By Greg Smith
If taking a year off to sail the open sea is against company policy, at the very least you can still act like a sailor from both past and present with this week’s picks. We’ve gathered together a fine collection from upcoming auction and our marketplace dealers that captures the sailor inside you, from the uniform you’ll wear to the instruments you’ll learn to use and what you’ll place on the wall, which needs an Edward Moran.
MORPHY AUCTIONS
Sale Date: July 10, 2016
Lot 1648
British Naval Officer’s Coatee
The British naval officer’s coatee of navy blue wool and buff trim on chest and sleeve facings. Stand-up collar, bullion fringed epaulettes, bullion tape border trim, thirty large gilt buttons with crown and anchor, buff lining.
Estimate: $500/1,000
M. FINKEL & DAUGHTER
Sampler by Susan H. Munson
Outstanding and rare sampler featuring the ship Potosi by Susan H. Munson, 1824, New York or New Jersey.
Price Upon Request
HESSE GALLERIES
Sale Date: July 15-16, 2016
Lot 011
Small Nineteenth Century Telescope
QUEEN FINE ARTS
Edward Moran (1829-1901)
“Sinking Boat,” oil on canvas.
Price Upon Request
WILLIAM JENACK AUCTIONEERS
Sale Date: July 10, 2016
Lot 287
Nineteenth Century Walnut and Brass Ship’s Wheel
Estimate: $160/250
HYLAND GRANBY ANTIQUES
Boxwood and Ebony Backstaff
Signed on the boxwood cross limb ‘MADE BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS KING STREET BOSTON 1770.’ There is an ornate bone insert on the horizon limb which is engraved ‘Richard Atwood 1771.’ The instrument is beautifully crafted and has a typical engraved boxwood scale with a fancy hook on one end and a smaller arc with engraved scales on the opposite end. The ebony limbs have paired scribed lines on both the front and back of the instrument. There are decorative stars stamped throughout the instrument at opposite ends of the maker’s signature. The instrument retains the original horizon vane which is beautifully champhered.
Price Upon Request
THE COBBS AUCTIONEERS
Sale Date: July 9, 2016
Lot 125
Marshall Johnson Jr, (Mass., 1850- 1921)
Oil on canvas painting of two sailing ships at sea, signed lower left “Marshall Johnson.”
Estimate: $800/1,200
PORT N’ STARBOARD ANTIQUES
Sterling Silver Yacht Model
Finely detailed deck and rigging mounted on simulated sea metal plate. “Silver 970” mark on hull. Glass case with wood trim.
Price Upon Request
JOHN McINNIS AUCTIONEERS
Sale Date: July 2, 2016
Lot 992
Nineteenth Century Scrimshaw Whale Tooth
Depicting a British ship of war, initialed CS. From a Massachusetts collection originating in Wenham.
Estimate: $1/1,500
TRINITY HOUSE PAINTINGS
John Steven Dews (Born 1949)
“Battle of Chesapeake, 5th September 1781”, oil on canvas, signed lower left.
Price Upon Request
