JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 10 December 2024 - 10:00 AM start
A large-scale model of the German battleship Bismarck by John Borrows,
Realised: $925 plus premium
Lot Details
with impressive detail including guns, sailors, lifeboats, etc. 2300 x 370 x 600mm. 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.
