Collection of Arctic Sea Life
20th century
lotof 4, includes:
a carved walrus ivory halibut; initialed JKS, height 1/2 inch x length 2-3/4 inches
a carved walrus ivory pod of humpback whales, height 3-1/2 x diameter...
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ROMAN DE TIRTOFF "ERTE" (RUSSIAN/FRENCH,1892-1990) 28 ½" x 13" x 12" "Arctic Sea", 1988. Cold painted bronze sculpture, signed on base "c 1988, Chalk & Vermillion and Sevenarts, 33/375, JM"....
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VINTAGE FAKESHAW ANIMAL BOX WHALER BARQUEBARK EZEKIEL ...A highly detailed and decorative lidded box, hand carved simulated scrimshaw in incised arctic motifs.
Sides: a crude stern-quarter view of a bark with sea-birds...
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INUIT TRIBAL SOAPSTONE/REGIONAL STONEFIGURINE SCULPTUR...A dark gray hand carved stone sea lion seal, incised details. Artist signed.
This Inuit soapstone carving is modeled as a playful arctic seal, swimming...
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SIGNED ERTE "ARCTIC SEA" BRONZE SCULPTURE81/375Romain (Erte) de Tirtoff (Russian, 1892-1990) "Arctic Sea", a bronze sculpture of a woman raised on a marble base. Signed on base "Erte" with inscription, "1988 Chalk...
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EARL E. COLLINS O/C MARINE PAINTING,CHARLES W. MORGANEarl Edward Collins (Connecticut/New York, 1925-1992) oil on canvas maritime painting "Charles W. Morgan" depicting the whaling ship named for owner Charles...
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REGINALD NICKERSON O/C PAINTING OF WHALINGSHIP, THE BA...Reginald Eugene Nickerson (American/Massachusetts, 1915-1999) oil on canvas maritime painting depicting the ship "Whaling Bark Wanderer" at sea with full sails,...
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VANAMBURGH FROST STONE AND CO.'S MENAGERIE,CIRCUS AND ...VanAmburgh Frost Stone and Co.'s Menagerie, Circus and Colosseum. James Reiley Printer and Engraver, ca. 1883. Broadside used in Logansport, describing the shows...
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KNOX MARTIN (AMERICAN 1923-2022) A PAINTING,"POLAR FLO...KNOX MARTIN (American 1923-2022) A PAINTING, "Polar Flowers (Rimbaud)," 20TH CENTURY, acrylic on paper mounted on panel, signed (inscribed in the paint) L/L,...
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KIM WHITE GRIFFIN - AUTUMN ICE STORMSSigned,2018, Pâte de verre, 8h x 23w x 22d. . Griffin studied with Henry Halem and Fritz Dreisbach at Kent University and then traveled to Murano Italy to study with renowned glass...
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FOSSILIZED ALASKAN INUIT WALRUS BONEOOSIK / BACULUM**Originally Listed At $400**
Arctic shores, ca. 5000 years ago, modified sometime in the 19th or 20th century CE by Native Alaskan Inuit people. A large,...
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ERTE BRONZE ''ARCTIC SEA'' BRONZE SCULPTURE:This graceful Limited Edition Bronze Sculpture is titled ''Artic Sea'' and measures approx 29'' x 12.5'' x 8''. It is signed and dated 1989 and marked 323/375.
CONDITION:...
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ERTE SILVER, 14K YELLOW GOLD, DIAMOND,ONYX, AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL "SOPHISTICATION" NECKLACE AND PENDANT/BROOCHERTE Silver, 14K Yellow Gold, Diamond, Onyx, and Mother-of-Pearl "Sophistication" Necklace and Pendant/Brooch,...
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COLLECTION OF 3 LARGE ALBUMS CONTAININGadvertisingpamphlets and photographs related to New Bedford. To include: 1847-48 street directory, program for Union Street Railways, EMployee Relief Association, 1905, 1929-1930 New...
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33 PCS, U.S. MILITARY ISSUE COLD WARSURVIVAL MAPS U.S. Government, 1950. Collection of thirty-three armed services CL 98 and 99 survival maps of the Kara Sea and Arctic Ocean, printed on fabric. Approx. 33"...
