White Star Line

Very fine tissue deck plans for the RMS Adriatic of 1907.  Famous member of the Big Four ships built from 1901-1907.  Covers her first class.  By this time, White Star Line was calling this cabin… read more ›

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 ›

Lovely second-class tea menu dated July 8, 1910, which could be used as a postcard and has RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic listed on the back as “the Largest Steamers in the World–Building.”  Items listing… read more ›

Very fine tissue deck plans for the RMS Baltic of 1904.  Famous member of the Big Four ships built from 1901-1907.  Covers her first class.  By this time, White Star Line was calling this cabin… read more ›

Magnificent brochure for tourist class on both the MV Britannic and the brand new MV Georgic.  In very good condition and showcases the ships well.  They were White Star’s last ships, and the company was… 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 ›

“De Luxe Atlantic Service” brochure produced by White Star for the Majestic, the Olympic, and the Homeric. Running 24 pages, there are 18 color renderings, mostly interiors of the three liners, including six images for… 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 ›

Pre-World War I menu from the RMS Canopic dated October 2, 1913, identical to the ones used on the RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic.  Although not stated, given the items available, this has to be… 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 ›

Asparagus plates are tough to source.  One of the last patterns ever produced for White Star, dating from the late 1920s.  All the typical marks, including Stoniers and the maker’s Keeling and Co.  Very good… read more ›

Very fine tissue deck plan for the RMS Georgic of 1932.  As you know, she was the last White Star Liner constructed.  Despite her being mortgaged to the hilt (with like 4 or 5 loans… read more ›

Fine glossy deck plan for the White Star liner Georgic of 1932.  This plan is dated November, 1937, and was produced by her new owners Cunard White Star Line.  Must surely be the finest deck… read more ›

Very fine tissue deck plan for the RMS Georgic of 1932.  As you know, she was the last White Star Liner constructed.  Dated March, 1932, the plan measures about 34″ x 22″ and is in… read more ›

Official Cunard Line publicity photo of the RMS Germanic of 1875.  Isn’t it intriguing that the Cunard Line kept official photos of their former fleet, including the history of White Star Line?  Cunard never owned… read more ›

Entry-into-service brochure for RMS Homeric from 1922.  Never had another one like this.  Shows amazing views, including such interesting scenes as the baker working in his kitchen and a greaser slapping the piston rods of… read more ›

Ah, White Star’s poor red-headed step child.  RMS Homeric rapidly lost what appeal she had to the first-string members of the traveling public.  Partly due to her slow speed and partly due to something hard… read more ›

Mint-condition log abstract from the RMS Majestic of 1889.  Dated September 19, 1906, the log is for a Liverpool to New York voyage and tells us that Captain B.F. Hayes is in command.  Hayes was… read more ›

First-class passenger list from the RMS Majestic from Southampton to New York July 19, 1911.  What sets this list apart?  The cover art in the style of that used on RMS Titanic.  A full-page ad… read more ›

The Worlds Largest Ship!  Majestic and Leviathan were not just vying with each other for the title of the largest ship in the world, they were also vying for speed records.  Here is how that… read more ›

Fantastic condition RMS Majestic brochure highlighting first class on board the world’s largest ship.  I have never seen another of these that still has its original mailing envelope.   The brochure is titled Photographic Impressions…. 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 ›

How cool to have a certificate of discharge from the White Star Liner ss Nomadic?  Well, it’s not the tender Nomadic you are thinking of but still a cool piece!  This is from the 1890s… read more ›

I love collecting ocean-liner memorabilia, and it is partially because of items like this.  This isn’t just your typical sterling-silver souvenir spoon from the Oceanic, White Star Line crowning achievement of the 19th century.  It… read more ›

Ultra rare tourist-third-class deck plan for the White Star Liner RMS Olympic, dated June, 1931.  In very good condition and measures about 23″ x 34.5″. Did you know many Edwardian liners became four-class ships late… read more ›

Press photo of the RMS Olympic.  Date written on back of May 27, 1925.  Brief blurb on the back listing a few of the passengers who arrived on this trip, which included a large contingent… 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 ›

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 depression frugality.  Cunard and White Star merged in 1934, and to save money, the existing stock of postcards was taken back to the printers and Cunard was shoehorned in over White Star Line.  Thus… read more ›

An interesting and seldom-seen card of RMS Olympic off the Eddystone Lighthouse.  The painting of the ship is pre-sinking Titanic.  However, the information listing her tonnage and “The largest British Steamer” is the type of… read more ›

The image is RMS Olympic by artist Walter Thomas.  The smaller version of this postcard is not so common, and this much larger version measuring is extremely difficult to find.  In near mint condition.  Strange… read more ›

The famous Tuck’s postcard of RMS Olympic at sea.  Unused and in great condition.  This is an asset to any White Star Line collection.  Not a reproduction, and I can–I feel certain–invoke my sterling reputation… 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.

A rarely seen photo of RMS Olympic off the Dardanelles, I believe, early in the war as a troop ship.  She’s impressive to say the least.  I would hate to be the fellow who had… read more ›

Cool and iconic color artist card imagining RMS Olympic compared to various buildings of her time.  Written and posted in April, 1922–the gravy years for this beloved White Star Liner.

What do you think this was used for?  Ice cream?  Soup?  Sauce Dish?  A very cute individual silver serving bowl in the reed-and-star pattern as used on Olympic and Titanic.  Measures about 3.5″ tall 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 ›

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 ›

I have always considered White Star’s Teutonic to be the first ocean liner.  She was more reliable (and some say safer) because she had twin screws and didn’t need sails.  She was also big enough… 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.

A post-sinking disaster card for the famous RMS Titanic.  Details in the caption about her tragic loss.  In very good condition with some bumped corners.  These sinking cards are getting tougher to source, but I… read more ›

Cruise baggage tag for a voyage on the RMS Adriatic on March 29, 1934–just 6 months before she was withdrawn from service.  The passenger was Miss E. Carey, who sailed in Cabin 49 on E… read more ›

Aren’t these cute?  I have always thought so.  Bookmark given out to advertise the rather vast services White Star Line offered.  RMS Majestic, RMS Olympic, and RMS Homeric are advertised on the back.  Imagine this… read more ›

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 ›