On 1st December 2011, 10:30 AM & 3:00 PM, Swann Auction Galleries in New York will offer Titanic lots including a deck plan of first-class suites ($12,000 to $18,000) and a fragment of a music box in the form of a pig ($1,500 to $2,500) that the fashion writer Edith Russell clung to during her rescue. Legend has it that the pig’s tunes cheered up survivors on the lifeboat. The catalogue is available for $35.
Exhibition:
Mon., Nov. 28, 10-6
Tues., Nov. 29, 10-8
Wed., Nov. 30, 10-6
Above (WHITE STAR LINE.) "Titanic." Demi cup and saucer in Wisteria pattern by Stonier; side marked and top marked; near mint; saucer with hairline crack and repair at 7 o'clock; cup is bottom stamped "3/1912" suggesting it was made for the April 1912 maiden voyage of "Titanic." 1912
Estimate $250-350
Above (WHITE STAR LINE.) "Titanic." Landing or Custom Card issued to Mrs. Cassebeer onboard the "Carpathia" after being rescued from the "Titanic," 3 1/2x4 inches; accomplished in manuscript with Cassebeer's name, identifying her as being on list 3, 29th on list, being a saloon passenger, and having embarked at Southampton on 10 April 1912 [sic]; in a hard plastic case; from the collection of "Titanic" historian Walter Lord, with his label on verso of a backing card. At sea, 10th April 1912
Estimate $2,000-3,000
Exhibition:
Mon., Nov. 28, 10-6
Tues., Nov. 29, 10-8
Wed., Nov. 30, 10-6
Demi cup and saucer in Wisteria pattern by Stonier |
Estimate $250-350
Landing or Custom Card issued to Mrs. Cassebeer onboard the "Carpathia" after being rescued |
Above (WHITE STAR LINE.) "Titanic." Landing or Custom Card issued to Mrs. Cassebeer onboard the "Carpathia" after being rescued from the "Titanic," 3 1/2x4 inches; accomplished in manuscript with Cassebeer's name, identifying her as being on list 3, 29th on list, being a saloon passenger, and having embarked at Southampton on 10 April 1912 [sic]; in a hard plastic case; from the collection of "Titanic" historian Walter Lord, with his label on verso of a backing card. At sea, 10th April 1912
Estimate $2,000-3,000
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