Stanley Gibbons has risen 300% this year and 30% in 6 weeks. Several institutions appear interested in building up a stockholdind. GET ON BOARD!

Hi partridge www.flowerseast.com is the home site for Angela Flowers and click on artists; when you can then click on individual names and find maybe half a dozen examples of what each artist offers. (Some of it does little for me I have to say, but there seems to be a young and dedicated collector fanbase!).
My links posted here never work for some reason but www.unquoted.co.uk if you go into the general ofex discussion forums (free, seconds to register) has some great articles by private investors on ofex stocks. One with 'Angie where will it lead us' is about ANG.
www.ofex.com is the market website and trading the shares is identical to other markets.
There's a lot of dead wood, but a few storming little companies too, i've shares in about half a dozen stocks. Winterfloods, Peel Hunt and Teathers are the main market makers. Some brokers need a phone call but you can often beat the sometimes wide looking spreads. Liquidity can be tight but a small spread of investments is well worth it.
Happy hunting!

Thanks - very helpful. Sorry we got off topic on this thread.SGi finished the day in fine form!

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my broker has this share as foreign trading from Jersey. Any comments?? SD

Registered Address : Pirouet House, Union Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE1 3WF
Head Office 399 Strand, London, WC2R 0LX

Plenty of reputable companies are registered offshore. Makes no difference, imo, except when you receive a dividend & the tax status may be different.

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The directors of Stanley Gibbons (AIM: SGI), Lo-Q (AIM: LOQ), and Sinclair Pharma plc (AIM: SPH) will be presenting:

Thursday the 25th June 2009
Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel, 35 Charles Street, Mayfair, W1J 5EB

The presentations will start at 6:00pm and finish at approx 7:30pm. After the presentations are complete the directors will also be available to take questions during a free canapand wine reception. Details on the presenting companies can be found below.

FREE registration, click HERE

These really are superb evenings set in a wonderful location, in the heart of Mayfair.

The evening is entirely FREE, and you can take the opportunity to chat and network with the presenting CEO's, industry professionals, and fellow private investors in a friendly networking event after the presentations.

If you have any problems registering or queries please email action@proactiveinvestors.com


Please note the nearest tube stations are either Green Park (5 minutes walk), or Bond Street, (7 mins).

I would like to have attended this, but next Thursday no good for me. Any feedback appreciated. SGI looks well run, with good prospects - my only nagging doubt about it relates to the guaranteed returns on some of their investment products. History littered with casualties offering such benefits, not least Equitable Life.

Decent trading update today. Growth being managed without recourse to any debt. Pleased to see that they have moved away from marketing products with guaranteed investment returns - plenty of opportunities to capitalise on the brand name, not least through recent investment in enhanced website and effort to unlock the Chinese collectors market, which they reckon to be 30 million people. With the business still below 50M market cap I am likely to be keeping mine locked away for the next few years, but always dyor.

Also a Shares Mag tip this week.

Strong set of numbers today and price has held up well after recent strong run. IMO still not expensive on fundamentals, but always dyor.

I've had my eye on these for a while, but as yet, haven't acted. Nice to see an 8% increase in the final dividend and 9% in total dividend.

Online sales double - must be doing something right. Check out interview http://www.brrmedia.co.uk/event/96755/michael-hall-ceo

Stanley Gibbons confident of growth
Date: Friday 10 Aug 2012


Collectibles dealer Stanley Gibbons reported rising interim profits and has forecast growth for the rest of the year ‘irrespective of economic conditions’ as it continues to lead the way in sourcing rare stamps.

The firm, which has set thousands of youngsters on the path to a life-time of stamp collecting, declared profits before tax for the first half of the year of £1.8m, up 8% on the same period of 2011, although sales were down 2% at £14.7m.

Online sales grew 90%, and this is clearly a growth area for the firm which felt confident enough to declare an interim dividend up 10% on 2011 at 2.75p per share.

Stock levels are valued at £24.5m as the firm prepares for the launch of a rare stamp fund in October.

The Chairman, Martin Bralsford, commented: “As a result of the success in sourcing of key philatelic rarities, the group is in a strong position to deliver growth in the remainder of the current year, irrespective of economic conditions, which is expected to include the launch of a rare stamp fund in October.

“The fund will be regulated and open to sophisticated investors and hold some of the most famous and best quality philatelic items at attractive

SGI performing strongly on the back of solid trading update and recent fundraising/acquisition of bidstart, a US based onile collectibles platform. No debt as at end of 2012, which should see results "in line with market expectations." Bidstart might be a bit of a gamble, although potential rewards look worth the risks imo - but always dyor.

Take a listen to the Stanley Gibbons Group talking about their recent results.

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LISTEN: Michael Hall, CEO of Stanley Gibbons Group, provides a trading update

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Stanley Gibbons and Mallett have reached agreed on the terms of a recommended cash offer to be made by TFAAG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stanley Gibbons, for the whole of the issued and to be issued share capital of Mallett.

