MASSIVE MARITIME AUCTION 450 LOTS Saturday
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Boston Harbor Auctions MASSIVE MARITIME AUCTION 450 LOTS Saturday - November 9, 2019 MASSIVE MARITIME AUCTION 450 LOTS 1: SHIPS ENGINE ORDER TELEGRAPH USD 1,200 - 1,600 Solid brass bridge telegraph by Mechan and Sons, Crantonhill Glasgow. With single porcelain faceplate showing ahead ans astern ships commands. wood handle. Highly polished. Dimensions: 11 inch diameter, height 44 2: British Royal Navy Ships' Crests USD 250 - 350 Lot of five (5) ships' crests from various English naval ships including Richmond, Tyne, Rhyl, and Llandaff. 3: National Marine Lamp Co. Brass Lantern USD 350 - 550 Steel with brass trim marine lantern with maker's badge from the National Marine Lamp Company. With glass fresnel lenses, carry handle, hinged door, etc. Dimensions are 18" tall x 12" wide 4: Carved American Eagle USD 400 - 600 Finely carved American Eagle with flowing banner stating "Don't Give Up The Ship" and patriotic badge. Dimensions: 11" tall x 29" long 5: Deutschland, Ocean Liner Poster USD 400 - 600 Promotional period advertising poster in a frame showing the great American- Hamburg lines, Deutschland steamer. Dimensions: 33" tall x 54" long 6: Diminutive Ship Model USD 400 - 600 Fine small ship model of a square rigged vessel with six cannon onboard with a later case. Lots of rigging. Case Dimensions: 13" tall x 8" deep x 17" long 7: Brass Bow Lantern by William Porter USD 400 - 600 Solid brass ship's bow lantern with red and green port and starbord lenses with clear bullseye lens at center. Bears the maker's badge of The Porter Company 194 Water St. New York. Dimensions: 11" tall x 6" wide 8: Ship's Masthead Lantern by Perko USD 400 - 500 Perko ship's masthead lantern with fresnel glass lenses, vented top, and carry handle. Dimensions: 18" tall x 9" wide Bid Live Online at LiveAuctioneers.com Page 1 MASSIVE MARITIME AUCTION 450 LOTS 9: Framed Yacht Ensign in Shadowbox USD 450 - 550 Framed shadowbox of a US Yachting Ensign from the Powerboat Squadron. Striped field with fouled anchor, mounted to a wood flagstaff. Case Dimensions: 32" tall x 3" deep x 42" long 10: John Alden Marine Architect Blueprint USD 400 - 600 Original blueprint from John Alden Naval Architects. Plan is sheet 643 from a fishing trawler built for General Seafoods Corporation. Plan shows mid-ship and scantling sections in great detail. Dated March 9, 1937, and framed with glass. Dimensions: 28" tall x 43" long 11: Clipper Ship, Oil on Canvas USD 600 - 900 Unsigned oil on canvas showing a clipper ship plowing through heavy seas under shortened sail. A mountain is seen off to starboard. Fitted to a wood and gesso frame. Dimensions: 24" tall x 36" long on sight, 30" tall x 41" long framed 12: JP Morgan Steam Yacht "Corsair" Ship Model USD 6,000 - 9,000 Seven foot ship model of JP Morgan's private steam yacht, the "Corsair. Equipped with built up mahogany cabins, planked deck, paneled bulwarks, etc. Raked masts have standing and running cords. Other details include skylights with brass bars, brass portholes, winches, bollards, etc. Mounted with heavy turned brass pedestals onto a thick mahogany base. Built for J. Pierpont Morgan in 1890, the Corsair served as flagship during his reign as Commodore of the New York Yacht Club. Morgan sold her to the U.S. Navy for $225,000 in 1898. The Navy converted her to a dispatch vessel and patrol gunboat, and named her the U.S.S. Gloucester. The Corsair was destroyed in a hurricane at Pensacola, Florida. Dimensions: 46" tall x 15" deep x 88" long 13: Monumental Telescope by Ross London USD 8,000 - 12,000 Huge and stately telescopic instrument with incredible optics and geared pedestal on an enormous brass pillar. Fitted with a spotting scope. Focal tube is engraved "Ross London, 33175." Ross, a London based optics company founded in 1830, was one of the foremost lens manufacturers of its day. Dimensions: Main barrel is 45" x 4" in diameter x 33" tall when barrel is horizontal. Barrel is 63" long as photographed 14: "Boston" Frigate Ship Museum-Quality Model USD 12,000 - 16,000 Museum quality model of the frigate "Boston," which was launched in 1799, by highly regarded modeler Michael Castigliola, deceased, of Long Island New York. Expertly crafted model which is built Admiralty Style with exposed ribs and deck planks showing the method of construction. Masts to the first steps with rat lines. Cannon rigged to two decks. Dimensions: 53" tall x 21" deep x 61" long 15: "Mary Powell" Steamship Model USD 2,000 - 3,000 Cased model of the New York paddlewheel steamship "Mary Powell." Mounted into a glass display case, this model is accurately painted. Details include intricate