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Sale date:

Titanic, White Star Line & Ocean Liner Sale on Saturday 19th April 2008

Lot numbers:

269-298 of 364

Lot

Description & Estimate

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Hammer Price £

269

R.M.S. TITANIC: UNUSUAL MEMORIAL CARD "BE BRITISH" CAPT. SMITH'S LAST CHARGE TO HIS MEN. POSTALLY USED MAY 6th 1912.

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270 R.M.S. TITANIC: VERY RARE E.W.M. REAL PHOTO POSTCARD OF S.S. TITANIC IN DOCK. THE CARD SHOWS TITANIC IN SOUTHAMPTON ALONGSIDE OCEANIC AND NEW YORK.

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271 R.M.S. TITANIC: REAL PHOTO POSTCARD OF TITANIC, HAND WRITTEN NOTATION ON REVERSE. FROM THE COLLECTION OF HERBERT J. PITMAN, 3rd OFFICER TITANIC.

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272 R.M.S. TITANIC: REAL PHOTO POSTCARD "THE SIGNAL SERIES" OF TITANIC'S LAUNCH 31st MAY 1911.

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273 R.M.S. TITANIC: UNUSUAL REAL PHOTO POSTCARD OF TITANIC PUBLISHED BY TOM HARVEY OF REDRUTH.

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274 R.M.S. TITANIC: REAL PHOTO POSTCARD OF CAPT. E.J. SMITH ON DECK PUBLISHED BY TOM HARVEY OF REDRUTH.

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275 R.M.S. TITANIC: RARE REAL PHOTO POSTCARD OF S.S. TITANIC LEAVING SOUTHAMPTON ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE.

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276 R.M.S. TITANIC: REAL PHOTO POSTCARD OF TITANIC "FAREWELL TO BELFAST, DEPARTURE OF THE LARGEST VESSEL IN THE WORLD". WALTON OF BELFAST SERIES.

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277 R.M.S. TITANIC: REAL PHOTO POSTCARD OF TITANIC'S LAUNCH FROM THE WALTON OF BELFAST SERIES. POSTALLY USED JULY 1911 IN BELFAST. MESSAGE READS "I SAILED CLOSE TO THIS BOAT ENTERING BELFAST. JUST FANCY IT IS 294yds AND 6ins IN LENGTH".

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278 WHITE STAR LINE: EARLY 20th CENT. MAHOGANY PLANT STAND BEARING A SMALL INSET IVORINE PLAQUE ON THE UNDERSIDE SHOWING A RED HOUSE BURGEE.

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279 R.M.S. TITANIC FRANCIS "FRANK" MILLET ARCHIVE: HANDWRITTEN LETTER DATED APRIL 24th, 1912 FROM FIRST CLASS SURVIVOR JOHN P. SNYDER ON PERSONAL BUSINESS LETTERHEAD STATING THAT HE DID NOT KNOW MILLET ON TITANIC OR CARPATHIA, APOLOGISING FOR NOT BEING MORE HELPFUL.

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280 R.M.S. TITANIC FRANCIS "FRANK" MILLET ARCHIVE: PRINTED PORTRAIT IMAGE OF MILLET TAKEN FROM A RECENT PHOTOGRAPH OF MILLET AS OF THE TIME OF SINKING.

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281 R.M.S. TITANIC FRANCIS "FRANK" MILLET ARCHIVE: MILLET'S ORIGINAL CALLING CARD.

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282 R.M.S. TITANIC FRANCIS "FRANK" MILLET ARCHIVE: TWO BACK-TO-BACK NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE NAVRATIL CHILDREN WITH CAPTIONS, ONE OF WHICH ASKS FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO FRANKLIN SIMON & Co., A NEW YORK CLOTHIER WHICH OUTFITTED THE CHILDREN.

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283 R.M.S. TITANIC FRANCIS "FRANK" MILLET ARCHIVE: ORIGINAL LARGE, DOME SHAPED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE INSIDE OF MILLET'S ART STUDIO, ALONG WITH A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT HIS STUDIO. EXTREMELY RARE. SMALL BURN MARK WITH MINOR PAPER LOSS AT BOTTOM, NOT AFFECTING IMAGE.

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284 R.M.S. TITANIC FRANCIS "FRANK" MILLET ARCHIVE: HANDWRITTEN LETTER DATED 24th JUNE 1911, FROM MILLET TO CHAPMAN, PERSONAL LETTERHEAD. SOME PAPER LOSS AT TOP BUT NOT AFFECTING CONTENT.

