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Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd.

Member and Contributor since September 2004

The Wiltshire auction house of Henry Aldridge & Son has become famous for its twice-annual Titanic and Maritime History Auctions.   The opportunity for people to sell items of Titanic interest that have lain hidden in attics and callers for generations has provided Titanic researchers with a wealth of new research material, and offered members of the community the possibility of owning physical objects with a tangible connection to the Titanic story.   

Rare Titanic deck plan hints at Astor cabin location
The plan of first class accomodation was saved by Colonel Astor's assistant...
RARE TITANIC DECK PLAN HINTS AT ASTOR CABIN LOCATION
Watch recovered from John Jacob Astor's body
Gold watch sold at auction for £900,000...
WATCH RECOVERED FROM JOHN JACOB ASTOR'S BODY
Titanic: Plan of First Class Accommodation
Unique deckplan saved by a First Class Passenger...
TITANIC: PLAN OF FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATION
Officers' Luncheon Menu
Menu shows the fare on offer for Titanic's senior officers...
OFFICERS' LUNCHEON MENU
Artefacts recovered from Carpathia wreck
Among the items a bridge telegraph and a bronze porthole...
ARTEFACTS RECOVERED FROM CARPATHIA WRECK
Bedroom Steward's final letter home
Titanic letter dated 11 April 1912 posted at Queenstown...
BEDROOM STEWARD'S FINAL LETTER HOME
The Iceberg that Sank the Titanic?
Rare image taken two days before Titanic sank...
THE ICEBERG THAT SANK THE TITANIC?
Unique Titanic letter from day of collision
Letter written by a Titanic survivor on board the Titanic on the day of the collision...
UNIQUE TITANIC LETTER FROM DAY OF COLLISION
Auctioning the Wallace Hartley Titanic violin
The most valuable Titanic artefact ever sold...
AUCTIONING THE WALLACE HARTLEY TITANIC VIOLIN
Authenticating the Wallace Hartley Titanic Violin
How Titanic' Bandmaster's instrument was declared genuine...
AUTHENTICATING THE WALLACE HARTLEY TITANIC VIOLIN
Titanic victims buried at sea shown in unique photograph
A photograph of Titanic victims being buried at sea....
TITANIC VICTIMS BURIED AT SEA SHOWN IN UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPH
Carpathia Medal to be auctioned
Although the Titanic sank 100 years ago, demand for memorabilia from her shows little sign of abating......
CARPATHIA MEDAL TO BE AUCTIONED
Carpathia Crew Medal on Sale
One of the bronze medals presented to the crew of RMS Carpathia, following their heroic rescue of 705 survivors of the stricken Titanic on April 15 1912, is to be sold at Bonhams as part of The Marine Sale on 28 September 2010. Estimated at £...
CARPATHIA CREW MEDAL ON SALE
Portrait of Rhoda Abbott
Photograph of Titanic survivor Rosa/Rhoda Abbott....
PORTRAIT OF RHODA ABBOTT
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...
PITMAN'S MBE
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...
F. BEST - RELIEF FUND POSTER
Chequebook Journalism
A Marconigram sent to the Wireless Operator of the Olympic by a New York newspaper....
CHEQUEBOOK JOURNALISM
Captain Smith's Signature
From an RMS Baltic menu....
CAPTAIN SMITH'S SIGNATURE
A case of mistaken identity?
Pictures are not always what they seem...
A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY?
A Night to Remember Publicity Still
Kenneth More as Second Officer Lightoller in a publicity still for the 1958 film A Night to Remember ...
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER PUBLICITY STILL
Commander Lightoller
Portrait of Commander C.H. Lightoller from the frontispiece of his autobiography...
COMMANDER LIGHTOLLER
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....
JOSEPH WOOSNAM'S CARPATHIA MEDAL
Lifeboat Specifications
Description of the design and construction of Titanic's lifeboats...
LIFEBOAT SPECIFICATIONS
Original plan used throughout the British Titanic Enquiry.
A large scale plan of the Titanic used during the Titanic enquiry...
ORIGINAL PLAN USED THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH TITANIC ENQUIRY.
Oscar Scott Woody's Pocket Watch
Postal worker's gold watch discovered frozen in time...
OSCAR SCOTT WOODY'S POCKET WATCH
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....
PHOTOGRAPH POSSIBLY OF CAPTAIN SMITH AT A SHIP LAUNCH
RMS Olympic Chandelier
A light fitting from the Olympic, identical to ones fitted in the Grand Staircase of the Titanic ...
RMS OLYMPIC CHANDELIER
Second Class Breakfast Menu
Menu dated 11 April 1912 shows the fare on offer to second class passengers the morning they arrived at Queenstown...
SECOND CLASS BREAKFAST MENU
The Millionaire's Service
White Star Line blue and gilt dessert porcelain dinner service...
THE MILLIONAIRE'S SERVICE
The White Star
A brass five-pointed star removed from the White Star Line office in Liverpool....
THE WHITE STAR
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. ...
TITANIC BROOCH
Austin Partner Photograph
Photograph of Titanic victim Austin Partner...
AUSTIN PARTNER PHOTOGRAPH
Austin Partner Portrait
Photographic portrait of Titanic victim Austin Partner...
AUSTIN PARTNER PORTRAIT
Boxing Practice in Olympic's Gymnasium
A photograph taken aboard the Olympic by Titanic Saloon Steward Edward Wheelton...
BOXING PRACTICE IN OLYMPIC'S GYMNASIUM
Butter Pat
White Star Line Butter Pat...
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...
CARD CASE
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...
CROW'S NEST TELEPHONE KEY
Discharge Book
Bath Steward Frank Herbert Morris' Discharge Book. A continuous record of the ships he worked on and his conduct....
DISCHARGE BOOK
Engineers' Memorial
The Engineers Memorial which was unveiled at Andrews Park, Southampton on 22nd April 1914...
ENGINEERS' MEMORIAL
Jack Phillips
Pictured (left) with a colleague aboard the Adriatic...
JACK PHILLIPS
Matches and Matchbox Holder
White Star Line matches and matchbox holder...
MATCHES AND MATCHBOX HOLDER
Matinee Programme
Programme for a matinee in aid of the the Titanic Relief Fund, 1st May 1912....
MATINEE PROGRAMME
Medical Kit
White Star Line medical instruments, in a leather case....
MEDICAL KIT
Pincushion
A pin cushion bought on board the Titanic. Probably in the barber's shop which stocked toys and novelty items for sale as souveniers....
PINCUSHION
Senate Inquiry Summons
Summons ordering Able Seaman Thomas Jones to attend the Senate Sub-Committee inquiry into the Titanic disaster...
SENATE INQUIRY SUMMONS
Steward's Badge
Steward's Badge...
STEWARD'S BADGE
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...
TITANIC BLUEPRINT

