Switzerland
Later, having met a Swiss girl who was on a cycling holiday to Ireland, he moved to Switzerland in 1973 and they were married a year later. He has continued to operate as a stamp auctioneer and publisher since then, starting a new auction business and running his first auction there in 1976. Some of the record prices achieved by David Feldman have been for the Swedish Treskilling Yellow ($2.2 million in 1996), for which his photo appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records, and the Mauritius Two Pence Blue ($1.4 million in 1993) stamps.
From 1987 to 1990 Feldman was CEO of the Habsburg Feldman Group (as referred above).
In 1997, David Feldman was invited to sign the Irish Roll of Distinguished Philatelists for his support and contributions to Irish philately. David auctioned off one of his personal collections in May 2003; The 'Emerald' Collection of Destination Mail of the World contained mail to and from Ireland dating from 1714–1913 accumulated over about forty years.
In 2000, David Feldman S.A. became the first auction company to provide a fast and reliable means for bidders to connect and bid in real time during the auction sessions, from their homes or offices. Today, the software includes the ability to hear live audio from the auction room, to keep a running tally of purchased lots, and many other features. It has been used by hundreds of satisfied bidders and buyers from over 50 countries, and has added a new, transparent dimension to the auction process.
In 2004 Feldman was mandated by Elizabeth Meyer to make research, scientific and physical examinations of her painting which had been known as the Isleworth Mona Lisa.
In 2008 Feldman merged his company with Feldman Frey Philatelic Group, led by Dr. Markus Frey, a Zurich lawyer and banker. By 2012 Feldman had given up relinquished all his financial interest in the company to the Frey Group and to current management, and became Honorary Chairman.
In 2010, he formed, together with Dr. Markus Frey and Dr. Daniel Kohler, The Mona Lisa Foundation, a non-profit organization, which absorbed decades of previous research concerning that painting, and initiated new expertises, scientific tests and physical examinations. The work culminated in the publication of 'Mona Lisa - Leonardo's Earlier Version', a 320-page volume published in 2012.
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