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Auction August 2, 2026The Marine Auction

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Rafael Osona’s Annual 2-Day 1,100-lot Americana, Fine Art, Decor and Marine Estate Auctions held August 1st and 2nd, 2026 on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.  Both days feature outstanding antiquities, Estate Jewelry, Extraordinary Nantucket Baskets, Maritime Walking Sticks, Fine Marine Art, etc. from the John M. Deciccio Collection, Jewelry from the Estate of Carole P. Webster of Nantucket, the Marguerite Dinan Estate of Falmouth, Maine, The Herbert E. Sackett Estate of Bristol Rhode Island maritime walking stick collection and others.

#775A

Vintage Brass Engine Room Telegraph

#730

Antonio Jacobsen Oil on Canvas “Portrait of the Steam-Sailer Bernudian Flying Colors America Bound” 1905

#729

Antonio Jacobsen Oil “Portrait of the Steam-Sailer Merida in New York Harbor” 1906

#779A

E.H. Atwood Oil on Canvas “Rescue at Sea”

#758A

Whaleman Made Naughty Nellie Cane circa 1850

#758

Rare Whaleman Carved Walking Stick circa 1840-1850

#751

Japanese Silk Silver Thread Eagle Embroidery “E. Pluribus Unum” Banner

#750

Japanese Eagle in Flight Silk Embroidery, 19th Century

#732

Fine Oil on Canvas “American Portrait of a Two-Masted Schooner Flying a Great Star Pattern American Flag”, 19th Century

#737

Oil on Canvas “The East India Man Three Masted Clipper Ship in Turbulent Choppy Seas”, Attributed to Samuel Walters

#708

Johannes M. Loin Watercolor on Paper “Seascape with Schooner”, 19th Century

#621

Gideon Jacques Denny Oil on Canvas “Ship in Stormy Seas”

#546

Set of Four Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection Catalogs, Sotheby’s Part I, II, III, IV 1981, 1982, 1983

#566

Moby Dick or the Whale, Melville, Herman; Published by Random House, New York, 1930 Illustrated by Rockwell Kent, First Edition

#640

Vintage Karlsruher Majolika Nautical Ceramic Wall Tile, circa 1960s

#789

Brass Chelsea Mariner Ship’s Bell Clock, Terheyden Co. Pittsburg

#610

Vintage Chelsea Brass Ship’s Bell Clock, by Chelsea Clock Co., Boston, USA

#701

Ben Neill Acrylic Mural Painting “Early Morning Nantucket Harbor, 1842”

#702

William Lowe Oil on Linen “Passing Angeles Gate Los Angeles Harbor”

#735

Samuel Finley Morse Badger Oil on Canvas “Portrait of the Three-Masted Schooner Bessie C. Beach”

#944

British Oil on Canvas “Stormy Seascape with Breakwater”

#734

Brian Coole Oil on Panel “The Young America”

#736

George G. Fryer Oil on Canvas “Fishing Boats Off the Coast at Sunset”, circa 1888

#943

N.H. White Oil on Canvas “Schooner Off a Red Buoy”, circa 1898

#942

“Three Masted Schooner” Oil on Canvas Attributed to Reginald Nickerson

#733

Oil on Board “British Man-O-War Off the Coast in a Gale”, 19th Century

#720

W.D. Eldred Oil on Panel “Yacht Race Off Marblehead”

#940

Kanute Felix Oil on Canvas “Rocky Coastline”

#699

Mellie Cooper Mixed Media Hand Cast Paper Painting “American Clipper in Turbulent Seas”

#928

Cornelis Antonius de Vries Oil on Canvas “Active Harbor Scene”

#773

Fine Scale Model of the Three Masted American Ship “Friendship”, circa 1882

#731

Jack L. Gray (1927-1981) Oil on Canvas “Fishing Trawler Off Provincetown”

#792

Finely Inlaid Maritime Theme Box, 19th Century

#678

Carved and Gilt Eagle Plaque Clutching American Federal Shield and Black Banner

#740

Important U.S. Navy 13 Star American Ship Coming Home Pennant, circa 1900

#720A

Vintage Bellamy Style Carved and Gilt American Eagle Patriotic Plaque

#715

Fine Early 19th C. Paint Decorated Nautical Ship’s Billet Head Bow Carving

#750A

Large Antique China Trade Sailor’s Souvenir Silkwork Embroidery, 19th century

#683A

New York Yacht Club Burgee, circa 1930s

#780

Sailor’s Canvas Ditty Bag, 20th Century

#853

19th Century Multi-lift Half Hull Plaque

#813A

Matched Pair of Scrimshaw Whale Teeth, 19th Century

#690A

English Pique and Silver Grip Walking Stick, 17th Century

#689A

Very Fine Engraved Phrenology Head Walking Stick, 19th Century

#864

American Scrimshaw Baleen Plaque, 19th Century

#929

Vintage Wooden Boat Deck Lift Top Storage Box Step Stool, 20th century

#803

Pair of Antique Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Teeth, 19th Century

