Noonans
Noonans is a London auction house which specialises in coins, medals, militaria, banknotes, jewellery, watches and antiquities.
It was founded in 1990 by Nimrod Dix, Pierce Noonan and Christopher Webb, and was previously known as Dix Noonan Webb. In April 2022 it announced it was changing its name to Noonans, part of a general rebranding rather than indicating any change of ownership
With offices in Mayfair, the specialist auctioneers also handle private treaty sales.
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New hires and promotions including at Lyon & Turnbull and Duke’s
14 April 2022The latest Movers & Shakers updates across the world of art and antiques.
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Dix Noonan Webb rebrands as Noonans
04 April 2022Auction house Dix Noonan Webb (DNW) will be shortening its name to Noonans from the end of April.
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Strike two for Sampson & Mordan vesta cases
28 March 2022The Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu sale at Dix Noonan Webb (25% buyer’s premium) in London on March 15 included more fine silver and enamel vesta cases by Sampson Mordan & Co to add to those sold by the firm in September 2021.
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Anglo-Saxon coin emerged from stubble
14 March 2022An Anglo-Saxon gold shilling or thrymsa dating from 650- 670AD took £15,000 at Dix Noonan Webb in Mayfair.
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Medals and militaria: Demand for medal groups backed by stirring accounts of bravery shows no sign of easing up
14 March 2022The healthy demand for top-notch medals with interesting back-stories shows no sign of decreasing, judging by recent results.
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Metal detectorist's medieval gold cross emerges at London auction
07 March 2022This early medieval gold cross was discovered by a metal detectorist in a field in Sutton St Edmund, Lincolnshire, in April 2019. After two years, going through the Treasure process, the cross was returned to the finder, who is selling it at Dix Noonan Webb on March 15.
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There really was trouble at mill
28 February 2022The third and final part of the collection of 19th century silver trade tokens formed by John Akins was offered by Dix Noonan Webb (24% buyer’s premium) in London as part of its February 1-2 sale.
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Record for Cromwellian coin
14 February 2022The fourth and final part of the North Yorkshire Moors collection of coins and medals sold by Dix Noonan Webb included some exceptional examples from the Interregnum.
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A costly Ploughman
14 February 2022The first tranche from a large collection of Irish banknotes assembled by the late Gus Mac Amhlaigh of Dublin sold by DNW on November 25 included red and orange Bank of Ireland £20 ‘specimen’ notes from the famous Ploughman series.
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‘A tiger in a fight’
14 February 2022Dix Noonan Webb set a record for a British army Victoria Cross on June 23.
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RAF Museum buys medals awarded to last surviving Tirpitz attacker from 617 (Dambuster) Squadron
03 February 2022The medal group awarded to the last surviving RAF pilot of 617 (Dambuster) Squadron to attack the German battleship Tirpitz has been sold to the RAF Museum via a sale arranged by London auction house Dix Noonan Webb.
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The death penny ‘issued in error’ to a deserter
17 January 2022The ubiquitous First World War memorial plaques – the ‘death penny’ – need to have a posthumous recipient of note to sell for anything more than £50-100.
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Irish ploughman notes picked up by collectors
03 January 2022On November 25 Dix Noonan Webb sold the first tranche of banknotes from the enormous collection of the late Gus Mac Amhlaigh of Dublin.
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Elizabethan sovereigns fit into white glove
29 November 2021A single-owner collection of 33 sovereigns from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I generated a white-glove result at London auction house Dix Noonan Webb (24% buyer’s premium).
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Pick of the week: Silver vesta case strikes a blow for the motor car
20 September 2021This rare Victorian silver vesta case with an enamelled scene of an early tiller-driven automobile is hallmarked for Sampson Mordan & Co, London 1896.
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Many happy returns for Margaret’s birthday gift
20 September 2021It is difficult to replicate the occasion of a royal themed auction. Ergo not everything that resurfaces on the market from the fabled ‘Princess Margaret’ sale at Christie’s in June 2006 shows a great appreciation in value.
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Newark-minted ‘money of necessity’ at Dix Noonan Webb
06 September 2021Siege money or ‘money of necessity’ was minted in Newark in 1646 during the town’s third siege and the last year of the First English Civil War.
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Medal awarded to the first British soldier killed in the First World War sells at Dix Noonan Webb
23 August 2021This otherwise humble 1914 Star acquired great historical resonance in the knowledge it was awarded to Private John Parr of the 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment).
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Lover and a fighter: Battle of Britain ace Peter Townsend
09 August 2021Among the medal groups that impressed at Dix Noonan Webb's July 21 auction was one awarded to a famous recipient: RAF Group Captain Peter Townsend.
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Medals and militaria: Victoria Cross sets army auction record
09 August 2021A new high for a British army Victoria Cross as 'exceptional’ example also sets a house record for a medal at Dix Noonan Webb
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