Last week, Christies, the famous auction house, held an autograph auction in London. The prices realised were astronomical...
For example, Queen Elizabeth I sold at the auction for £33,000 ($66,000). We sold a similar item last year for just £28,000 ($56,000). Gauguin sold at Christies for £22,000 ($44,000) plus the hammer commission. We recently sold similar for £15,000 ($30,000).
It went on and on...Martin Luther, Charles Darwin, Sir Isaac Newton...all far exceeding the estimates placed by the Christies experts. As an example of low expectations, the experts estimated Napoleon would go for estimated at £30-£50,000 ($60-$100,000), yet it sold for an extraordinary £200,000 ($400,000).
These exceptional prices realised at Christies made us think…
How we can best help you sell items you buy from us at the maximum price too? This thinking led us to quite possibly the most intriguing offer we have ever made…
Have us do the work of making you a profit
We have hand selected a number of our rarest autographs where, after the Christies auction, we believe our current retail price is lower than the potential market price.
If you place a minimum of £25,000 ($50,000) with us in these “investment grade” items, we will do our best to deliver a minimum 20% return to you within 1 to 3 years.
How can you be certain that we'll do our best to make you a profit? Because you'll incentivize us to try our best. In what we're offering, we will only make money on the sale if you make money. This is the intriguing part, so let me explain…
We are Europe's largest autograph dealer, part of the Stanley Gibbons Group that recruited 20,000 new collectors last year. One of the common objections we hear from new collectors is “I can see the appeal of these extraordinary items, but my concern is, when the time comes to sell, how do I sell at the highest price?”
With today's offer, we'll take care of that hard part for you. We will actively try to sell what you buy from us, at a profit. You'll have us, one of the world's largest market makers, working on your behalf to achieve 20%+ returns within 1 to 3 years.
In today's offer, it is in our interest to actively market the material on your behalf at a profit...as we will only make money here if you make money.
You see, if we go through the effort of finding a buyer for your material at a profit, we ask you for a 20% commission on the profits we achieve for you.
While we have never made such an offer like this before, it makes a good deal of sense for both you and me… Think about it...
You have our team working to sell your items. And you only pay a commission on profits achieved for you.
We believe this is an exceptional offer. Of course, we can't offer it on all of our stock. This offer is limited to certain “investment grade” items – items of the quality sold at the Christies auction.
In short, with the record prices achieved at the Christies sale, we're offering you some truly exceptional items, at what we believe to be below-market prices, with the added benefit of leaving them with us, so we can do our best efforts to sell them at a profit for you.
If you are interested in this offer we urge you to contact us immediately, as we only have a limited supply of investment-grade material at below-market prices, and these portfolios will be sold on a first come first served basis.
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+44 (0) 1481 708 277 or
email investment@stanleygibbons.co.uk
TOLL FREE from the USA 1 866 644 6146
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Happy investing
Adrian Roose
+44 (0) 1481 708 277
aroose@stanleygibbons.co.uk
www.stanleygibbons.com/investment
P.S. For those of you who missed out on our June 28th offer (“best offer ever, for 48 hours only”), now is your chance. That offer was severely limited...We were oversubscribed by a factor of 50 as we were only able to cater for a handful of investors on a first come first served basis.
If you missed out and wondered “when is the next offer?” This is it. Once again, supply of our rarest autographs is limited. If you're interested, please contact us immediately.