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Auction August 6, 2023The Marine Auction

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Vintage Brass Sperm Whale Door Knocker

Watercolor on Paper “Spencer B. French’s Whaling Expedition, May 19, 1855”

Finely Detailed Antique Miniature Fully Fitted Whaleboat Model of the “Hope” #3

Whaleman Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, circa 1850

Whaleman Made Mushroom Grip Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Turk’s Knot Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Eagle Head Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Mushroom Grip Walking Stick, circa 1870

Whaleman Made Walking Stick, circa 1850

Whaleman Made Turk’s Knot Walking Stick, circa 1850

Fine Whaleman Made Architectural Walking Stick, circa 1840

Whaleman Made Ball Grip Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Rosewood Grip Walking Stick, circa 1870

Whaleman Made Antique Whalebone Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Mushroom Grip Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Antique Whalebone Walking Stick, circa 1850

Whaleman Made Knob Grip Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Hand Grasping Ball Cane, circa 1870

Whaleman Made Antique Whalebone L-Grip Cane, circa 1860s

Whaleman Made Hand Grasping Ball Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Arctic Hawk Cane, circa 1870

Whaleman Made Friendship Handshake Cane, circa 1870

Fine and Scarce Whaleman Made Baleen Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

Whaleman Made Turk’s Knot Walking Stick, circa 1870

Whaleman Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, circa 1870

Whaleman Made C-Grip Cane, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Turned Knob Walking Stick, circa 1850

Whaleman Made Mushroom Knob Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Whalebone Walking Stick, circa 1880

Whaleman Made Ball Grip Walking Stick, circa 1870

Whaleman Made Captain Portrait Walking Stick, circa 1870

Whaleman Made Serpent Cane, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Naughty Leg Cane, circa 1870

Whaleman Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, circa 1850

Whaleman Made Clenched Fist with Serpent Walking Stick, circa 1850

Whaleman Made Paneled Grip Walking Stick, circa 1850

Whaleman Made Clenched Fist and Shark Vertebrae Walking Stick, circa 1870

Whaleman Made Hatch Carved Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made C-Grip Cane, circa 1870

Whaleman Made Paneled Grip Walking Stick, circa 1850

Whaleman Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, circa 1850

Whaleman Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, circa 1870

Whaleman Made Clenched Fist and Serpent Walking Stick, circa 1850

Whaleman Made Naughty Leg Cane, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Turk’s Knot Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made Turk’s Knot Walking Stick, circa 1850

Whaleman Made Free Mason’s Walking Stick, circa 1880

Whaleman Made Presentation Game Stick, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Serpent Cane, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Eagle Head Cane, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Turk’s Knot Walking Stick, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Clasped Fist and Baleen Walking Stick, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Turk’s Knot Walking Stick, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Polyhedron Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Walking Stick with 1845 U.S. Liberty Dime, mid 19th Century

Whaleman Made Lady’s Walking Stick, circa 1860

Whaleman Made L-Grip Cane, 19th Century

Whaleman Made L-Grip Cane, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Turned Knob Walking Stick, 19th Century

Turned Antique Whalebone Knob Walking Stick, 19th Century

Lady’s Grasping Hand Walking Stick, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Walking Stick, circa 1840

Antique Polka Dot Inlaid Walking Stick, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Naughty Leg Cane, 19th Century

American Patriotic Walking Stick, circa 1860s

Napoleonic Carved Bone and Wood Walking Stick, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Lady’s Walking Stick, 19th Century

Antique Eagle’s Head Cane, 19th Century

1596 Dutch “Arctic Walrus Hunt Scene” Engraving

Irving Briggs Carved and Painted Wood Narwhal

Irving Briggs Carved and Painted Wood Sperm Whale

Antique Brass, Ebony and Bone Sextant in Dovetailed Fitted Box, 19th Century

Albert S. Nemethy “Gaff-Rigged Sailboat Under Friendly Skies”

Albert Nemethy Acrylic on Artist Board “Cutter Under Full Sail”

Antique Shadowbox of a Three-Masted American Clipper Ship Flying Colors

Vintage Brass and Iron Ship ‘s Taffrail Log, Lionel Corp. New York, NY

Whaler Made Miniature Chest of Drawers, 19th Century

Carved Bone Six Whale Species on Oval Mahogany Board, by Turner

British Clipper Ship and Pilot Boat Shadow Box Diorama, 19th Century

Frederick S. Cozzens Yachting Series Lithograph “Signals of Yacht Clubs and International Code Flags”

William Huggins Colored Lithograph “South Sea Whale Fishery”

Commemorative Silk Embroidery, Japan “In Remembrance of My Cruise Around the World, early 20th Century

