Auction Items to date

 Items for TIS’ famous Midnight Madness Auction have begun to come in.  The list will be updated as new items are received.  If you wish to donate an item for this auction, please send an email to the Contact link at http://www.titanicinternationalsociety.org 
TIS auction list – NYC convention, updated as of March 23, 2008
BOOKS

Down with the Old Canoe

The Story of the Titanic as Told by its Survivors

On Board the Titanic

Titanic/Complete Guide to Building the Titanic

No Greater Love

Raise the Titanic

Saved, the Story of the Andrea Doria, the Greatest Sea Rescue in History

Fatal Forecast/An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea

Wolf of the Deep

The Way of the Ship/America’s Maritime History Reenvisioned

Across the Savage Sea, The First Woman to Row Across the North Atlantic

Black November/The Carl D. Bradley Tragedy

The Liner/ Retrospective & Renaissance

Miracles on the Water/The Heroic Survivors of a WWII U-Boat Attack

Unsinkable Molly Brown Cookbook

Booklet, Holland-America Line 1873-1923, large-format paperback, 100 pages, interior/exterior views of ships, early personalities of the company’s first 50 years

The Titanic Coloring Book

Titanic

The Lusitania: Unraveling the Mysteries

Water Baby: The Story of

MAGAZINES/NEWSPAPERS

National Geographic

National Geographic

Weekly World News

New York Times

Sea Classics

Reader’s Digest

Numerous magazines: Nautical and shipwreck magazines, several others, all with articles about ships and/or TitanicSpecial newspaper supplement, “The Cunarders,” Liverpool Echo Nov. 30, 1999, 24 pp. Folded.

Special newspaper supplement, “Caronia: Coming Home,” Liverpool Echo Dec. 6, 1999, 8 pp. Folded.

Special newspaper supplement, “Ghosts from the Past: Titanic tales that will not fade,” Portsmouth (UK) News, Aug. 30, 2003, 3 pp. of Titanic coverage. Folded. 2 copies available.

Special newspaper supplement, “Queen of the Seas” Southern Evening Echo, Dec. 27, 2003, 4 pp. coverage of QM2’s first arrival at Southampton. Folded.

Life Magazine

Special newspaper supplement, “A Queen is Crowned,” Southern Daily Echo Jan. 9, 2004 6 pages coverage of QM2’s christening ceremony at Southampton. Folded.

Special newspaper supplement, “Titanic: Belfast’s Enduring Legend.” 90th anniversary coverage in Belfast Telegraph, 2002, 24 pp.

Weekly World News

“My Lady’s Garter” by Jacques Futrelle, in Saturday Evening Post, parts 15, 22 and 23, July-August 1912

COLLECTIBLES/MISC

Vintage Titanic photo from Craig Sopin’s collection (he says it appears to be a photo taken of another image)

James Cameron’s Titanic Explorer interactive CD

Titanic

3-D Titanic puzzle

Titanic

Titanic

Modern “Six Titanic Paintings Cards” by Dover Corp. (2)

Titanic

Titanic

Titanic

Titanic

The Films of James Cameron

Film cel (single frame) from the Cameron movie TitanicIce Patrol booklets (5)

Story of the Titanic
Photo of Queen Mary 2 anchored off Canary Islands during maiden voyage

1978 THS Titanic anniversary pamphlet with poem by Hazel McKinley

DVD of the 1953 Webb-Stanwyck film TitanicPlate from the Europa from the 1960s
Menu, “Titanic: The Experience,” Tropicana Hotel, Atlantic City – restaurant offerings during artifact exhibition

RMS Queen Mary cruise plan. 2’ x 3’, black-and-white, printed both sides, undated, c. 1965

Titanic 2003 calendar, A4 size pages, large color photographs of wreck for each month, photos by Steve Rigby and Bridget Saar.

Murder on the Titanic

Jigsaw puzzle, RMS Queen Mary, 1500 pieces by F. X. Schmid, still in shrink wrap.

Jigsaw puzzle, Titanic, 1000 pieces by F. X. Schmid. Box opened. Unknown whether complete.

Telephone calling cards, 1995 TIS convention, Titanic image on cards, each enclosed in 1998 Titanic Research and Recovery Expedition envelopes. 25 available

Inflatable motorized toy Titanic 24″ with inflatable iceberg. Box crushed but present.

Metal box, approx 8 x 10″, color portrait of Ile de France on cover, interior views around sides. Fabis.

Bath towel, white cotton with Titanic profile and words “SS Titanic” printed in blue. Approx. 2’ x 4’. Used but clean, excellent condition.

Bath towel, cotton, “White Star Line,” red printing on white, inspired by 3rd class WSL bedspreads, approx. 2’ x 4’. Used but clean, excellent condition.

Titanic

VHS video, “Titanic Expedition 1996″ still in shrink wrap, given only to those on the 1996 Expedition Cruise. RARE?

Set of 26 ocean liner prints, ships of the 50s, would look beautiful framed, some edge wear but not affecting images, size roughly 15″ x 24″ each.

Picture puzzle of SS Norway (ex-France) in her earliest paint scheme for Norwegian Caribbean Line, in St. Thomas Virgin Islands harbor. Still in shrink wrap.

4 original photo prints of Titanic taken by Steve Rigby on his 2000 dive.

starring Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck. DVD. Opened, played once.: A Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle. © 1997. Bepuzzled Classics. Never opened. 2 copies available. One has slight crushing of box.

, book of post cards

(VCR tape, promotional issue) small spiral notebook pencil sharpenerpencils (5) bookmarks with blue tassel and gold charm (2) brand beer bottle movie poster (Jack & Rose with ship)screen saver (Marschall paintings), “Titanic Survivors Found on Board” Oct. 3, 2005. Supermarket tabloid just before it ceased publication., issue of Aug. 6, 1956 with Andrea Doria coverage, story by Walter Lord.

, August 1995, The Titanic’s Final Secret magazines, 1980s, 90s, several issues front section, April 16, 2006, with photo of Queen Mary 2 in NYC: Nuke Sank Titanic (Dec. 2006); Puppies Found On Titanic (Aug. 2007): A Long Last Look at Titanic, December 1986: Epilogue for Titanic, October 1987Alvin by Victoria A. Kaharl. Includes a chapter on Titanic’s discovery. 343 pp. by Patrick O’Sullivan. © 1998 Paperback, 183 pp. + end matter.. Eyewitness Books. Large-format hardbound, 60 pp. Extensively illustrated children’s book., © 1997, paperback, Dover Publications, © 1966, spiral bound, 117 pages. Recipes, Molly Brown’s biographical info (City of Benares) by Tom Nagorskiby Philip Dawson by Andrew Kantar, by Maud Fontenoy, hardback, new, 1600-2000 by Roland, Bolster & Keyssar (Confederate Raider CSS Alabama) by Stephen Fox by Michael J. Tougias by William Hoffer, hardback, used by Danielle Steel (3; two paperback, one hardback) by Clive Cussler by Taschenby Shelley Tanaka and Ken Marschall, kids’ book, (2; one hardback, one paperback) by Beesley, Gracie, Lightoller & Bride by Steven Biel (autographed)

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