3rd Nov, 2015 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Encounter')
109
[M] A TITANIC MEMORIAL POSTCARD SIGNED BY SURVIVOR...
A TITANIC MEMORIAL POSTCARD SIGNED BY SURVIVOR FREDERICK DENT RAY
the postcard circa 1912 published by Avenue Postcard Co., New York, signed in blue ballpoint pen by F.D. Ray, -- 5½ x 3½in. (14 x 9cm.)
Provenance: given to the vendor by Mr Ray, circa 1965 as a birthday gift.
Frederick Dent Ray (1879-1977) was a 3rd Class Saloon Steward aboard Titanic. Completing his shift at 9pm on the 14th April, he retired to his room where he bunked with 27 others. When they were roused, he joined his lifeboat station (No.9) and saw it filled. He then assisted at the No.11 lifeboat, and then No.13 where, because of the few crew inside, he was told to get in. He saved the boat from two near-disasters on lowering (swamping and crushing) and gave evidence at the New York enquiry. He later became a poultry farmer in Sussex.
Estimated at £300 - £500
the postcard circa 1912 published by Avenue Postcard Co., New York, signed in blue ballpoint pen by F.D. Ray, -- 5½ x 3½in. (14 x 9cm.)
Provenance: given to the vendor by Mr Ray, circa 1965 as a birthday gift.
Frederick Dent Ray (1879-1977) was a 3rd Class Saloon Steward aboard Titanic. Completing his shift at 9pm on the 14th April, he retired to his room where he bunked with 27 others. When they were roused, he joined his lifeboat station (No.9) and saw it filled. He then assisted at the No.11 lifeboat, and then No.13 where, because of the few crew inside, he was told to get in. He saved the boat from two near-disasters on lowering (swamping and crushing) and gave evidence at the New York enquiry. He later became a poultry farmer in Sussex.
A TITANIC MEMORIAL POSTCARD SIGNED BY SURVIVOR FREDERICK DENT RAY
the postcard circa 1912 published by Avenue Postcard Co., New York, signed in blue ballpoint pen by F.D. Ray, -- 5½ x 3½in. (14 x 9cm.)
Provenance: given to the vendor by Mr Ray, circa 1965 as a birthday gift.
Frederick Dent Ray (1879-1977) was a 3rd Class Saloon Steward aboard Titanic. Completing his shift at 9pm on the 14th April, he retired to his room where he bunked with 27 others. When they were roused, he joined his lifeboat station (No.9) and saw it filled. He then assisted at the No.11 lifeboat, and then No.13 where, because of the few crew inside, he was told to get in. He saved the boat from two near-disasters on lowering (swamping and crushing) and gave evidence at the New York enquiry. He later became a poultry farmer in Sussex.
the postcard circa 1912 published by Avenue Postcard Co., New York, signed in blue ballpoint pen by F.D. Ray, -- 5½ x 3½in. (14 x 9cm.)
Provenance: given to the vendor by Mr Ray, circa 1965 as a birthday gift.
Frederick Dent Ray (1879-1977) was a 3rd Class Saloon Steward aboard Titanic. Completing his shift at 9pm on the 14th April, he retired to his room where he bunked with 27 others. When they were roused, he joined his lifeboat station (No.9) and saw it filled. He then assisted at the No.11 lifeboat, and then No.13 where, because of the few crew inside, he was told to get in. He saved the boat from two near-disasters on lowering (swamping and crushing) and gave evidence at the New York enquiry. He later became a poultry farmer in Sussex.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Encounter'), 3rd Nov, 2015