paddle box covers, cabins, deckhouses, masts, rigging, etc. from the Richard Gottlieb collection. Case Dimensions: 14" tall x 14" wide x 38" long Bid Live Online at LiveAuctioneers.com Page 2 MASSIVE MARITIME AUCTION 450 LOTS 16: Lightship "Relief" Model USD 3,000 - 3,500 Scale model of Lightship Releif. Carved mahogany hull with countless milled brass fittings. Accurately painted with red hull, grey deck, white deckhouses, etc., and mounted into a brass trimmed glass case with mahogany base. Case Dimensions: 32" tall " x 12" deep x 49" long 17: "Hamilton" Clipper Ship Model USD 2,000 - 3,000 Scale ship model of the American clipper ship "Hamilton." Heavily rigged with standing and running cords, built up cabins, scribed deck, and hollowed hull. Name and home port of Boston are painted on the stern. Dimensions: 42" tall x 17" wide x 56" long 18: Schooner Atlantic Diorama USD 3,000 - 5,000 Expertly built ship model diorama of the schooner yacht, the "Atlantic." The yacht is shown at its waterline under full sail and is set onto a realistic calm sea. Details on the model include a planked deck, mahogany cabins, skylights with brass bars, winches bitts bollards etc, and the model is rigged with a full set of linen sails as well as all appropriate standing and running cords. Fitted to a free standing wood framed display case with matching stand. Dimensions: 57" tall x 15" wide x 38" long 19: Clipper Ship of the Sovereign Seas Model USD 6,000 - 9,000 Museum quality, accurate scale model of the American clipper ship "Sovereign of the Seas." With copper sheathed hull, black paint above the waterline, planked mahogany deck, well crafted cabins and hatches. The rigging is superb, with all appropriate standing and running cords, clove hitched ratlines and perfectly raked masts. Fitted to a varnished mahogany display case with matching table. Dimensions: 46" tall x 19" deep x 63" long 20: J.P Morgan's Commuter Yacht Model "Navette" USD 7,000 - 9,000 Expertly crafted model of J.P. Morgan's private commuter yacht "Navette," which he used to travel between his home on Centre Island near Glen Cove, New York and Manhattan. Navette was built by Herreshoff in1916 and was 114 feet long. The elegant, lean craft was built for speed. Her original power plant was a specially built pair of steam engines designed by edward Warren, an associate of Nikola Tesla. The planked model here shows exceptional detail with built up cabins and scale brass fittings in a custom display case. Dates from the late nineteenth century. Provenance: from the collection of The Westervelt Company, once sold at Christies. Dimensions: 12" tall x 10" wide x 49" long 21: Federal Eagle on Antique Ball Base USD 6,000 - 9,000 Carved Federal Eagle, once the possesion of Nelson Doubleday. With outstretched wings, head turned to right and sitting on a globe. Dimensions: 35" tall x 13" deep x 21" wide 22: Worden Wood, Warship Painting USD 600 - 900 Gouache painting of a Great White Fleet ship by noted illustrator Worden Wood. A steam pinnace leads a massive ship with other astern. Signed lower right. Dimensions: 13" tall x 16" long on sight, 20" tall x 23" long framed Bid Live Online at LiveAuctioneers.com Page 3 MASSIVE MARITIME AUCTION 450 LOTS 23: U.S. Navy Ship's Binnacle USD 2,500 - 3,500 Highly polished United States Navy ship's binnacle with gimballed compass, teak base, compensating balls on brackets, hinged door, etc. A brass clinometer is mounted to the base bearing the Lionel name. Dimensions: 55" tall x 28" wide 24: Steamship East Lynn Builder's Model USD 25,000 - 35,000 Original dockyard builder's steamship model of the East Lynn, built for "Sir William Reardon Smith and Sons Limited, Cardiff by William Doxford & Sons Limited, Sunderland," as recorded on the attached plaque. Fitted to its original hardwood case with heavy cast bronze nameplates. Dimensions: 29" tall by 18" deep by 71" long 25: Basset Lowke, Channel Steamer Ship Model USD 2,000 - 3,000 Rare, highly detailed model of an English Channel Steamer by the venerable English firm of Basset & Lowke. The model is fitted with nickle plated fittings from bow to stern. There is an electric motor and battery inside. This model can be found in the hardcover Basset Lowke book. Fitted into its original carrying case. Model Dimensions: 12 " tall x 5" deep x 31" long. Carry Case Dimensions: 15" tall x 6" dee x 15" long 26: Corsair, Museum Quality Model USD 2,000 - 3,000 Professionally built, museum-quality model of the Corsair launch, which shared this name with her mother yacht, owned by JP Morgan. This model is of the launch that hung from davits on Corsair III and Corsair IV and served as one of its tenders and small yacht in smaller ports of call.