#805

Rare Whaleman Made Horse Pie Crimper, 19th Century

#781

American Inlaid Mahogany Step-Down Gentleman’s Dressing Box Watch Tower, 19th Century

#950

Carved L-Grip Dog with Glass Eyes Cane, 19th Century

#820

Delicate Carved Lady’s Walking Stick, circa 1870

#695

American Carved Young Sailor Cane, circa 1880

#696

American Reticulated Silver Overlay Serpent Cane, circa 1880

#694

German Carved Woman’s Leg with Silver Slipper Cane, circa 1890

#821

English Carved Lady’s Leg Cane, circa 1880

#951

Whaleman Made Fist Clenching a Ball Walking Stick, circa 1860

#693

Whaleman Made Clenched Fist with Snake Walking Stick, 19th Century

#692

Whaleman Carved Clenched Fist Walking Stick, circa 1860

#691

Whaleman Carved Fist with Eyeball Walking Stick, 19th Century

#952

Laughing Bearded Man Carved Grip Walking Stick, 18th Century

#822

French Maritime Carved Clenched Fist with Snake Walking Stick, circa 1850

#689

French Pique Walking Stick, circa 1743

#690

French Pique Pomander Cane, circa 1690

#910

Antique Case XX Knives Store Advertising Sign

#911

American War of 1812 Army Artillery Officer’s Sword, Early 19th Century

#909

19th Century Sperm Whale Rib

#680

Brass and Oak Block and Turned Ship’s Wheel, 19th Century

#770

Whaleman Made Clenched Fist Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#574A

Vintage Aluminum Lighthouse Lamp on Wood Base

#619

Charlie Sayle Sr. (1908-1998) Miniature Carved Whale Pin

#908

Whaleman Made Pipe Tamp, 19th Century

#907

Sailor Made Wall Pocket, 19th Century

#620

Charlie Sayle Sr. (1908-1998) Miniature Carved Whale Tie Clip

#953

Whaleman Made Inlaid Capstan Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#690B

Whaleman Made Capstan Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#721

5-Draw Brass and Wood Spyglass, 19th Century

#755

Antique Narwhal Tusk

#757

Antique Narwhal Tusk Cane, 19th Century

#807

Whaleman Scrimshaw Whale Tooth Engraved with American Clipper Ship, 19th Century

#812

American Scrimshaw Whale Tooth, 19th Century

#813

English Britannia Scrimshaw Whale Tooth, 19th Century

#811

Fine Pair of Scrimshaw Whale Teeth Engraved with Whaling Scenes, 19th Century

#792A

Small Dovetailed Trinket Box Adorned with Bone Decorations, 19th Century

#954

Whaleman Made T-Grip and Inlaid Cane, 19th Century

#906

Ship’s Two Sheave Block, 19th Century

#659

Mammoth Walrus Eskimo Scrimshaw Pictorial

#579

J.W. Norie & Co. London Brass and Ebony Sextant In Case, 19th Century

#580

Triptych Folk Art Whaling Scene “Nantucket Sleigh Ride” by Lacy Tricia, 2017

#543

Three Maritime “Knots” Framed Triptychs

#670

Carved Half Body Whale Bone Shaped Cribbage Board

#772

American U.S. Navy 30 Gun Frigate, circa 1850

#599

French Copernican Armillary Sphere, 19th Century

#771

Rare American Sailor Made Dressing Mirror, circa 1840-1860

#581

Vintage Half Hull Mounted on Board, Four-Lifts

#778

No. 1 Eldridges’ New Chart of Vineyard Sound, Nantucket Shoals, and Boston, 1899

#779

Attributed to C. Myron Clark Antique Oil on Artist Board Maritime Painting

#719

Pair of Vintage Nautical Rosewood Naval Folding Deck Chairs, 20th century

#726

Pair of Carved Port and Starboard Figural Marlin Ships Light Wall Sconces, 20th century

#718

Pair of Brass Bound Octagonal Campaign Style Nautical Compass End Tables, 20th century

