Dix Noonan Webb sells three secret C.I.A. medals for £22,000
The medals - each framed and hidden behind a lithograph picture of the Middle East were being sold by the family and had been expected to fetch £2,000-3,000.
LONDON
.- An important group of Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A) medals presented to one of Americas greatest intelligence officers sold for £22,000 (hammer price) seven times their pre-sale estimate - at Dix Noonan Webb in auction of Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. The medals - each framed and hidden behind a lithograph picture of the Middle East were being sold by the family and had been expected to fetch £2,000-3,000. They were bought by a London-based buyer who was new to DNW but was fascinated with spy-related items.
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