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PAIR OF EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND HISTORICA
PAIR OF EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH BY JOSIAH SHEFFIELD, JR., KNOWN AS THE "LOG TEETH" CIRCA 1831-1835 LENGTHS...
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GOLD RING BELONGING TO COMMODORE OLIVER
GOLD RING BELONGING TO COMMODORE OLIVER HAZARD PERRY LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURYGOLD RING BELONGING TO COMMODORE OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, Late 18th/Early 19t...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK BY JOSIAH SHEFF
SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK BY JOSIAH SHEFFIELD, JR. CIRCA 1830 LENGTH 13".SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK BY JOSIAH SHEFFIELD, JR., Circa 1830, Depicts a whaling...
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William Hobbs 70th Indiana Infantry Civi
William Hobbs 70th Indiana Infantry Civil War Archive 35 items (29 soldier??Ts letters) 1862-1865. A soldier in the 70th Indiana William Hobbs wrote home r...
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WOOD ENGRAVING "A SUPERB VIEW OF THE UNI
WOOD ENGRAVING "A SUPERB VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES JAPANESE SQUADRON, UNDER COMMAND OF COMMODORE PERRY, BOUND FOR THE EAST." 14.5" X 21.5" SIGHT. FRAMED 19...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH BY THE VIGNETTE
SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH BY THE VIGNETTE ENGRAVER 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 5.5".SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH BY THE VIGNETTE ENGRAVER, 19th Century, Obverse depicts...
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POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW PANBONE PANEL WITH
POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW PANBONE PANEL WITH WHALING SCENE 19TH CENTURY 5.25" X 11.5".POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW PANBONE PANEL WITH WHALING SCENE, 19th Century, Dep...
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POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE DITTY BOX
POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE DITTY BOX DEPICTING ALWILDA MID-19TH CENTURY HEIGHT 2.75". LENGTH 7". WIDTH 5".POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE DITTY BOX DEPI...
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JOURNAL OF A WHALING VOYAGE TO THE PACIF
JOURNAL OF A WHALING VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEANON BOARD THE "ELIZA L. B. JENNEY" OF FAIRHAVEN, JOHN CHURCH, MASTER, 1842. THE LOG COVERS FROM WEDNESDAY,...
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COMMODORE PERRY SCRIMSHAW WHALES TOOTH:
COMMODORE PERRY SCRIMSHAW WHALES TOOTH: Whales tooth featuring portrait of Commander Oliver Perry in a frame signed W. Guerra. Age unknown. 5 3/8'' l. over...
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FINE SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTED
FINE SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTED TO CALEB J. ALBRO LATE 1830S LENGTH 6.5".FINE SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTED TO CALEB J. ALBRO, Late 1830s, O...
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MASSACHUSETTS SAMPLER BY EMILY SPARHAWK
MASSACHUSETTS SAMPLER BY EMILY SPARHAWK (PERRY), EARLY ...Massachusetts School Girl Sampler made by Emily Sparhawk (Perry) (1813-1894), silk on linen, havi...
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PR. KY ANTEBELLUM W/C PORTRAITSPair of d
PR. KY ANTEBELLUM W/C PORTRAITSPair of detailed Kentucky Antebellum watercolor portraits; inscriptions on back identify the subjects as John W. Doan and Sa...
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Narrative of the expedition of an Americ
Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan; performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodor...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH DEPICTING LADY L
SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH DEPICTING LADY LIBERTY, ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL W. TENNEY MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 5.25".SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH DEPICTING LADY LIBERTY...
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POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH BY TH
POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH BY THE BANKNOTE ENGRAVER, DESCENDED IN THE FAMILY OF WHALEMAN WILLARD BROWN MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 5.75".POLYCHROME SCR...
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Tom Thumb's Personal Valet's CDV Album A
Tom Thumb's Personal Valet's CDV Album An album that was once the property of Tom Thumb's personal valet B.J. Sellers containing 15 cdvs most with either E...
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FIVE (5) CDVS OF HIGH-RANKING FEDERAL NA
FIVE (5) CDVS OF HIGH-RANKING FEDERAL NAVAL OFFICERS To include: "Officers of Our Navy, 1861" by C. Buttre, New York; Commodore Wilkes photograph CDV by C....
