Post Auction Followup

Lot organization and invoicing are mostly complete. We expect to ship nearly every paid invoice by the end of business on Friday, with the exception of the bulkier items that need to be picked up at our offices by the carrier. These larger items will go out Monday.

If you have not heard from us about your invoice by Saturday, you may need to contact us with updated information.

Invoicing & Shipping for Auction #2

We are working hard to organize and prepare all of the lots from this auction. Some invoices have been sent where the shipping charge was straightforward, but we need to check weights etc. for bulkier lots. We hope to begin shipping on Thursday for many customers. If you have not heard from us either by e-mail or telephone by late afternoon Wednesday, June 10th, please contact us.

Prices Realized have been updated at StampAuctionNetwork (link at right) to accurately reflect the final totals.

Auction #2 Complete

We have finished calling Sessions 5 and 6 today. The number of lots we attempted in the scheduled time was perhaps more ambitious than the speed of bidding allows, and we thank all of our bidders (in person, on the telephone, and on the net) for their patience as we completed yesterday’s bidding after 11:30pm and today’s sessions at 9pm. The results, however, were very satisfying and we will be detailing some of the better realizations in the coming days.

Winning bidders should allow us some time on Monday to organize lots and prepare for shipping. For the moment, prices realized on Stamp Auction Network (link on the right) will give you a good idea of how you fared in the sale. We will contact you with your results either by e-mail or telephone as we organize the mailing. Local Ottawa pick-ups should wait at least until Tuesday, and call us to make sure we have your material ready.

Thanks to all of our bidders for a very successful auction!

Catalogues

The catalogues have been mailed, along with a small number of custom CDs for those customers who requested them.

After the holiday weekend here in Canada, we will actively update and post bids via Stamp Auction Network beginning next Tuesday. As well, we will begin our series of in-depth features for selected lots in this auction at that time.

Sparks customers who are attending Royale 2008 Québec in Québec City will have the opportunity to discuss Sale #2 with auctioneer Ian Kimmerly, who will be in attendance and have catalogues available.

Sparks Auction #2 — June 6th & 7th, 2008

We are pleased to announce the dates for our second auction. It will be held on Friday June 6th and Saturday June 7th, 2008.

The auction offers nearly 2000 lots in Commonwealth, WorldWide, Canada, Postal History and Lots & Collections. Highlights include SouthWest Africa, Mafia Island and East Africa, lovely pence issues of Canada and B.N.A., Large and Small Queens, rarities and die proofs from King George VII and Queen Elizabeth II, back of the book and provinces, postal history (especially Nova Scotia), and featuring a magnificent De Pinedo cover of Newfoundland and a very large volume of lots and collections that despite the sheer size does not sacrifice quality.

We will use this space in the coming weeks to detail specific lots and tell more stories about the terrific items in this sale.

The catalogue is now at the printer and is expected to arrive back in our offices for mailing during the week of May 12th. We will have the catalogue PDF files on our site by that date as well, with the complete supplementary image galleries later in the same week. The auction will also appear on Stamp Auction Network for bidding soon after.

Please contact us if you would like to receive a copy of the printed catalogue, if you want to register to bid, or with any other questions.