rshousha Posted July 1, 2022 Share #1 Posted July 1, 2022 Hi, You all have probably seen this, but I think it was kind of unusual: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-full-hull-1-48-scale-model-of-hms-victory-a-100-20-c-686470d9a8?evg_experience_id=DHwlW&evg_item_id=686470D9A8&evg_campaign_id=bdOng&evg_block_id=ckoU5&utm_campaign=personalizedRECS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=brand&utm_content=nav_ctrl Keith Black and dvm27 2 Rick Shousha Montreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted July 1, 2022 Share #2 Posted July 1, 2022 And the bidding starts at only 500,000 GBP. No, thanks -- too rich for my wallet! mtaylor, thibaultron, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted July 1, 2022 Share #3 Posted July 1, 2022 (edited) Is the NMM selling off part of its collection? This is model SLR0513 https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-66474 That would be concerning if they are that desperate for funds. EDIT - checking Sotherby’s website it has been on loan to the NMM since 1962 Gary Edited July 1, 2022 by Morgan thibaultron, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ensign Posted July 1, 2022 Share #4 Posted July 1, 2022 The NMM blurb about this model indicates that it is on loan from a private lender. Perhaps it's the lender who's short of funds. B.E. dvm27, hollowneck, thibaultron and 2 others 5 Current Build: Medway-longboat-1742-by-blue-ensign-½”-scale Completed builds: HMS Indefatigable-1794-by-blue-ensign-vanguard-models-1:64-scale HMS Sphinx 1775 by Blue Ensign. 1:64 scale - Vanguard Models Queen-Anne-Royal-Barge-circa-1700-by-Blue-Ensign Fifie fishing boat Lady Eleanor Muirneag-1903-–-a-scottish-zulu-fishing-boat-164-scale-based-on-the-vanguard-models-zulu-kit/ HM Cutter Alert 1777 HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 18th-century-English-longboat-by-Blue-Ensign-ms-148-scale/ 18thc English Pinnace by Blue Ensign-Model-Shipways-1:24 scale/ HMS-Pegasus-by-Blue-Ensign-finished-Victory-Models-1:64-scale/ Heller Seventy-four 1:150 scale - modified Le Superbe/Le Glorieux kit after Boudriot, waterline setting with sails. The schooner Pickle, Jotika pob kit 1:64 scale, my interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvm27 Posted July 1, 2022 Share #5 Posted July 1, 2022 If your name is not Arnold or Henry K. then your chances of purchasing this model are slim! AgesOfSail, thibaultron, scrubbyj427 and 2 others 1 4 GregwebsiteAdmiralty Modelsmoderator Echo Cross-section buildAdmiralty Models Cross-section BuildFinished buildPegasus, 1776, cross-sectionCurrent buildSpeedwell, 1752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cleek Posted July 2, 2022 Share #6 Posted July 2, 2022 (edited) On 7/1/2022 at 8:38 AM, dvm27 said: If your name is not Arnold or Henry K. then your chances of purchasing this model are slim! I'm sure they got into the game long before the prices started increasing geometrically. This is great news, actually. It's about time that quality ship models began to adequately reflect their status as fine art. While this is a much later model (1803,) it is still apparently an "Admiralty Board Model," of sorts and it appears its provenance is impeccable. A price point just a tad over $600,000 USD seems about right, all things considered. Such models don't hit the market all that often. Seven years ago, the 12 foot long builder's model of RMS Mauretania sold for $195,922 USD (162,000 GBP.) This is definitely a sale to watch. I'm not so sure about the catalog estimate of 20,000 to 30,000 GBP for a lantern from Victory, though. Bid Now: A painted tin and horn lantern from the Gun Decks of HMS Victory, English, circa 1800 - July 2, 0122 2:30 PM BST (invaluable.com) Edited July 2, 2022 by Bob Cleek dvm27, scrubbyj427, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thibaultron Posted July 2, 2022 Share #7 Posted July 2, 2022 Heck for 500,00 pounds I could have a model big enough to actually sail in built! Altduck, dvm27, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Ron Thibault Shipjack Carrie Price from Pyro kit, with upgraded detailing and history. Going From A 2D Drawing To A 3D Printed Part Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted July 3, 2022 Share #8 Posted July 3, 2022 Regarding the lantern, was the black silk and gilt tally woven with the ship's name a common practice? Allan mtaylor, Keith Black and thibaultron 3 PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted May 5, 2023 Share #9 Posted May 5, 2023 To close off some of the questions initially raised it appears that the NMM purchased the model for themselves at auction, thus retaining it. As reported in the May 2023 edition of Topmasts, the quarterly newsletter of the Society for Nautical Research. Gary Murphys77, mtaylor, GrandpaPhil and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollowneck Posted May 11, 2023 Share #10 Posted May 11, 2023 On 7/1/2022 at 11:38 AM, dvm27 said: If your name is not Arnold or Henry K. then your chances of purchasing this model are slim! Or "Elon" or "Jeff".... mtaylor 1 Ron Director, Nautical Research Guild Secretary/Newsletter Editor, Philadelphia Ship Model Society Former Member/Secretary for the Connecticut Marine Model Society Current Build: Grace & Peace (Wyoming, 6-masted Schooner) Completed Builds: HMS Grecian, HMS Sphinx (as HMS Camilla) Ongakuka Maru, (Higaki Kaisen, It Takes A Village), Le Tigre Privateer, HMS Swan, HMS Godspeed, HMS Ardent, HMS Diana, Russian brig Mercury, Elizabethan Warship Revenge, Xebec Syf'Allah, USF Confederacy, HMS Granado, USS Brig Syren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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