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Stand-up dinner menu dated 29 May 1904 from the ill-fated RMS Arabic.  Originally intended for the Atlantic Transport as their Minnewaska, the still uncompleted liner was transferred to White Star and renamed Arabic.  As with… read more ›

If you are interested in ocean-liner postcards (in particular, pre-WWI Edwardian England ocean-liner postcards) then Raphael Tuck should be at the top of your list for desirability and rarity.  While they produced cards for many… read more ›

Return-to-service brochure produced for the Cunard White Star Liner Britannic in 1947.  “The Britannic is not only British in name, from keel to masthead she embodies the traditional skill of British craftsmen.”  I’ll say!  She… read more ›

“A New Transatlantic Aristocrat.” As White Star Line said themselves, ” Our enthusiasm for the new Britannic would result in a description so flowery that the reader might be skeptical.” Running 24 pages and filled… read more ›

One of White Star’s most lavish brochures created in the midst of the depression.  This would be one of the last brochures for Adriatic and Baltic.  Celtic and Cedric having already gone.  Runs 24 pages… read more ›

A second-class passenger list for the RMS Cedric’s crossing from Liverpool to New York, Valentines Day, February 14, 1906.  Captain Cameron in command, and the surgeon is W.F.N. O’Loughlin of Titanic fame.  The cover is… read more ›

If you are interested in ocean-liner postcards (in particular, pre-WWI Edwardian England ocean-liner postcards) then Raphael Tuck should be at the top of your list for desirability and rarity.  While they produced cards for many… read more ›

Some excellent research by White Star china historian Russ Upholster has revealed that the name of this pattern (often inaccurately called “Wisteria” or “Gothic Arch”) is actually “Crown.”  It’s a fitting name because of the… read more ›

One of the last patterns ever produced for White Star and dated 08-26.  The date is impressed into the back of the plate.  Excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or crazing with almost no utensil… read more ›

The odd and lengthy story of this saucer is quite interesting.  I first saw one back at a THS convention for Titanic’s 80th anniversary 30 years ago in 1992.  At that time a liner dealer… read more ›

One of the first pieces of china in my personal collection was a White Star Line china side plate just like this one.  These lovely plates display so well and I have a soft spot… read more ›

How would you like to enjoy your evening aperitif in a real White Star crystal cordial? I take special pride in bringing you only original high-quality memorabilia, and cordials fit the bill.  This cordial comes… read more ›

Exceedingly rare and very desirable crystal wine glass as supplied to RMS Olympic and other White Star liners.  Identical pattern to that used on RMS Titanic and recovered from the wreck site.  Measures about 3.5″… read more ›

Exceedingly rare and very desirable crystal wine glass as supplied to RMS Olympic and other White Star liners.  Identical pattern to that used on RMS Titanic and recovered from the wreck site.  Measures about 4″… read more ›

If you are interested in ocean-liner postcards (in particular, pre-WWI Edwardian England ocean-liner postcards) then Raphael Tuck should be at the top of your list for desirability and rarity.  While they produced cards for many… read more ›

“The World’s Largest Ship.”  Wait, shouldn’t that be the United States Lines’s Leviathan?  At the time, it depended on if who you ask was from the US or the UK!  Both ships were pretty evenly… read more ›

Stunning color cut-away of White Star Line’s RMS Majestic.  In many ways, Majestic was a forerunner to ships such as ss Normandie (with divided uptakes, every public room being double height, etc.).  White Star cut-aways… read more ›

This postcard is for the White Star liner RMS Megantic.  As you know, Megantic was one of a pair of ships setup to test the engine arrangements subsequently used in the Olympic class.  Mailed April,… read more ›

Superb graphics on the cover of this passenger list for White Star’s finest 19th Century ship, the RMS Oceanic.  The last ship conceived and built under the guidance of the line’s founder, Thomas Ismay, Oceanic… read more ›

I’ve only ever had three other brochures of this type.  This is an 12-page brochure produced around 1919 when RMS Olympic restarted the Southampton service in conjunction with RMS Adriatic.  Majestic and Homeric aren’t even… read more ›

Unused and unusual gummed sticker for mail posted on Olympic.  Measures about 2″ long.  Excellent condition.  A small quantity available.

One of the nicer cards ever issued for RMS Olympic.  There’s something very soothing about it.  Claimed to be the last White Star Line issued artist card done for our favorite liner.  That seems to… read more ›

Interesting photo of the famous floating dry dock in Southampton, the largest in the world.  Remnants of the brick docking piers used to keep this dry dock in place are still visible in Southampton to… read more ›

This is my personal favorite postcard of RMS Olympic.  Isn’t she powerful and sleek looking in this image from her gravy years of the 1920s?  This is Olympic back on top after the war.  Don’t… read more ›

Don’t you just love the colors on some of the line-issued artist-rendering cards?  White Star Line did because they produced quite a number of them by different artists.  This one for RMS Olympic is after… read more ›

Not wanting to miss out on the PR gold mine of the largest and most famous vessels in the world, New York postcard producers quickly got into the game themselves.  This maiden-voyage-era card is postmarked… read more ›

A stunning real-photographic postcard of the RMS Olympic in Southampton.  Image dates to mid 1920s, and she’s looking every inch the most handsome ocean liner in the world.  Unused and in excellent condition.

My last and finest piece of pine decking from the famous liner RMS Olympic.  Comes not only with its original auction tag from when I purchased it at the Haltwhistle auction nearly 20 years ago… read more ›

Stand-up dinner menu dated 18 November 1906 from the ill-fated RMS Republic.  Just over two years later, she was lying at the bottom of the North Atlantic after a collision with the ss Florida.  The… read more ›

Elkington-plate ashtray used on board the White Star Line.  Not a souvenir.  This is an in-service silver ashtray.  Date coded to 1929.  Perhaps made for the new RMS Britannic which came out in 1930 or… read more ›

A lovely White Star Line knife in the reed-and-star pattern as used on board the RMS Olympic ad RMS Titanic.  Produced by Harrison Bros & Howson and marked with the White Star Line name and… read more ›

Isn’t this just the dish?!  Fantastic-condition White Star Line reed-and-star dish from the on-board service.  Measures about 10.5″ x 7.25″,  Made by Elkington plate and dated to 1932, meaning it was probably made for the… read more ›

White Star Line silver is sure getting tough to find.  This sugar bowl is the LARGER size of the two made for tables and measures 7″ from handle to handle and stands 2½”.  In the… read more ›

I haven’t had a set of White Star Line sugar tongs in ages.  These are made by our friends at Elkington Silver and date to 1930.  They measure about 4.25″ long.  In excellent condition.  They… read more ›

Post-sinking disaster card showing an artist rendering of RMS Olympic.  Full details of ship in the caption.  Unused with one corner bitten off.  This same image was also used on a post-sinking poster, maybe to… read more ›

A fine image of Olympic at anchor marked as Titanic on a memorial postcard.  “The largest ship in the world.”  Unused.  Some bending in the upper left-hand corner.

RMS Olymipc, Homeric, and Majestic brochure from around 1925.  The finest brochure ever done for White Star Line’s post-war trio of ships.  20 pages of full color covering all 3 ships.  RMS Majestic as the… read more ›