Bonham's Auction Mass 1st May 2005

Oh really???

That's interesting. Would Bonham's know this or, pray, care?

Steve, if I ever have the money and decide to attend such an auction, can I borrow you for the day?

Cheers,

Boz
 
Who knows.

I do know they have been warned in the past about certain items and to my knowledge have not removed the items.

Sure I will go with you!

Steve Santini
 
The auction is taking place at the Larz Anderson Automobile Museum (also called the Museum of Transportation) in Brookline MA on May 1, in conjuction with the Bonhams auction house.

Check out the Titanic auction on thier webpage-



http://www.bonhams.com/


among the items to be auction-

*Titanic 3rd class menu from April 14

*Various period newspapers and sheet music covering the disaster

*Titanic wreckwood

*A cribbage board carved from titanic wreckwood

*Things from Carpathia (pre sinking)

*Nora Keene's pocketwatch (damaged by water when lifeboat passed near the water discharge from her hull)

*1st class deck plan

*A letter mailed from Titanic

*Various White Star line items

*An original poster of Titanic's planed return trip from NYC

*Various bricabrac, knickknacks and hullabaloonians.

etc, etc.



Who will be going?
I may check it out, though my wallet will contain dust and moths...

regards


Tarn Stephanos

Boston MA
 
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/01/goldwatch.titanic.ap/index.html
BROOKLINE, Massachusetts (AP) -- A gold pocket watch once owned by an Irish immigrant who survived the sinking of the Titanic sold at auction Sunday after heavy bidding drove the price more than three times above its estimated value.

Dozens of Titanic relics auctioned by Bonhams & Butterfields brought a total of $151,000 (€116,539) for a private collector from Britain, said Jon Baddeley, the auction house's marine collectibles expert.

The seller and buyers want to remain anonymous, he said.

The watch was once owned by Nora Keane of County Limerick, Ireland.

For the rest of the story. click on the link above. (mhs)
 
An interesting article, Al, but one I had to edit down to avoid copyright infringement. For future reference, when posting an article, one may post a paragraph or two under Fair Use, but must post a link to the rest. For more information on copyright and where ET stands on the issue (We take it very seriously here) click on This Hotlink
 
hello Michael, oh OK THANK YOU was debating weather to just put the headline, then the link, or put the whole story, will from now just put a title/headline & a link only in future posts, "aa"""
 
Hi,

If I am correct, a number of the items in this particular sale were the property of UK ocean liner dealer Denis Cochrane.

A number of years back, Cochrane, who was also a boy's school music teacher, was found guilty of sexually molesting a number of his charges.

He was sentenced to 7 years in prison.

This is just an assumption, but I imagine Cochrane is soon to be released, (if not already), and the sale of these items was put into motion to give him some loot on which to get his life on track.

If this is in fact the case, I personally feel it would be morally proper if the loot raised went straight to the young men who were his victims.

Steve Santini
 
Attention Steve Santini.

Please make sure your facts are right before entering into wild speculation.

The items sold were no longer owned by Cochrane and no benefit whatsoever has or will accrue to him from this sale.

By the way, as far as we are aware, Cochrane is still in prison, and we are unaware as to when he will/might be released, if at all in advance of the 7 year sentence. We have always condemned his actions and will continue to do so.
 
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