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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria Auction, 7-8 July 2010
Desktop Auction of Coins, Medals and Banknotes, 28 June 2010
British, Italian and World Coins, Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books Auction, 16-17 June 2010
Desktop Auction of Coins, 17 May 2010
Desktop Auction of Military Books, 26 April 2010
Desktop Auction of Coins, Tokens, Medallions and Paper Money, 19 April 2010
Paper Money Auction, 13 April 2010
Orders, Decorations and Medals Auction, 31 March 2010
Desktop Auction of Medals, 22 March 2010
Celtic, British and World Coins, Numismatic Books Auction, 17 March 2010
Desktop Auction of Coins, Tokens, Medallions and Paper Money, 8 March 2010
Desktop Auction of Coins, Tokens, Medallions and Paper Money, 15 February 2010
Desktop Auction of Medals, 8 February 2010
Desktop Auction of Coins, Tokens, Medallions and Paper Money, closing 30 November-14 December 2009
British and World Coins, Medals and Numismatic Books Auction, 10 December 2009
Orders, Decorations and Medals Auction, 2 December 2009
Desktop Auction of Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith, 23 November 2009
Desktop Auction of The Collection of British Campaign Awards formed by the late Bruce Cazel, 16 November 2009
Desktop Auction of Coins and Paper Money, closing from 22 October 2009
Falklands Hero's MM sets a new bar for the award
Tokens, Tickets and Passes Auction, 7 October 2009
Ancient Coin Auction, 5 October 2009
Celtic Coin Auction, 5 October 2009
Paper Money Auction, 1 October 2009
British and World Coins Auction, 30 September 2009
Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria Auction, 17-18 September 2009
The first CGC to be sold fetches record live auction price
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Falklands Hero's MM sets a new bar for the award
29 Dec 09
“I was told that on the boat back to Ascension Island, General Bramall came on board and gave the lads a tremendous speech. Afterwards he was asked the question. ‘Sir, why did you send the Parachute Regiment?’
His reply was short and to the point: ‘Gentlemen, because I wanted to win.”
The important ‘Falklands’ M.M. group awarded to Captain Ian Bailey, 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, who as a 22 year old Corporal charged with fixed bayonet and grenades the elevated Argentine position at Mount Longdon, was sold for £70,000, a record for a Military Medal, at our last auction of 2009 on 2nd December.
Bailey was shot three times causing severe wounds to his neck and hip and was the last man to see Sergeant Ian McKay VC alive. He went on to serve a further 20 years in the Parachute Regiment retiring with the rank of Captain. The action at Mount Longdon claimed more lives than any other battle of the conflict and Bailey’s own wounds came back to haunt him 22 years later when it was discovered that he still had an Argentine bullet and numerous fragments of shrapnel lodged in his hip - it was not until June this year that they were finally removed by a surgeon.
Read the whole story here.
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