#925

Vintage Italian Republic National Flag Nautical Ship Naval Ensign

#926

Vintage Costa Rica National Flag Nautical Ship Naval Ensign

#717

Two 1920s Vintage Nautical Steamship Ventilator Funnels

#669

World War One U.S. Navy Sailor Made Folk Art Paint Decorated Gameboard

#862

19th C. Naval Architect Ship Plan Hull Diagram Blueprint Steamship Europa 1845

#924A

World War Two Patriotic American Flag Give it Your Best Propaganda Poster

#728

19th C. Watercolor View of Shipping in Boston Harbor

#582

Antique 19th. Century Nautical Ship Builder’s Half Hull Model

#715A

Vintage Folk Art All American Lady Nautical Ship’s Figurehead Style Carving

#705

Antique Sawfish Bill Rostrum

#861

Vintage Antique Style Painted Wood Nautical Optician Spyglass Advertising Sign

#583

 Antique Eight-Lift Ship Builders Half Hull Boat Model, 19th century

#802

Three Antique Whalebone Carved Instruments, 19th century

#860

Antique Decagonal Ten Side Mahogany Ship Captain’s Spyglass

#799

Collection of Antique Whalebone Instruments and Trinkets, 19th century

#921

19th C. New England Toggle Head Whaling Harpoon

#700

Maurice Amédée Louis Biais Old Man and The Sea Colored Lithograph Print, circa 1902

#675A

Large Mounted Antique Brass Nautical Signal Salute Yacht Cannon

#674A

Antique Bronze Nautical Signal Salute Yacht Cannon

#727

Antique 19th C. Watercolor View of an American Whaleship

#924

Pair of Antique Perkins Port and Starboard Ship Light Lanterns

#688

 Vintage Five-Rung Naval Nautical Rope Boat Ladder, 20th century

#596

Pair of Antique/Vintage Port and Starboard Ships Light Porthole Window Lenses, circa 1920s

#923

Antique Six Spoke Solid Brass Yacht Ships Steering Wheel, circa 1920s

#725

Antique Pictorial United States Naval Sailors Silkwork Embroidery Ship Portrait, 19th century

#867

Antique Ten Lift Ship Builders Half Hull Boat Model, 19th century

#922

Vintage Painted U.S. Coast Guard Official Auxiliary Patrol Wooden Sign, 20th century

#927

Pair of Vintage Port and Starboard Tear Drop Ships Bow Lights, 20th century

#728A

Vintage America’s Cup 25 Advertising Silk Screen Poster

#687

Vintage Antique Style Nautical Maritime Painted Chest of Drawers, Ships Charts Logs 1875

#634A

Vintage Richard Orr Folk Art Carved Right Whale Plaque

#745

World War Two U.S. Navy U.S.S. Sand Lance SS-381 Submarine Kill Flag

#744

World War Two U.S. Navy U.S.S. Gunnel SS-253 Submarine Kill Flag

#745A

Important World War Two U.S. Navy Submarine USS Sea Owl Quarterboard Nameplate

#643

Antique Nautical Tropical Wood Inlaid Schooner Ship Plaque

#754

Vintage Teak & Mahogany Ship Model of a Brig Main Mast Deck

#584

Antique 1903 James Burton Photograph of America’s Cup Racing Yacht Reliance

#748

Vintage Nautical U.S. Power Squadrons Motorboat Yacht Flag

#747

Vintage Cotton Yacht Club Commodore Nautical Commander Flag

#746

Vintage 50 Star U.S. Navy Union Jack Ship Flag

#753

World War Two U.S. Navy Motor Boat Ship Bell

#782

Antique Nautical Motif Brass & Bronze Pocket Watch Stand

#685

Vintage Nautical Folk Art Carved and Painted Catboat Plaque

#686

Vintage Maine Friendship Sloop Half Hull Builder’s Model

#713

Antique Carved and Painted Folk Art Viking Ship’s Figurehead

#681

Large 19th C. Mahogany & Brass Nautical Ships Wheel

#752

Antique 1920s Mahogany American Yacht Ships Wheel

#585

Vintage Willard Shepard Carved Sloop Class Sailboat Half Hull Plaque

#571

World War One U.S. Navy Battleship USS New Hampshire Ship’s Wheel Framed Photograph

#703A

Two World War Two Vintage Sailor Made Fancy Knot Rope Work Pull Handles

#934

Mid Century Modern Carmine DeVivi (1929-2017) Woodblock Print “Sea Warrior”

