May 22, 2008 - Sale 2147

Sale 2147 - Lot 256

Price Realized: $ 450
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
(ITALIAN LINE.) "Leonardo da Vinci." Group of over 135 pieces related to the ship, including generations of deck plans, shipboard ephemera (menus), brochures and other advertising matter, and a number of vintage and copy photos (most in 8x10 inch format). Also includes a number of press releases giving an intimate history of the ship. Principally 1960s

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The twin-screw "Leonardo" began its maiden voyage on 30 June 1960 from Genoa to New York. The ship was designed so that it could be refitted with atomic energy at a later date. The ship burned in Italy in 1980 and was scrapped in 1982.