Auction Closed
  • liveJuly 20, 2017 10:00 AM EDT
  • East Dennis, MA, US

The Marine Sale

474 lots

                  POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'... image

                  1: POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH BY EDWARD BURDETT Inscribed on lower edge "Engraved, By. Edward Burdett. Of Nantucket. Onboard Of..

                  Estimate: $160,000 - $210,000
                  Sold:$380,000
                  WHALEMAN-MADE POLYCHROME SC... image

                  2: WHALEMAN-MADE POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW FOOD CHOPPER With elephant ivory handle and baleen blade. Handle with yellow, red and green geome...

                  Estimate: $800 - $1,200
                  Sold:$2,800
                  TWO PAIRS OF WHALEBONE DOUB... image

                  3: TWO PAIRS OF WHALEBONE DOUBLE-BLOCKS With original iron hooks and grommets, and ropework attachments. One with leather-covered rope....

                  Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
                  Sold:$3,250
                  RARE WHALEMAN-MADE BROOM Tu... image

                  4: RARE WHALEMAN-MADE BROOM Turned and slightly serpentine handle with numerous incised lines. Natural bristles bound in entwined ratta...

                  Estimate: $700 - $1,000
                  Sold:$2,400
                  RELIEF-CARVED WHALE'S TOOTH... image

                  5: RELIEF-CARVED WHALE'S TOOTH Tooth cut in half; both faces with relief-carved portraits of Pictish warrior figures. One depicts a fem..

                  Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
                  Sold:$900
                  SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH Obv... image

                  6: SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH Obverse depicts a scene of four whaleboats chasing four whales, with a whaleship at far left. Reverse depict..

                  Estimate: $1,800 - $2,500
                  Sold:$2,600
                  SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH Dep... image

                  7: SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH Depicts a three-masted whaleship. Length 6". Figure 60, p. 73 in Through the Eyes of a Collectorby Nina Hel..

                  Estimate: $800 - $1,200
                  Sold:$1,200
                  POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'... image

                  8: POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH Obverse depicts an eagle with shield and arrows above a portrait of a brig flying a polychrome Am..

                  Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
                  Sold:$8,000
                  THREE POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW ... image

                  9: THREE POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH ATTRIBUTED TO THE ARCH ENGRAVER These teeth are from the same jawbone and the scenes on the..

                  Estimate: $75,000 - $120,000
                  Sold:$200,000
                  LARGE AND IMPORTANT SCRIMSH... image

                  10: LARGE AND IMPORTANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH Obverse depicts a whaleship surrounded by four whaleboats in the water and eleven visibl..

                  Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
                  Sold:$42,500
                  SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH KNO... image

                  11: SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH KNOWN AS THE "VIGNETTE TOOTH" Obverse depicts a scene of a whaleship in the act of cutting in and three whal..

                  Estimate: $35,000 - $45,000
                  Sold:$80,000
                  NARWHAL TUSK WALKING STICK ... image

                  12: NARWHAL TUSK WALKING STICK With an unmarked silver cap at top, silver-capped holes for wrist cord, and a brass tip. Monogrammed at t...

                  Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
                  Sold:$7,000
                  PAIR OF POLYCHROME SCRIMSHA... image

                  13: PAIR OF POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW PORPOISE JAW BONES One depicts a tree above a full-length portrait of a woman in Victorian dress readin...

                  Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
                  Sold:$950
                  DISPLAY CASE In walnut with... image

                  14: DISPLAY CASE In walnut with beveled glass top and elephant ivory turned and reeded bun feet. Single drawer contains a pull-out tray....

                  Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
                  Sold:$1,400
                  WHALEBONE SCRIMSHAW BUSK AT... image

                  15: WHALEBONE SCRIMSHAW BUSK ATTRIBUTED TO THE BANK NOTE ENGRAVER Double-arched top. Depicts from top to bottom a potted plant; a geomet...

                  Estimate: $3,500 - $5,000
                  Sold:$4,500
                  INLAID WOODEN CORSET BUSK S... image

                  16: INLAID WOODEN CORSET BUSK Shell inlay in the forms of crescent moons, diamonds and hearts. Central rectangular panel inscribed "When...

                  Estimate: $300 - $500
                  Sold:$275
                  WHALEMAN-MADE DIPPER Relief... image

                  17: WHALEMAN-MADE DIPPER Relief-carved coconut shell bowl with scalloped border and a foliate vine surrounding initials "CDR". Turned eb...

                  Estimate: $500 - $800
                  Sold:$900
                  SCRIMSHAW BALEEN BUSK Obver... image

                  18: SCRIMSHAW BALEEN BUSK Obverse depicts from top to bottom two hearts; a ship flying a British flag and a long pennant inscribed "Wave...

                  Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
                  Sold:$3,000
                  SCRIMSHAW BALEEN BUSK Excep... image

                  19: SCRIMSHAW BALEEN BUSK Exceptionally detailed and with sharp contrast between the images and the baleen. Engraved from top to bottom...

                  Estimate: $500 - $1,000
                  Sold:$4,000
                  "SUSAN'S" SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S... image

                  20: "SUSAN'S" SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ENGRAVED BY FREDERICK MYRICK Obverse depicts the Nantucket whaleship Susan with active whaling tak.

                  Estimate: $100,000 - $150,000
                  Sold:$100,000