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$27,679,100 Yuan Dynasty (14th c.) Blue and White Jar

$20,086,024 Canaletto (1697-1768) “The Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day”

$12,616,000 Andy Warhol “Portrait of Elizabeth Taylor” Acrylic 40”x40”

$3,824,000 Andrew Wyeth “Battle Ensign Southern Island, Maine, 1987” Tempera

$2,760,000 Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904) “Sunny Day on the Marsh Newburyport” Oil 1871-5

$2,312,000 Julius Le Blanc “Yachting in the Mediterranean” Oil

$2,144,000 Sanford Robinson Gifford “Fire Island Beach, 1877” Oil

$1,949,635 Ludwig von Beethoven Original Manuscript “Grosse Fugue in B-flat Major”

$1,808,500 Chippendale High Chest 1755-65, 94” h

$1,584,000 Edward Hopper “Squam Light” Oil

$1,052,000 Frederic Church (1816-1900) “Highlands of the Hudson River” 1866

$1,000,000 John Lennon’s Handwritten Lyrics for “All You Need is Love”

$996,000 Babe Ruth Red Sox/N.Y. Yankee Sale Contract

$879,500 Patek Philippe 2499 Wristwatch

$825,000 Fitz Henry Lane (1806-1866) “View off Thatcher’s Island – Bark Eastern Star” Oil 24” x 36”

$600,000 John Haley Bellamy (1836- 1914) Carved Engraving with “God is our Refuge and Strength” Banner 48” L

$478,000 Norman Rockwell “The Song of Bernadette” Movie Painting Oil 58” x 28”

$464,000 Richard Avedon Beatles Photos Set of 4

$435,400 HMS Victory Captain Thomas Hardy Gold Battle of Trafalgar Medal

$402,250 Harry Winston Platinum and 11.66 carat Diamond Ring

$313,600 Patriotic Presentation Sword Charles Tyler Capt. HMS Tonnant, Oct. 21, 1805

$280,000 Cadillac Roadster, 1930

$275,000 John Stobart “Portland, the Bark Halcyon” Oil

$270,000 Scrimshawed Sperm Whale Tooth, 19th c. with Whaling Scene and Federal Period House 8” L

$268,000 Gibson Solid Body Les Paul style Guitar

$264,500 Buffalo Nickel 1916

$259,000 Northwest Coast Indian Tsimshian Cedar Mask 19th c.

$240,000 Montague Dawson (1895-1973) “Decks Awash in the Teeth of a Gale” Oil

$240,000 Ship’s Figurehead of Woman in Purple from Brig Martha 1850-60 54”

$216,000 Babe Ruth Signed 1920 Game Bat

$207,225 U.S. Constitution First Printing 1787

$204,000 Indian Birchbark Canoe Model with Two Figures

$201,250 William Glackens “Rockport, MA, 1936” Oil

$198,000 Edward Moran (1829-1901) “A Packet Ship Backing Sails in Boston” Oil

$195,500 Gus Wilson Preening Black Duck Decoy

$192,000 SS Normandie Grand Salon Mural Panel pair

$186,867 Mozart Letter

$180,000 James E. Buttersworth “Clipper Ship Westward Ho” Oil 29”x36”

$170,000 Scrimshawed Sperm Whale Tooth Whaleship Pacific, Edward Burdett (1805-33) 4 ¾”

$168,000 Model of Armed English Cutter c.1800 39” L

$166,600 Steven Dews “Battle of Trafalgar” Oil 40” x 66”

$161,000 Marvel Comics #1, 1939

$150,000 Robert Salmon (1775-1845) “A Ship in four Positions in the Clyde” Oil

$144,000 Anthony Thieme “Evening Light on the Suwannee River” Oil

$138,000 JFK Rolex Watch Given by Marilyn Monroe

$136,500 Thomas Luny (1759-1837) “The Bombardment of Algiers” Oil 48” x 72 ½”

$127,000 Tiffany Hydrangea Stained Glass Lamp

$126,000 Jack Gray (1927-1981) “Canadian Schooner Bluenose at Sea” Oil

$115,500 Napoleon’s Bicorn Hat

$115,000 Nantucket Basket

$114,000 William Bradford (1827-1892) “Transatlantic Packet Ships off a Northern Headland” Oil 24”x36”

