May 22, 2008 - Sale 2147

Sale 2147 - Lot 91

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(CUNARD LINE.) "Mauretania." Group of over 30 pieces related to the ship, including numerous brochures (several opening up to deck plans), plus numerous pieces of shipboard ephemera (menus, passenger list, etc.). Principally 1920-30s

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The quadruple-screw ship was one of the most popular and famous in the history of the Cunard fleet. Along with her sister, "Lusitania," she held the blue riband for many years. Her maiden voyage began on 16 November 1907. During World War I she served both as a troopship and hospital ship. She was scrapped in 1935.