125. CAPTAIN ROSTRON, LOSS OF THE TITANIC, COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
uniface, in bronze, by Theodore Spicer-Simson, obv. head of Captain Rostron facing right within border inscription, rev. plain, 50mm. (Eimer, British Commemorative Medals, 2nd ed., 2010, no. 1929), excellent condition and very rare
The most recent specimen in good condition sold for £1400 (hammer price) in Christie’s Maritime Sale on 31st October 2002 (lot 68) although a stained and damaged example has recently sold in a provincial auction for £600 (hammer).
Theodore Spicer-Simson was a French-based designer and medallist born in France of English parents in 1871. During a prolonged visit to the USA, he produced many medals including this rare portrait piece of Captain Rostron, the hero of the Titanic rescue operation, who achieved celebrity in the aftermath of the disaster. Although it is not known how many of these medals were produced, the very few examples known in commerce would suggest that they are very rare indeed.
£800-1200 126.
EVERETT, MARSHALL (EDITOR): ‘WRECK AND SINKING OF THE TITANIC, THE OCEAN’S GREATEST DISASTER....’
copyright, 1912, by L.H. Waller, 320 pp., illustrated throughout with b. & w. photographic plates as well as numerous drawings and engravings, and also containing an early and somewhat incomplete list of Titanic’s missing passengers, original cloth, with titled black leather spine; together with Sinking of the ‘Titanic’ and Great Sea Disasters.... edited by Logan Marshall, copyright 1912, by L.T. Myers, similarly illustrated to the previous volume, original decorated cloth, with inset b. & w. photograph of Titanic on upper cover, the binding a little worn on the second volume but generally good condition and both rare, two of the earliest works ‘rushed into print’ after the disaster
(2) £150-250
127.
[R.M.S. TITANIC]: A COLLECTION OF DOCKYARD ARCHITECTS’ PLANS BY HARLAND AND WOLFF, CIRCA 1908
pertaining to the dockyard extension plans to accommodate the building of the Olympic and Titanic, including PLAN SHOWING CENTRE LINES OF NEW SLIPS; SECTIONS OF NEW SLIPS SHOWING THICKNESS OF CONCRETE X 3; ADDITIONAL PILING AND COFFER DAM NO 4 SLIP AND CONCRETE AND BANKING AT SIDE OF SLIP (1901); REINFORCED CONCRETE EXTENSION TO NOS 1 & 2 SLIPS / OUTLINE OF GENERAL ARRANGEMENT, ink on linen, inscribed with titles, with scales mostly set at 1:48 and dated in part for June 1908, various sizes, the largest -- 39 x 106in. (99 x 269.4cm.)
(7)
Provenance: These plans were discovered in the attic of a terrace house in Belfast by the vendor’s father when he acquired the house in the 1970s
£400-600 125
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