JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 10 December 2024 - 10:00 AM start
A large-scale model of R.M.S. Titanic by John Borrows,
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
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Lot Details
finely detailed complete with passengers and Rose and Jack on the prow. 2100 x 280 x 620mm. Provenance: Made by John Borrows, an Auckland engineer who was the brains behind Fisher & Paykel's revolutionary SmartDrive washing machine. Together with New Zealand inventor Sir Ray Avery, he helped to build cheap and durable ‘Life Pod’ incubators. ‘I recognised straight away that he's a genius, he's not normal: he sees things in 3-D’ said Sir Avery. In Mr Borrows’ spare time he was a model maker.
