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Unseen single known color design plan (completed) of Titanic, paint  &  india  ink on ferro-gallic print, H&W c1909

Unidentified office, USA, "3:40pm". Wall also shows pennant & group photo from tire manufacturer Goodyear.

SS Olympic  c1913  poster '46,359 tons' on office wall, real photo

Size: 8.6 x 13.1 cm (3.4 x 5.2 in)  ☆

UNSEEN IMAGE WITH UNSEEN VERSION OF NEARLY NON EXISTENT ADVERT !

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Ocean navigation aid: monthly update from ships' logs on wind, wave, weather, ice, fog, current, pressure, etc.

Pilot Chart Of The North Atlantic Ocean 'May 1912' (publ.  29  Apr)

Size: 61.7 x 86.3 cm (24.3 x 34.0 in)  ☆

STELLARLY RARE !  MONTHLY AID TO SEA NAVIGATION !  'TITANIC' REVISIONS !

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Assembled on a slab of wood, not larger than book novel size: velvet; celluloid; alumin(i)um; small metal nails.

Titanic small intricate memento plaque  for wall hanging, c1912

Size: 21.0 x 14.0 x 0.5 cm (8.25 x 5.5 x 0.2 in)  ☆  Weight: ± 95 gr (± 3.3 oz)  ☆

UNIQUE GREAT QUALITY COMMEMORATIVE !  EXPERIENCED HOBBYIST FEAT !

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Any salesman sample for retail stores etc. was produced in a limited amount, making them super rare today.

Capitalizing on the  Titanic disaster : salesman sample postcard

Size: 8.8 x 13.8 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in)  ☆

UNIMAGINABLE RARITY !  PRODUCED JUST 2 OR 3 DAYS AFTER THE SINKING !

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The distressed condition of this 14-page original from 1912 somehow highlights the epic historic catastrophe.

Boston-American newspaper of 16 April 1912 ; day after sinking

Size: 54.3 x 42.0 cm (21  3/8 x 16.5 in)  ☆

NEARLY NON EXISTENT !  ONE OF  THE MOST POIGNANT  TITANIC FRONTPAGES !

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According to but 2 known sources this steel device served for prying open the moorings of Titanic lifeboats.

± 38 cm /15 "  lifeboat davit mooring ropeitool (3x) marked TITAN I C

Length avg: 38 cm (15  ")  ☆  Width avg x  Thick: 3.3 x 0.65 cm (1.30 x 0.25  ")  ☆  Weight avg: 535 gr (18.8 oz)  ☆

3 OF BUT  5 KNOWN TO STILL EXIST !  NEARLY UNKNOWN  NEARLY FORGOTTEN !

Incredible find !! Its significance and overall value can not be overstated !!

REALLY IMPOSSIBLE  TO FIND, DETECT  AND/OR ACQUIRE !  MUCH LESS 2, LET ALONE 3 !  UNBELIEVABLE !
THROUGH MY 1ST, SOON ALSO  THE 2ND & 3RD CAME TO ME ; WITH PURE LUCK, HARD LABOR, MUCH PATIENCE !
ALL 3 WERE OBTAINED FROM USA :  ARIZONA (BUT PREVIOUSLY OHIO) ; NEBRASKA ; OKLAHOMA !
PEACE IN  THE MIDDLE-EAST IS MORE LIKELY THAN RUNNING INTO NO LESS THAN 3 OF  THESE OBJECTS !
UNBELIEVABLE !  TRULY  UN-BE-LIE-VA-BLE !

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Titanic post-disaster lifeboats contents inventory, typewriter docs, late 1912 :
Version 1  (4.6MB hi-res 3-page PDF)
Version 2  (6.7MB hi-res 5-page PDF)

Olympic and Titanic were the answer to Lusitania and Mauretania of the atlantic trade competitor Cunard Line.

20 cm / 8 "  coldichisel  from Cunard Line's  SS Mauretania (1906 )

Length: 20.5 cm (8.0 in)  ☆  Width /Thick midway: 2.5 x 1.9 cm (1.0 x 0.75 in)  ☆  Weight: 590 gr (20.8 oz)  ☆

UNSEEN !  MAYBE SINGLE 1 EXISTING !  YES,  'CUNARD',  YET WOWING ARTIFACT !

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The family from Scotland was on vacation in south England. Note position of 3 flags due to wind's direction!

Drawing by Scottish boy (12 ) made on-site, Southampton 1912

Size: 21.6 x 25.4 cm (8.5 x 11.0 in, US Letter)  ☆

UNIQUE !  UNLIKE ANYTHING !  3 -10 APR  1912  EYEWITNESS  PENCIL DRAWING !

