This is your
Advance Warning:
A new market is opening up:
beat them to it
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It was our second visit to Russia. I was keen to see how the market had progressed.
We had been invited back courtesy of Kim Waddoup, a British Businessman. Kim is convinced the Russian market is ready to invest in history.
He should know; he’s a business associate of many of the oligarchs. The oligarchs are the much publicised business magnates of Russia.
One wealthy Russian recently spent over $100m buying a Faberge Egg collection in the USA...
He wanted to repatriate them back home to Russia.
The purchasing of history has begun and it will filter its way down through the system.
Russians are looking for 'trophy assets'. And we aim to help them find them.
Russia is a staggeringly rich country...
But few people share the wealth.
Those that do attended the Moscow International Investment Exhibition, the first of its kind. Kim is the organiser.
The signs were good even before we landed at Domodedovo airport. We were the only commercial airline in the sky, but I could see four private jets sharing our airspace.
The taxi to our hotel took over 3½ hours, the traffic was that bad. Shiny Range Rovers, BMWs and Mercedes were darting in and out, the occasional Ferrari and Lamborghini too.
We stayed at a Holiday Inn downtown. Nice, but nothing special...it still cost £250 ($500) per night. Moscow hotel rooms are among the world’s most expensive.
I think you'll get the idea...
There is serious money in Moscow and Kim is convinced they are ready to spend it on rare stamps, autographs and historical documents.
It is very good news for the collectibles market.
As one man pointed out "They have their mansions, they have the Rolls-Royce, they have the holiday home in the Bahamas".
"They now want trophy assets".
He was re-iterating what we already know. We already have a number of wealthy Russians who have found us. They are buying British and Commonwealth stamps...the rare, very expensive ones.
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Commonwealth Stamps
The Forgotten Index
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We were in Moscow to find more and find out what else they were interested in.
You’d be surprised at the answer...
Apart from historical literary & classical music documents the most enquiries we received related to Marilyn Monroe.
The Russians are crazy about Marilyn.
Remember the quote from The Seven Year Itch? "Every time I hear it I go to pieces". That was Marilyn referring to Piano Concerto No 2 by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Walk down any street in Moscow and you’ll see a dozen women modelling their style on Marilyn.
One gent we spoke to put the fascination down to Marilyn's relationships with the Kennedy brothers during the height of the Cold War.
This is what Nedvela, a Russian magazine, has to say:
"When you speak of the American way of life, everybody thinks of chewing gum, coca-cola, and Marilyn Monroe."
Who knows for sure?
All we know is that the fascination is there. We even saw a Marilyn Monroe limited edition Audi sports car outside the famous G.U.M. department store.
Ania Polyniak of Stanley Gibbons/Fraser’s Autographs
with the limited edition Audi.
We've always been fans of Marilyn's at Stanley Gibbons. Her autograph price is up 136.4% in the last 10 years. She’s a staple investment grade autograph.
She's an iconic figure, and popular the world over.
If you can find Marilyn Monroe autographs and memorabilia we suggest you buy them and hold them.
We rarely have any available, what we do have sells fast.
A few weeks ago we sold Marilyn’s corset from 'Some Like it Hot' for close to £30,000 ($60,000).
It shows how popular the lady still is.
We currently have just 7 Marilyn items available.
We recommend you seriously consider this type of diversification...
Remember if you had invested 10 years ago you'd now be sitting on a 136.4% gain. We think the next 10 years will be even better.
Our stock is severely limited to just 7 items.
Have a look at them on the following link:
They will be gone soon, so act now.
I'd be pleased to discuss the various investment options with you.
And don't forget you don’t need to leave these beautiful items in our vault; you can take them home and enjoy them.
We'll even deliver them to you free of charge and beautifully framed, ready to hang on your wall.
Call me now +44 (0) 1481 708 277, or TOLL FREE from the USA 1 866 644 6146
Regards
Adrian Roose
aroose@stanleygibbons.co.uk
p.s. just 7 items available in a huge growth market. They will sell quickly so make sure you do not miss out.
p.p.s. I've just been told this newsletter is being picked up by a US based finance group. They will be sending it to their 400,000 paying subscribers on Sunday. That gives you a 2 day headstart.