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Anchor Antiques, near Portsmouth, England, features a large selection of GENUINE Maritime Antiques & Collectibles, mostly British & Royal Navy, including Ships' Lamps, Wheels, Navigational equipment (Compasses, Binnacles, Sextants, Roller Rules, etc.), Ships' Models, mainly cased, Ceremonial Gear, Edged Weapons & an interesting choice of Maritime Collectibles.  Check our Web Site, which is updated continually, for details.  Ships world-wide.  PayPal accepted.

Cuttysark Nautical Antiques in Seattle WA, features a full line of nautical antiques, art and marine collectibles.

Land and sea collection in Jupiter, Florida, sells nautical antiques, sextants, models, brass, etc.

Wisma Antik Deals in antique advertising, nautical antiques and shipwreck artifacts, porcelain, vintage toys, whisky related and much more (located in Perth, Australia).

Casanova's Adventures: "Life Style Accessories ", including SCUBA gear, DESCO antiques, repros & collectibles, Mark V, and working gear. 

Nautical Home offers nautical decor and gifts with free shipping, 30 day money back guarantee, secure checkout and guaranteed privacy. 

West Sea Company, 2495 Congress St., San Diego CA 92110. (619) 296-5356, FAX: (619) 296-1097. A large selection of genuine nautical antiques, featuring an on-line catalog. Highly recommended! (Click on thumbnail to enlarge. 33 K) 

Oldnautibits are dealers in nautical antiques, aeronautical and aviation collectables, naval and aviation memorabilia, maritime antiques and items of militaria from World War II and before. Located in Somerset, England, UK.

The Lighthouse  Store: Your one-stop shop for lighthouse collectibles, figurines, art and home accents.  Join our free newsletter so you can be the first to know when we add new lighthouse merchandise 

Trinity Marine Nautical Antiques, Maritime Antiques, Diving Helmets, HMS, Merchant Navy, Portholes & Original Fittings ...we've got it all here at Trinity Marine; probably the Worlds Largest Stock lists of Original Nautical Antiques. On line orders accepted. (UK)

Seaquest Nautical Gallery: Buy-Sell-Appraise-Repair 19th & 20th Century American & British Maritime Paintings, Ship Models, Instruments, Half Hulls, Dioramas , Sea Chests, Nautical Charts, Etc. e-mail adrydock@aol.com 1306 SE 46 ^th Lane ,Cape Coral, Florida 33904 - Phone # 239-541-0066, Prop. William Soich

Skipjack Nautical Wares Inc., 629 High Street, Olde Towne Portsmouth, VA 23704 (757) 399-5012.. A large collection of quality Nautical Antiques, Fine Art and Decorative Accessories. Visit our on-line catalogue updated weekly!

Great Southbay, Nautical antiques & collectibles.

Antiques of the Sea, 16811 Pacific Coast Hwy., Sunset Beach CA 90742, (562) 592-1752, or  email.. Large selection of all sorts of genuine and repro nautical antiques. You name it, we have it!

Stanley London offers fine reproductions sextants, compasses, optics and swords. Many models are available. 

Steamship Salvors offers genuine marine lighting, furniture, equipment and miscellaneous fittings.

Martifacts offers an extensive line of genuine nautical antiques, deck lights and decorative nautical items shown in their online catalog.

Brass 'n Bounty, located in Marblehead, MA specializes in nautical antiques and antique lighting, Chelsea clocks, telescopes, navigation lights, binnacles and other types of yachting items.

Nautical Antiques Ltd., genuine nautical antiques only, many one of a kind, located in Dallas, Texas.

Lighthouse Marine & S.O.S. Nautical Antiques A full-service chandlery, St. Thomas, USVI and SOS (Shipwrecker's Ocean Salvage) for coins, nautical antiques and shipwreck salvage.

  Jonesport Nautical Antiques, Cogswell & Main St., Box 401, Jonesport, ME 04649 tel: (207) 497-5655 Nautical Antiques, Binnacles, Bells, life rings and a line of nautical reproductions of: sextants, telescopes, and compasses

Andrew Jacobson Marine Antiques, PO Box 2155, S. Hamilton MA 01982 carries an extensive collection of vintage marine photos and negatives, ship models, marine art, instruments, memorabilia, books, scrimshaw, whaling, and more.
Gallery: 161 Bay Road. S. Hamilton MA (by appointment only).
Phone:(978) 468-6151) or email.

The Cargo Net, PO Box 369, Put-in-Bay OH 43456 (419) 285-4231. One of the largest collections of marine antiques in the country! Phone for appointment. Summer "seasonal", 12:00-5:00 daily. Closed Tuesdays. (Click on thumbnail for color jpeg image, 173K).

Seafarer, Ltd., Genuine nautical antiques and reproduction decor items.

Marine Books: Armchair Sailor, with over 37,000 marine books, videos, charts & sailing software, which may be ordered on line, with a user-friendly search engine. 543 Thames St., Newport RI 02840, email, Phone (401) 847-4252, or 24 hour FAX (401) 847-1219, accepting all major credit cards.

Reproductions: Fountainhead Exports has been an exporter of nautical instruments and nautical antique reproductions since 1973, and is currently a Government Recognised Export House.

Related Topics

  The Titanic Nautical Resource Center - The Number One Resource on the web for Titanic and Nautical Related Information. (Highly recommended)

  International Shellback, a well-designed and illustrated site covering crossing the equator ceremonies. Lavishly illustrated.

  Horizon Anchorage (ex-CSX Anchorage), a tour of the container ship, including shots of the engine room and machinery plus overhauling some items. Well illustrated.

German Defensive  installations in Holland during WWII. Many images of bunkers and armaments. Currently, the text is in Dutch, but will be translated into English soon. Meanwhile, enjoy the photos if you don't speak Dutch.

Ocean Liner Cutaways sells renditions of  ships "sliced in half" lengthways, showing the various compartments, etc. 

Nautical Research Guild, Inc., A non-profit organization for serious ship modelers, including detailed information on ships and maritime history.

Finally! A bulletin board/chat room for collectors of nautical antiques in Yahoo! Clubs ! There are only a few members there now, but join up, and make it a real meeting place!

LIFESAVING: U. S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association, dedicated to the preservation of life-saving stations and early coast guard lifeboat stations.

NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY: The Institute of Maritime History supports research projects in Maine and Kingstown, St. Vincent. The exploration and documentation of archaelogical remains at these sites is described in depth on their website.

MAGAZINE: Maritime Museum News A monthly magazine with goings-on at maritime museums and museum ships. $12/year from Cubberly & Shaw, PO Box 607, Groton, MA 01450-0607, or e-mail them for a free sample issue.

DIVING MAGAZINE: Underwater. Although published for the commercial diver, there are many interesting and sometimes hair-raising stories of salvage dives. An archive of previous articles includes one on the MARK V diving helmet.

DIVING ANTIQUES: Historical Diving Society, which publishes Historical Diver magazine.

ANTIQUES MAGAZINE: Maine Antique Digest, a monthly in-print and on-line magazine covering antiques (including nautical), art (including marine) auctions, and more.

SHIP MODELS: Nautical Research Guild, model shipbuilding and nautical history.

MAGAZINE: Sea Classics, a magazine with tales of ships, men, battles throughout the years, from Challenge Publications which also publish other magazines. (Click on "Select a magazine".)

Moby Dick or the Whale, by Herman Melville, 1851. The complete text, all 130+ chapters of this classic struggle of good versus evil.