colour. In some sets the high values are mint (sometimes never hinged), reflecting the owner’s wish to avoid used high values that may have had suspect cancels.

Commonwealth also includes a very nice Falkland Islands collection.

We continue to offer consistently good Postal History, with both individual and grouped lots, and many wide-ranging collections & accumulations of considerable volume that will reward inspection.

The auction will be held on January 27th, 28th and 29th, 2015 in our new premises at 1550 Carling Avenue, Suite 203, Ottawa. Catalogues will be mailed early in the new year, with posting on sparks-auctions.com and Stamp Auction Network at that time as well.

We have already amassed much material for a spring sale. Please contact us if you have anything you would like included.

-Sparks Auctions
Ottawa, Canada

Auction #15 Post-Sale Information

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We thank all of our bidders in Sale #15, which concluded yesterday evening. We are checking the sale results for accuracy, and then we will be readying invoices, organizing material, and preparing shipping estimates.

While we are working, our telephone line is going to voicemail, and we will only be able to respond to e-mails intermittently.

If you would like to know if you were the successful bidder on a lot, you can check the Prices Realized on Stamp Auction Network by going to our sale and clicking “Realizations.”

LOCAL OTTAWA CUSTOMERS

We will send you your invoice as soon as it has been checked and organized. Pickup for local bidders begins during office hours on Wednesday, August 27th, 10:00am-5pm. Please send us an e-mail or call with a message that you are coming to pick up, so we can have your material ready.

OUT-OF-TOWN CUSTOMERS

We will e-mail you your invoice with shipping charges as soon as it has been checked and organized. If we have your payment information on file and have your permission to charge you, we will do so and send your material as soon
as we can. Please note that we now add a 2.5% charge for processing credit cards. There is no fee for payment by cheque. You can call our voicemail with your credit card details, or send the number to us in multiple e-mails for security.

WE ARE MOVING!!

Within a couple of weeks, we will be packing up to move to new offices. We have a nice suite, with an adjoining space for the viewing and auction sessions. The address is noted at the end of this message, and you can learn more on our website.

Next week we will provide some commentary about this auction here on sparks-auctions.com, and feature some nice realizations.

ADDRESS AFTER SEPTEMBER 15th

1550 Carling Avenue, Suite 202
Ottawa, ON
K1Z 8S8
613-567-3336

Lots & Collections are being sold today

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Lot 1601
Lot 1601

We begin the last session of Sale #15 today at 1pm EDT. There are nearly 450 lots to be sold, which will likely take us close to five hours. You will find unaudited Realizations on Stamp Auction Network as the sale progresses.

E-mail invoices will be sent out as soon as possible to successful bidders, at which time you can make shipping and payment arrangements.

Local bidders will be able to pick up their winnings either at the conclusion of today’s session, or beginning next Wednesday August 27th. Please wait until you receive your invoice by e-mail before coming in to pay and collect.