Eight Wallace medals stay together as one bidder buys them all
A group of medals awarded to the great scientist, explorer and naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was fiercely contested at auction last week, hammered down for a £273,000 (or £327,600 with buyer’s premium) total against a high estimate of £80,900.
Wallace received a number of medals and awards during his lifetime and nine were offered in separa…