$105,000 Duke of Wellington’s Sword 8 ¾”

$103,500 Ogden Pleissner “Shooting Turkeys” Watercolor

$102,000 Barry Bonds 70th Homerun Baseball

$102,000 James e. Buttersworth “Vigilant vs. Valkyrie II 1885 America’s Cup” Oil 9 ½” x 12”

$88,000 William Yorke (1847-1892) att. “Clippership Ocean Herald” Oil

$86,250 Smith and Wesson No. 3 Revolver

$87,750 Gen. George Custer Letter

$86,250 Alfred Bricher “New England Shoreline” Oil

$85,187 Case of 1989 Romanee Conti Wine

$78,000 Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass First Edition

$75,000 Tim Thompson “Departure from Sandy Hook” Oil 36” x 48”

$74,750 Ralph Cahoon “Still Life Therom”

$74,400 James E. Buttersworth (1817- 1894) “Squadron of Yachts Passing the Hook” Oil

$73,500 Gold and Enamel Small Royal Naval Sword Ship Arethusa 1802

$72,000 George M. W. Atkinson (1802- 1884) “Three Masted Ships in Harbor” Oil 34” x 52”

$71,500 Montague Dawson “The Beautiful Spindrift” Oil

$63,000 J. Stephen Dews “Britannia Trouncing Santanita in Torbay” Oil 40” x 60”

$62,500 Napoleonic P.O.W. Bone Model 70 gun ship 11” L

$62,374 Wayne Gretzky Rookie Card

$63,000 Sailor’s Woolwork of American Ship Approaching Lighthouse c.1840

$60,725 Alfred Thompson Bricher Newport Coastal Scene Oil 18” x 39”

$60,000 Abraham Jacob Bogdanove Monhegan Island Scene Oil

$60,000 James W. Carmichael (1800- 1868) Shipping Whitby Harbor, 1856 Oil 30” x 42”

$60,000 Lloyd McCaffery “Schooner Yacht America” Scratch-built Ship Model ¾”=1’ 39” L

$60,000 1969 Kentucky Derby Cup

$58,000 Antonio Jacobsen (1850-1927) “Steamer Concho on East River, 1895” Oil 22” x 36”

$55,000 Mickey and Minnie Mouse on Motorcycle Toy

$52,580 Walter Trost Richards “View off the Rhode Island Coast” Watercolor

$52,115 Roman First Century Legionnaires Helmet

$52,000 William Bygrave 19th c. “American Bark Glenwood Leaving Messina, Italy” Oil 21” x 32”

$50,400 Nelson’s Silver Snuff Box

$50,000 Clifford Ashley (1881-1947) “Stove Boat” Oil 30” x 20”

$49,500 Albert Pinkham Ryder “The Smugglers Retreat” Oil

$48,000 John James Audubon Jer Falcon Lithograph, Havell

$48,000 Letter Written on Titanic Stationery, 1912

$47,000 Sunqua Panorama of Hong Near Canton, 1832 Watercolor

$45,410 Haley Lever “Mackerel Fishing Boats” Oil

$45,000 Don Demers “Off to the Banks” Oil 24” x 36”

$44,000 Louis Dodd “Canton, 1845” Oil 32” x 54”

$44,650 RMS Titanic 3rd Class Menu

$43,125 Thompson Submachine Gun, 1921

$42,550 Copper Grasshopper Weathervane 17” x 41”

$42,000 Charles Lindbergh’s Variable Pitch Propeller

$40,100 King Edward VII Royal Scepter

$39,547 William Henry Harrison 1840 Campaign Jug

$38,837 Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show” Desk

$37,800 Lt. Robert Strickland Thomas (1787-1853) “HMS Prince Leaving Portsmouth and Royal Navy Brig and HMS Victory” Pair 18” x 27” each

$36,883 Titanic Deck Chair

$35,850 Adam West’s Batman Costume

$35,750 Conrad Freitag “Barkentine Lizzie Merry” Oil

$37,375 Superman Comics Ann Ashcan DC 1939

$35,055 Lock of Napoleon’s Hair

$35,000 French Prisoner of War Model HMS Prince of Wales 26” L

$34,741 Full Suit of Armor, 1580

$33,640 Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show Poster

$33,500 Antonio Jacobsen (1850-1921) “Bark Onaway with Pilot Boat New York 1916” Oil 16” x 28”

