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Medal

Golf medal converted to a brooch more than triples estimate at Mullock’s
14 February 2022This 18ct gold and enamel medal was awarded to Reginald Arthur Whitcombe (1898-1957) for winning the 1936 Open Golf Championship of Ireland.

Medal reflects unofficial Olympics that followed the 1904 St Louis flop
03 January 2022This silver medal sold for £3250 at Fellows (23% buyer’s premium) is one of a relatively small number awarded at the Intercalated Games in Athens in 1906.

Bidders sense the Links effect
03 January 2022Perhaps established as early as 1735, the Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh holds claim to be the oldest golfing society in the world.

Hefty price for medals won by footballer ‘Fanny’
29 November 2021If you ever encounter the pub quiz question ‘who is the smallest footballer ever to represent England at a senior level’ just remember an FA Cup winner’s medal sold at sporting specialist auction house Knights (20% buyer’s premium).

Third Lanark remembered at McTear’s auction
08 November 2021Not all football memorabilia has to be Manchester United or early FA Cup, say, to catch the eye of buyers.

The earliest Manchester United medal sold at auction
08 November 2021The highlight of an impressive range of football memorabilia offered by specialist Graham Budd (20.5% buyer’s premium) was the earliest Manchester United medal sold at auction.

Gold medal for an England football debut doubles estimate at Fieldings' auction
23 August 2021In the mid 1930s players making an England debut could receive a gold commemorative medal instead of their normal match fee.

Coins and medals ‘up 15-20%’ during £53m year for London’s salerooms
15 February 2021Despite the near absence of face-to-face trading, 2020 was a record year for London’s coins and medals auction houses with combined total sales just shy of £53m.

Norman Whiteside’s memorabilia proves happy hunting ground for bidders at Ewbank's
10 August 2020The FA Cup proved a happy hunting ground for Norman Whiteside in his playing days and at auction many years later the competition was still proving to be a big winner for him.

Wolverhampton Wanderers FA Cup and Olympic medals sell at Mullock’s
11 May 2020A gold winner’s medal awarded for the 1893 FA Cup – Wolverhampton Wanderers’ first major trophy – sold for £8000 at Mullock’s (20% buyer’s premium) on April 29-30.

Naval success was right on the money
16 March 2020A First World War medal fashioned from a Mexican eight reales coin was an unusual feature of a group sold at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (23% buyer’s premium) on February 19.

Celtic 1967 European Cup winners' medal for sale in Glasgow
02 March 2020The medal awarded to Celtic footballer Steve Chalmers who scored the winning goal as they became the first British club to win the European Cup in 1967 is coming to auction.

Great sports: 1911 football shirt and cycling souvenirs
02 March 2020With tripartite appeal to football fans of England, Wales and – most importantly as it turned out – of Millwall FC, a historic shirt was a winner at Hansons’ ( 20% buyer’s premium) sporting sale.

First Olympic medal to be won by a black British athlete beats Antiques Roadshow valuation at auction
19 November 2019The first Olympic medals won by a black British athlete together with his sporting memorabilia sold at Hansons today.

First Olympic medal to be won by a black British athlete comes to auction
14 November 2019Jack London (1905-66) became the first black British athlete to win an Olympic medal when he was awarded bronze in the 4x4 100 metres relay and a silver in the 100 metres sprint in the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.

Celtic medal to club legend sells in Glasgow
28 October 2019A reminder of football’s early days, when huge crowds watched teams from the Scottish league playing counterparts from England, this 15ct gold medal with enamelled Scottish lion rampant was a hit when offered in its spiritual home of Glasgow by McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium).

Buyer’s premium rise for leading UK coin auctioneer
29 July 2019Dix Noonan Webb (DNW) has become the first UK numismatics auctioneer to set its buyer’s premium beyond 20%. The London-based coins, medal and jewellery specialist will charge a premium of 24% from September.

Manchester United winner's medal for their first ever league title sells at Glasgow auction
30 April 2019Manchester United fans distraught at the prospect of their arch-rivals City or… shudder… even Liverpool winning the title this season can perhaps take solace from earlier Red Devils successes.

Home turf before theatre of dreams
03 December 2018A rare photographic postcard sold via thesaleroom.com at a surprise £850 (estimate £30-50) at Toovey’s (24.5% buyer’s premium) in Washington, West Sussex on October 30.

Scottish Cup medal from 1923 gives reminder of Celtic celebration at Glasgow sale
03 December 2018A Glasgow bidder in the room secured a Scottish Cup medal won in 1923 by a player from the green and white half of the Old Firm.

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