Cheshire Heraldry Web Journal (Blog)

Another recent EBay sale worthy of note is the Medieval Armorial Manuscript described by the seller (in rather broken English) as an original medieval English family tree manuscript with painted and coloured coats of arms dated 1634, this is probably quite an unusual find for the commercial market as it is not often that something of […]

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Another item of some Cheshire heraldic interest sold on EBay recently is a little Girl Guide Cheshire Border County Badge made by Butler of Birmingham and measuring 23 x 31mm.  It was sold on the 19th November for £5.19 plus £1.85 shipping. I confess to having placed a half hearted bid for this one with […]

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My first post of the New Year reports two sales on eBay which may be of interest to armorists. The first is the sale of the Letters Patent of a grant from the College of Arms to Oswald Milne of Prestwich Lancashire which fell under the hammer for £335 (plus £11 post and packing) with […]

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Recently sold on Ebay (12th July 2010) for a final bid of £155.87 and postage and packing of £8.00 Letters Patent to Richard Orford granting permission to use the name and arms of Robert Holt. Described by the vendor as being “an original scroll from the Royal College of Arms in London. The scroll is […]

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Burke’s General Armory informs us, in the entry for Quin (Windham-Quin, Earl of Dunraven and Mountearl), that the Earl of Dunraven wishing to perpetuate the more ancient arms of his ancestors, the O’Qins of Munster, obtained from the present Ulster King of Arms the right to bear them [the arms of O’Quin] instead of those […]

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On the 26th March with six bidders competing for ownership the eBay hammer was knocked down at £385.00 (plus £10 UK postage) on a grant of arms to Reginald Benett Graves Knyfton of Uphill castle in Somerset.  Described by the vendor as a ”grant of a coat of arms document with 4 hand painted coats of arms […]

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Taking a brief look at internet auction sales during 2009 I came across this one which I don’t think I had time to bring to your attention. It is the 19th Century Scottish Grant of Arms to Wallace complete with original Leather Box.
 
Described as being a 59cm x 44cm grant of arms document hand painted with the […]

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Continuing the heraldry under the hammer theme, Christies auction house has listed the upcoming auction of the Roger Warner collection on 20th - 21st January and lot 348, the arms of Booth quartering others for George 2nd earl of Warrington, is of particular interest to the Cheshire Heraldry weblog. With an estimate of £3000 to £5000 […]

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Sold on eBay for £265.00 on the 9th December 2008 this grant of arms attracted seven bidders.
 
Described in the heading, by the vendor, as a “fine King George V grant of arms & seals in box” and further described thus:
This magnificent hand painted and written document is in the original box with both original wax […]

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The owner of this weblog has been asked, by a vendor, to remove some images of items sold on eBay and has declined to do so. Sellers ought to be familiar with UK copyright laws and should therefore already be aware that under UK copyright the following acts are allowed:
“Fair dealing is a term used to describe acts which […]

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