Historical & Collectable, the only auction house in the world to regularly hold specialist auctions of Commemoratives and Staffordshire Pot Lids, is owned and run by
Andrew Hilton who personally has forty-five years experience of these popular Collectables.
Commencing his career in 1973 with international auction house Phillips Son & Neale, Andrew Hilton, already
responsible for the auctions of Staffordshire Pot Lids, identified the growing popularity for Collectors Items
in the late 1970's. The world famous Collectors Department was
established in London's Mayfair in 1980 catering for auctions as diverse as toys and dolls, rock and pop memorabilia, cars and
traditional river craft also proved
hugely popular and all appealing to a worldwide audience. He was appointed a Director of Phillips in 1983.
In 1991
Andrew Hilton set up his own auction house Special
Auction Services and under his leadership the variety and
success of the sales flourished. Driven by his passion
for and historical interest in Commeratives, Staffordshire Pot Lids, Fairings and
Baxter Prints, he choose to
concentrate solely on these ever popular subjects. In
passing ownership of his auction company to staff he
continued to trade as Historical and Collectable.
Regarded as the leading authority Historical & Collectable continues to host regular auctions of Commemoratives and Pot Lids. Notable collections sold by Andrew Hilton include those of both the authors of the works of reference on Pot Lids: Abe Ball and more recently Keith Mortimer as well as the collection of the
entertainment celebrity Leslie Crowther. Andrew Hilton also held the auctions of the Shnayerson Collection of British Political Commemoratives, the Wood and the Colbert Collections of Commemoratives.
Currently he is working on the disposal of the celebrated
Simpson collection of Commemoratives which is to be sold in
2021.
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