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Malcolm Forbes' Nautical Collections Up for Auction

Last month antique toys from the collection of the late Malcolm Forbes fetched $2.3 million at Sotheby's. Now on Jan. 29–30 Georgia's Red Baron antiques is staging its own sale of ship models, important nautical art and maritime collectibles from the tycoon's vaults. The Forbes offerings include the largest private fleet of ship models ever assembled and total sales could hit seven figures as well. Some of the most impressive ship models include a 14.5-ft. long full-hull rigged builder's model of the British twin-screw steamship Orontes, built by England's Vickers & Armstrong and first launched in Feb. 1929; a 12-ft. builder's model of the British twin-screw passenger liner Rangitiki, built in 1929 by John Brown & Co. of Scotland; and an original Royal Yacht model depicting the sailing ship Britannia, first launched in 1893. 400 paintings, several statues, and an antique diver's helmet round out the offerings.

Gallery: Malcolm Forbes Nautical Collection

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Rare British Ocean Liner Model for Sale at $175,000

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor, Yachts & Sailing

A massive, marvelous and rare model of a famed World War I British ocean liner-turned battle cruiser has been listed for sale at $175,000. The 640 ft. HMS Alcantara was built by Harland & Wolff of Belfast for Royal Mail Lines and launched in October 1913. Shortly after her maiden voyage in 1914 she was converted to an armed merchant cruiser; she was sunk by the German armed merchant cruiser SMS Greif on the 29th of February 1916 in the North Sea. Daniels Antiques of Miami is now offering a 14-ft. long model of the ship made in the 1920s in its original mahogany display case, a must-have for any moneyed enthusiast of maritime history.

[via LuxuryLaunches]

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