#703

Pair of Vintage Mid Century Intricate Sailor Made Rope Work Nautical Knot Boards

#586

Vintage Sailor Made Nautical Rope Work Decorated Coca Cola Bottle Lamp

#912

Pair of Vintage Carved & Gilt Nautical Ship Name Board Quarterboard Signs

#682

Pair of Vintage 1930s Racing Yacht Half Hull Plaques

#859

1872 Ship Logbook Journal Of The U.S. Revenue Cutter Sloop Report

#858

1863 Civil War U.S Navy U.S. Ship Memphis Crew Roster Logbook

#790

Fine Antique Sailor Made Pickwick, mid 19th Century

#587

Cast Iron Monkey Fist Port and Starboard Nautical Bookends Doorstops

#935

Charles E. Pont (1898-1971) Wood Engraving “Heave Up” Nautical Print

#714

Antique American Nautical Carved Ship’s Billet Head

#857

Antique Ship’s Yacht Crew Saloon Hanging Coat Rack

#588

Antique Sailor Made Nautical Star Inlaid Serving Tray

#683

Full Set of 40 Vintage Nautical Ship’s Signal Flags

#684

Fine 19th C. Paint Decorated Fishing Dory “Elsie” Half Hull Builders Model

#598

Vintage Brass, Cast Iron, and Wood Floor Standing Telescope, 19th Century

#679

Contemporary Carved and Assembled Pine Crab in Four Sections

#589

Carved and Painted Wood Figure of Ahab Holding a Harpoon and Wearing a Top Hat

#644

Half-Hull Model of the Racing Yacht “Annie”, circa 1959

#590

Vintage Hand Crafted White Hull Pond Model with Sails and Rigging

#704

Vintage Engraved Swordfish Bill on Custom Iron Stand

#844A

Sailor Made Antique Whale Bone Swift, circa 1860

#677

Pair of 19th Century Bronze Yacht Signal Salute Cannons

#856

Antique Carved and Painted Half Hull Boat Model, “Emily”, 19th century

#783

Antique Tiffin Glass Dolphin Base Lamp, circa 1920s

#806

Extraordinary Sailor Made Polychrome Scrimshaw Decorated Antique Whalebone Fid, 19th century

#855

Antique Reverse Painting on Glass Clipper Ship Portrait Flying Cloud, 19th century

#651

Scarce Antique Cast Iron Figural Mermaid Bootjack Doorstop, circa 1920

#716

Pair of Extraordinary Antique Solid Bronze Figural Dolphin Yacht Rope Pulls, circa 1920s

#712

“Old Salt” Electrified Wall Plaque Lighter

#854

Oil on Panel Portrait of a Whaling Captain, Possibly Capt. Rotch of New Bedford, 19th Century

#591

19th Century Kaleidoscope on Stand

#592

1894 Map of Nantucket Harbor, Published 1894 by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey

#659A

Inuit Scrimshaw Pictorial Fishing Scene Rib, early 19th Century

#569

Fine Chelsea 6-Inch Ship’s Bell Brass Clock and Barometer

#791

Whaleman Made Pickwick, 19th Century

#863

Crew List of the American Bark Lafayette Bound for the Atlantic Ocean, circa 1862

#759

Whaler Made “Naughty Nellie” Narwhal Cane, 19th Century

#668

Antique French Prisoner of War Carved Bone Game Box, early 19th Century

#797

Pair of Antique Turned Bone Candlesticks

#936

American Maritime Oil on Canvas “Steam Vessel Under Sail with Approaching Fog Bank”, 19th Century

#579A

Marseille Boxed Sextant, 19th Century

#904

Assortment of Whaleman Made Whale Bone Artifacts, 19th Century

#593

George Howell Gay Watercolor “New England Rocky Coastal Seascape”

#815

Pair of Polychrome Whale Teeth with Portraits of Young Lady and Gentleman, 19th Century

#556

John Stobart Print “San Francisco, the Flying Cloud Arriving in Port 1857”

#557

John Stobart Lithograph “New York”

#555

John Stobart America’s Cup Lithograph “Triumph in America 1983”

#594

Pair of Cast Iron and Polychrome Sailor Andirons

#541

Frederick Cozzens Lithograph “Ice Racing”, circa 1884

#939

Wayne Morrell Watercolor and Colored Pencil “Off Gloucester Waters”, circa 1973

#648

Rare Folk Art Ahab and the Whale Mechanical Sculpture, 19th Century

#542

Antique Whaling Implements Lithograph

#540

W.J. Huggins Hand Colored Engraving “South Sea Whale Fishery”

#810

Polychromed Scrimshawed Antique Whale’s Tooth, 19th Century “Full Portrait of Rachel William 1854”

#558

Vintage Cast Iron Whale’s Tail Fluke Door Knocker

#937

Herbert Cash Watercolor on Paper “View of Newport Surf” 1912

#578

Fine Meerschaum Pipe Depicting the Bust of a Lady

#938

A.E. Nightingale Oil on Canvas “Nautical Still Life”

#577

Antique Megalodon Tooth with Fibers on Custom Stand

#941

Gaillard de L’Epernay Oil on Canvas “Ships at Anchor” Seascape

#916

Cast Steel “J.D. Driggs” Blubber Spade, 19th Century

#917

Cast Iron Double Flue Harpoon, 19th Century

#574

Three Cornish Carved Serpentine Stoneware Lighthouse Models, 20th Century

#920

Cast Iron Double Flue Harpoon, 19th Century 

#576

Pair of Polychromed Antique Whalebone Sandwich Lighthouse Candlesticks

#918

Cast Iron Toggle Harpoon, 19th Century 

#575

Pair of Polychromed Antique Whalebone Sandwich Lighthouse Candlesticks

#919

Iron and Wood Gaff Hook, 19th Century

#816

Carved and Scrimshawed Antique Walrus Tusk, 19th Century

#756

Large Nantucket “Peace” Cane, 19th Century

#573

Vintage Brass and Wood Six-Spoke Yacht Wheel

#723

English Engraved Horn with Carved Dog Head Top, 19th Century 

#784

Vintage Nautical Bronze Plaque, Twin Dolphins Flanking a Diving Helmet

#601

Scrimshaw Panbone Plaque “A Bit of Old Nantucket”

