Auction News

 Auction on Thursday  18th October at Gerrards  Auction Rooms in St.Annes,  Lancashire England. The sale  starts at 10:00am GMT
There is the capacity to bid via the live internet  auction, the auction  house can be visited at:  http://www.gerrardsauctionrooms.com
 
The items include:
 A  pair of original portrait photographs of the Titanic’s fourth engineer, Henry  Dyer. The photographs were taken in New York whilst Dyer was serving aboard  the Olympic, he later perished in the Titanic disaster. The photographs are  original and in very good condition.
 Two original 1911 photocards of SS  Olympic stewards aboard at New York,  which also show Alexander Littlejohn  who in 1912 joined the Titanic, his  hair turned white during the  sinking.

 An album of 105 White Star Line postcards from the Victorian era  to 1930

 Plus various other articles including White Star uniform  buttons.

The key to it all?

 Second Officer David Blair, was removed from the crew at the last minute and in his hurry forgot to hand this key to his replacement.  According to some experts, this is the key which would have unlocked the compartment for binoculars for the crow’s nest, which according to Fred Fleet, crewman in the crow’s nest at the time of the impact, might have made all the difference.   It is expected to fetch more than Lm45,000 on the 22 September auction.  For the complete story visit the link below.

http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msfullart.asp?an=14661

World’s Tiniest Titanic Sets Sail

 A Maiden Voyage on the head of a pin !

From the Belfast Telegraph today:

“Birmingham artist Willard Wigan created the ‘pin’ sized sculpture and it looks as though the tiny version of the Belfast-built boat will be visiting these shores soon as part of miniature exhibition. “

See the whole story here: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article2849544.ece