Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Baldrick on February 04, 2019, 04:03:46 pm

Title: Worlds most expensive.
Post by: Baldrick on February 04, 2019, 04:03:46 pm

(https://www.modelboatmayhemimages.co.uk/images/2019/02/04/26997C4E00000578-2993639-Set_for_auction_A_beautifully_crafted_model_of_the_RMS_Mauretani-a-7_1426269324937.jpg) (https://www.modelboatmayhemimages.co.uk/image/JHxh3)




  Don't know what to say except the storey can be read here
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3079957/The-world-s-expensive-model-boat-Extraordinarily-detailed-12-foot-replica-ill-fated-ocean-liner-Lusitania-s-sister-ship-sells-record-162-000.html

Title: Re: Worlds most expensive.
Post by: Colin Bishop on February 04, 2019, 04:16:04 pm

This is what happens when museums take models off display. Many of them were on conditional loan as long as they were kept on display so the collections get broken up. This one will probably end up in a private collection never to be seen again.  <*<
Colin