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SIXTEEN BOOKS ON ARCTIC WHALING ANDEXPLORATION EXPLORATION, Sizes, bindings and conditions vary. Most illustrated. Includes: 1) True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World, by A.W. Greely. 2) Arctic Adventure:...
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TWENTY-ONE PUBLICATIONS ON WHALING,SCRIMSHAW AND PRISONER-OF-WAR ARTIFACTS SCRIMSHAW AND PRISONER-OF-WAR ARTIFACTS, Sizes, bindings and conditions vary. Most illustrated. Includes: 1) A Treasury of American...
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EARL COLLINS (CONNECTICUT/NEW YORK,1925-1992), THE WHALER WANDERER STANDS BY AS A WHALEBOAT IS STOVED BY A WHALE IN CALM SEAS IN THE ARCTIC., OIL ON CANVAS, 20” X 30”. FRAMED 24.5” X 34.5”.EARL COLLINS,...
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GROUP OF BOOKS OF NATURE AND TRAVELINTERESTGroup of books of nature and travel interest, to include The Universe , by Pouchet; Conquest of Peru , volumes 1 and 2, 1867; Arctic Adventure by Sea and Land , 1858;...
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ERTé (ROMAINE DE TIRTOFF) (RUSSIAN/FRENCH,1892-1990), ARCTIC SEA, 1988 Patinated and cold-painted bronze, signed and numbered edition 270 of 375, published by Chalk & Vermilion and SevenArts, with Joel Meisner foundry...
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RARE WHALING PRINT BY BENJAMIN RUSSELL(MA, 1804-1885) "Right Whaling in the Behring Sea and It's Varieties", 1897, hand colored lithograph after the painting by Russell, text across bottom of lithograph reads...
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A GROUP OF INUIT ARTWORKS, AGNES NANOGAK(1925-2001), "DREAM," 1968, STONECUT ON PAPER, PETER ALIKNAK (B. 1928), "SORCERERS CONTEST," 1966, AND "MOTHER BEAR," 1984, STONECUT ON PAPER, HELEN KALVAK (1901-1984)A group...
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LOT OF 28, 19TH C MARINE INSURANCE POLICIESFORSHIPS OUT OF FAIRHAVEN AND MATTAPOISETT ALONG WITH A 1868 ACCOUNT BOOK FOR THE BRIG STAR CASTLE. SOME OF THE POLICIES ARE FOR THE SHIP SIAM, 1860, BRIG HOMER, BARK ROSCIUS,...
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LARGE LOT OF MOSTLY LATE 19TH CENTURYEPHEMERARELATED TO SHIPPING AND WHALING. APPROXIMATELY 250 PIECES TO INCLUDE NUMEROUS ITEMS FROM CAPTAIN JOHN WESLEY THOMPSON OF MAINE. HE WAS BORN IN THE 1830S AND COMMANDED...
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RARE WHALING PRINT BY BENJAMIN RUSSELL(MA, 1804-1885) "Right Whaling in the Behring Sea and It's Varieties", 1897, hand colored lithograph after the painting by Russell, text across bottom of lithograph reads...
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ERTE BRONZE "ARCTIC SEA" SCULPTURE LIMITEDEDITISigned Erte bronze "Arctic Sea" sculpture, limited edition #246/375. This Art Deco style work depicts a partially nude woman with outstretched arms holding icicles. This...
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LARGE FRAMED PRINT OF AN AMERICAN CLIPPERSHIP In Arctic seas; signed in the print and in white pencil lr; #263/857; photo-offset lithograph, 16 1/2 x 31 1/2 in., framed....
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FRANKLIN SIR JOHN Narrative of a Journeyto the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819 20 21 and 22. London: John Murray 1823. First edition. With 30 (of 31) engraved plates of which 11 are hand-colored and four...
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3 vols. Arctic Travel & Exploration:Hearne, Samuel. Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay to The Northern Ocean,... in The Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772. Dublin: for P. Byrne and J. Rice, 1796....
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A Cold Painted Bronze Figure after Romande Tirtoff Erte (Russian 1892-1990) Arctic Sea depicting a female figure with an outstretched arm holding her dress with naturalistic ice accents raised on a stepped stone...
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