BOY LATER AT  18 WAS KILLED IN COMBAT AT END OF WW1,  FAMILY LATER MOVED OVERSEAS C1920 -1925 !

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Ronis brand "main switch" key, from c1970s-1980s, used and worn, with its brass fob. "23 bl" still unidentified.

Harland & Wolff : switch key  +  tag  of Goliath gantry crane (1969 )

Length key: 4.1 cm (1.6 in)  ☆  Length tag: 6.4 cm (2.5 in)  ☆

INCREDIBLE FIND !  UNIQUE HISTORICAL  ARTIFACT OF  TITANIC SHIPBUILDER !

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Label on top iceberg reads in uppercase "W.S. Liddle" (the maker?!). A toddler used the photo for scribbling?!

Apple Show, Sebastopol ( Calif.) :  sinking of Titanic, RPPC 1912

Size: 8.8 x 13.7 cm (3.4 x 5.4 in)  ☆

UNSEEN APPLE PC !  MESMERIZING RECORD OF 'TITANIC' IN EVERYDAY LIFE !

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" 'Help Surpasseth Pity' - Balham and Tooting Titanic Relief Fund". (Thinking poor condition? See the reverse!)

Balham and Tooting alumin(i)um medal to Relief Fund workers

Diameter: 4.5 cm (1.75 in)  ☆  Thick: 0.4 cm (1/6 in)  ☆

ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND !  VERY DISTRESSED, POSSIBLE DIRT ROAD FIND !

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Attic find, 2017 (Kingston, PA). Ca. 5 were known to exist; effectively 7 appear to be traceable. This find is nr 8.

Small poster advertising 3rd Class rates and return maiden trip

Size: 52.4 x 23.4 cm (20.6 x 9.2 in)  ☆

JAWDROPPING !  UTTERLY RARE ADVERT FOR  NEVER -TO - BE  RETURN VOYAGE !

Incredible find !! Its significance and overall value can not be overstated !!

11 Nov 2011 an identical one sold at Swann Auction Galleries for the then record sum  $ 72,000  incl. tax/premium
20 Oct  2018  an identical other went at Henry Aldridge & Son for the new record price  $ 81,000  incl. tax/premium

Aldridge & Son to Irish Mirror, 17 Oct 2018 :
" [...] only a handful of these posters exist. You can count them on one hand."
(A professional auctioneer would never declare "only a handful exist" but "only a handful are known to exist"!)
"The Victoria & Albert Museum have one for its Speed & Style exhibition but this one is in better condition."
Aldridge & Son at live auction, 20 Oct 2018 : "There is 4 of these known to exist."
False statements!  7 are traceable (not counting my nr 8) and the one at V&A was in almost superb condition (see above image nr 5) !

JustCollecting News, 10 Oct 2018,
"Titanic return journey poster could set new auction record" :
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BBC News, 20 Oct 2018,
"Rare Titanic poster sold for £ 62,000  [ $ 81,000 ] at auction" :
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VERY REGRETTABLY THE  LYI NG DERANGED USA  SELLER DITCHED THE POSTER'S C1912 CUSTOM MADE FRAME AT AN UNKNOWN POINT IN TIME DESPITE HIS PROMISE TO ADDITIONALLY SEND IT AT MY POSTAGE EXPENSE :

05 /10 2018 03:01 "I have no problem shipping you the frame as long as you pay for the shipment but you already stated you would."  09 /10 2018 01:37 "It's 735 pm here in Pennsylvania. I'll be shipping tomorrow about 11am."  THEN AFTER 18 DAYS OF NO RESPONSE:  27/10 2018 09:17 "Enjoying my spam folder? 🤔😂 "  THEN AFTER 24 MORE DAYS OF AGAIN NO RESPONSE:  20 /11 2018 19:05 "I tossed that frame in the fireplace."  THEN 6 HOURS LATER UPON OFFERING HIM MONEY FOR THE FRAME:  21/11 2018 01:17 "I can ship it out still as I'd never burn something or destroy anything. As I'm sure you knew that too.  [ YEAH, WHATEVER, YOU SICKO WACKO PSYCHO ]."  24 /11 2018 12:10 "I can ship it out Wednesday morning is that's ok."  26 /11 2018 12:39 "I would be able to ship it today but like I said i don't have the money to cover shipping until Wednesday."  26 /11 2018 15:01 "If you could send $15 to this account  [ OF HIS WIFE / GIRLFRIEND ]  via 'friends and family' I would be able to access it and use it today to ship it with.  [ HIS OWN PAYPAL ACCOUNT WAS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED DUE TO HIS CONTINUALLY NEGLECTING HIS MANY BUYERS OF MAINLY SECOND HAND KIDS DVDS ]."  27/11 2018 02:21 "I'll be able to get to the post office tomorrow around 4pm."  THEN AFTER 22 DAYS OF AGAIN NO RESPONSE:  19 /12 2018 11:52 "That frame is LONG GONE.  [ HE MEANS: LONG DISCARDED ]."  SUCH A MORON AND RETARD  IN ALL REGARDS !  IF HE ONLY KNEW HE SOLD ME AN INCREDIBLY SCARCE PRICELESS ORIGINAL ICONIC POSTER AND FOR ALMOST NO MONEY !  "🤔😂 "

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After visiting Europe in 1911, USS Petrel (PG-2) returned to the Atlantic coast for a period spanning 1911-1912.

