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The John Ritchie Collection of Maritime Antiques & Collectables
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St. Edmund's Court
Okehampton Street
Exeter
EX4 1DU
United Kingdom
The John Ritchie Collection of Maritime Antiques & Collectables

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The John Ritchie Collection of Maritime Antiques & Collectables

Auction dates
Jun 23, 2026 10:00 AM BST
Lots: 1-549
Viewing dates
Jun 19, 2026 09:00 AM - 05:15 PM BST
Jun 20, 2026 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM BST
Jun 22, 2026 09:00 AM - 05:15 PM BST
Auction currency
GBP
Buyer's premium
26 % (exc. Sales tax)
Online commission
3 % (exc. Sales tax)
Buyers premium is 26% up to the first £20,000 and then 25% over £20,000 per lot.
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An early 20th century Asiatic Steam Navigation Company meat plate, by Stonier & Co, Liverpool,
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35 GBP
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60 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A late Victorian blue glass souvenir rolling pin 'A Present for my Mother',
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30 GBP
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50 - 70 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A group of nine pieces of various foreign shipping line tableware,
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25 GBP
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40 - 50 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A collection of Sealink, Townsend Thoreson and BR tableware and cups etc.
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20 GBP
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30 - 40 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A late 19th century purple glass rolling pin with gilt 'Forget Me Not' inscription and HMS
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25 GBP
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25 GBP
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40 - 60 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A collection of tableware from the P&O ocean liner SS 'Canberra',
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35 GBP
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60 - 100 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An early 20th century salvaged earthenware Naval mess soup bowl No.26,
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30 GBP
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50 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A late 19th century Royal Mail Steam Packet Company cabin earthenware sink,
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35 GBP
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60 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A late 18th/early 19th century sailor decorated glass rolling pin,
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50 GBP
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A late 19th/early 20th century shipping line oval meat plate for 'Thomas Wilson Sons & Co, Hull',
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Four early 20th century Cauldon Ware (Liverpool) blue and white transfer shipping line tureens,
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25 GBP
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40 - 60 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An early 20th century Trinity House, London, blue and white transfer soup bowl,
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50 GBP
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Victorian blue and white mess plate
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30 GBP
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50 - 70 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A collection of various shipping line glass ashtrays, including Cunard,
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30 GBP
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50 - 70 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Welsh Royal Navy Sailing Yacht Club drinking glass with etched decoration and air twist stem,
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1
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25 GBP
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40 - 50 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Laird Line chamber pot,
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1
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35 GBP
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60 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A late Victorian Royal Mail Steam Packet Company ' Albert Star' pattern blue and white meat plate,
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35 GBP
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60 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Victorian Royal Navy 'No.1' blue and white mess plate, young head pattern, 24.2cm diameter.
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1
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50 GBP
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80 - 100 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Of U-boat Interest.
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40 GBP
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A collection of various late 20th century shipping line plates,
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1
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10 GBP
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20 - 30 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Victorian Royal Navy blue and white mess bowl
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35 GBP
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35 GBP
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60 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Victorian Royal Navy HMS 'Pembroke' No.24 mess bowl,
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60 GBP
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100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A group various shipping silver plated tableware, various lines including Cunard, Royal mail Lines,
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25 GBP
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40 - 50 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An early 20th oval brass trivet inscribed 'HMS 'Cambridge- HMS 'Virginian.
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1
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30 GBP
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50 - 70 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A pair of Elder Dempster Line silver plated preserve pots and covers by Walker & Hall,
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1
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30 GBP
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50 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A late 19th/early 20th century bronze advertising model of a variable propeller blade,
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1
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50 GBP
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A collection of a shipping line metalware ashtrays,
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1
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30 GBP
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60 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Nelson bicentenary Commemorative circular lead plaque 'Thank God I Have Done My Duty',
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1
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35 GBP
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60 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A late 19th/ early 20th century Royal Mail Steam Packet Company copper jug, stamped 'RMSP',
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1
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25 GBP
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40 - 60 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A copper and brass saline measuring jug and a brass gimbaled cabin candle lamp (2)
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1
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25 GBP
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40 - 60 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ship's bell 'Mercedes.
