Mauretania Model For Auction.

[vic mcclymont]

Sorry to hear that Jim, any indication who bought the model?
Vic

[Captain Kong]

This is what I meant when I say the Celebs who came from Liverpool and now live elsewhere but Liverpool, should have been approached to subscribe to the collection, it is peanuts for people like them,
It is lost to Liverpool For ever , It has a New price now and the investor who bought it would want a Bigger price for it.

from the ECHO Jim Posted,............

The 12ft incredibly detailed scale model of the Mauretania, which was expected to reach £50,000, was sold for £162,000 at Charles Russell auction house in London on Tuesday.

RMS Mauretania was built by Swan Hunter in Tyne and Wear and registered in Liverpool as part of the Cunard fleet, and for 22 years was the fastest ship in the world.

The ECHO teamed up with Merseyside Maritime Museum in a bid to bring the model home as a lasting legacy to Liverpool’s maritime heritage.

David Fleming, director of National Museums Liverpool said: “We are bitterly disappointed to have lost out on acquiring this ship model for Liverpool, despite all the help we received, including from the Liverpool Echo and its readers.

“At the end of the day, we just couldn’t raise enough money to outbid others who wanted to own this magnificent model. It’s very sad.”

ECHO readers and visitors to the museum raised nearly £20,000 for the campaign in just two weeks.

The donations will now be used to improve Merseyside Maritime Museum and its collections.

Janet Dugdale, director of Merseyside Maritime Museum, said: “We are hugely disappointed with today’s outcome. Our intention was to bring the Mauretania home to Liverpool, at a critical time in the city’s maritime history.