WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 15/16 MAY 2021

49 THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR - TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1 MAY - 15/16 MAY 2021 20th Century 108 Circa 1915 Loyal Dublin Volunteers lapel badge Scarce bronze lapel badge of the Loyal Dublin Volunteers by Vaughtons Limited, Birmingham. 30mm, reverse numbered 259. Condition: Extremely fine. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 108 109 Moss, Michael, and Hume, John R., Shipbuilders To TheWorld, 125 Years of Harland &Wolff Belfast 1861-1986, and another. (3) Blackstaff Press, Belfast, 1st edition, 1986. Quarter morocco, marbled boards, in marbled slipcase, bound by Sydney Aiken. Also the same in original black cloth gilt with dustjacket, and Anatomy Of The Titanic by Tom McCluskie, original printed boards and dustjacket, PRC London, 1998. Condition: Fine. The proceeds of the sale of this lot will go to The Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice, Belfast. See also lots 245-247. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 109 110 1861. Harland &Wolff Belfast drawings for SS Grecian and SS Italian Ink and watercolour drawing from the ship builder’s archive. 15 by 24in. (38.1 by 61cm) Condition: Excellent, no apparent faults, attractively framed, The Grecian was the first ship built for J. Bibby Sons & Co., after the formation of Harland &Wolff, She was launched on 12th January 1861 and delivered on 30 January. Together with her sister, the Italian, she was built for the New Orleans cotton trade but with the outbreak of the American Civil War was transferred to the Mediterranean. In 1873 she disappeared at sea. The Italian was launched on 27 March 1861 and delivered for immediate service to the Levant on 13 April. In 1869 she was wrecked after grounding in fog on Cape Finisterre. The proceeds of the sale of this work will go to The Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice, Belfast. See also lots 245-247. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 110