Stanley Gibbons Acquires Leading Online Trading Platform
Stanley Gibbons is pleased to announce that it has agreed to buy the assets of Stampwants.com Inc, trading as bidStart ("bidStart"), a US-based online collectibles business. bidStart is a US-based online collectibles trading platform which focuses on the stamp and postcard markets. The business operates a customised search engine specifically built for the trading of collectibles, providing a fully transparent marketplace for buyers and sellers.   Since starting, bidStart has sold over 3.5 million items. There are currently over 6.4 million lots available for sale on the site, 3 million of which are stamp lots.