$33,000 J.J. Audubon “Common American Swan” Hand-colored Engraving Havell 1838

$33,000 John Hancock’s Vest

$32,000 Leica 1A Luxus Camera 1929

$31,900 Stephen Etnier (1903-1984) “Drying Sails” Oil 11” x 24”

$30,800 Red Buddy L Toy Tugboat

$30,000 Joseph Henry Sharp “Windward Koko Head, Honolulu” Oil 20”x24”

$29,400 Circle of John Thomas Serres (1750-1825) “Man-o-War Passing in the Channel” Oil 30” x 57 ½”

$29,000 Frederick Mulhaupt (1871-1938) “Moving Ice, Gloucester Harbor” Oil 8” x 10”

$28,800 James Francis Danby (1816- 1875) ‘‘Evening on the Thames’’ Oil 30’’ x 40’’

$28,680 Jane Peterson “Boats in Gloucester Harbor” Oil 18” x 24”

$28,080 Madonna’s “Blonde Ambition” Bustier

$27,500 Stanley Meltzoff “Double Header Against a Reef” Oil 26” x 36”

$27,300 Joseph Heard (1799-1859) “Bark Emilia Heading into Liverpool” Oil 23” x 35”

$27,300 Miles and Samuel Walters “Brigs Mariote and Margaret in the Mersey, 1829” Oil 27” x 47”

$27,188 U Boat Twin Anti-aircraft Gun

$27,000 Popeye the Sailor with Mechanical Rowboat

$26,352 3 Abstract paintings by Congo the Chimpanzee (1954-1964)

$26,325 Ebbets Field Turnstile

$26,290 Mauritz F.H. De Hass ‘‘Along the Coast’’

$25,300 John Whorf “Fleet at Gloucester” Oil

$25,000 Elisha Taylor Baker (1827-1890) “Seawanhaka yacht Club Tender” Oil 12” x 22”

$22,321 George Washington Signed $158.82 Bank Check

$21,600 Henry Scott (1911-1966) “Full Rigger Lake Superior Ahead of Rival” Oil 24” x 36”

$21,600 William Nagel Scale Model of Fishing Schooner Rhodora 25”

$21,450 Cigar Store Indian “Princess”

$21,000 HMS Temeraraire Mess Tankard

$21,000 Napoleonic French POW 80-gun Royal Navy 3rd rate Model 25” L

$20,700 Whale ivory Pie Crimper 19th c.

$20,400 Thomas Buttersworth (1768-1842) “British Men of War Running Before a Storm” Oil 17” x 20”

$20,315 Bob Dylan “Free Wheelin’” LP Record

$20,000 Antonio Jacobsen “Sail/Steam Yacht Blake, 1899” Oil 22” x 36”

$20,000 Frank Vining Smith (1879-1967) “Sunlit Sea” Oil 26” x 40”

$20,000 Russ Kramer “The Tacking Duel” Oil

$20,000 Otto Mulhlenfeld (1871-1907) “Baltimore Tug Dauntless” Oil 24” x 34”

$19,800 Keith Reynolds “The Boat People, Hong Kong” Acrylic 21” x 41”

$19,800 Pair of 19th c. English Library Globes 15” diameter

$18,500 Anthony Blake “Schooner Atlantic” Oil 18” x 24”

$18,500 Winston Churchill The Second World War 6 Volumes

$18,480 George Webster “A 74-gun Running Past Gibraltar” Oil 25” x 30”

$18,400 Anthony Thieme “View of Rockport Harbor” Oil

$18,400 Emile Gruppe “Mending the Nets” Oil

$18,000 Narwhal Tusks from Donald McMillan

$17,600 Mark Twain Signed Photograph

$17,500 Veeder Ice Cream Scoop

$17,688 Signed Marlon Brando Photograph

$17,500 Christopher Blossom “Reaching for Monhegan” Oil 16” x 20”

$17,220 Napoleon’s Campaign Bed

$17,000 Lai Fong (1870-1900) “Four Masted Barque Wanderer” Oil 24” x 34”

