Saleroom CHARLES MILLER LONDON
Model of royal yacht Aline
BY DAVE SELBY
If you can’t beat it, buy it: that’s an approach that certainly worked for HRH Edward, Prince of Wales.
Aline (CB286), the state-of-the-art 115ft (34m) racing schooner, built by Camper & Nicholson in 1859, twice defeated the future Edward VII’s Hildegarde in private matches. On the fi rst, in 1876, Aline was so far ahead that Hildegarde simply gave up. After losing again a couple of years later, the Prince simply bought her.
Aline’s fate is
unclear, but the original 1:24 builder’s model reveals a
leading-edge racing machine of power and
Ferrari 150mph record breaker RM AUCTIONS MONACO
In October 1953, Ferrari V12 power catapulted Arno XI across Italy’s Lake Iseo to shatter the 800kg class record and raise the bar to an incredible 150.19mph (241.7kph). The record still stands in 2012. Arno XI was the brainchild of Achille Castoldi, who set about producing a record-breaking racing hydroplane. What give him an edge was his friendship with Ferrari racing
drivers Alberto Ascari and Luigi Villoresi, who convinced Enzo Ferrari to back the project by supplying engines and technical support. The Ferrari 4.5-litre V12 engine was the same as installed in Grand Prix cars; with twin superchargers it developed in excess of 502bhp at 6000rpm. After its record run, Arno IX went on to race for more than 10 years, gaining numerous wins
and a European Championship victory, along with a clutch of fastest laps, many of which still stand. On 11 and 12 May, the legendary hydroplane, now restored to concours condition, could be setting records again, when she comes under the hammer at RM Auctions’ classic car auction in Monaco. Estimate is a heady £850,000-1.25 million, as likely to appeal to car collectors as boat buffs.
Above: The original 1:24 builder’s model of Aline Below: Submarine photo archive
exceptional grace. The 80in-long model, which has been restored, is expected to sell for £20,000 to £30,000 under the hammer at Charles Miller’s spring London maritime auction on 25 April. The auction features objects from scrimshaw, painting and instruments to a photo archive of early British submarines. One of the most poignant lots is a photograph of a penguin taken by Herbert Ponting, who accompanied Scott on his tragic last expedition, 100 years ago. The charming shot (estimate: £500-800) has the doom-laden title ‘I don’t care what becomes of me’.
BONHAMS
timing One hundred years to the day after RMS Titanic sank in the north Atlantic with the cost of 1500 lives, Bonhams is holding a one-off centenary auction in New York, entitled “RMS Titanic: 100 Years of Fact & Fiction.” Among the lots in the 15 April sale is an unused ticket for the Belfast launch of the tragic vessel, expected to fetch £35,000-45,000.
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