The Spink team have completed the annual Singapore auction catalogue just in time for Singapore to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The sale contains a number of extremely exceptional numismatic items from South East Asia and takes place during the long awaited World Stamp Exhibition, of which Spink are the official auctioneer and key sponsor. Amongst the medals portion of the sale is one of South East Asia’s most elusive orders; Spink announces that on the 16th August 2015, an important and excessively rare Collar Chain and Badge of the Order of the Orchid Blossom will be up for auction. It is extremely beautiful, and combines a plethora of traditional Manchurian motifs: the Collar Chain itself is comprised of eight medallions representing the Eight Auspicious Omens of Buddha, namely a lotus flower, a vase, two goldfish, an endless-knot, a conch shell, the wheel of the law, an umbrella, and a canopy. This stunning chain is compli

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