$16,450 Titanic Driftwood Frame

$16,100 Claude Hugard “Steamer Golden Gate on Fire” Oil 24” x 39”

$16,100 John Haley Bellamy Carved Eagle With “Don’t Give Up the Ship”

$16,000 William R. Davis “Fishing at Daybreak” Oil 16” x 22”

$15,750 Thomas Buttersworth (1768- 1842) HMS Victory Pair Oil 14” x 17”

$15,600 Robert Salmon (1775-1845) “Trading Brig Aground off Tynemouth” Oil 9 ¼” x 8”

$15,500 Geoff Hunt “Coming Aboard HMS Duke William” Oil 18 ¾” x 20 ½”

$15,120 William Coates “The Schooners Guard and Snow Chase off Elsinore Castle, 1829” Oil

$14,700 Brass Speaking Trumpet from HMS Victory

$14,700 Builder’s Model of Turret Deck Steamer Countess Warwick, 1906 70 ½”

$14,000 Willie Pierce Stubbs (1842-1909) “Schooner James Rothwell” Oil 22” x 36”

$13,800 Emile Gruppe “Summer Morning Gloucester” Oil

$13,800 Silas Hawkins Engraved Power Horn, 1776

$13,800 Lewis Carroll Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland First Edition

$13,650 Nicholas Matthew Condy (1818- 1851) “74-gun Meeting in Plymouth Sound” Oil 11 ½” x 15 ¾”

$13,000 Antonio Jacobsen (1850-1921) “SS Bermuda 1887” Oil 22” x 36”

$13,000 Sailor’s Valentine 19th c. 10”

$12,600 Flintlock Sea Service Musket 1714-15

$12,000 Collected Voyages of Capt. James Cook, 8 Volumes 1785

$12,000 Scale Model of Charles W. Morgan by Crewmember c.1890 32” L

$12,000 William Callcott Knell “Fishing Boats off a Dutch Coast, 1865” Oil 12” x 22”

$11,500 Photograph of Orville Wright’s Kitty Hawk Take Off

$11,275 Civil War Springfield Musket

$10,575 Humphrey Bogart “Casablanca” Trench Coat

$10,500 Carved Narwhal Tusk Cane 47”

$10,450 Hires Root Beer Sign 6” x 8”

$9,975 William Pierce Stubbs Azariah Sears Ship Portrait Oil

$9,500 Paul Garnett “Battle of Valcour Island” Oil 24” x 36”

$9,500 William G. Muller “Cunard Liner Auriana” Oil 18” x 24”

$9,450 Charles Edward Dixon (1872- 1932) “Three-masted Schooner Being Towed” 1896 Watercolor 33” x 20”

$9,400 Gordon Grant “View of Cornwall Fishing Village, 1940”

$9,000 Builder’s Half Model of Tugboat Orion 1905

$8,700 Monkey and Coconut Mechanical Bank

$8,500 Thomas Willis (1850-1912) Steam Ferry Frank and Helen McAvoy 1910 Oil and Silk Thread 20”x36”

$8,400 Scale Model of Steam Yacht Corsair 56”

$8,225 Maltese Falcon Movie Poster

$7,200 George Howell Gay (1858-1931) “Seascape with Waves on Rocks” Watercolor 17” x 27”

$7,000 Anton Otto Fisher (1882-1962) “Submarine Emerging From the Deep” Oil 24” x 36”

$7,000 Clement Drew (1806-1889) “Ship Passing Minot’s Ledge Light” Oil 20” x 30”

$7,000 Half Hull Model of American Schooner yacht 47 ¾”

$6,720 Model of 18th c. Ships Longboat 19 ½” L

$6,720 Thomas Luny (1759-1837) “Riding Out the Gale off Ness” Oil 12 ½” x 16 ½”

$6,500 Flick Ford “Tarpon” Watercolor 44”

$6,065 Playboy Magazine 1963 Marilyn Monroe Cover

$5,750 Lake Champlain Scrimshawed Signal Horn, 19th c.

