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W Yo Kellock Co of oC Water ateI street Liverpool Li En England land arc the only un- un Important Important Im Im- ship auctioneers in the whole wl wide e world Tho The business transacted I h by them In Iii an any one year ear is big enough to surprise even oven a Chicago pork merchant Their doings are as asa asa a n rule vcr very little discussed outside shipping circles Nevertheless Ne Kel locks hocks I Is In many respects the mo most t remarkable place In all England Englan while the things that happen there are aie as romantic as an any one could wish Kel locks Is the only pm ate hate salesroom devoted d exclusively el to to the thc sale c of ship ship- ip ping properties propel either In tn the tl old OIl or orn n new w worl world To 10 visit Isit the establishment establish establish- ment I Is to receive a liberal education In the lie history of or modern shipping forlie for forthe forthe the lie salesroom and corridors have been converted Into a museum of models model and relics of all kinds s. s There Is for fOJ or example a mo model el of the lie famous ve vessel sel Banshee built In Liverpool In 1863 for Cor or the express purpose hum pur po pose 1080 e of evading American war waa ves ves- es ads sels She succeeded e more than once In successfully running the block block- ade ado anti and those who wish to know how she did It should read Tom Talor's Taylor's Taylors Tay Tay- lors lor's book hook about her Eventually after a n youth of excitement she was put puL up to auction at J and passed to a more JI peaceful and more obscure existence It lu is believed d that she is still afloat eking out her hel days as a trader ruder In iii the lie West Vest Indies A Another nO t I er remarkable e sh ship I ii wh which leli came under tho ho hammer at Kel locks loeks was the once famous Ernest Bazin termed I h by Its French Inventor a n sort of a ship shill on wheels At the time of her launch there Wll was a n notion current that she hie would solve the he difficulty cult culty of the hit channel paa passage e once and for Cur all it iI being claimed that seasickness seasick sfa nc ness was wa I tendered rendered impossible ibl IJ by lI her r unique method metho of progress Like a agoo goo good many mallY other Inventions Inventions- however ehe hc was doomed to o failure and people found round that they were ere If an anything thing r e little more sick when upon her hei decks than When voyaging by a ve vessel el of ordinary or om- dinar build Vcr Ver Very often oCten wrecks are put up for tor sale Eale at beIng beIng being be be- ing offered as thc they le lie the buyers deciding among themselves how ho much or how little the stran stranded e monster mo may be bc worth Even a genuine old Viking ship fIuT figured 11 once In tho ho catalogue catalogue cata cata- lo logue e at nt this salesroom and amid It Is probable probable able that there is scarcely h. h a a. t typo of ship old or UI new which has hn not nol been similarly honored The record sale C Ie con conducted b by the Un firm lasted for Cor three consecutive days das wh when shien n no less than that seventy-eight seventy ve vessels el all b belonging lon to toone toone o one estate came camp under tho the hammer The old Great E Eastern tern that giant rail failure un which taught our ship designers design design- ers era r so 10 man many valuable Ip lessons ons pa f d through 1 hands moro more frequently fee fre that than any other vessel cl They fo nd buyers for Cor her on half a n dozen occasions for tor her hem successive o owners soon seemed tired of ot their bargain Needless J to tony say ny she Iho was and amid for tOI that matter remains the lie la largest f l ship ever disposed of or In imi one onn lot lol under er the hammer At 1 are arn preserved et ed a rare are engraving and documents re- re r re relating lating to her final sale role Even the thc salesroom clock at K ICel Kel I- I j lock locks I Is of unique Inter Interest st st. It marks the passage of ot the hours by sounding bells as al at sea en and ami Is thus In keep leep- keeping leepIng ing lug with all the other nautical fit fit fit- tings fh The vessel to which It originally original original- I ly belonged was wrecked and th the clock was rescued from rem the sea en bottom after af at ter having been there for Cor several seera years rs But nut the thc most prominent object In auction rooms Is a 0 huge white painted figurehead that fIgurehead that of ot Ih the lie ol old battleship Hastings Upon Its unoffending cranium the auctioned brings down hi his hammer hammel with a resounding resoundIng re reo sounding ng whack shack as 04 each ench lot is dis disposed disposed dis- dis is- is posed of nr i A beneath lh the rell bears beals the following Inscription ThI Thil figurehead tnt the lie last of tin lit wooden walls of old England lI and aud was wa va taken lakon from H. H M. M S. S Hastings H by Henry Henry Hen lien ry Castle Sons of Milbank London who presented it to Kc Old ships shillS especially specially old 1 battleships l contain a n vast amount of If valuable Umbel timber and amid metal copper For the lie latter hatter there here Is 01 oi course coulse always a rea ready y market marker A Ato Ato Ato to the wood tons upon tons of olle oak and teak In huge beams Is us use for fOI a varlet variety of purposes such as the th making of gates utes fences and seats scats foi om parks an and gardens The seats in som some of the he English parks are made mad fron the lie wood of old British battleships Countless tons ton of old pieces that an art flawed Clawell badly shaped or too small fox foi UI other lUll purposes poses are arC sawed ed up each year for fur sale Ie us as to be burnet upon thousands s of or London fires files brave o old III ships end their days ir In crackling flames upon time the Ilum domestic sl h hearth Rut But s f s. s rs Castle CasU have not beer blind to 10 tho thit romantic attaching attach ing Imig to ti milan many of the lots Ints which li ichi hav fallen tallen to their thelt bids They have pro Ire served a n relic of unique Interest t tc wit the mantelpiece Tin rh figures of Atlas supporting this lila ar the stern figures taken from the brav bravi old Turners Turner's Turners Turner's when she was as broken up In 1838 1835 Th Inlaid portion below the shelf Is oh 01 oak taken from the ill-fated ill Roya lloya George while the remainder of th woo woodwork work Is mahogany from froni H. H M 1 S. S Royal Albert one of ot the last three deckers built huilt at Woolwich at whose launch Queen Victoria was present At Castle Sons are arc man nan other othor Interesting objects taken b by U tl firm ClIm from various ships shillS which the have purchased ed and broken Amon these not nol the lie least Ic-ast Interesting is o tJ ships ship's bell ioro than years oJ old I which now rings dally daily all to marl mark the I dinner hour of tho tue workers |