Titanic life ring  found & marked by USS Petrel, real photo 1912

Size: 8.5 x 13.3 cm (3.35 x 5.25 in)  ☆

UNSEEN PRIVATE SNAPSHOT !  AMAZING HISTORICAL EXTRAORDINARINESS !

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A black printed picture was hand colored. Originally a blue (?) ribbon was woven through the square spaces.

Titanic iconic milk glass ribbon plate (4x), pre‑sinking souvenir

Diam.: 18.8 cm (7.4 in)  ☆  Height: 2.3 cm (0.9 in)  ☆  Weight: ± 285 gr (± 10 oz)  ☆

4 OF NOW 9 KNOWN !  SOLD IN BARBER SHOP ABOARD TITANIC & OLYMPIC !

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121 victims were buried here May-June 1912. The grave stones were erected in Fall 1912 (likely date of photo).

Titanic graves :  Fairview cemetery, Halifax, real photo pc 1912

Size: 8.5 x 13.5 cm (3.3 x 5.3 in)  ☆

NOT YET SEEN ANOTHER !  1912 PHOTO DOCUMENT, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA !

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In the gantry: Titanic & Olympic keel laid (also see 3rd image). Card with embossing, lacquer, gold ink/paint.

Arrol Gantry postcard : Titanic keel laid just  ; April or May 1909

Size: 8.9 x 13.9 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in)  ☆

STUPENDOUSLY RARE PC !  TITANIC INFANCY 36 MONTHS BEFORE DISASTER !

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On her 7 days of body recovery, starting 11 days since the disaster, CS Minia also retrieved wreckage debris.

29 cm /1' piece of Titanic, salvaged in 1912 stuck to a deckchair

Length: 29 cm (11.4  ")  ☆  Width avg: 3.7 cm (1.45  ")  ☆  Thick max: 0.4 cm (0.15  ")  ☆  Weight: 270 gr (9.5 oz)  ☆

A+ ARTIFACT !  BENT RIPPED WARPED CORRODED !  STILL WITH  BLACK PAINT !

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"Valentine's Series" postcard: issued very shortly after the sinking, and in large quantities. (Great picture!)

Disaster postcard (2x) with earliest datestamp seen : 18 (!) April

Size: 8.9 x 13.8 cm (3.5 x 5.4 in)  ☆

SUPER RARE !  POST-SINKING PRINTED PC WITH POSTMARK 3 (!) DAYS 'AFTER ' !

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'Paramount' printing style for Titanic name, White Star Line flag, and Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. emblem.

Titanic stationery : fragment of a 'blank' First Class menu card

Size: 4.7 x 6.5 cm (1.85 x 2.55 in)  ☆

WOW !  LIKELY FROM SHIP PRE-TRIP !  OUT A CRESTS & MONOGRAMS ALBUM !

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Paint + India ink on ferro-gallic print: a graphite pencil outline was, using light, copied onto sensitized paper.

Titanic color design drawing (completed), Harland  & Wolff c1909

Size: 33.0 x 82.0 cm (13.0 x 32.25 in)  ☆  Scale: 1/32 in = 1 ft  (or 1:384)  ☆

UNSEEN !  PERPLEXING !  ONLY KNOWN  H&W COLOR DESIGN PLAN OF TITANIC !

Incredible find !! Its significance and overall value can not be overstated !!

Epic fail by 4 of the foremost experts (authors) on Titanic build & history :
"Much like the work of a child (*)  [...]  worthless  [...]  of very little to no interest to a serious collector"
"Stay away from this. it is not a good buy"
"I'm not really sure what I can offer you in the way of a comment"
"This is a fake  [ or wordings to that effect ]"
(*) The colorized area of bow & stern is respectively only 1/4 &  1/3 the size of a credit card ! ; an expert drawing !

The item was part of the Ken(neth) Schultz Collection. As such, it may have been featured in his 1970s-2000s catalogues. Please contact me if you know more!

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Bow detail image (7500 x 12150):  Detail (6.3MB)
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Back side image (4420 x 1800):  Back (0.6MB)
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