TOPIC:

This medal to Lt A E Judd, Driscoll's Scouts, sold at Spink in July 2019 for a hammer price of £650. It is being advertised in the next Spink online sale, with no information and an estimate of £160-£200.


Picture courtesy of Spink

The Spink online auction has opened. The QSA to Lt Judd, Driscoll's Scouts, had already reached a bid of £500. The auction closes in another 10 days, at which time the catalogue for the next, full Spink auction should be available

The auction closed today and Lt Judd's medal sold for a hammer price of £900. A Wepener casualty before his commission and a very nice medal.

Picture courtesy of Spink

QSA (4) Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (3425 Pte J. Watkin, Royal Scots.),

Entitled to SA01.

To Army Reserve, 24 October 1901. No service record found.

QSA (5). Sotheby July 1974. Liverpool Medals November 2004 £750. Historik Orders September 2015 £1,290.

The QSA to Watkins sold for a hammer price of £650. Totals (inc VAT on the commission for the UK only): £806. R15,700. Au$1,410. Can$1,350. US$1,080

The estimate was £80-£120. As the auctioneer said about the estimate 'We clearly missed something there'.

Here is a 4 clasp incl. WEPENER to 565 T. O'sullivan Cape M.R.
Medal has been heavily lacquered. I used a finger nail on the rim with some success.

When I did a name search on this site he does not appear, any thoughts would be appreciated