A framed pair of original photographs of Sir Thomas Lipton's "Shamrock iV2 1920, and "Shamrock V" 1930.
By Beken of Cowes.
Negative numbered and signed 'Beken and Son, Cowes'.
Together with a pair of framed typewritten letters, copies of the originals exchanged by the Commodores of the Royal Yacht Squadron and the New York Yacht Club.
17.75x26.5in(45x67cm)each. (2)

FOOTNOTES
The letters are framed in a blue vinyl folio, with a typewritten label attached to the reverse "The Americas Cup-How it all began. Letters exchanged between the Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron and the New York Yacht Club in the year 1851. Presented by Captain MRG Wingfield RN to the "Yacht Inn".