$5,400 Display Model of Gold Cup Racer Baby Bootlegger 45”

$5,040 “Jack” Spurling (1870-1933) “Paddle Steamer Crested Eagle Running Down the Thames” 1927 Watercolor 14” x 20”

$4,800 Confederate Soldiers Blanket

$4,700 Felt Top Hat Worn on “I Love Lucy”

$4,700 “Star Trek” Pistol Phaser Set Prop

$4,200 T.S. Negus & Co. Stick Barometer, 1865

$4,200 U.S. Lifesaving Service Bronze Cannon

$4,200 Willem Eerland “SS Statendam Arriving in New York” Oil 16”x20”

$3,900 Jim Griffiths “Bark Port Jackson” Gouache 12” x 19”

$3,780 A. DeSimone “Royal Yacht Squadron Branwen in Neapolitan Waters” 1909 Watercolor 16” x 24”

$3,764 Manny Ramirez Red Sox Game Jersey

$3,500 Anton Otto Fisher “Sailors on a Raft” Oil 27” x 32”

$3,450 Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat First Edition

$3,360 Tourist Lounge Leather Seat from RMS Elizabeth, 1938

$3,200 Ian Marshall “HMS Raleigh Passing Through the Gaillard Cut” Watercolor 14” x 21”

$3,150 Royal Navy Ship Sailor’s Woolwork Picture, 19th c.

$3,120 Silver Plate Wine Cooler from the SS United States

$2,940 William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931) “Battle of Trafalgar” Etching 5 ¾” x 15 ½”

$2,938 Katherine Hepburn Passport

$2,880 C.E. Bolles “Yacht Columbia” Gelatin Silver Print Photo 20”x17”

$2,875 Civil War Drum

$2,730 Log Book for East Indiaman General Harris, 1816-18

$2,644 Marilyn Monroe Evening Gown

$2,500 Ship’s Telegraph Brass/Bronze 46”

$2,475 William Henry Howe (1846-1929) Dutch Marine Scene Oil

$2,310 Mid 19th c. Sailor Scrimshaw Whale’s Tooth HMS Figgard 1847 With Damaged Tip

$2,310 Ticket to Lord Nelson’s Funeral, January 9, 1800

$2,100 19th c. Glass Ship’s Decanter

$1,926 Cunard Line Advertising Poster

$1,800 Currier and Ives Clippership Sweepstakes Lithograph 21” x 27”

$1,700 I Want You for the Navy Poster 1917

$1,250 Ebony, Ivory, Brass Quadrant with case 19 ½”

$1,322 Pair Sailor’s Rope Beckets 19th c.

$1,050 Ships Bell From HMS Anson, 1937

$1,020 Morris Rosenfeld “Racing in Long Island Sound” Albumen print 11” x 14”

$700 Foot Operated Ship’s Bellows Fog Horn

$700 Sail Boats in Gathering Storm Radtke Laukner and Co. Lithograph 1891 12” x 21”

$650 Ship’s Chronometer Thomas Mercer, England, Mahogany Box

$546 Royal Naval Bicorn Hat and Epaulettes

$525 George VI Naval Officer’s Dirk

$500 Ship’s Bell Bronze 13”h

$84 Advertising Poster for Queen Mary 22 ½” x 35”

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ALEC SLOTH:Sleeping by the Mississippi20 large-scale, dream-like pho-tographs documenting the strange life along the Mississippi River from Minnesota to Venice, LouisianaDes Moine Art Center DowntownDes Moine, IA • 515-277-4405desmoineartcenter.orgThrough April 21

AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM:An Arcadian Vision, Paintings from the Akron Art Museum35 works from the turn-of-the-20th century by William Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam, George Inness, John Twachtmann, Julian Aden Weir and others.Taft Museum of ArtCincinnati, OH • 313-241-0343taftmuseum.orgThrough March 12

AMERICAN SOCIETYOF MARINE ARTISTSNortheast group exhibition.Cold Spring Whaling MuseumCold Spring, NY • 631-367-3418cshwhalingmuseum.orgApril 1 – May 15

AMERICAN SPLENDOR:Hudson River School Masterworks from the Permanent CollectionNiagara Falls, Hudson River, Yosemite Valley are among the natural wonders that inspired works by Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, Albert Bierstadt, Sanford Gifford, John Kensett and others.Wadsworth AtheneumMuseum of Art

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ANDREW WYETH:Memory and MagicA retrospective of seven decades, surveying the artist’s lifetime achievements.High Museum of ArtAtlanta, GA • 404-733-4400high.org

