Cruizer
Ship models turn up at auction fairly frequently and often command astonishing sums. This one, which will be sold at auction by Christies next week, is a real beauty and is expected to fetch between £60,000 and £90,000!
1796 1:48 scale boxwood Navy Board model for the 18-gun brig sloop Cruizer. If you click through to the catalogue here, you can see a zoomable image which shows the incredible detail of the model. Cruizer was the name ship of her class and had an active and distinguished service which you can read about here.
1796 1:48 scale boxwood Navy Board model for the 18-gun brig sloop Cruizer. If you click through to the catalogue here, you can see a zoomable image which shows the incredible detail of the model. Cruizer was the name ship of her class and had an active and distinguished service which you can read about here.