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285 R.M.S. TITANIC: FRANCIS "FRANK" MILLET ARCHIVE: TYPED LETTER FROM THOMAS P. BEAL TO CHAPMAN ON COMPANY LETTERHEAD DATED MAY 8, 1912. BEAL WAS A CLASSMATE OF MILLET'S AND CLASS SECRETARY. HIS LETTER DETAILS THE INITIAL IDENTIFICATION OF MILLET'S REMAINS, THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE BODY, THE FUNERAL SERVICE AND PROVIDES THE NAMES OF THE ORGANIST AND EACH OF THE 23 CLASSMATES WHO ATTENDED THE SERVICE. HE DESCRIBES SOME EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND THE CLASSMATES AND REVEALS THAT MILLET'S BODY WAS TAKEN TO THE CREMATORY CHAPEL.

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286 R.M.S. TITANIC FRANCIS "FRANK" MILLET ARCHIVE: ORIGINAL BI-FOLD MEMORIAL ANNOUNCEMENT WITH BLACK MOURNING BORDER FROM AMERICAN WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY, OF WHICH MILLET HAD BEEN A MEMBER. 2 PUNCH HOLES IN LEFT MARGIN (NOT FROM THE SCRAPBOOK).

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287 R.M.S. TITANIC MARCONIGRAMS: "BOTH ON CARPATHIA MEET ME NEW YORK, HENRY" IS THE TRANSMITTED MARCONIGRAM MESSAGE FROM TITANIC SURVIVOR C.E.H. STENGEL TO HIS SON IVAN THAT FATHER AND MOTHER ARE SAFE (THE WORDS 'BOTH ON' ARE PARTIALLY OBSCURED BY SLIGHT PASTING DAMAGE BY WIRELESS OPERATOR). THE COUPLE WHO WERE TRAVELLING IN TITANIC'S FIRST CLASS HAD IN FACT ESCAPED THE SINKING LINER IN SEPARATE LIFEBOATS. 55 YEAR OLD MR STENGEL OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY WHOSE BUSINESS WAS IN FURS AND FANCY CLOTHING ACCESSORIES WOULD LATER GIVE ONE OF THE FULLEST AND MOST DRAMATIC EYE-WITNESS PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS OF THE DISASTER TO BE QUOTED FROM A PASSENGER'S VIEWPOINT (SINKING OF THE TITANIC PUBLISHED 1912). AS RE-ENACTED IN THE MOVIE "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" WHEN TITANIC STRUCK THE ICEBERG HE WAS PLAYING POKER IN THE FIRST CLASS SMOKING ROOM, IN A SCHOOL WHICH INCLUDED ANOTHER SURVIVOR, HARRY HOMER, WHOSE MARCONIGRAM TO HIS MOTHER LOUISE IN NEW YORK IS BY CHANCE PASTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE. HOWEVER THE NAME HOMER WAS NOT ON THE TITANIC'S PASSENGER LIST AS HE HAD TRAVELLED UNDER THE ALIAS OF HAVEN. BEING A PROFESSIONAL CARD-SHARK IT WAS ONE OF SEVERAL HE USED ON THE TRANSATLANTIC LINERS WHERE HE PLIED HIS TRADE TO CONCEAL HIS TRUE IDENTITY. BOTH MARCONIGRAMS WERE INITIALLED AND SENT BY CARPATHIA'S WIRELESS OPERATOR HAROLD COTTAM WHO HAS ADDED UP THE COST ON EACH IN THE CUSTOMARY RED INK. EX. JOHN BOOTH COLLECTION.

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288 WHITE STAR LINE: R.M.S. TITANIC CREW MEMBER ABLE SEAMAN THOMAS JONES. HANDWRITTEN POSTCARD, POSTALLY USED SOUTHAMPTON 6th JUNE 1913.

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289 R.M.S. TITANIC: AGENTS (A.W. WILSON 4, NEWTON STREET, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER.) PUBLICITY 32 PAGE BOOKLET. POLYCHROME NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS ON THE FIRST AND SECOND CLASS ACCOMMODATION ON TITANIC. COMPLETE WITH COLOUR PULL OUT PLAN OF THE DINING SALON. 7ins. x 4.1/2ins.