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JOHN MECRAYArtist talk and presentatio.Connecticut River MuseumEssex, CT • 860-767-8269ctrivermuseum.orgFebruary 12

JON SCHUELER: THE SOUND OF SLEATOils paintings explore an American abstract expressionist’s fascination with local scenes and the drama of the skies over a remote Scottish fish-ing village on Sleat Sound.National Gallery of ScotlandEdinburgh, SCOTLAND44-0-131-623-7126nationalgalleries.orgThrough March 5

KARA WALKER AT THE MET:After the DelugePost-Hurricane Katrina examination of the impact of waterborne disas-ters on black Americans explored through American paintings from the Museum’s collection juxtaposed with paper cutout silhouettes. Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NY • 212-535-7710metmuseum.orgMarch 21 – July 30

MARINE AND FISHING ARTBy the leading artists from America, Europe and New Zealand. Paintings, sculpture, ship models and scrim-shaw by Anthony Blake, Christopher Blossom, Don Demers, Flick Ford, James Girffiths, Ian Marshall, Victor Mays, John Mecray, Stanley Meltzoff, Leonard Mizerek, James Prosek, Keith Reynolds, Arthur Shilstone, John Stobart, Robert Weiss and others.J. Russell Jinishian Gallery1657 Post Road, Fairfield, CT203-259-8753jrusselljinishiangallery.comOngoing

MARITIME MODEL EXPORadio-controlled models powered by steam, battery and wind, and a dis-play of highly detailed static models.Chesapeake Bay Maritime MuseumSt.Michael’s, MD • 410-745-2916cbmm.orgMay 20 – 21

MARITIME PAINTINGS ATSOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUMThe best maritime paintings in the museum’s collection featuring works by James E. Buttersworth, Antonio Jacobsen, Duncan MacFarlane and

other noted 19th century artists.Schmerhorn Row GallerySouth Street Seaport MuseumNew York, NY • 212-748-8735southstreetseaportmuseum.orgOngoing

A MUCH RECORDED WAR:The Russo-Japanese War inHistory and ImageryJapanese woodblock prints, photographs and postcards chronicle the first major military conflict in the modern age.Museum of Fine Arts, BostonBoston, MA • mfa.orgThrough March 28

NANTUCKET WHALING MUSEUMNewly renovated and expanded in commemoration of its 75 anniver-sary. Exhibitions include paintings and scrimshaw from the collection of the Nantucket Historical Association, sail-ors’ valentines, the complete skeleton of sperm whale, a fully rigged whale-boat and more.Nantucket Whaling MuseumNantucket, MA • 508-228-1894nha.orgOngoing

PAINTING SUMMERIN NEW ENGLANDPaintings spanning the years from 1860 to present depicting sum-mertime New England’s mountains, villages, seascapes and city life by Winslow Homer, Childe Hassam John Singer Sargent, Andrew Wyeth, Frank Benson, Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper and others. Peabody Essex MuseumSalem, MA • 978-745-9500pem.orgApril 22 – September 4

REFLECTIONS ON THE WATER45 nautical photographs of America’s Cup action, historical vessels, adven-ture and travel by noted photographer Bob Grieser.The Maritime Museumof San DiegoSan Diego, CA • 619-234-9153sdmaritime.orgThrough April 3

THE RENOIR RETURNS:A Celebration of Masterworks at the Phillips Collection60 of the museums major works are on view in celebration of the return of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s “Luncheon of the Boating Party”The Phillip’s CollectionWashington, D.C. • 202-387-2151phillipscollection.orgApril 15 – July 30

SALT MOUNTAINInvitational exhibition of contempo-rary works of art from various media explore the role of the Atlantic Salt Company at the New York Harbor waterfront.The Noble Maritime CollectionStaten Island, NY • 718-447-5490noblemaritime.orgOpens March 18

2ND INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ART EXHIBITON AND FESTIVALExhibit, auction, contests and gala sponsored by the Galveston Historical Foundation.Texas Seaport MuseumGalveston, TX • 409-765-7834tsm-elissa.orgFebruary 3 – 5

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William G. Muller The Upper Hudson River Steamboat M. MARTIN of the Newburgh Albany Line Oil on Canvas 16” x 20” $8,800 Paddles Northbound Passing the Saugerties Lighthouse at Dusk in 1875

