At Philatelic Heritage we pay absolute top prices for coin and stamp collections, accumulations, valuable single items, modern mint issues, sovereigns and half sovereigns, and all gold coins – especially required are old collections aquired from reputable dealers and auction houses pre-1980.

If the item hammers out at £380, you will be lucky to receive a cheque for £270 after deduction of commissions, VAT and expenses, storage fees, insurance etc. And that is assuming your lot sells for our maximum bid. In most cases we manage to buy at auction for well below, and on occasions very substantially below the maximum we were prepared to pay. Further, auction houses are slow payers and take at least 30 days (sometimes 45 days to pay you), and they only pay when they get paid. If a winning bidder reneges on his bid you receive nothing. So it makes sense to deal direct and get paid on the spot in full.