William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison
1st Class Passenger

Johanna Persdotter Ahlin

Johanna Persdotter Ahlin
3rd Class Passenger

John Gill

John Gill
2nd Class Passenger

Alfred Rowe

Alfred Rowe
1st Class Passenger

Ernest William Hamblyn

Ernest William Hamblyn
Victualling Crew

Augusta Charlotta Lindblom

Augusta Charlotta Lindblom
3rd Class Passenger

Edmund Stone

Edmund Stone
Victualling Crew

Adolphe Saalfeld

Adolphe Saalfeld
1st Class Passenger

Gunhilde Oline 'Lena' Jacobsen

Gunhilde Oline 'Lena' Jacobsen
3rd Class Passenger

Charles Proctor

Charles Proctor
Victualling Crew

George Harris

George Harris
2nd Class Passenger

Charles Casswill

Charles Casswill
Victualling Crew

Bengt Edvin Larsson

Bengt Edvin Larsson
3rd Class Passenger

Asuncion Durán i Moné

Asuncion Durán i Moné
2nd Class Passenger

Boysie Richard Russell

Boysie Richard Russell
Victualling Crew

Mary Eliza Doyle

Mary Eliza Doyle
3rd Class Passenger

Alice Phoebe Harknett

Alice Phoebe Harknett
3rd Class Passenger

Adāl Najīb Qiyāmah

Adāl Najīb Qiyāmah
3rd Class Passenger

Arthur Gee

Arthur Gee
1st Class Passenger

Richard William May

Richard William May
1st Class Passenger

Lily Odell

Lily Odell
1st Class Passenger

Roberta Elizabeth Mary Maioni

Roberta Elizabeth Mary Maioni
1st Class Passenger

Ada Elizabeth Balls

Ada Elizabeth Balls
2nd Class Passenger

Catherine Peters

Catherine Peters
3rd Class Passenger

Leonard Taylor

Leonard Taylor
Victualling Crew

James Flynn

James Flynn
3rd Class Passenger

Jacob Christian Milling

Jacob Christian Milling
2nd Class Passenger

Alice Frances Christy

Alice Frances Christy
2nd Class Passenger

Edward Thomas Stone

Edward Thomas Stone
Victualling Crew

Edward Thomas Stone

Edward Thomas Stone
Victualling Crew

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