A case of mistaken identity?
Pictures are not always what they seem...

 

Unique Titanic letter from day of collision
Letter written by a Titanic survivor on board the Titanic on the day of the collision...

 

The Arrol Gantry, Harland & Wolff

 

Pitman's MBE
I Have the honour to send to you herewith the warrant under TheKing's Sign Manual granting you the dignity of a member of the CivilDivision, of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and toinform you that the insignia has been sent to...

 

RMS Olympic Chandelier
A light fitting from the Olympic, identical to ones fitted in the Grand Staircase of the Titanic ...

 

Officers' Luncheon Menu
Rare menu comes up for auction...

 

A Night to Remember Publicity Still
Kenneth More as Second Officer Lightoller in a publicity still for the 1958 film A Night to Remember ...

 

Joseph Woosnam's Carpathia Medal
Captain Rostron, the officers and crew of the Carpathia each received a medal in recognition of their efforts on the night of April 14th/15th 1912. ...

 

Titanic Brooch
Enamel brooch, probably bought in the Titanic's barber's shop, reputedly given to 1st class maid Roberta Maioni by an admiring Steward who lost his life. ...

 

Photograph possibly of Captain Smith at a ship launch
A rare picture which may depict Titanic Captain Edward John Smith at a ship launch in c.1909....

 

Studio Portrait of Leonard Hickman

 

Commander Lightoller
Portrait of Commander C.H. Lightoller from the frontispiece of his autobiography...

 

Auctioning the Wallace Hartley Titanic violin
Stuart Kelly describes the excitement and tension of the auction of the most valuable Titanic artefact ever sold....

 

The Iceberg that Sank the Titanic?
Rare image taken two days before Titanic sank...

 

Bedroom Steward's final letter home
Titanic letter dated 11 April 1912 posted at Queenstown...

 

Artefacts recovered from Carpathia wreck
Among the items a bridge telegraph and a bronze porthole...

 

Titanic victims buried at sea shown in unique photograph
A photograph of Titanic victims being buried at sea is to be auctioned....

 

Authenticating the Wallace Hartley Titanic Violin
How Titanic' Bandmaster's instrument was declared genuine...

 

Austin Partner

 

Austin Partner Portrait
Photographic portrait of Titanic victim Austin Partner...

 

Peter Henry Renouf

 

Portrait of Thomas Andrews

 

The White Star
White Star Line cast brass five-pointed star removed from the White Star office in Liverpool. 26ins....

 

Roberta Maioni in later years

 

Titanic Blueprint
R.M.S.Titanic Harland & Wolff design dept schematic scale blueprint of "Titanic's" plumbing & water systems.Approx 9ft x 20ins.This drawing was the personal property of W.D. Wilson esq., leading draught...

 

Portrait of Rosa Abbott
Photograph of Titanic survivor Rosa/Rhoda Abbott....

 

Crow's Nest Telephone Key
RMS Titanic: Second Officer David Blair OBE. Iron key with brass oval tag attached "Crows Nest Telephone Key".Research by Henry Aldridge and Son, and eminent Titanic historians has established that the key was either to the portable Graham...

 

Lifeboats from Titanic Reach the Carpathia

 

F. Best - Relief Fund Poster
Titanic disaster poster from Frederick Best and Sons, a fish business, at 33 Millbank Street, Northam, Southampton. it states, in full: "TITANIC" DISASTER. F. BEST BEGS TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF HIS MANY PATRONS AND OTHERS, THAT ALL...

 

Lewis Hickman

 

Boxing Practice in Olympic's Gymnasium
A photograph taken aboard the Olympic by Titanic Saloon Steward Edward Wheelton...

 

Austin and Nellie Partner

 

Austin Partner Photograph
Photograph of Titanic victim Austin Partner...

 

Jack Phillips
Pictured (left) with a colleague aboard the Adriatic...

 

Captain Smith's Signature
From an RMS Baltic menu....

 

Captain Smith on board the Majestic

 

Prayer Book Prize (Third Class)

 

Chequebook Journalism
A Marconigram sent to the Wireless Operator of the Olympic by a New York newspaper....

 

Robert Ballard: Co-discoverer of the Titanic
Photograph...

 

Steward's Badge
Steward's Badge...

 

Damage to the Olympic following collision with HMS Hawke (1)

 

Damage to the Olympic following collision with HMS Hawke

 

A Lifeboat approaches the Carpathia

 

The First Meal on Board
Menu...

 

Butter Pat
White Star Line Butter Pat...

 

Card Case
Silver plated card case from the Titanic. The case was reputedly pilfered from the ship by a steward — a member of the delivery crew from Belfast — because of his disappointment at being transferred to the Olympic prior to the maid...

 

Discharge Book
Bath Steward Frank Herbert Morris' Discharge Book. A continuous record of the ships he worked on and his conduct....

 

Engineers' Memorial
The Engineers Memorial which was unveiled at Andrews Park, Southampton on 22nd April 1914...

 

Matches and Matchbox Holder
White Star Line matches and matchbox holder...

 

Matinee Programme
Programme for a matinee in aid of the the Titanic Relief Fund, 1st May 1912....