Journalist News The last head of steam? Glitterz Media As the demolition nears completion of The P.S Lincoln Castle, a bidding war has broken out for the few remaining mementoes for sale on a new UK auction site. Interest is running high to grab one of the ship's ventilators and the last one for sale has currently attracted twenty bids and is over 350.00. Just a few days previously, a local antiquarian picked up three of the ventilators for just 65.00 each and the demolition company owner had been selling them to passers by on the pavement for the princely sum of just 20.00 apiece! CastOff.net, a new UK auction site, has become the battleground for a bidding war, for the last remaining features of one of the few remaining paddle steamers in the UK. The PS Lincoln Castle was a coal fired paddle steamer, which was utilised to ferry passengers across the Humber. The steamer was launched in 1940 and continued to be in service until 1978. As the last coal fired paddle steamer in regular service, this historic vessel has gained notoriety, to the point that a preservation Society was set up, to attempt to preserve the vessel. However the society has been unable to persuade the owner to sell the ship to them, choosing unfortunately, the option, to have the vessel demolished. In the last few days, a lifebelt sold on castoff.net for in excess of 180.00 and an unlucky bidder who missed out in the dying