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"COMMODORE" SHIP'S TAFFRAIL LOG BY THOMA
"COMMODORE" SHIP'S TAFFRAIL LOG BY THOMAS WALKER & SON, LTD. BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, CIRCA 1910 SPINNER LENGTH 14" AND DIAMETER 6.5" (NOT INCLUDING ROPE TAILS...
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EARLY 1900S SCRIMSHAW CARVED WALRUS TUSK
EARLY 1900S SCRIMSHAW CARVED WALRUS TUSK CUPFeatured in this lot is this early 1900s scrimshaw walrus tusk cup. The term “scrimshaw” was coined in 18th Cen...
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EARLY 20TH C. KWAKWAKA'WAKW WOOD FEAST B
EARLY 20TH C. KWAKWAKA'WAKW WOOD FEAST BOWL WHALESNative American, Pacific Northwest, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) people, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-ca...
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BALEEN MARINE CANE-Ca. 1850 -Single piec
BALEEN MARINE CANE-Ca. 1850 -Single piece marine cane with a curving handle terminating in a stylized seal head and a cylindrical faux sprig shaft. The pla...
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GOLD NEW ENGLAND MARINE CANECa. 1850-Sma
GOLD NEW ENGLAND MARINE CANECa. 1850-Small 18 karat yellow gold knob fashioned in a well-proportioned classic taste and elaborately hand chased and engrave...
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ANDREW JACKSON (1767-1845): ORIGINAL SHI
ANDREW JACKSON (1767-1845): ORIGINAL SHIP'S PASSPORT FOR THE WHALESHIP COMMODORE ROGERSSigned by President Andrew Jackson. Printed ship's passport for the...
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+SCRIMSHAW: THREE DECORATED WHALES TEETH
+SCRIMSHAW: THREE DECORATED WHALES TEETH, INCLUDING: ONE WITH WHALING THEMED TUSK WITH DEPICTIONS OF SHIPS OF VARIOUS SIZES, A WHALE BEING HUNTED, AND A CO...
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FINE POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK
FINE POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK 19TH CENTURY LENGTH 13".FINE POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALEBONE BUSK, 19th Century, Depicts red flowers, a potted fl...
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EXCEPTIONAL SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH BY T
EXCEPTIONAL SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH BY THE VIGNETTE ARTIST MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 6.75".EXCEPTIONAL SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH BY THE VIGNETTE ARTIST, Mid-1...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH DEPICTING NEPTUN
SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH DEPICTING NEPTUNE, ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL W. TENNEY MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTH 5.5".SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH DEPICTING NEPTUNE, ATTRIBUTE...
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TWO BOXES HARDCOVER JAPANESE AND CHINESE
TWO BOXES HARDCOVER JAPANESE AND CHINESE CULTURE AND ART REFERENCE BOOKSTWO BOXES HARDCOVER JAPANESE AND CHINESE CULTURE AND ART REFERENCE BOOKS, including...
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COMMODORE PERRY EXPEDITION TO JAPAN, 3 V
COMMODORE PERRY EXPEDITION TO JAPAN, 3 VOLUMESNarrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852,...
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HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH DEPICTING THE LA
HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH DEPICTING THE LANDING OF COMMODORE PERRY, OFFICERS, AND MEN OF THE SQUADRONHand-Colored Lithograph depicting The Landing of Commodo...
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LARGE COLLECTION OF LEATHER BOUND BOOKSL
LARGE COLLECTION OF LEATHER BOUND BOOKSLarge Collection of Leather Bound Books, to include a first edition copy of "The Life of Lewis Bourbon, Late Prince...
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ICONIC POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOT
ICONIC POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH BY EDWARD BURDETT CIRCA 1825-1829 LENGTH 5.75". INCLUDES A WHALEBONE AND WOOD STAND.ICONIC POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW W...
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IMPORTANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIB
IMPORTANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES ADOLPHUS BUTE, CREW MEMBER ON CHARLES DARWIN'S EXPEDITION CIRCA EARLY 1830S LENGTH 6.25". INCLUDES A...
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COLLECTION OF 16 SCRIMSHAW, NANTUCKET, M
COLLECTION OF 16 SCRIMSHAW, NANTUCKET, MARITIME BOOKS A...COLLECTION OF 16 SCRIMSHAW, NANTUCKET, MARITIME BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS
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PAIR OF SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH WITH WHA
PAIR OF SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH WITH WHALING SCENES MID-19TH CENTURY LENGTHS 4.5".PAIR OF SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH WITH WHALING SCENES, Mid-19th Century,...
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