Portrait of Sir Francis Drake to Be Auctioned
A portrait of Sir Francis Drake, the great Elizabethan seafarer, is among leading works at Bonhams Old Masters Sale in London on Wednesday 4th July Painted by an unknown artist from the Anglo-Dutch School, believed possibly to date from the mid-1570s, it is estimated it will fetch £300,000-500,000. The portrait has recently been loaned on exhibition at […] Read More
Category: Auctions | Maritime Heritage
Buyer Urgently Needed for Historic Boat Collection
The remarkable and unique historic boat collection of some 300 historic boats from around the World, assembled by the late Major David Goddard M.B.E that once formed the collection of the Exeter Maritime Museum, which sadly closed in 1997, is once more in danger of being broken up unless a buyer can be found urgntly. […] Read More
Category: Auctions | Historic Ships | Maritime Heritage
John Goddard Collection of Naval Medals & Nelson Letters: Auction
The John Goddard Collection of naval medals and Nelson letters, collected over three decades, will be auctioned on 24th November 2015 by the Dix Noonan Webb auction house in London. Read More
Category: Auctions | Maritime Heritage
Charles Miller Maritime Auctions
Charles Miller Ltd, London’s only specialist auction house dedicated to the sale of maritime and scientific objects and works of art, has issued an invitation to consign for the Spring Sale, scheduled for 12 May. Included so far in the Spring Sale is the builder’s own half block model for the famous tea clipper Thermopylæ (1868), […] Read More