The Neil Beaton Collection of Yachting Medals

ARGENTINA, Yacht Club Argentino, Buenos Aires, a plated bronze award medal, unsigned, naming Pablo Suarez, engraved (Rating 2o. Premio, 26 Ene, 1913), 31mm; AUSTRALIA, Rockhampton Sailing Regatta, 1895, a silver badge by G. Loveridge, named (2nd Prize for 19 Footers, won by Xoa), hallmarked Birmingham 1893, 40 x 29mm, America’s Cup, 1983, a gilt Winners medal, unsigned, 32mm; BERMUDA, Tall Ships Race, 1964, a bronze award medal, unsigned, un-named, 38mm; SOUTH AFRICA, Hout Bay Yacht Club, 1984, a bronze award medal, unsigned, 52mm; URUGUAY, Yacht Club Uruguayo, XI Campeonato Sudamericano de la Clase Lightning, 1965, a bronze 3rd Prize medal by Tammaro, un-named, 31mm, and a plated bronze medal by L. Giammarchi, 28mm; USA, America’s Cup, 1903, gilt brass medalets (2), both 24mm, and an enamelled button by Whitehead & Hoag, 32mm [10]. Generally very fine; fourth in maroon case of issue £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Neil Beaton Collection of Yachting Medals.

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Pablo Suarez (†1924) was a noted yachtsman and committee member of the Yacht Club Argentino. A frequent visitor to England, he was well known in Southampton yachting circles and the owner of the 12-metre yacht Rafaga, built in 1908 and depicted on the medal. He married Annie Berry, daughter of Mr W. Berry, a former Chief Constable of Southampton. The medals of his son, Flying Officer Pablo Geoffrey Suarez (1918-2003), were sold in these rooms on 26 March 2014, lot 1536