Title: Stopped by Titanic
Description: Captain Nemo's Water World
Description: Captain Nemo's Water World
Captain Nemo - April 30, 2005 12:41 AM (GMT)
Watch 'Stopped by Titanic Sinking' for Sale
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4397971
An historic timepiece which stopped ticking when the Titanic sank 93 years ago today is to be auctioned.
The 18-carat Gold Pocket Watch is among the rare artefacts connected to the ill-fated ocean liner to be sold by Bonhams and Butterfields in Massachusetts in the US on May 1.
The watch, which was damaged when disaster struck mid-Atlantic, belonged to Nora Keane, an Irish immigrant, living in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with her brothers and sisters.
Following a four-month visit to her mother in Castle Connell, County Limerick, Miss Keane decided to return on the maiden voyage of RMS Titanic, boarding at Queenstown as a 2nd Class passenger.
She was rescued by lifeboat with the watch which got water damage when the lifeboat passed under the ship’s pump discharge.
Its gilt face has some rust staining, but it is still expected to fetch £2,600-3,600, Bonhams said.
The rarest item to be sold on May 1, is the only known example of a 3rd Class Menu Postcard from the Titanic.
Detailing the meals available on April 14, 1912 on one side of the card, the reverse carries pencil annotations of the passengers on board: those lost and saved.
The 3rd Class Menu for the day consisted of:
Breakfast: oatmeal, porridge and milk, smoked herrings, jacket potatoes, ham and eggs, fresh bread and butter, marmalade, Swedish bread, tea and coffee.
Dinner: rice soup, fresh bread, cabin biscuits, roast beef and brown gravy, sweet corn, boiled potatoes, plum pudding, sweet sauce and fruit.
Tea: cold meat, cheese and pickles, fresh bread and butter, stewed figs and rice, and tea.
Supper: gruel, cabin biscuits and cheese.
The menu survived the disaster in the handbag of 3rd Class Passenger, Sarah Roth, who was rescued by the Carpathia. It is expected to fetch up to around £26,400 at auction.
An original poster prepared by White Star Line’s New York office to promote the return Titanic trip from New York on April 20, 1915, is also going under the hammer.
Following the disaster, the posters were withdrawn making surviving examples very rare. It has been valued at between £10,600-£15,300.
Other items include letters from passengers, theatre programmes from both sides of the Atlantic of special charity performances to benefit Titanic Disaster charities, and a collection of sheet music for particularly poignant tunes, such as, Just as the Ship Went Down, A Song of the Sea by Gibson & Adeler, Nearer My God to Thee by Bernard White and That Dear Dear Ship Titanic by Edward Tassie.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4397971
An historic timepiece which stopped ticking when the Titanic sank 93 years ago today is to be auctioned.
The 18-carat Gold Pocket Watch is among the rare artefacts connected to the ill-fated ocean liner to be sold by Bonhams and Butterfields in Massachusetts in the US on May 1.
The watch, which was damaged when disaster struck mid-Atlantic, belonged to Nora Keane, an Irish immigrant, living in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with her brothers and sisters.
Following a four-month visit to her mother in Castle Connell, County Limerick, Miss Keane decided to return on the maiden voyage of RMS Titanic, boarding at Queenstown as a 2nd Class passenger.
She was rescued by lifeboat with the watch which got water damage when the lifeboat passed under the ship’s pump discharge.
Its gilt face has some rust staining, but it is still expected to fetch £2,600-3,600, Bonhams said.
The rarest item to be sold on May 1, is the only known example of a 3rd Class Menu Postcard from the Titanic.
Detailing the meals available on April 14, 1912 on one side of the card, the reverse carries pencil annotations of the passengers on board: those lost and saved.
The 3rd Class Menu for the day consisted of:
Breakfast: oatmeal, porridge and milk, smoked herrings, jacket potatoes, ham and eggs, fresh bread and butter, marmalade, Swedish bread, tea and coffee.
Dinner: rice soup, fresh bread, cabin biscuits, roast beef and brown gravy, sweet corn, boiled potatoes, plum pudding, sweet sauce and fruit.
Tea: cold meat, cheese and pickles, fresh bread and butter, stewed figs and rice, and tea.
Supper: gruel, cabin biscuits and cheese.
The menu survived the disaster in the handbag of 3rd Class Passenger, Sarah Roth, who was rescued by the Carpathia. It is expected to fetch up to around £26,400 at auction.
An original poster prepared by White Star Line’s New York office to promote the return Titanic trip from New York on April 20, 1915, is also going under the hammer.
Following the disaster, the posters were withdrawn making surviving examples very rare. It has been valued at between £10,600-£15,300.
Other items include letters from passengers, theatre programmes from both sides of the Atlantic of special charity performances to benefit Titanic Disaster charities, and a collection of sheet music for particularly poignant tunes, such as, Just as the Ship Went Down, A Song of the Sea by Gibson & Adeler, Nearer My God to Thee by Bernard White and That Dear Dear Ship Titanic by Edward Tassie.
boissee - April 30, 2005 01:14 AM (GMT)
Kelly, do you have 15,000 quid I can borrow?
Kellym - April 30, 2005 02:26 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (boissee @ Apr 30 2005, 02:14 AM) |
| Kelly, do you have 15,000 quid I can borrow? |
Sure thing, Sweetie
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Foss Gly - April 30, 2005 04:22 AM (GMT)
I would looove to have that watch. What an amazing piece of history!
Empress - May 2, 2005 01:16 PM (GMT)
Final total for all Titanic items was $151,000!!!
An American collector paid over $24,000 for the watch which they thought it would fetch $7,000.
I thought Liz said she was broke like me and she's the only American Titanic collector I know :lol: :lol:
The highest paid auction item was a Sperm Whale's tooth that went for over $182,000.00.
All money quoted is in US Dollars.
An American collector paid over $24,000 for the watch which they thought it would fetch $7,000.
I thought Liz said she was broke like me and she's the only American Titanic collector I know :lol: :lol:
The highest paid auction item was a Sperm Whale's tooth that went for over $182,000.00.
All money quoted is in US Dollars.
rowan - May 4, 2005 03:25 AM (GMT)
OK I don't care what the nations of the world say I'm going sperm whale hunting as soon as I can line up Captain Ahab!
Empress - May 4, 2005 12:48 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (rowan @ May 3 2005, 10:25 PM) |
| OK I don't care what the nations of the world say I'm going sperm whale hunting as soon as I can line up Captain Ahab! |
You are too funny!!!! :lol: