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Session I: Wednesday, January 15, 2014

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1910s-60s VARIOUS MARITIME THEMED
PAINTINGS & ARTWORKS ................................. PH $500-700

Tidy group of framed paintings, glass art and other works
mostly depicting ships, boats and other nautically themed
subjects. Featured here: a Moore-McCormick lines wood tray
with a ship portrait (16"x12"); a painting of the Albatros
imbedded within a small life ring (8" diameter); three awesome
reverse glass paintings, to be hung diagonally, of the Titanic,
Olympic and Britannic (7"x7"); an unusual stove pipe picture
with a full color rendering of the August Victoria/Columbia of
the Hamburg-American Line (9½” diameter) housed within a
larger frame; a White Star Line R.M.S. Celtic framed
hankerchief (11"x11"); finally, a beautiful color painting of an
advertisement for the Cunard White Star (‘See American This
Year! Apply Within’) in excellent condition (10"x13"). A sweet
group of maritime-themed framed items that would provide
instant decor for your man-cave.
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Five (5) maritime themed fragile collectibles, some made for
specific liners. Includes: (1) small porcelain Teacup by
Rorstrand, specifically designed for the Swedish American Line,
no chips or cracks, with nice blue shiny finish; (2) Soap dish
from Holland-Amerika, with stamp from Van Zwanenburg out
of Rotterdam, very mild paint chipping; (3) medium sized
Ashtray, also created by Rorstrand for Swedish American Line,
with definite usage, burn marks inside, otherwise intact without
chips; (4) smaller Ashtray, made of bone china, designed by
Salisbury out of England, featuring the R.M.S. Carinthia on
it’s obverse, appears unused in Fine condition; (5) finally a
Bell, still with intact clapper, taken from M.S. Europa, likely
from 1920s, still with great ring. Cool lot of interesting vintage
nautically-themed items found here.
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/D 1912 WHITE STAR LINE ‘TITANIC’
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SYMPATHY ............ PH $500-700

SCARCE White Star Line card (5¼”x3¼”), mailed Tuesday
April 23, 1912, little more than a week after the ‘Titanic’ sank,
and only a few days after survivors arrived in New York. Card,
no doubt sent in response to cabled messages, addressed to
Brighton German Bank of Cincinnati, OH, and reads: ‘The
White Star Line most gratefully acknowledges the expression
of your deep sympathy, and shares with you profound sorrow
for all to whom the loss of the S.S. “Titanic” has brought great
bereavement.’ Couple light spots on card, light soiling to
transmittal cover. This is first and only one we’ve seen. Fine.

Saint Louis, Missouri

Autographs 02.pmd

1920s-50s MARITIME-RELATED COLLECTIBLES
............................................................................... PH $250-350

1930s-60s HUGE SHIP CAPTAINS AUTOGRAPH
COLLECTION ....................................................... PH $300-400

An Album filled with maritime-related items autographed by
various ship crews, including more than sixty (60) ship
captains. All kinds of different items signed here, including
ship logs, menus, postcards, posters, photographs, brochures,
etc. Items date mostly from the 1930s through the 1950s, with
a smattering before and after. If you are interested in vintage
ship crew autographs, find your instant collection here!

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