Auction Catalogue

8 September 2000

Starting at 10:30 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins. Tokens, Tickets and Passes. Historical and Art Medals. British and World Paper Money.

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 1161

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8 September 2000

Hammer Price:
£70

Great Britain, RMS Adriatic II, an enamelled EPNS spoon, c.1920, 113mm; RMS Megantic, an openwork enamelled brass badge, c.1925, 26mm. [2]. Very fine and better (£60-80)

RMS Adriatic II, built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, delivered May 1907; maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York, 8 May 1907, later serving on the Southampton-New York run; sold to shipbreakers in Osaka, 1934. RMS Megantic, launched in 1908, put on the Canadian run; during the 1920s used for cruising to the Mediterranean and West Indies; broken up in Osaka, 1933. Further details and copy photographs sold with the lot