#572

Kenyon Seth Thomas Clock Barometer Set from the Yacht “Wayfarer”

#798

Pair of Sailor Made Turned Antique Whale Bone Candlesticks

#605

Walrus Ousic, 19th Century

#604

David Lazarus Scrimshawed 19th Century Walrus Tusk Engraved with Nantucket Scenes

#816A

American Scrimshaw Antique Walrus Tusk, 19th Century

#722

Carved Bone Three-Masted Ship Model in Case

#899

19th Century Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk, Engraved on Both Sides

#956

Antique Phrenology Head Walking Stick, 19th Century

#606

Folk Art Wrought Iron Whale Hunt Fireplace Screen

#632

Antique Brass Ship’s Binnacle Electrified as a Lamp

#544

R.R. Newell Lithograph “Whaling Bark, Sea Ranger, Capt. Wm Lewis 1866”

#597

3 Copper and Brass “All Round Red” NK77 Ship’s Running Lights, Port, Starboard and Clear

#603

David Lazarus Polychromed Scrimshaw Whale Tooth, “Sperm Whaling Off Hawaii”, and “Nipped in the Ice”

#602

David Lazarus Scrimshaw Small Walrus Tusk Engraved with Active Whaling Scenes

#638

Antique Six Spoke Solid Brass Ships Wheel, circa 1920s

#633

Ships Masthead Light with Fresnal Style Lens, Made in Great Britain

#642

Vintage Relief Carved Clipper Ship Wall Plaque, 20th century

#634

“Anderson Fog Horn” National Alarm Co. Boston, Patent July 7, 1868

#666

Antique Carved Bone Traveling Diminutive Chess Set, 19th century

#785

Antique Chadburn Brass and Wood Three Draw Spyglass on Tripod Stand, Made in London

#636

Antique Carved Bone Traveling Diminutive Chess Set, 19th century

#665

Complete Set of Sailor Made Antique Whale Bone and Ebony Dominoes, 19th century

#667

Sailor Made Antique Whale Bone Inlaid Cribbage Board

#637

Pair of Antique/Vintage Iron Anchor Two Light Candelabra, 20th century

#786

Antique/Vintage Solid Brass Figural Sea Serpent Dolphin Doorstop

#724

Pair of Henri Fugére Vintage Painted Figural Fisherman Art Statue Bookend

#635

Antique Mixed Media Carved and Painted Nautical Sailboat Plaque

#955

Whaleman Made Naughty Nelly Cane, 19th Century

#776

Large Six-Spoke Nickel Plated Yacht Ship Steering Wheel

#852

 Pair of Vintage Ship Form Lapstrake Boat Window Boxes, 20th century

#775

Antique Vintage Perko Perkins Port and Starboard Brass Teardrop Bow Light, 20th century

#850

Antique Wooden Nautical Bosun’s Boatswain Chair, circa 1920s

#787

Vintage Perko Perkins Six-Spoke Brass Ships Yacht Steering Wheel

#851

Vintage USS Concord Pictorial Battle Ship Hooked Rug, 20th century

#639

Large Antique/Vintage Ships Rope Pulley Block Lamp, 20th century

#706

Antique Ship Paint Decorated Tole Coal Scuttle, 19th century

#607

Robert Spring Polychrome Scrimshaw Whale’s Tooth, circa 1971

#777

Fine Vintage Oil on Panel Seascape Painting, 20th century

#788

Chelsea Mounted Brass Ship’s Clock and Barometer

#858A

Book: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, circa 1881

#849

Vintage Thirteen Lift Half Hull Racing Yacht Boat Model, White Lady

#865

Sailor’s Switch Blade Work Knife

#848

Pair of Vintage Americas Cup Brass Hull Bookends, 20th century

#608

Antique Cast Iron Figural Large Old Salt Doorstop, circa 1920s

#609

Antique Macrame Fancy Sailors Ropework Picture Frame

#800

Antique Sailor Made Macrame Fancy Ropework First Mates Bone Dagger, 19th century

#866

1820 Hinged Framed Slate from Captain Skinner of Fairhaven

#894

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, 19th Century

#890

Whaler Made Clenched Fist with Serpent Walking Stick, 19th Century

#888

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Holding Ball and Wrapped Serpent Walking Stick, 19th Century

#765

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Grip Holding a Rod Walking Stick, 19th Century

#889

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, 19th Century

#891

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Atop a Carved Shirt Cuff Walking Stick, 19th Century

