Our History
Established in 1990, we've grown steadily, building our reputation for friendly service, specialist expertise and advanced online technology.
1990
.Buckland Dix and Wood founded by Nimrod Dix with offices at 1 Old Bond Street, London
June 1991
.First Medal auction including our first Victoria Cross - award to Major A E Ker, Gordon Highlanders, 1918
December 1991
.Dedicated Upfill-Brown Collection auction, setting a new world record for a single-owner medal collection
January 1993
.Chris Webb joins to establish the Coin, Token, Historical Medal and Banknote Department
June 1993
.Our first 'British and World Coins, Tokens, Banknotes and Medallions' auction
June 1996
.Pierce Noonan appointed as a Director and the name becomes Dix Noonan Webb
1999
.Sold 10,000 lots in a year
September 2001
.First Dix Noonan Webb website launched
December 2001
.Robin Greville appointed as a Director to drive forward our technology and systems
November 2002
.Moved offices to our current location, 16 Bolton St, Mayfair
2008
.Sold 15,000 lots in a year
September 2009
.Sold the ‘Iraq 2003’ Conspicuous Gallantry Cross to Lce Cpl Justin Thomas, Royal Marines for £88,000 — The first CGC to be sold by any auction house
June 2014
.Unique Penny of Æthelberht II of East Anglia sold for £65,000 - a record price at auction for an Anglo-Saxon Penny
July 2015
.Sold the posthumous WWII George Cross to Violette Szabó, SOE creating a new auction record for a GC of £260,000
March 2016
.Our first Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu auction
September 2017
.Our first lot sold in a foreign currency (VC to Col David Vivian Currie). Hammer price: $550,000 CAD
2018
.Sold 20,000 lots in a year
May 2018
.Dedicated Banknote department opens
November 2018
.Expanded into 17 Bolton St - Jewellery showroom opened
April 2019
.Launched our bespoke live bidding system
May 2019
.Metal Detecting Finds and Antiquities Department opens
June 2019
.Roman Aureus of Allectus sold for £460,000 discovered by a metal detectorist in Kent
2021
.Sold 25,000 lots in a year
June 2021
.Sold our 40th Victoria Cross at auction — The group of medals to Colonel CJW Grant for £420,000 — Creating a new auction record for an army VC
August 2021
.Earliest known fully issued banknote for Hong Kong sold for £130,000. World record price for a Hong Kong banknote
September 2021
.Art Deco bracelet formerly from the Collection of Her Royal Highness, The Princess Margaret, sold for £320,000
November 2021
.Sold the George Holloway Collection of Elizabeth I Sovereigns — This auction of 33 coins hammered a total of £1.3 million
March 2022
.Important gold Leopard of Edward III sold for £140,000. Discovered by metal detectorist in Norfolk
April 2022
.Dix Noonan Webb rebrands and shortens its name to Noonans
September 2022
.Sold the Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross awarded to Mr. Thomas Henry Kavanagh creating a new auction record for a VC of £750,000
October 2022
.Sold the Dickin Medal awarded to ‘Rob the Dog’ creating a new auction record of £140,000
March 2023
.Held our first auction in Singapore. The Frank Goon Reference Collection of British Malayan Banknotes - Part One hammered a total of $2.3 Million SGD
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