The Offer will be 60 pence per Mallett Share payable in cash, which values the issued and to be issued share capital of Mallett at about £8.6 million.

This represented a premium of about 23.7 per cent. to the Closing Price of 48.5 pence per Mallett Share on 26 September 2014 (being the last Business Day prior to the date of this announcement).

It also represented a premium of about 11.1 per cent. to the average Closing Price per Mallett Share of approximately 54.0 pence over the three month period ended 26 September 2014 (being the last Business Day prior to the date of this announcement).

TFAAG has received irrevocable undertakings to accept the Offer in respect of a total of 10,247,700 Mallett Shares, representing, in aggregate, approximately 74.3 per cent. of Mallett's existing issued share capital.

These irrevocable undertakings to accept the Offer demonstrate the support for the Offer from Mallett Shareholders.

Included within these irrevocable undertakings are irrevocable undertakings from the Mallett Directors to accept the Offer in respect of their entire legal and beneficial holdings, representing, in aggregate, 24,200 Mallett Shares, representing approximately 0.2 per cent. of the existing issued share capital of Mallett.

StockMarketWire.com
Stanley Gibbons's H1 pretax profit has roared ahead to £3.7m, from £0.55m a year ago. Revenue spiked up to £27.1m, from £17.2m. It declared an interim dividend of 3.25p a share, from 3p.

Chairman Martin Bralsford said the enlarged group delivered a strong trading performance in the six months ended 30 September 2014, which included trading profits of £2.4m contributed from the acquisition of Noble and Murray Payne in November last year.

The growth in like-for-like profits of 93% in the period was primarily the result of the initial crystallisation of returns from some recent exceptional purchases of major high quality collections," Bralsford said in the results statement.

"The recent acquisition of Mallett on 20 October 2014 significantly enhances the Group's authority in fine antiques and decorating arts, consolidating its influence across the broad market for collectibles," he said.

"In particular, the acquisition provides a stronger online auction platform to enhance our stated strategy to become a leading online collectibles marketplace and global auction house for fine and decorative arts, collectibles and other valuables.

"As a result of the strength of the Group's combined expertise, international reach and loyal client base, your Board believes there are substantial opportunities to increase market share and to consolidate the market further, particularly from the commercialisation of our recently launched online marketplace."

Key operational highlights:

· Important milestone in the delivery of online strategy with the "soft launch" in November 2014 of the online collectibles marketplace, which can be viewed at marketplace.stanleygibbons.com, with the "hard launch" release scheduled for Q1, 2015

· The integration of Baldwin's with their move to our retail flagship premises at 399 Strand, London was completed to plan and opened for trading on Monday 27 October

· Sale of Baldwin's freehold property at 11 Adelphi Terrace, London for a consideration of £4.5m, with completion scheduled on 17 November 2014

· Acquisition of Mallett plc ("Mallett") on 20 October 2014 for a total cash consideration of £8.8m, excluding deal costs, together with net debt in the Mallett business of £1.4m. This represents a 22% discount compared to the £11.3m carrying book cost of Mallett inventories

· Advantage taken of a number of exceptional opportunities to purchase high value quality collections providing benefit from sales to high net worth clients during the period

· Noble and Murray Payne acquisitions contributed £2.4m to trading profits in the period with integration benefits and cross selling opportunities being delivered in line with plan

Stanley Gibbons provides an update to the market on its estimated results for the preceding financial year ended 31 March 2015, and a trading outlook for the current year.

New research note at http://tinyurl.com/o8vv5ay

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Stanley Gibbons has posted an improved FY pretax profit of £3.1m, from a year-ago profit of £2.2m. Revenue was £56.9m, from £51.8m. Total dividend was 5p a share, against 7p for the preceding 15 months.

Chairman Martin Bralsford commented:

"The successful launch of the Stanley Gibbons Online Marketplace in May this year represented a key milestone towards delivery of the Group's long term strategy.

"The launch marks the beginning of our mission to provide people with the best marketplace for collectibles, built on a community of honest and knowledgeable collectors.

"Our recent acquisitions provide the Group with a breadth and depth of internal expert knowledge and trusted brands in their respective fields providing the base from which to deliver on our stated strategy to become a global auction house supported by a professional online auction platform.

"The Board therefore remains confident that the strength of the market twinned with the expected return from the delivery of our strategy, particularly from the commercialisation of our recently launched Online Marketplace, provides material profit growth potential in the current financial year and beyond."

OUTLOOK
· The quality of our stockholding provides the opportunity to deliver growth in sales and profits in the current year

· One of the high value sales, which failed to complete by the year end, was completed in April 2015

· Following the launch of the Stanley Gibbons Online Marketplace on 21 May 2015 growth in visitor numbers and GMV has been encouraging. We are focussed on delivering material growth in GMV and will be in a better position to report on the performance of our new website when our interim results are announced in November

· The market for rare collectibles and fine and decorative arts remains buoyant evidenced by some high profile realisations, which included the highest price realised for the sale of a single stamp in June 2014, the 1c magenta from British Guiana, for $9.5m.