Catalogue for January 15th & 16th 2010
Lot 302 <previous next>
Estimated: $1000 - $2000
Realized Price: $1521
Three scrimshaw whale teeth, early 20th c., depicting the San Jacinto stopping the Trent on front, the reverse with sailors farewell, 4 1/2" h., the second with Cleopatra's Barge built Salem 1816 on front, the reverse with Captain Benjamin Crowningshield, 4" h., and the last with The Merrimac and Monitor exchange fire on front, the reverse with Abraham Lincoln, 3 1/2" h.
