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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 A rare blue and white Naval mess plate factory second, circa 1890,
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100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An early 20th century sailor decorated green glass float with portrait of a fully rigged sailing
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A carved wooden master for the bridge badge for the Broadsword-class frigate HMS Beaver (F93)
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A part set of canvas sails.
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40 - 60 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An early 20th century tinplate 'Cunard Line' advertising sign: with central polychrome lithograph
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180 GBP
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300 - 500 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An early 20th century oil on porcelain ship's portrait 'SS Earl Of Carrick,
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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 pair of early 20th century ship's portraits on oval brass plaques of HMS 'Carlisle' 1921-23 and
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading An early 20th century oil on porcelain ship's portrait 'SS Craftsman,
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60 - 100 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After Colin Verity (British, 1924-2011) - 'Canberra' - Limited edition colour print 91/850
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50 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading 20th Century Neapolitan school - 'S/S Draco' - Gouache on paper -
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Charles Kensington (British fl 1884-1920) - `S.S. Virginian, crossing the North Atlantic in a gale
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading 19th Century Neapolitan school - Scenes of Mount Vesuvius erupting from the bay of Naples -
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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 Frank Henry Mason (British, 1875-1965) - 'M.V.
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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 Late 19th / early 20th Century school,
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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 Andrew Dibben (British , 20th / 21st Century) - 'Oronsay' - Watercolour on paper - 22 x 30cm,
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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 Sidney Cardew (British, b 1931) - 'Barge Roads, River Thames' - Watercolour on paper -
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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 After William Lionel Wyllie (British, 1851-1931) - 'The Clyde at Govan' - Etching
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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 Edward W Paget-Tomlinson (British, 1932-2003) - 'T.S.M.V. 'Britannic' built 1930 by Harland & Wolff.
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35 GBP
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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 * Harry Hudson Rodmell (British, 1896-1984) - 'Yorkshireman' at Bridlington Harbour
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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 Daniels (20th Century) - S.S. 'Philomel' - Watercolour heightened with white -
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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 Frank Henry Mason (British, 1875/76 - 1965) - 'Gillian Everard' - Oil on canvas - 45 x 60cm,
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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 Edward Ivermee (20th Century) - 'Tug
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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 Frank Henry Mason (British, 1875-1965) - Greenhithe Tank Storage Installation,
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120 GBP
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200 - 400 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Frank Henry Mason (British, 1875-1965) - 'ASTRALITY' leaving Copenhagen - Watercolour -
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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 Haaike Abraham Jaarsma (Dutch 19th/20th Century) - The Tugboat 'ENGELAND' - Oil on board -
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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 J Bluck after John William Upham (British,1772 -1828) - Weymouth from the Look-out
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading British School, 20th Century' - 'Painted on H M S Almanzora during 1914/18 War.
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60 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading 20th century school, by a pierhead artist - 'S.S. Rio Dorado'
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60 - 100 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Roy Glanville (British, 1911-1965) - 'Tug' - Oil on board -
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60 - 100 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Late 19th century British school - The 'Lufra' under tug - Watercolour on paper -
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Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Edward W Paget Tomlinson (British, 1932-2003) - 'M.V. Clan Grant with the Steam tug 'Cruiser''
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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 R.P. Hutchinson (British, 20th Century) 'Dry Dock - Queen Mary's Rudder' Watercolour
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60 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Charles Kensington (British, 20th Century) - A ship portrait of 'S S Port Campbell'
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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 Chinese School, 19th/20th Century - A ship portrait - Reverse glass painting - 44 x 64cm,
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100 - 150 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading British School, 20th Century - A coastal hamlet with a lifeboat station - Watercolour - 35 x 27cm,
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60 - 80 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading A group of four watercolours of ship portraits including 'HMS Electra', 'SS Knight of St. John',
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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 Dutch School, 19th/20th Century - River scenes with Windmills and Churches -
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80 - 120 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading Capt. Algernon H. Drummond (Briish, 20th Century) - 'On the Grand Junction Canal'
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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 H.Nelson (British, 20th Century) - 'Telemachus' in the Clyde and
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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 P J Mortimer (British, 20th Century) - A ship portrait of 'Devonia' - Watercolour - 38 x 54cm,
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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 British School, 19th Century - 'SS Edendale' of Sunderland and 'SS Ahdeek'
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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 20th century Neapolitan school - 'R.M.S. Oroya' - Gouache on paper -
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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 Richard Adshead (British, 1919-2003) - 'S.S. Tod Head (130ft) 1912'
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35 GBP
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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 Margaret Felkin (British, fl 1911-1937) - 'Singapore' - Watercolour on paper -
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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 Henry Papprill (British c1816-1903) after William Adolphus Knell (1801-1875) - 'Steam Ship
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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 Stephen Herring (20th century) - Study of white cottages,
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10 GBP
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20 - 40 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After Anthony Osler (British, b 1938) - 'Tough Little Smacks' Limited edition colour print 205/850
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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 20th century school - 'Loading timber in to Barges at Corporation Dock
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20 GBP
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30 - 50 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading After John Robert Charles Spurling (British, 1870 - 1933)
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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 prints of largely Maritime Interest.
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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 F.Vicary (British, 20th Century) - 'HMS Thunderer 1919
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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 William Minshall Birchall (British,1884-1941) - 'Minesweepers' Watercolour -
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1
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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 Edward W Paget -Tomlinson (British, 20th Century) - 'TSS Gothic 1943' & 'TSS Southern Cross 1955'
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50 GBP
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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 Donald William Lambie (British, 20th Century) - 'HMS Iron Duke' in her last berth -
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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 Stephen J. Card (American, 20th Century) - 'Saga Pearl' - Oil on canvas - 29 x 44.5cm, 42 x 57.
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1
60 GBP
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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 George Wiseman (British, 20th Century) - 'MV Naess Texas' - Watercolour -
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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 Andrew Dibben (British, Contemporary) - 'RMS Caronia' - Watercolour - 58 x 27cm, 38.5 x 46.
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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 John Parkinson (Australian, 1921 - 2000) - Murray River Steamer - Watercolour -
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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 John Nicholson (British, 1921 - 2004) - 'RMS Queen Mary'
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120 GBP
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120 GBP
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200 - 400 GBP
Featured lot Provisionally sold Leading Won Outbid Lost Declined Reserve not met Leading L A Porter (British, 20th Century) - The Tanker 'Braer' ashore in The Shetlands
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25 GBP
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25 GBP
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40 - 60 GBP