Offered: August 8-9, 2020
Sold for $1,143 Engraved Baleen Busk, circa 1838, engraved with a pinwheel, mourning scene, poem and date. “In many a gale has been this whale, Where in this bone did rest, The day is past his bone at last, Supports a females breast. March 10, 1838.” Length 12 ½ in.
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Offered: August 8-9, 2020
Sold for $732 Finely Engraved Whalebone Busk, circa 1850, depicting a half-profile portrait of a young lady in a central cameo with roses engraved on the top and bottom. Length 13 in.
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Offered: August 3, 2019
Whaler Scrimshawed Whalebone Busk, circa 1850, a spread winged eagle with Federal shield above a twin American flagged monument above a whaling bark, above a full-length portrait of a lady wearing an apron above the words “A Gift”, above a willow tree, above a clock tower structure all within vine border. 13 ⅛ in. x 1 ½ in.
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Offered: August 3, 2019
Whaler Scrimshawed Baleen Busk, circa 1850, 7 panel study of sailing ships in full sail within a sawtooth border. Length 18 in. Width 2 ⅛ in.
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Offered: August 3, 2019
American Whaleman Carved and Scrimshawed Baleen Busk, circa 1840, five panels with varying boarders, the upper panel with a monument with American and Allied flags above a floral basket, above a lighthouse (K. Island) a portion of a homestead and two figures with American flag in a hot air balloon. Length 13 ¼ in. Width 1 ¼ in. Provenance: Paul Madden Thomas A. Gray Scrimshaw Collection
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Offered: August 3, 2019
American Whaleman Carved and Polychrome Scrimshaw Whalebone Busk, circa 1860, engraved with eagle clenching Federal shield, Peace Dove with American flag, young lady in a garden, an empty bird cage, a rabbit and a bird on a branch. Length 12 ¼ in. Width 1 ½ in. Provenance: Brunk Auctions Thomas A. Gray Scrimshaw Collection
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Offered: August 4, 2018
380 A. Nantucket Whale Ivory and Whalebone Swift, circa 1840-1850, a striking ivory polychromed “C” form table clamp from a cross-cut section of a sperm whale tooth, similar adjusting rings, large whalebone cage from a whalebone shaft and long multi-turned and scribed finial. Length 24 in. 380 B. Wide Polychromed Whalebone Busk, circa 1860, engraved on both sides, the central panel depicts a sperm whale flanked by ocean views of a steam-sail ship and Neptune on a chariot, the reverse with 5 vignettes, the top […]
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Offered: August 4, 2018
SOLD FOR $5,400 Whaleman Made Scrimshaw and Polychrome Busk, circa 1860, geometric band just below a 3-arched top (one missing) above a candy cane tower flanked by American flags on a plinth with initial “M”, a checkerboard divider above a potted plant, another band divider above a red heart on a plinth with initial “A” above a bird’s nest with two birds. Length 13 ¼ in. Width 1 ¾ in.
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Offered: August 4, 2018
SOLD FOR $4,800 Large Whaleman Scrimshawed Polychrome Busk, circa 1850, the triple arched crest with a willow tree above two American flags and shield with a ring of stars within a curtain swag; the next section depicts a flowering urn on a pedestal above a fine 3 ½ story building with steeples and clock tower with weather-vane, flanked by flowering branches; the bottom section with chevron design above an 8-point star. Length 15 ¾ in.
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Offered: August 5, 2017
SOLD FOR $96,000 Ralph Eugene Cahoon, Jr. (Massachusetts 1910-1982) Oil on Masonite “Ships and Scrimshaw,” depicting a stern view of the ship “Susan – Nantucket” with five sailors and four mermaids, three other gun boats anchored and flying American flags, painted domed scrimshaw foliate band, surrounded by two scrimshaw tusks, pair of carved hanging whalebone fids, two hanging scrimshaw sperm whale teeth, two whalebone busks and a scrimshaw bone plaque lower center inscribed, “Ships and Scrimshaw, R. Cahoon PINXT,” in 4 inch antique lemon gilt […]
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