Spink & Son Ltd.

Business
established 1666

Constituent Alternate Name(s)
Spink & Son

Relations
Business Employee: Simon Ray, Michael C. Spink
See Also: Spink & Son (Zurich)

Place of activity: London, United Kingdom;

In 1666 John Spink opened a business as a goldsmith and pawnbroker located on Lombard Street in the City of London. By the time Spink and Son was established in 1772, the firm was dealing in coins and jewelry from premises at 1 and 2 Gracechurch Street. A century later it was designing and minting its own medals. Around 1902 Spink moved to 17 and 18 Piccadilly and opened an art business that specialized in British and Oriental art. In 1927 it moved to 5--7 King Street, St. James's.

Andrew Weir and Company acquired Spink and Son in 1977 and then sold it to Christie's in 1993. It was sold again in 2002 to an investment capital firm based in Singapore. Today Spink deals primarily in the sale of coins, banknotes, philately, stock and bond certificates, and medals. Its headquarters are at 69 Southampton Row in London.

 

Literature
Biographical Dictionary of Medalists, Coin, Gem and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, Etc., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500--A.D. 1900, vol. 1 (1902), p. 132.
Spink Today, see https://www.spink.com/spink-today.aspx
"Messrs. Spink and Son," Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851--1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011; see http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib4_1238163888