#893

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, 19th Century

#892

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Holding a Rod Walking Stick, 19th Century

#895

Whaler Made Finely Carved Clenched Fist Holding a Rod Walking Stick, 19th Century

#611

Three 19th Century Whaling Books

#612

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Holding a Strawberry Walking Stick, 19th Century

#614

Whaler Made Clenched Fist with Serpent Walking Stick, 19th Century

#894A

Two Whaler Made Clenched Fist Walking Sticks, 19th Century

#896

Whaler Made Masculine Clenched Fist Walking Stick, 19th Century

#957

Two Whaler Made Clenched Fist Walking Sticks, 19th Century

#897

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Holding Ebonized Rod Walking Stick, 19th Century

#898A

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, 19th Century

#896A

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Walking Stick, 19th Century

#898

Whaler Made Clenched Fist with Serpent Walking Stick, 19th Century

#891A

Two Whaler Made Polyhedron Walking Sticks, 19th Century

#613

Whaler Made Finely Carved Clenched Fist Walking Stick, 19th Century

#886

Whaler Made Polyhedron Knob Walking Stick, 19th Century

#884

Whaler Made Pommel Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#554

Whaler Made Smooth Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#885

Whaler Made Curved Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#887

Whaler Made Bird Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#615

Whaler Made Artichoke Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#961

Whaler Made Knob Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#769

Whaler Made Mushroom Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#958

Whaler Made Turk’s Knot Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#960

Whaler Made Pommel Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#959

Whaler Made Knob Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#967

Two Whaler Made Walking Sticks Depicting Busts of Women, 19th Century

#768

Whaler Made Star Inlaid Octagonal Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#883

Whaler Made Knob Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#964

Whaler Made Turk’s Knot Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#766

Whaler Made Pommel Grip Inlaid Walking Stick, 19th Century

#965

Whaler Made Female Bust Knob Walking Stick, 19th Century

#963

Whaler Made Pommel Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#553

Two Whaler Made Turk’s Knot Grip Walking Sticks, 19th Century

#962

Two Whaler Made Knob Grip Walking Sticks, 19th Century

#930

Whaler Made Pommel Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#616

Whaler Made Double Bust Knob Walking Stick, 19th Century

#823

Whaler Made Antique Whale Tooth Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#880

Whaler Made Naughty Nelly Walking Stick, 19th Century

#966

Whaler Made L-Grip Cane, 19th Century

#881

Whaler Made L-Grip Cane, 19th Century

#835

Whaler Made Naughty Nelly Cane, 19th Century

#836

Whaler Made C-Grip Cane, 19th Century

#552

Two Whaler Made Walking Sticks, 19th Century

#834

Whaler Made Naughty Nelly Cane, 19th Century

#617

Whaler Made C-Grip Cane, 19th Century

#968

Two Whaler Made Knob Grip Walking Stick and L-Grip Cane, 19th Century

#882

Whaler Made Naughty Nelly Cane, 19th Century

#549

Two Whaler Made Clenched Fist Walking Sticks, 19th Century

#825

Whaler Made Seal Grip Cane, 19th Century

#760

Whaler Made Peace Cane, 19th Century

#550

Whaler Made Carved Ebonized Wood Fist Walking Stick, 19th Century

#767

Shagreen Walrus Head Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#931

Two Whaler Made Walking Sticks, 19th Century

#551

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Holding Ball Walking Stick, 19th Century

#879

Whaler Made Knob Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#878

Group of Two Lady’s Leg Canes, 19th Century

#826

Whaler Made “Bird-Man” Grip Cane, 19th Century

#548

Two Whaler Made Naughty Nellie Canes, 19th Century

#764

Whaler Made Architectural Capstan Grip Walking Stick, mid 19th Century,

#827

“The Harpooner” Carved Antique Sperm Whale Tooth Walking Stick, 19th Century

#763

Whaler Made Capstan Grip Walking Stick, mid 19th Century

#877

Whaleman Carved L-Grip Cane, 19th Century

#933

Two Whaler Made Walking Sticks, 19th Century

#932

Two Knob Grip Walking Sticks, 19th Century

#833

Whaler Made Turks Knot Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#832

Whaler Made Scrimshaw Walking Stick “Ship Sirius”, 19th Century

#876

Carved Bone L-Grip Cane with Serpent, 19th Century

#875

Carved L-Grip Whale Bone Cane, 19th Century

#559

Vintage Bronze Figural Crossed Dolphins Door Knocker

#946

Antique Oil on Canvas Ship Portrait, “Mauretania” Painting, 19th century

#762

Whaler Made Crown Grip Walking Stick, early 19th Century

#761

Early Whaler Made Turk’s Knot Turban Walking Stick, circa 1840s

#868

Vintage Nautical Decorated Ships Wheel Light Fixture, 20th century

#847

Antique Fully Rigged Three Masted Clipper Ship Boat Model, 19th century

#657

Antique Inuit Fossilized Whale Bone Carved Polar Bear Sculpture, 19th century

#945

Antique Impressionist Oil on Panel Seascape Painting, 19th century

#870

Wallace Robinson W.R. MacAskill Antique Photograph “Tailors of the Sea”, 20th century