Group of Eight Whale Prints from the Naturalist’s Library, circa 1837

William Lowe Oil on Linen “Schooner at Sea”

Antonio Jacobsen Oil on Canvas Wrapped on Board “Portrait of the Steam-Sail Ship Monroe”

Jerome Howes Oil on Board “Five Sailing Vessels with the Nantucket Lightship”

Albert R. Nemethy Oil on Canvas “Portrait of the American Sidewheeler Harlem”

Important Early Sea Chart of the New England Coast by Johannes Van Keulen

British School Watercolor and Ink “Shipping off Portsmouth Harbor”, early 19th Century

Gordon Hope Grant “Eight Bells” Etching and Dry Point Pencil

Chelsea Ship’s Bell Clock and Barometer Set, circa 1950

Carved Bone Penguin Family

Vintage Cast Zinc Lighthouse Lamp

Gilliam van der Gouwen Engraving, circa 1715, 70 Foot Long Whale Stranded on Dutch Seacoast

Vintage Turned Mahognay Six Spoke Captain’s Ship Wheel

Vintage Oak Six Spoke Captain’s Ship Wheel

Diorama Depicting the Star of Erin a Three-Masted Schooner Under Full Sail

Exceptional Fine and Large Whaleman Made Pierced Pie Crimper, mid 19th Century

Whaleman Made Large Pie Crimper, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Antique Whale Ivory Clenched Fist Pie Crimper, 19th Century

Whaleman Carved Four-Wheel Pie Crimper, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Inlaid Pie Crimper, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Multi-Scroll Pistol Handle Pie Crimper, 19th Century

Twin Pair of Whaleman Made Double Wheel Pie Crimpers, 19th Century

Fine Whaleman Made Pie Crimper, 19th Century

Fine Whaleman Made Trinket Box, mid 19th Century

Whaleman Made Large Open-Work and Wax Inlaid Pie Crimper, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Carved Heart Handled Pie Crimper, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Pie Crimper, 19th Century

Whaleman Made 3-Tine Fork Pie Crimper, 19th Century

Rare Whaleman Made Chess Set and Gameboard, circa 1850

Carved Antique Whalebone Sperm Whale Plaque

Whaleman Made Whalebone Salt And Pepper Caddy, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Antique Whale Ivory Miniature Barrel, 19th Century

Pair of Scrimshaw Whale Teeth Depicting Brother and Sister, 19th Century

Whaleman “Royal George” Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth, circa 1860

“USS North Carolina” Whaleman Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth, 19th Century

Polished Scrimshaw Whale Tooth with Painted Portrait of a Whale, 19th Century

Scrimshaw Whale Tooth Engraved with “Mother and Daughter”, 19th Century

Antique Walrus Penis Bone with Scrimshawed Polar Bear and Walrus Tips, 19th Century

Scrimshaw Stippled Eagle with Banner Whale Tooth, 19th Century

Scrimshaw Whale Tooth 19th Century Depicting Old State House

Whaleman Made Antique Whale Ivory and Hardwood Rolling Pin, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Antique Whale Ivory Abalone and Hardwood Rolling Pin, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Hardwood Rolling Pin with Screw End, 19th Century

Unique 7-Wheel Polychromed Pie Crimper, 19th Century

Antique Sailor Made Macrame Fancy Ropework Vase, 19th century

Antique Wooden Bosun’s Boatswain Chair

Antique 19th Century Whalebone Inlaid Sailor Made Stool

Figural Cement Naval Sailor Sea Captain Garden Statue

Spencer Browning & Co. London Boxed Sextant, 19th Century

Theodore Richard Volkman Oil on Canvas “Square Rigger Under Full Sail”, circa 1948

Group of Seven Sailor Carved Bone Bodkins, 19th Century

Two Miniature Carved Antique Whale Ivory Clenched Fist Wax Seals, 19th Century

Miscellaneous Group of Antique Whalebone Pieces, 19th Century

Lady Liberty Antique Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth, 19th Century

Lady Liberty and Jack Tar Antique Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth, 19th Century

Lady Liberty Antique Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth, 19th Century

American Inuit Carved Antique Whalebone Face Ornament, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Antique Whale Ivory and Whalebone Yarn Swift, 19th Century

Two Whaleman Made Antique Whalebone Fids, circa 1850s

Fred Tordoff Oil on Canvas “Shipping Off the Whaling Port of Whitby”

China Trade Portrait of an American Clipper Ship, 19th Century

Salvatore Colacicco Oil on Mahogany Panel “British Clipper Passing a Junk Off Hong Kong Harbor”

