Rare Collection (#7)

Space Memorabilia - lunar meteorite
Space Memorabilia - stunning NWA 11303 Lunar Meteorite weighing eight grams and measuring 37mm. Moon rocks are incredibly rare, making up only 1 per cent of meteorite falls

Space Memorabilia - the three Apollo 11 astronauts
Space Memorabilia - Apollo 11 photograph from the collection of Joan Aldrin. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin. Date: 1969

White Star Line - RMS Olympic launch menu
White Star Line - RMS Olympic extremely rare launch menu dated 20 October 1910. The launch luncheon was held at The Grand Central Hotel, Belfast

HMHS Britannic - dinner menu, WW1
HMHS Britannic - extremely rare dinner menu from the hospital ship Britannic, Titanic's ill-fated sister ship. The menu is dated 25 September 1916, in the middle of WW1

RMS Titanic in the stocks, Harland & Wolff, Belfast
RMS Titanic - rare cabinet style photograph of the Titanic in the stocks at Harland and Wolff, Belfast. In the foreground a sign reading White Star Royal Mail Steamer can clearly be read

Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm lunch and dinner menu
Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen, Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm lunch and dinner menu for Sunday 14 April 1912. The Prince Frederick Wilhelm was one of the ships in the vicinity when the Titanic hit the iceberg

HMHS Britannic, group photo of surviving crew, WW1
HMHS Britannic, rare photo postcard of the surviving crew. The ship became a hospital ship in 1915, until sinking near the Greek island of Kea in 1916 after striking a German mine. Date: circa 1916

RMS Titanic - Titanic passengers rescued by Carpathia
RMS Titanic - Hutchinson Archive - first generation image of the passengers on the Hutchinsons table on board the Carpathia, with handwritten notation naming them

RMS Titanic - Wallace Hartley, musician
RMS Titanic - memorial card for Wallace Hartley, violinist and bandleader, who lost his life when the Titanic sank. Date: 1912

RMS Titanic - pre-maiden voyage postcard
RMS Titanic - rare pre-maiden voyage postcard by Thomas, Lordswood Avenue, Southampton, postally unused

RMS Titanic - the ship at sea
RMS Titanic - rare sepia photo postcard of the ship at sea, postally unused

Silk postcard, HMS Olympic, giving the liner's measurements

RMS Olympic - silk postcard
RMS Olympic - extremely rare hand coloured prototype for a silk postcard

The Niagara Falls Frozen in winter, NY State, USA Date: circa 1890

Ruth Harkness and her baby Giant Panda Diana, 1938
Following the success of her trip to China to capture a live Giant Panda, Manhattan socialite Ruth Harkness(Mrs. William Harness Jnr)(1900-1947) returns to China for another Giant Panda

Rare Mtepe dhow off Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa
Rare Mtepe dhow off the Mombasa coast, Kenya, East Africa. 1923

The City Hall, Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina, built in 1896. Became the National and University Library in 1949 - damaged by fire during the Siege of Sarajevo in 1992

Male St Helena giant earwig
Named in 1798 by the Danish zoologist Fabricus, Labidura herculeanais theworlds longest earwig speciesreaching up to 78mm in length including its forceps. Date: 1798

African Elephants - drinking (Loxodonta africana). Zambesi River - Lower Zambesi National Park, Zambia, Africa

Bengal / Indian Tiger - at night, with eyes glowing in the dark (Panthera tigris). India

Great Indian / One-horned RHINOCEROS / rhino - Close up of head in water, side on. (Rhinoceros unicornis). Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Clouded LEOPARD - snarling (Neofelis nebulosa). Distribution: Nepal - South China. Sumatra, Borneo and Taiwan

Booths Silicon china mug - 8 Allies including India
A very rare Booths Silicon china mug, dated A.D. 1914, with hand enamelled transfer in blue. It has a continuous decoration showing the 8 Allies (which are all named) including India

Welsh Crwth - Rare Musical Instrument
Welsh Crwth - a very rare musical instrument - this example is held in a private collection on Anglesey. Hollowed out of a single block of wood, with the soundboard glued

Megadytes ducalis, water beetle
Megadytes ducalis (Sharp, 1882) is a large freshwater diving beetle found in Brazil. Only known from one specimen, it is one of the rarest beetles in the world

Leiopelma hamiltoni
Hamiltons frog is probably one of the rarest frogs in the world. Donated in 1922 by the Dominion Museum in New Zealand

Hazel Pot Beetle
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Noble Chafer

LCC-MFB Royal visit to Brigade Headquarters
A rare picture of the Chief Officer, Captain Eyre Massey Shaw, as he waits to greet the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII)

The Mataro Votive Ship Model, 1930
Photograph of a ship model, probably built circa 1450, that was hung as a Votive offering in the Chapel of the town of Mataro, Catalonia, Spain

Two UFOs, Hessdalen, Norway
A rare photo of two UFOs together. Interestingly, they are very similar in shape and colour -- possibly they are an example of a UFO splitting into two

Platinum Nugget
A 10-centimetre-long platinum nugget from the Nijai-Tagilsk mine in the Ural Mountains in Russia

The Great Balas or Black Princes Ruby, referring to a gem in the British crown jewels, dating back to the 14th century. 19th century

Ruth Harkness and her baby Giant Panda, Sun-Lin
Manhattan socialite Ruth Harkness(Mrs. William Harness Jnr)(1900-1947) fulfils her explorer husbands dream of capturing alive the first Giant Panda

German Siemens Schuckert R7 bomber, WW1
German Siemens Schuckert R7 bomber on the Eastern Front at Vilna, Lithuania, February-March 1917. Date: 1917

Ambulance dog at Maktau Camp, Kenya, WW1
Rare image of an ambulance dog at Maktau Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1, equipped with a First Aid belt -- pets were not allowed in camp. 1916

Cabinet, c. 1660-1670. Augsburg. Rijskmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Advertisement, Ifan Kyrle Fletcher rare book seller, London
Advertisement, Ifan Kyrle Fletcher rare book seller, 11 Stafford Street, Old Bond Street, London W1, with another department in Wimbledon SW20. Date: 1952

Dornier Do 335A -a rare cine still of the first of its breed Fortunately this very fast twin propeller engined fighter was too late to have any impact in combat

Cetera or cither by the violin-maker Antonius Stradivarius, 1700.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J

Guitar with beautiful arabesque rose made by Stradivarius, 1680.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J

Ancient Welsh crwth and Russian balalaika or triangular guitar.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J

Portable organ and extremely rare Bible regal (harmonium).. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J

Gordon Works Float, Rawtenstall, Lancashire
Gordon Works Float with girls dressed as Early Victorians, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. Showing a rare example of Watershot Stonework Date: 1900s

Blackwell Mill Cottages, Millers Dale, Peak District
A very rare photograph of Blackwell Mill Cottages with the railway line with a goods train in view. One of the trucks identifies its owner as Brunner Mond, the forerunner of I.C.I. chemicals

Bobak / Steppe Marmot - pair of adults - fattened and ready for hibernation - rare act of affection - sniffing each other (Marmota bobak). in steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - morning - July

Desert Elephants - Family fInding shade (Loxodonta africana). Kaokoland - Namibia - Africa

African Elephant - Baby playing after heavy rain (Loxodonta africana). Chobe National Park - Botswana - Africa

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