#641

Vintage Relief Carved and Painted Ship Portrait Wall Plaque “Faith”, 20th century

#545

Two Antique Clipper Ship Hooked Rugs Mounted on Boards

#656

Antique Large Inuit Carved Bone Face

#622

Pair of Polychrome Painted Old Salt Bookends

#795

Vintage Baleen and Whale Bone Swing Handle Shallow Basket

#845

Antique Violin with Later Adapted Scrimshaw Bone Keys, Fingerboard and Tailpiece 

#567

Patina Bronze Electrified Lighthouse Lamp

#846

Simon Plossl of Wien Brass Telescope in Fitted Box with Tripod Stand, 19th Century

#947

U.S. Agent Gilt Sign, 20th Century

#871

Brass and Wood Table Top Telescope in Fitted Box, 19th Century

#641A

Antique Carved and Painted Three-Lift Half Hull

#623

Antique Brass and Leather Wrapped Spyglass

#624

Vintage Folk Art Maritime Carved Wood and Painted Plaque

#707

Vintage Mahogany Half Hull on Plank

#794

Contemporary Bone and Cocobolo Knitting Basket

#660

Chukchi Erotic Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk, 19th Century

#664

Whaleman Carved Penis Cane Grip, 19th Century

#819A

Whaleman Crafted Scarce Whale Bone Towel Bar, 19th Century

#844

Whaleman Made Whale Bone Swift, 19th Century

#872

Richard Orr Carved Louisburg Style Patriotic Eagle Giltwood Wall Plaque, circa 1950

#819B

Whaleman Crafted Whale Bone Spoon and Fork, 19th Century

#819

Rare Antique Whale Bone Boot Jack and Pull, 19th Century

#661

Rare and Scarce Whaleman Carved “Penis” Pipe, 19th Century

#662

Whaleman Carved Antique Whale Bone Penis Switch Blade, 19th Century

#663

Whaleman Carved Nude Female Pendant, 19th Century

#565

Vintage Carved and Painted Folk Art Sperm Whale Plaque, Mid 20th Century

#817A

Whaleman Scrimshawed Sperm Whale Tooth, circa 1870

#564

Buffalo Horn Snuff Box and a Whale Bone Handle Saw, 19th Century

#676

Antique Naval Cast Bronze Swivel Cannon, 18th Century

#563

Antique “Eagle” Carved Cigarette Holder, 19th Century

#817

Whaleman Scrimshaw Whale Tooth Portrait of a Captain, circa 1850

#818A

American Scrimshaw Whale Tooth, circa 1840

#674

Strong Firearms Company Brass Yacht Signal Saluting Cannon

#809

American Scrimshaw Whale Tooth, Portrait of General Winfield Scott, circa 1847

#843

Whaleman Made Rum Coconut Dipper, circa 1850

#818

American Scrimshaw Whale Tooth, Pod of Three Whales and Longboat, circa 1850

#562

Fred Roberts Hand Crafted Model “Sidewheel Passenger Steamship Nantucket 1886”

#625

Pair of Vintage Tarred Ropework Beckets

#815A

19th Century Decorated Whale Bone Inner Ear “Portrait of a Lady”

#675

Diminutive 19th Century Nautical Yacht Signal Salute Cannon

#873

Gary Schweighardt “Moby Dick” Painted Wood Sculpture, 1985 on Stand

#561

K. Mcclelland Scrimshaw Plaque “The Legendary Ride of John Tabor”

#900

Whaleman Scrimshawed Baleen Busk, 19th Century

#547

English Carved Wood and Decorated Book “A Relic of H.M. Ship Eurydia Sunk March 24th 1878”

#627

Glazed Cased Model of a British Frigate

#673

Carved Bone Sea Life Applied Box, 19th Century

#801

Group of Six Whaleman Carved Whale Bone Bodkins, circa 1860

#655

Ronald “Qay” Apangolook Whale Bone Totem Sculpture of a Lady and Two Seals

#793

Whaleman Made Antique Whale Bone and Inlaid Wood Ditty Box, circa 1840

#626

Three Antique Inuit Animal Carvings

#628

Mid Century Modern Half Hull Model of the Onalinda Sidewheel Ferry

#629

Antique Miniature Binnacle Head Table Top Compass, 19th century

#841

Antique Carved Fossilized Whalebone Narwhal and Seal Sculpture Figurine, 19th century

#618

Antique Whaleman Made Polyhedron Grip Walking Stick, circa 1850

#672

Antique Polychrome Cast Iron Figural Sailor Nautical Maritime Umbrella Stand, circa 1920s