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290 R.M.S. TITANIC: 3 PERIOD HARLAND AND WOLFF PHOTOGRAPHS OF TITANIC AND OLYMPIC UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND HARLAND AND WOLFF, 2 ON GLOSS PAPER ONE ON MATT, SHOWING TWO GENTLEMEN, ONE WEARING A BOATER THE OTHER A BOWLER. 6ins. x 4ins., 8.1/2ins. x 6.1/2ins. AND 8ins. x 6ins.

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291 R.M.S. TITANIC: 2 PERIOD PHOTOGRAPHS OF TITANIC AND OLYMPIC UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON GLOSS PAPER. 8ins. x 6ins.

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292 R.M.S. TITANIC: CAPTAIN E.J. SMITH MASTER, UNPUBLISHED ALBUM PHOTOGRAPH, FULL FACING THREE QUARTER LENGTH CLOSE UP PORTRAIT TAKEN ABOARD ADRIATIC JANUARY 15th - 25th 1908 PLUS THREE DECK VIEWS OF THE SHIP, 4ins. x 3ins.

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293 R.M.S. TITANIC: PERIOD STUDIO PORTRAIT OF FIRST CLASS PASSENGER ELEANOR GENEVIEVE CASSEBEER NEE FOSDICK AS A CHILD, TOGETHER WITH HER SISTER MAUD. 5.1/2ins. x 4ins.

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294 R.M.S. TITANIC: PERIOD L.A. KRAFT OF CHICAGO STUDIO PORTRAIT OF FIRST CLASS PASSENGER ELEANOR GENEVIEVE CASSEBEER NEE FOSDICK AS A CHILD. 4ins. x 5.1/2ins.

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295 R.M.S. TITANIC: AN EXTREMELY RARE HARLAND AND WOLFF INTERNAL MEMO DATED 23rd APRIL 1912 RELATING TO THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC. IT REGARDS THE CABLEGRAM RECEIVED FROM NEW YORK REGARDING THE FLOUNDERING OF TITANIC AND DETAILING THE HEROIC ACTIONS OF CHIEF DESIGNER THOMAS ANDREWS. "AFTER ACCIDENT ANDREWS ASCERTAINED DAMAGE, ADVISED PASSENGERS PUT HEAVY CLOTHING, PREPARE LEAVE VESSEL. MANY SCEPTICAL ABOUT SERIOUS DAMAGE BUT IMPRESSED BY ANDREWS KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONALITY, FOLLOWED ADVISE, WE FEEL THIS ILLUSTRATES THE SPIRIT WHICH ANIMATED THE WHOLE OF OUR STAFF LOST IN THE DISASTER ". THE NAMES OF THE GUARANTEE GROUP ARE LISTED EXCEPT ALFRED CUNNINGHAM. THE ONLY OTHER KNOWN COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT WAS SOLD IN OUR SEPT 07 AUCTION.

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296 R.M.S. TITANIC/OLYMPIC: GESTETNER MARCONIGRAM DATED 15th APRIL HANDED IN AT VIRGINIAN TO CAPTAIN OLYMPIC. RECEIVED 8.45AM NYT. "HEAR RUMOURS THAT WE HAVE SURVIVORS OF TITANIC ON BOARD. THIS IS NOT SO I HAVE NONE. AT 10AM YESTERDAY WHEN 30 MILES FROM POSITION OF DISASTER RECEIVED MARCONI FROM CARPATHIA AS FOLLOWS - TURN BACK NOW EVERYTHING OK WE HAVE 800 ABOARD RETURN TO YOUR NORTHERN TRACK, ETC.".

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297 R.M.S. TITANIC/OLYMPIC: GESTETNER MARCONIGRAM DATED 1st APRIL 1912, HANDED IN AT S.S. ASIAN. "TO CAPTAIN OLYMPIC, ASIAN HEARD M.G.Y. TITANIC SIGNALLING CAPE RACE ON AND OFF FROM 8 TO 10PM LOCAL TIME SUNDAY. MESSAGES TOO FAINT TO READ, FINISHED CALLING SOS MIDNIGHT. M.G.Y." ADDED IN INK ALSO SIGNED IN INK CLARK THEN AMENDED WOOD.

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298 R.M.S. TITANIC: U.S. PUBLICITY BROCHURE FOR THE NEW TRIPLE SCREW S.S. OLYMPIC AND TITANIC. BUFF MANILLA COVER. COVER AND SOME PAGES LOOSE.

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