Medals
Medals have always been a big part of Charterhouse auctions. Richard Bromell, Director, was taken (or dragged) around medal & militaria fairs and auctions as a child by his father who had a huge passion for collecting.
Moving forward nearly 60 years, the interest and enthusiasm Richards’s father had has rubbed off onto Richard and he now heads up the medal, militaria, coins and stamp division at Charterhouse. Medals sold by Charterhouse are researched to make certain they bring their full potential.
Although medals can look the same, values can differ hugely depending on rank, regiment, campaign and citation. A good example of this could be a pair of WWI medals. A pair awarded to a Private who served with The Royal Engineers could sell for under £100, but a pair which look identical, but awarded to an Australian Gallipoli casualty could sell for over £2,000. We often sell medals straight from the family, and the highest price paid for a medal group at Charterhouse was sold for the son of the recipient.
The medals sold were awarded to Ft Lt Richard Trevor-Roper. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his part in The Dambusters Raid as Guy Gibson’s rear gunner in the lead Lancaster. The medal group sold for an astonishing £148,000 to a collector. If you have a medal or group of medals, contact Richard Bromell at our salerooms 01935 812277 or send him images to info@charterhouse-auction.com and Richard will get back to you with a valuation.
All of our auctions use live internet bidding platforms to ensure that every lot, whether it is worth £20 or £500,000, reaches the widest possible market and sells for the best price possible. In the run-up to an auction, we receive 100s of emails requesting further information for lots in the sale. Attached to these email replies, we regularly send well over 1,000 digital images, such is the huge interest generated in our auctions.
For further information about medals at Charterhouse, please contact Richard Bromell ASFAV at rb@charterhouse-auction.com, or at the office on 01935 812277.
Marvellous Medals Collection Comes to Charterhouse
A large single owner collection of military medals, estimated to sell for £35,000-40,000, is being sold by Charterhouse in Sherborne Thursday 28th May.
“The owner was a professional soldier during his life and ended up as a high ranking officer.” Commented Richard Bromell. “In retirement, his interest in medal collecting took off and he spent nearly 30 years amassing the collection.”
The owner, who lived on the Somerset/Wiltshire border, specialised in collecting medals from The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. There are nearly 100 lots of medals which date from the mid-1850’s through to the early 21st century.
The medal collection forms part of the three day auction at Charterhouse, The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne, with a vast single owner collection of automobilia on Wednesday 27th, medals, coins, stamps and toys on Thursday 28th and then antiques, interiors, clocks and wine on Friday 29th May.
All lots, details, and live online bidding, are available on charterhouse-auction.com
Richard Bromell and the team at Charterhouse, The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne are available for valuations on 01935 812277 or via rb@charterhouse-auction.com
Richard Bromell with a group of 10 medals awarded to Major G Framingham, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers £1,500-2,500 from the collection