Robert Sanders Oil on Canvas “American 3-Masted Gunship”

A. Cameron Carved Mahogany Bas Relief Whaling Scene Plaque, 19th Century

Two Frank James Oil on Canvas “Maritime Scenes”

Folk Art Gurnet Twin Lighthouses Painted Wood Box, 19th Century

After Winslow Homer, Gouache on Paper, “Solitary Sailor Hauling Anchor in a Rough Sea”

Watercolor and Ink on Paper “Portrait of a Clipper Ship”, 19th Century

Antonio Jacobsen Oil on Panel “Three-Masted Clipper Ship Annie H. Smith”, circa 1917

Two Antique Whale Ivory Pie Crimpers, 19th Century

Louis H. Joy Folk Art Oil on Artist Board, “Whaling in the South Seas”

Whaleman Made Naughty Leg Pie Crimper, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Pie Crimper, 19th Century

Two Whaleman Made Pie Crimpers, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Shamrock and Heart Pie Crimper, 19th Century

Large Antique Carved American Bald Eagle Head, 19th Century

J.V. Capua Oil on Canvas “USS Ohio Off Gibraltar, 1838”, 20th Century

Lewis Renault Oil on Canvas “Portrait of the Barque Palmyra Off Leghorn”, circa 1891

Vintage Brass and Copper Schooner Weathervane

Mark A. Sutherland Half Hull Model of the “Essex of Nantucket” from 1819

Michael Matthews Acrylic on Canvas “American Man O’War”

Brass Ship’s Wheel “John Hastie & Co., Ltd, Greenock”

Frederick Toroff Acrylic on Artist Board “Merchant Trading Brig Farmer”

Luca Caron Oil on Canvas “Gaff Rigged Schooner John George”

Vintage 3-Masted Half Hull Model 

Fred Pansion Oil on Canvas “Shipping Off a Rocky Coast”, 19th Century

F.H. Lishman Oil on Canvas “Steam Sail Ship British Prince”

George Webster Oil on Canvas “The Retrench Capt. Wilson off Dover”, 19th Century

L. Rudger Ink and Watercolor “Racing Sloops”

Popp Acrylic on Artist Board “Gaff Rigged Sloop Leaving Harbor”

Eight Spoke Mahogany and Brass Captain’s Ship Wheel

Brass Porthole Window Occasional Table

Antique Whale Ivory Pie Crimper, circa 1850

Whaleman Made Antique Narwhal Walking Stick, early to mid 19th Century

Whaleman Made “L” Grip Cane, circa 1860

French Pique Silver Walking Stick, 18th Century

Whaleman Made Knob Walking Stick, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Knob Walking Stick on Rosewood Shaft, 19th Century

Whaleman Made “L” Grip Physician’s Serpent Cane, circa 1850

Whaleman Made Bird Head Handled Walking Stick, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Antique Whale Ivory Knob Walking Stick, 19th Century

Whaleman Made “C” Grip Cane, circa 1850

Whaleman Made Walking Stick, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Whalebone Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

Whaleman Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Antique Whale Ivory Clenched Fist Walking Stick, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Antique Walrus Ivory Cane, 19th Century

Whaleman Made Antique Whale Ivory Hand Grasping a Ball Walking Stick, 19th Century

Whaleman Carved Wood Rope Walking Stick, 19th Century

Antique Gouache on Paper, “Vamoose”, Ship Launch Portrait, circa 1920

Antique English Cast Iron Figural Dolphin Doorstop

Antique Brass Wilcox Crittenden & Co Port and Starboard Ship’s Bow Light

Antique Port and Starboard Ship’s Lantern Bow Light, 19th century

Antique Port and Starboard Ship’s Lantern Bow Light, 19th century

Pair of Antique Perkins Brass Port and Starboard Ship Light Lanterns

Antique Sailor Made Star Inlaid Serving Tray, 19th century

Antique R & J Beck Philadelphia Four Draw Captains Spyglass, 19th century

Antique R & J Beck Philadelphia Four Draw Captains Spyglass, 19th century

Pair of Antique Anchor and Ships Wheel Nautical Lamps

Outstanding American Folk Art Wood Cane by Schnider

Whaleman Made Paneled Knob Walking Stick, 19th Century

Antique Sailor Made Folk Art Model of Dreadnought Battleship, circa 1900

Monumental Naval Sailor’s Wooden Fid

Marine Chronometer Hamilton Watch Company, circa 1955

Vintage Raymond Yacht Ship Fitting Hardware Casting Mold, circa 1920s

Vintage Brass Theodolite

Matthaus Seutter Maritime Signal Flag Chart Engraving, 18th Century

Antique Sailor Made Heart Inlaid Box, 19th Century

Vintage M. Stumbaugh Sailor Made Knot Board

Vintage Oak and Brass Folding Yacht Boat Ladder

Vintage Owens Bronze Yacht Bow Plate Boat Chock

Antique Ritchie Chrome Skylight Yacht Binnacle Compass

William Lowe Oil on Canvas “Great Sailing Day – Departing Nantucket Harbor”

