Salvage: From Viking longboats to fighter pilot ejector seats

Salvage sales offer plenty of scope for interior and exterior styling. Des O'Sullivan previews Victor Mee's three-day sale 

Longboats from the Vikings: Valhalla TV drama at Victor Mee.

If a full-sized replica of a Viking longboat is what you really, really want then Victor Mee’s three-day sale in Belturbet and online next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (October 17, 18 and 19) is the place to be. Not one but two such longboats feature in the auction, each estimated at €10,000-€20,000.

With 1,348 lots on offer in a remarkable sale drawn from the BG Salvage yard at Naas, the diverse range features a Buccaneer fighter jet pilot ejector seat and cockpit cover, bronze ship horns converted to table lamps, retro chrome and upholstered swivel chairs, a chemist and optician sign from Disney’s Disenchanted, hand-painted wooden panels from the film Braveheart and whatever you are having yourself.