Maritime history buffs would love Charles Miller’s job.
The 45-year-old founder and proprietor of “Charles Miller — auctioneers of maritime and scientific models, instruments and fine art” puts on two sales a year crammed full of historical, collectable and intriguing artefacts, many of which have fascinating back-stories.
His most recent sale in early November featured a stunning figurehead of Prussian botanist George Forster, who as a young man accompanied his father on Captain Cook’s second voyage of discovery to the Pacific.
Forster’s
