Collectibles

[Rob Lightbody]

I got this lovely wee QE keyring (attached).  Its in pretty good knick considering it must be ancient BUT I think the wee ship is meant to be afloat on water/oil.  At the moment its just rattling around in the wee tube.

Can anyone advise on if this is rare/worth anything and if I'm right about it floating?  Its in better knick than the photo makes out - the camera focused on the "glass" but you can see the ship clearer than it looks.

[Peter Mugridge]

It does look like a floating one to me, and yes they do dry out over time.  It's probably perspex rather than glass, and this does let the water very slowly evaporate - is it completely sealed where it was filled?

[Stowaway2k]

Has this been seen here before?

apologies if it has...   

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200505A07.html

[Lynda Bradford]

Thanks for posting this interesting video of the Queen Mary collectables.  I have a couple of Queen Mary collectables mainly to do with the launch but it would be fantastic to add more to my collection and this Antiques Roadshow clip just whetted my appetite to try to find more. 

[Stowaway2k]

Thanks for posting this interesting video of the Queen Mary collectables.  I have a couple of Queen Mary collectables mainly to do with the launch but it would be fantastic to add more to my collection and this Antiques Roadshow clip just whetted my appetite to try to find more.  

Queen Mary was launched on this day, 1934
Have fun with growing your collection!


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[Lynda Bradford]

Thanks for that reminder Stowaway.  She was ideed launched on Wednesday 26 September 1934 at 3pm.  Should we put a Happy Birthday on the Queen Mary post

[Lynda Bradford]

I do not have many pieces of memoriabilia for the Queen Mary and for this reason I treasure the launch tickets.  I have copied both front and back views of the ticket as on the back of the ticket there is a simple street plan to show where ticket holders should go for the launch depending on whether they were going to stand A, stand B or the enclosure. 

[luzparis]

i have this old and nice cutaway of Queen Mary !! different of other ship sections

[Lynda Bradford]

Hi Luparis

What is the date that this Daily Mail supplement was published?  I would be interested to know this informationbut when I tried to zoom in I lost the definition. 

[luzparis]

Its. A 1936 daily mail  advert sorry for the quality of my pictures
The ref: "the daily mail" tuesday march 24 1936 no 12 453

[Lynda Bradford]

Thank-you for the information.  I had a look at a web site with old newspapers but they did not have the daily mail  for this date, but I will keep looking. 

[Waverley]

Anyone fancy this model available at Trinity Marine.

http://www.trinitymarine.co.uk/products/156/2894/display_model_of_rms_queen_mary/

[Lynda Bradford]

The connection that the model was built by the Queen Mary Purser certainly makes the model even more interesting.  It would be appropriate  if one of the Glasgow museums such as the transport museum was to buy this but given that it is not too big,  I am sure there will be lots of interest from private buyers, who have an interest in the ship.   

[Stowaway2k]

Anyone fancy this model available at Trinity Marine.

http://www.trinitymarine.co.uk/products/156/2894/display_model_of_rms_queen_mary/

I agree with Lynda that the connection to the QM's purser makes this nice piece of folk art even more interesting... but...
it certainly isn't the

Very detailed and stunning model

as the website says...    

oh, btw, regarding that Antiques Roadshow video posted above, that's me in it.  




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[Twynkle]

There are currently copies of Commodore Geoffrey Marr's book, 'The Queens and I'
on the Amazon UK site (from £6.98 - £184), as well as on ebay UK (from £45.)
An account of his life, both before and during his service with Cunard.
He includes details of life on board RMS Queen Mary,
and Queen Elizabeth as she struggles to reach HongKong; it is a superb book.