Announcements

Our successful inaugural auction took place in November of last year. Here on our website you can view a pdf copy of the catalogue for the November 2007 sale in addition to the “enhanced content” – namely the hundreds of scans available online to provide additional exposure to the material.

We are in the process of lotting for our next sale, scheduled for May 2008. As such, we are seeking consignments. They can range from single rare stamps, essays, covers, full collections and dealer inventories.

Benefits of consignments to Sparks Auctions:
• Consignments broken down in a way to maximize returns to consignors
• Material insured while in our possession
• Lavishly illustrated colour catalogues sent worldwide to eager buyers
• Auction listed at StampAuctionNetwork with Live bidding during the auction – results in “international prices” rather than local prices for material sold

Should you have any material that you would like to dispose of, please contact us at 613.567.3336 or at info@sparks-auctions.com. We still have time to include your material in our May sale!

We would like to thank all of the bidders and consignors to our inaugural auction of November 8-10th, 2007. Please call our office at the number above with any ongoing concerns about auction winnings and payments.

We are continuing to accept material for our next sale, tentatively planned for April or May of 2008. There have been many lessons to learn from our first sale, and we anticipate an even better auction for our second.

Contact us if you are interested in consigning, if you would like to receive the auction CD and/or mailing list notifications as the date approaches, or if there is anything else you would like to discuss.

We wish all of our customers the best of the upcoming holidays and in 2008!

Please join us for the last day of our inaugural auction. Session 5 (Postal History) begins at 10:30am EST, with Session 6 (Collections, Remainders & Ephemera) at 1:30pm.

Prices Realized for the first four sessions are posted on the StampAuctionNetwork site. We should note that bidders who applied before the auction to be allowed to bid on SAN can get quick approval if they contact us with credit card information by either fax, phone or e-mail.

We have taken a short break from calling Session #1.  The Session will resume at 7pm EST with lot # 474.

The six sessions of our inaugural auction begin today with Canada and B.N.A., and continue tomorrow with Commonwealth and Worldwide, then on Saturday with Postal History and Collections (see the schedule on our viewing link in the right sidebar). Advance bidding has been steady and we look forward to an active floor and strong internet bids.

Some important notes:

• Opening Bids are updated live at Stamp Auction Network (click on the button for Openings at the top of our auction).
• If you want to bid on-line, allow time for your registration to be approved. At least 24 hours is advisable while the auction sessions are proceeding. For speediest confirmation, provide your credit card information. You can call us or fax it to the numbers above, or even e-mail it (use two messages if you want extra security while in transit).
• International bidders following the sale on-line should note that we are in the Eastern Standard time zone (North America), GMT -0500. It will be 6pm in London, England when our 1pm session begins today, etc.

We wish all of our bidders (and consignors!) the best of luck in a sale that is shaping up to be quite remarkable.