An original photograph c1900 shows the bookcase on the left. (Click on image to enlarge).
The bookcase as it is now. (Click on image to enlarge).
THE antique bookcase salvaged from the White Star liner which foundered at the entrance to Cork Harbour in 1928 sold for a hammer price of 22,000 at Lynes and Lynes sale in Cork on January 26. It had been estimated at 10,000-15,000. The breakfront bookcase from the S.S, Celtic was bought on the telephone by a private collector in Northern Ireland, where the bookcase was made at Harland and Wolff around 1901. The four door mahogany and satinwood bookcase with decorative glazing and marquetry inlay was from the First Class Library.
There were four bidders, two in the room and two on the telephone, in pursuit of it. (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for January 13, 2013).