17th Jul, 2008 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Phoenix)
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[M] A builder's model of the M.V. Illiria, built...
A builder's model of the M.V. Illiria, built for the Adriatica Line by Cant. Nav. Pellegrino, 1962
with copper hull pierced with glazed portholes and finished in white, red and blue and fitted for internal illumination, scored wooden decks with painted fittings, superstructure and funnel finished in company livery and insignia, contained within a glazed teak case with brass corners and plaque
Overall measurements -- 18¾ x 50 x 13½in. (47.5 x 127 x 34.3cm.) Details of professional refurbishment undertaken to authentic specification in 1980.
Note: Later owned and operated by Galatours who renamed her Galapagos Discovery, on the 19th October 1999, she was docked at a pier in Panama awaiting completion of her engine repairs when a fire broke out in the engine room. Although fire fighting units responded ten minutes after they were notified, the fire ultimately destroyed the entire ship.
Estimated at £3,000 - £4,000
with copper hull pierced with glazed portholes and finished in white, red and blue and fitted for internal illumination, scored wooden decks with painted fittings, superstructure and funnel finished in company livery and insignia, contained within a glazed teak case with brass corners and plaque
Overall measurements -- 18¾ x 50 x 13½in. (47.5 x 127 x 34.3cm.) Details of professional refurbishment undertaken to authentic specification in 1980.
Note: Later owned and operated by Galatours who renamed her Galapagos Discovery, on the 19th October 1999, she was docked at a pier in Panama awaiting completion of her engine repairs when a fire broke out in the engine room. Although fire fighting units responded ten minutes after they were notified, the fire ultimately destroyed the entire ship.
A builder's model of the M.V. Illiria, built for the Adriatica Line by Cant. Nav. Pellegrino, 1962
with copper hull pierced with glazed portholes and finished in white, red and blue and fitted for internal illumination, scored wooden decks with painted fittings, superstructure and funnel finished in company livery and insignia, contained within a glazed teak case with brass corners and plaque
Overall measurements -- 18¾ x 50 x 13½in. (47.5 x 127 x 34.3cm.) Details of professional refurbishment undertaken to authentic specification in 1980.
Note: Later owned and operated by Galatours who renamed her Galapagos Discovery, on the 19th October 1999, she was docked at a pier in Panama awaiting completion of her engine repairs when a fire broke out in the engine room. Although fire fighting units responded ten minutes after they were notified, the fire ultimately destroyed the entire ship.
with copper hull pierced with glazed portholes and finished in white, red and blue and fitted for internal illumination, scored wooden decks with painted fittings, superstructure and funnel finished in company livery and insignia, contained within a glazed teak case with brass corners and plaque
Overall measurements -- 18¾ x 50 x 13½in. (47.5 x 127 x 34.3cm.) Details of professional refurbishment undertaken to authentic specification in 1980.
Note: Later owned and operated by Galatours who renamed her Galapagos Discovery, on the 19th October 1999, she was docked at a pier in Panama awaiting completion of her engine repairs when a fire broke out in the engine room. Although fire fighting units responded ten minutes after they were notified, the fire ultimately destroyed the entire ship.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Phoenix), 17th Jul, 2008
