ANDREW JACKSON (1767-1845): ORIGINALSHIP'S PASSPORT FOR THE WHALESHIP COMMODORE ROGERSSigned by President Andrew Jackson. Printed ship's passport for the whaleship Commodore Rogers , finished in a secretarial...
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* THREE ENGRAVED WHALE'S TEETH 20THCENTURY* THREE ENGRAVED WHALE'S TEETH, 20th Century, 1) Depicts five species of whales, all identifed below, as well as four whaling irons and a whaleboat. Length 6.75"....
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CONFEDERATE CSS SHENANDOAH DIARY ANDARCHIVEImportant 1865 Confederate CSS Shenandoah ship diary archive of Lieutenant Dabney Scales including 1865 diary journal (85 pages, 104 pages total), an ambrotype and...
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FRAMED 1864 WHALING CONTRACT FROM D.LPEARL SHIPPING AG...1864 Whaling Contract from D.L. Shipping Agent Out of New Bedford, "Between D.L. Pearl Shipping Agent and the Subscribers, That we will Perform a whaling...
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HAND DRAWN SHIP'S CHART OF A WHALINGVOYAGE OF THE SHIP...Hand Drawn Ship's Chart of a Whaling Voyage of the Ship Niger to the South Atlantic, 1878-1882 , and possibly the coast of Africa and Indian Ocean, under...
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EARLY 20TH C. KWAKWAKA'WAKW WOOD FEASTBOWL WHALESNative American, Pacific Northwest, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) people, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden feast bowl of an enormous size with an ovoid...
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2012 HAIDA ARGILLITE & ABALONE ORCABY LIONEL SAMUELSLionel Samuels (First Nations, Haida, Canada, 1963 to present) ca. 2012 CE, "Orca Whale." This is a striking hand carved argillite sculpture of a sacred orca...
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EARLY 20TH C. NORTHWEST COAST BONE TOTEMPOLENative American, North America, Pacific Northwest Coast, probably Alaskan Inuit, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved whale or walrus bone totem pole of a charming...
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19TH C. FIJI TABUA (WHALE TOOTH & SENNETCORD)South Pacific, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A polished sperm whale tooth known as a tabua with a woven cord made from sennet attached to both tips...
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19TH C. TONGAN WOOD & WHALE IVORY KALIHAHAPO HEADRESTOceania, Polynesia, Tonga, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A lovely hand carved wooden and whale tooth inlay headrest known as a kali heap or a kali...
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19TH C. TLINGIT / HAIDA WALRUS IVORY& NACRE ORCA CHARM...Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit or Haida people, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. This is a beautiful...
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19TH C. NORTHWEST COAST BONE ZOOMORPHICPECTORALNative American, United States and Canada, Pacific Northwest Coast, probably Tlingit, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved whale bone pectoral in the form...
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ALBUM CONTAINING RARE WHALING EPHEMERATO INCLUDEA MOBY DICK COMIC SIGNED BY GREGORY PECK AND JOHN HUSTON, GOOD CONDITION WITH VERY MINOR DAMAGE. A JOURNAL OF A WHALING VOYAGE ON BOARD SHIP DAUPHIN OUT OF NANTUCKET,...
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ELEVEN 19TH C HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTSRELATEDTO WHALING AND THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY IN NEW BEDFORD AND MASSACHUSETTS. ONE IS FRAMED. FIRST IS A JULY 3, 1877 MANUSCRIPT LIST OF WHALES SEEN AND TAKEN BY THE WHALING...
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4 LETTERS HANDWRITTEN ON BOARD THE WHALESHIPGOSNOLDWHILE ON A WHALING VOYAGE WITH STOPS AT HONOLULU, YOKOHAMA AND THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. THE FIRST LETTER IS DATED FEB. 16, 1873. IT IS WRITTEN TO MR. HENRY WILLIS, NEW BEDFORD,...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH WITH WHALINGAND OTHER SCENES MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 7.5". AND OTHER SCENES, Mid-19th Century, Whaling scene on obverse with a prominent whaleship, two whaleboats visible on davits,...
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EXCEPTIONAL SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTHBY THE VIGNETTE ARTIST MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 6.75". BY THE VIGNETTE ARTIST, Mid-19th Century, A wide tooth providing a sizable canvas. Obverse depicts a whaling scene...
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HAND-COLORED AQUATINT "SOUTH SEA WHALEFISHERY" LONDON, CIRCA 1825 ON PAPER, 17.5" X 23" SIGHT. FRAMED 25.5" X 30.5". FISHERY", London, Circa 1825, "A representation of the Ships Amelia Wilson & Castor off the...