#710

Vintage Glenn C. Nelson Nautical Maritime Woodblock Print, “Fishing Smacks”, 20th century

#709

Vintage Carved and Painted Nautical Maritime Ships Shadowbox Diorama, circa 1936

#796

Whaleman Made Star Inlaid Bentwood Ditty Box, 19th Century

#711

Antique Cast Iron Eastern Specialty Company Old Salt Fisherman Doorstop, circa 1920s

#808

Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth “The Shannon and Chessapeak (sic) War of 1812”, 19th Century

#901

 Vintage Figural Copper Lighthouse Weathervane, 20th century

#915

 Vintage Bronze Sperm Whale Sculpture Figurine, 20th century

#650

Pair of Antique Bradley and Hubbard Figural Cast Iron Dolphin Andirons, circa 1920

#649

Pair of Antique Figural Cast Iron Anchor and Dolphin Andirons, circa 1920s 

#698

Vintage Pictorial Nautical Maritime Clipper Ship Hand Hooked Rug Carpet, 20th century

#902

Antique Naval Fancy Ropework Ships Bell Pull, circa 1920s

#645

English Marquetry Panel Depicting a Three-Masted Triple Decked Man-O-War, 19th Century

#914

Vintage Inuit Carved Figural Soapstone Whale Sculpture Figurine, 20th century

#630

 Antique/Vintage Royal Western Yacht Club Three Draw Captains Spyglass

#913

Diminutive Antique Three Draw Sailors Captains Spyglass, 19th century

#671

Large  Antique Sailor Made Cribbage Board, 19th Century

#869

Complete Set of Sailor Made Miniature Antique Whalebone Dominoes, 19th Century

#631

Antique American Perko Boxed Gimbaled Nautical Ships Compass, 19th century

#647

J.Harrop Signed Carved Wood Plaque Depicting Four Whales and Two Shark Half-Bodies Mounted to a Panel

#654

Vintage Inuit Carved Whalebone Northern Pike Sculpture Figurine

#905

Pair of Antique Sailors Fancy Ropework Beckets, 19th century

#903

Antique Sailor Made Ebony Clenched Fist Pie Crimper, 19th century

#697

One of a Kind Whaelman Made Antique Inlaid Whalebone Spinning Top, 19th century

#646

Vintage Carved Relief of a Whaling Barque Signed Thomas

#948

Antique Watercolor on Paper “Ship Thomas Perkins Entering the Port of Genoa”, 19th Century

#840

Vintage Oil Painting “British Steam-sail Ship” in Contemporary Gilt Frame

#839

Vintage Watercolor Gouache “Portrait of a Clipper in High Seas”

#738

American Watercolor Portrait of the Packet Ship “Isaac Webb of New York, 1841”

#560

New Bedford Cordage Co. Rope Sampler

#838

Gordon Grant Watercolor on Paper “Busy New England Dock Scene”

#739

Vintage Decorated Life Preserver “Defender”

#743

World War Two U.S. Navy U.S.S. Besugo SS-321 Submarine Kill Flag, circa 1945

#837

Oil on Canvas “Marine Scene”, 19th Century

#653

Inuit Antique Whale Bone Ceremonial Mask with Fur Surround

#831

Large Whaler Made “Triad NY” Fist Grip Grasping Ebonized Wood Bar Walking Stick, 19th Century

#874

Two Whaler Made Knob Walking Sticks, 19th Century

#949

Two Whaler Made Walking Sticks, 19th Century

#824

Large Carved Dog Head Walking Stick, 19th Century

#828

Whaler Made Paneled Knob Grip Walking Stick, 19th Century

#829

C.C. Walworth Repousse Silver 75th Birthday Presentation Cane, circa 1890

#830

Whaler Made Clenched Fist Holding Ebonized Rod Walking Stick, 19th Century

#774

Four Oak and Silver Plate Gallery Yacht Coasters, 20th century

#842

Eskimo Spear Head, 19th Century

#595

Pair of Heroic Cast Iron Sailor Andirons, Contemporary

#581A

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

#804

American Whaler Scrimshaw and Polychrome Panbone Plaque, circa 1850

#600

Vintage United States Military Souvenir Picture Frame,

#749

 Set of Ten Vintage Wedgwood Sailing Ship Naval Martitime Dinner Plates

#814

American Scrimshaw Whale Tooth, Portrait Union General Wm Rosecrans, circa 1862

#742

Two Civil War Era Printed Cotton American Parade Flags, circa 1865

#658

Vintage American Decorated Ostrich Egg, Oil on Shell

#570

Antique Carved and Painted Naval Life Ring Souvenir Picture Frame, S.S. Sachen

#741

Vintage Anin U.S. Yacht Ensign Nautical American Flag Bunting

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