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Auction archive: Lot number 24

A model of the Nautilus based on the book 10,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne, circa 1880

Auction 03.02.2005
3 Feb 2005
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$1,200
Auction archive: Lot number 24

A model of the Nautilus based on the book 10,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne, circa 1880

Auction 03.02.2005
3 Feb 2005
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$1,200
Beschreibung:

A model of the Nautilus based on the book 10,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne, circa 1880 a brass and steel model, the hull in the form of a torpedo and fitted with a tow ring at the bow, the name painted in gold (faded), ten brass porthols, a center hatch at the top with a soldered hand rail and a large brass propeller at the stern. The interior of the model has some gears and struts which implies the model might have worked at one time. With a fitted wood box. 7 x 28 in. (17.8 x 71.1 cm.) model

Auction archive: Lot number 24
Auction:
Datum:
3 Feb 2005
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A model of the Nautilus based on the book 10,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne, circa 1880 a brass and steel model, the hull in the form of a torpedo and fitted with a tow ring at the bow, the name painted in gold (faded), ten brass porthols, a center hatch at the top with a soldered hand rail and a large brass propeller at the stern. The interior of the model has some gears and struts which implies the model might have worked at one time. With a fitted wood box. 7 x 28 in. (17.8 x 71.1 cm.) model

Auction archive: Lot number 24
Auction:
Datum:
3 Feb 2005
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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