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1
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70 GBP
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120 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A WWI period ship's bell for the cargo ship SS 'Santille' 1917
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60 GBP
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100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading The ship's bell from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary War -class Freighting Tanker 'War Bahadur',
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1
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90 GBP
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150 - 200 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading The ship's bell for the Royal Navy Fleet Messenger vessel 'Silverfield', 1915,
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90 GBP
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90 GBP
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150 - 200 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading The ship's bell for the cargo ship 'CWS Progress' arched suspension over incised text to body,
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1
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90 GBP
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150 - 250 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ship's badge for the Royal Navy D-class destroyer leader HMS 'Duncan', 13.5cm high.
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1
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50 GBP
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Dennet type Rocket launcher, the steel tube with iron firing mechanism.
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1
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25 GBP
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40 - 60 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A brass helm boss form the steamship 'Newton 1883', 217.3cm diameter.
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1
50 GBP
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50 GBP
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A composition screen badge for the Royal Nay Minesweeper Counter Measure vessel 'MCM 1'
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1
50 GBP
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50 GBP
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An alloy screen badge for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Armament Stores Carrier RFA 'Resurgent'
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1
50 GBP
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50 GBP
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A pair of Patent 'Waterproof' Lifeboat ventilators, brass construction with vent holes,
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1
60 GBP
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60 GBP
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100 - 200 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A large brass ship's badge HMS 'Crusader', 60cm high.
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1
120 GBP
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120 GBP
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200 - 300 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A circular brass builder's plaque for the Warkworth Harbour Commissioners dredger 'Coquet Mouth',
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1
60 GBP
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60 GBP
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0 GBP
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100 - 200 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading The ship's bell for the Royal Navy MS Trawler of the Round Table Class HMS 'Sir Geraint, 1942',
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1
180 GBP
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180 GBP
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0 GBP
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300 - 500 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading The ship's bell from the Hartlepool Ports & Harbour Commissioners Tug
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1
90 GBP
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90 GBP
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150 - 200 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading The ship's bell for the tug 'George Livesey' 1929,
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1
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60 GBP
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100 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A ship's bell constructed from metal taken from The Royal Navy King George V-class battleship
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1
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60 GBP
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0 GBP
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120 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Seahorse copper and brass 'Towing' lamp,
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1
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60 GBP
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0 GBP
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100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Japanese brass 'Not Under Command'
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1
0 GBP
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90 GBP
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0 GBP
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150 - 250 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A copper 'Starboard' lantern, maker Telford, Grier, Mackay & Co Ltd, Glasgow,
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1
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120 GBP
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0 GBP
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200 - 300 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A WWII period a 'Bow Port Pattern 23; ' dated stamped '1944' maker Anderson & Gyde Ltd, Birmingham,
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1
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60 GBP
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0 GBP
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100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading The ship's bell from the stern trawler MT 'Crisilla',
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1
0 GBP
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120 GBP
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0 GBP
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GBP
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200 - 300 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading The ship's bell from the MV 'Assiduity',
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1
90 GBP
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90 GBP
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0 GBP
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GBP
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150 - 200 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A German 6 inch telegraph, maker Eisenwerke Reintjes, Hamlin, 37cm high ,
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1
0 GBP
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35 GBP
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0 GBP
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60 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A Perrybouy life preserver form the MV 'John Adams' of Bideford,
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1
0 GBP
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40 GBP
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0 GBP
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70 - 100 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A pair of Royal Navy Aldis lamps
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1
0 GBP
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25 GBP
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0 GBP
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GBP
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40 - 60 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading John G. Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock, An oval alloy builder's plate
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1
35 GBP
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35 GBP
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0 GBP
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GBP
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60 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading HMS 'Lion'. A square tile topped teak occasion table
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1
30 GBP
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30 GBP
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0 GBP
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GBP
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50 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading The ship's bell for the Greek bulk carrier MV 'Sapporo Olympics', 1972,
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1
0 GBP
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60 GBP
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0 GBP
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100 - 200 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading The ship's bell for the Dutch fishing vessel 'Berendina' 1981,
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1
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60 GBP
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0 GBP
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100 - 150 GBP