Olympic fittings

[Jo]

Okay, I've been to Stuart's page on Olympic (the pictures are
beautiful...I wish I could see them myself), but I was curious:

Is there any way to buy Olympic fittings now? I know in Titanic: An
Illustrated History, there's a picture of a pile of Olympic's things in
some sort of storage, but there's no date in the back of when the
picture was taken.

I'm sure something like that would cost an exorbitant amount of money,
but humor me here...anyone know?

--
Jo
(The 19 year old formerly known as "Trig...@webtv.net")

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[Stuart]

Thanks for your comments. There was a hotel somewhere in England that had
parts from some 1st class staterooms that tried to sell recently but were,
allegedly unsuccessful. (I got this info from a posting on this NG a few
months ago) No one knows where they are now. The pic you saw in T:AIH was
of stuff found in a barn in Northumbria in 1991 which was auctioned off at
the time. I'm going back to the Hotel on Friday for a Titanic convention
and to the Crown factory on Monday, you see a picture of rwo of their oil
paintings from the Olympic on p.53 of T:AIH. They have loads of stuff from
the Olympic, apparently mundane things like doors and lights as well as
whole rooms and I'll be adding the photos from their to my website about a
week from now.
Hope this helps,
Stuart
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Visit Stuart's photos of the RMS Olympic's fittings at the White Swan Hotel
in Alnwick and at an undisclosed location, Northumbria, U.K. The Olympic
was the Titanic's sistership and the fittings were used as models for the
sets in James Cameron's movie "Titanic"
http://users.classicfm.net/rmsolympic
http://websites.ntl.com/~castlebrae

[Dusty]

Hi Jo,
Saw your message ,and thought that i would write. As for items from
her (big 0) I cannot, but as I live very close to the "Swan Hotel" in Alwick
here in Northumberland in the NE of England, I am able to take picture of
the 1st class dining which was removed from here and put in this hotel. I
can take pictures of any particular items or from any angles you may
require. If this is of any use to you let me know.
Regards Dusty
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[Stuart]

are you going to the Titanic Convention?

Dusty wrote:

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Visit Stuart's photos of the RMS Olympic's fittings at the White Swan Hotel in

Alnwick, Northumbria, U.K. The Olympic was the Titanic's sistership and the

[ObiWanKbi]

>Monday, you see a picture of rwo of their oil
>paintings from the Olympic on p.53 of T:AIH

You wouldnt happen to know the names of these two oil paintings?

[Stuart]

I was at the factory yesterday and the photos from it will be up at the
weekend. Watch this space. David, the lovely man who is the site
manager, said the name of the artists who painted them is unknown. It is
likely that they were commissioned by H&W to local artists in Belfast.
It is understood that they came from a first class suite on C-Deck. I
will be able to ascertain exactly which one it was after I study the
original catelogue, a photocopy of which David generously gave me.

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Visit Stuart's photos of the RMS Olympic's fittings at the White Swan

Hotel in Alnwick, Northumbria, U.K. and at an undisclosed location. The

[JEvans9797]

Apparently Celebrity Cruise Lines has bought paneling that was on the Olympic
and is going to install it on their new cruise ship "Millennium" which is going
to start sailing next summer in Europe. The press release is in their web site
www.celebrity-cruises.com

J.P.

[Eric Sauder]

Stuart wrote:

>I was at the factory yesterday and the photos from it will be up at the

weekend. It is understood that they [the paintings at the paint factory in
Haltwhistle] came from a first class suite on C-Deck. I will be able to

ascertain exactly which one it was after I study the original catelogue, a
photocopy of which David generously gave me.>

I think you'll find that the paintings didn't come from a first-class suite but
rather from the half landings of the forward staircase. No paintings of this
description appear in any Olympic suite photos I've seen. The size of the art
also points away from their coming from a suite (or suites). They are too
large.

If you'll look at the photo on page 53 (lower right) of Titanic: An Illustrated
History, you can see one of the paintings "in situ" (on the half landing)
complete with the surrounding decorative carving. The photo is a bit dark, but
you should be able to make it out.

Hope this helps,

Eric Sauder