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ENGRAVED POWDER HORN AND WHALE'S TOOTHAND A PHOTOGRAPH OF A SHIP CAPTAIN 19TH CENTURY POWDERHORN LENGTH 8”. TOOTH LENGTH 9.25”. FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH 12” X 10”. AND A PHOTOGRAPH OF A SHIP CAPTAIN, 19th Century,...
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RARE WHALING JOURNAL FROM THE WHALESHIP"KATHLEEN" AND MATCHING WHALE'S TOOTH TOOTH LENGTH 6.5". "KATHLEEN" AND MATCHING WHALE'S TOOTH, Begins August 5, 1890 and ends March 2, 1892. Vessel departed from New Bedford...
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HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH "DESTRUCTIONOF THE WHALING FLEET IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN." 14" X 20.5" SIGHT. FRAMED 21.75" X 28.5". OF THE WHALING FLEET IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN.", Designed and drawn on stone by Captain Kelly...
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HAND-COLORED ENGRAVING "BALAENARUM WALFISCHE"CIRCA 1760 PLATE AREA 23.5" X 20.5". 21.5" X 24.75" SIGHT. FRAMED 28.25" X 31.5"., Circa 1760, After Johann Baptist Homann (German, 1663-1724). From the Atlas Novus Terrarum...
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HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH "PÊCHE A LABALEINE DANS LES PARAGES DU CAP DE BONNE ESPERANCE" ON PAPER, 16.5" X 24.5" SIGHT. FRAMED 25.5" X 32.75". BALEINE DANS LES PARAGES DU CAP DE BONNE ESPERANCE", After Louis...
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TWO HAND-COLORED PRINTS "NAVIRE BALEINIEREN PANNE POUR SECOURIR SES EMBARCATIONS CHAVIREES PAR UNE BALEINE" AND "PÊCHE À LA BALEINE - WHALING" BOTH 15" X 19.75" SIGHT. FRAMED 22.75" X 27.5". EN PANNE POUR SECOURIR...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTED TOTHE ARCH ENGRAVER MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 9.25". THE ARCH ENGRAVER, Mid-19th Century, Obverse depicts a ship under sail, flying a long pennant from the mainmast and a large...
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VINTAGE HAND COLORED WHALING LITHOGRAPH"South Seas Whale Fisheries, A Boat Destroyed by a Wounded Whale", 1825, engraved by T. Sutherland from a painting by W.J. Huggins, in black and gold molded frame, under french...
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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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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTED TOSAMUEL W. TENNEY FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 5.75". SAMUEL W. TENNEY, First Half of the 19th Century, An intricate scene of an eagle clutching a "Liberty and Freedom"...
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EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF SCRIMSHAW WHALE'STEETH, LIKELY BY A SAILOR ABOARD THE H.M.S. "IRIS" CIRCA 1855 LENGTHS 7". INCLUDE WOODEN STANDS. TEETH, LIKELY BY A SAILOR ABOARD THE H.M.S. "IRIS", Circa 1855, Superb and...
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IMPORTANT CASED MODEL OF THE AMERICANWHALESHIP "JAMES ARNOLD" CIRCA 1935 CASE HEIGHT 26". LENGTH 31.5". WIDTH 8.25". WHALESHIP "JAMES ARNOLD", Circa 1935, By renowned Boston ship model builder Peter Ness (1890-1976)....
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH BY THE VIGNETTEENGRAVER 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 5.5". ENGRAVER, 19th Century, Obverse depicts a very active whaling scene of a whaleship, six whales and four whaleboats in various stages of...
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JOURNAL OF A WHALING VOYAGE TO THE PACIFICOCEANON BOARD THE "ELIZA L. B. JENNEY" OF FAIRHAVEN, JOHN CHURCH, MASTER, 1842. THE LOG COVERS FROM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1842 THROUGH MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1846 AND WAS PROBABLY...
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WHALING JOURNAL TO THE PACIFIC ON BOARDTHEWHALESHIP "GOOD RETURN II" OF NEW BEDFORD, DATED MAY 30TH, 1839. 243 HANDWRITTEN PAGES WITH NUMEROUS WHALE STAMPS. THE JOURNAL WAS KEPT BY CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH TABER WHOSE...
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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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WHALING STAMPS SCRIMSHAW WHALE TEETHTwoantique whale tooth stamps, 19th century or older, with carved relief bases. These stamps were used to mark events in whaling ships' logs or journals. Stamps measure about...
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1834-1838 Whaling Ledger of Ship GovernorFenner 13 x 8 in. hardcover accounting ledger for the whaling ship Governor Fenner of Bristol Rhode Island; Alexander Swain II Captain. Built in 1827 the Governor Fenner was...
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