Napoleonic Prisoner of War Carved Bone Spinning Jenny, circa 1800

Whaler Steel Toggle Harpoon, 19th Century

Antique Signed A. Dobbie & Son Ltd – Glasgow & South Shields Telescope

Mahogany and Brass Single Draw Telescope, 19th Century

Frederick S. Cozzens Yachting Series Lithograph “A Busy Harbor”

Frederick S. Cozzens Yachting Series Lithograph “An Open Race”

Frederick S. Cozzens Yachting Series Lithograph “An Old Rendezvous”

Frederick S. Cozzens Yachting Series Lithograph “Rounding the Light Ship”

Frederick S. Cozzens Yachting Series Lithograph “Four Vessels in Full Sail”

Frederick S. Cozzens Yachting Series Lithograph “Volunteer and Thistle”

Framed 1864 Whaling Contract from D.L Pearl Shipping Agent Out of New Bedford

Frederick S. Cozzens Yachting Series Lithograph “The Garden of Enchantment”

Frederick S. Cozzens Yachting Series Lithograph “Great Ocean Race for $90,000”

Frederick S. Cozzens Yachting Series Lithograph “A Sweepstake Race” 

Frederick S. Cozzens Yachting Series Lithograph “Lying-To Off George’s Banks”

Fine Set of Four G.W. Griffith Nautical Watercolors on Paper Depicting the Ship Mulgrave, 19th Century

Frederick S. Cozzens Yachting Series Lithograph “A Couple of Old Chappies”

Framed Lithograph “Maritime Flags of All Nations”, circa 1855

Frederick S. Cozzens Yachting Series Lithograph “A Black Squall in New York Bay”

Vintage Brass Sperm Whale Door Knocker

Antique Shadowbox Model of Gaff-Rigged Ketch

Two Buffalo Pottery Maritime Themed Blue Transfer Pitchers, early 20th Century

Frederick S. Cozzens Yachting Series Lithograph “Fifth International Race”

Frederick S. Cozzens Yachting Series Lithograph “The Brave Old America”

Antique John Hastie Eight-Spoke Captain’s Ship Wheel, 19th century

Eleven-Lift Half Hull Model, 19th Century

Georgina Nemethy Oil on Board Portrait of the American Sidewheeler “Daniel Drew on the Hudson”

Clark Voorhees Jr. Carved and Painted Sperm Whale

Large Clark Voorhees Jr. Carved and Painted Blue Whale

Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding Watercolor “Fisherfolk on the Shore Near Dover”

Scrimshaw Antique Sperm Whale Tooth, circa 1850

Scrimshaw Antique Sperm Whale Tooth, circa 1850

Scrimshaw and Polychrome Antique Walrus Tusk Tip, circa 1870

Fine Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth, circa 1850

Emile Albert Gruppe Oil on Canvas “Rockport Street Scene”

Fourteen-Lift Half Hull Shipbuilder’s Model of the Mary L. Baker, 19th Century

Nine-Lift Half Hull Shipbuilder’s Model, 19th Century

Emile Gruppe Oil on Canvas “Fishing Boats Docked”

Large Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth, 1st Quarter of the 19th Century

Wm B. ABBE Carved and Gilt Quarterboard, 19th Century

Scrimshaw Antique Sperm Whale Tooth, circa 1840-1850

Nicola Fondo Gouache and Ink on Paper “Wave of Brixham Wm Penny Commander”, 1855

Manuel Joaquim Madruga Oil Painting on Whale Panbone, 1st quarter of the 20th Century

Fine Vintage Shipbuilder’s Half Hull Model of the Maine Coastal Schooner “Aileen Booth”

Whaleman Made Inlaid Sewing Box, circa 1860-1870

Vintage Portrait of the Clipper Ship “Flying Cloud”, Reverse Painting on Glass

Carved and Painted Wooden Half Hull Model of the Iron Barque, “Condor”

American Engraved Powder Horn, circa 1850

Whaler Made Antique Whale Ivory Swift, circa 1850

Whaler Made Whale Ivory Polychromed Swift, circa 1840

 Whaler Made Antique Whale Ivory Pie Crimper, circa 1850

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