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Bidders find nautical club items shipshape at Fellows auction

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
This lot of military medals sold for £1,600. Fellows Auctioneers image
This lot of military medals sold for £1,600. Fellows Auctioneers image

 

BIRMINGHAM, UK – Following the closure of Birmingham’s Nautical Club earlier this year, Fellows auctioned unclaimed club memorabilia, novelty items and medals on Oct. 6. LiveAuctioneers.com provided absentee and Internet bidding.

The deactivated 4-inch deck gun (below) that stood outside the nautical club for many years had become something of a local landmark. Previously fitted to a merchant ship or cargo vessel, the gun far surpassed the estimate of £500-£800 to sell for £2,100 to a local buyer.

A 4-inch deck gun from a from a cargo ship sold for £2,100. Fellows Auctioneers image
A 4-inch deck gun from a from a cargo ship sold for £2,100. Fellows Auctioneers image

 

Two World War I-era sea mines, which had also become a familiar sight at the Nautical Club, sold for £420.

Medal groups were also featured in this auction, with a group including a Distinguished Service Medal selling for £2,500 and a Naval General Service medal that had a Yangtze 1949 clasp sold for £1,600. Lot 1006 was awarded to S.W.A Walsingham ORD. SMN, who served on the HMS London until he was killed on April 21, 1949.

The Cartwright Memorial Trophy (below), an impressive silver-plated figure, modeled as a sailor wearing a HMS Birmingham uniform, carrying a rifle and cartridge belts, sold for £680.

 

The Cartwright Memorial Trophy, a silver-plated figure of a sailor of the HMS Birmingham, sold for £680. Fellows Auctioneers image
The Cartwright Memorial Trophy, a silver-plated figure of a sailor of the HMS Birmingham, sold for £680. Fellows Auctioneers image

 

A Penelope Douglas (1934- ) oil painting (below) depicting the Royal Yacht Britannia and D86 HMS Birmingham sold for £480.

 

This Penelope Douglas (1934- ) oil painting depicting the Royal Yacht Britannia and D86 HMS Birmingham sold for £480. Fellows Auctioneers image
This Penelope Douglas (1934- ) oil painting depicting the Royal Yacht Britannia and D86 HMS Birmingham sold for £480. Fellows Auctioneers image

 

The British Trawler Glance was sunk by enemy action in Torbay during World War II. Later the ship’s bell was recovered and impressed with “Nautical Club 1973.” The bell sold for £150.

For more information call Fellows at 0121 212 2131 or email info@fellows.co.uk.

 

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