SHIPS OF THE SEAMARITIME MUSEUM18th and 19th century ship models, paintings and maritime antiques.Ships of the Sea Maritime MuseumSavannah, GA • 912-232-1511shipsofthesea.orgOngoing

SI WATERFRONT PRINT EXHIBITIONWorks by over a dozen artists reveal the ever changing scene and nature of the Staten Island waterfront.The Noble Maritime CollectionStaten Island, NY • 718-447-5490Opens March 18

SILK ROAD TO CLIPPER SHIP TRADE, Changing Markets and East Asian CeramicsExplores the important role of foreign trade on informing new techniques and styles in Chinese, Japanese and Korean ceramics.University of MichiganMuseum of ArtAnn Arbor, MI • 734-764-0395umma.umich.eduThrough February 12

SOMETHING WAITS BENEATH IT:Early Works by Andrew Wyeth, 1939-196932 rarely seen tempura and water-color paintings of coastal Maine and eastern Pennsylvania by a young Andrew Wyeth.Delaware Art MuseumWilmington, DE • 302-571-9590delart.orgMarch 29 – July 16

A STORIED LENS:The Photographic World of Norman Fortier75 of the most outstanding black-and-white photographs of the Fortier Collection, focusing on yachting, coastlines, landscapes, boat build-ing and fishing fleets from the years 1946-1974New Bedford Whaling MuseumNew Bedford, MA • 508-997-0046whalingmuseum.orgThrough Spring

TREASURES FROM OLANA:Landscapes, by Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900)18 masterpieces selected from the 250-acre estate of the artist, which now is itself a National Historical Landmark.National Academy MuseumNew York, NY • 212-369-4880nationalacademy.orgFebruary 9 – April 30Portland Museum of ArtPortland, MEportlandmuseum.orgMay 20 – September 10Huntington LibrarySan Marino, CA • 626-405-2100huntington.orgOctober – December

THE VAN BLARENBERGHESPainters and MiniaturistsPrints and drawings of seascapes and battle scenes during the 18th century by the Van Blarenberghe brothers.Louvre MuseumParis, FRANCE33-01-40-20-84-97 /212-367-2649louvre.frThrough April 24

VAN RYPER: A WORLD OF SHIPSIN MINATUREDer Scutt Ocean Liner collection of prized models of great shipsSouth Street Seaport MuseumNew York, NY • 212-748-8600southstreetseaportmuseum.orgOngoing

VIKINGSCarvings, replicas, other artifacts and treasures reveal the storied history of the Vikings as warriors, navigators, explorers, traders and artists.Australian NationalMaritime MuseumSydney, AUSTRALIAannm.gov.auThrough June 18

VISIONS OF AMERICA200 years of American masterpiecesNew Britain Museum ofAmerican ArtNew Britain, CT • 860-229-0257nbmaa.orgApril 9 – August 27

WILLIAM A. COULTER (1849-1938)A Master’s Brush With the SeaThe first retrospective exhibition of the work of the premier West Coast maritime artist who also chronicled the great San Francisco earthquake and fire. The opening coincides with the 100th anniversary of the great earthquake.

San Francisco Maritime National Historical ParkSan Francisco, CA • 415-561-7000April 18 – October 31

WINSLOW HOMER IN THE NATIONAL GALLERYMore than 50 oils, watercolors, draw-ings and prints span the artist’s career. National Gallery of ArtWashington, DC • 202-737-4215nga.govThrough February 20

THE YACHTING PHOTOGRAPHY OF WILLARD B. JACKSONOver 50 photographs taken at Marblehead, MA capture the beauty of all types of sailing vessels.Peabody Essex MuseumSalem, MA • 978-745-9500pem.orgMay 20 – November19

YIN AND YANGElements of Chinese GardensPhotographs by Marta Morse focus on rocks, plants and water, the three elements of the gardens of Beijing, Shanghai and Hongzhou. Hudson MuseumThe University of MaineOrono, ME • 207-581-1901umaine.edu/hudsonmuseumThrough June 25

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Lloyd McCafferyU.S.S. CONSTITUTION 1798Scale 8’=1” 5½”h x 6”d x 25”lCompletely cutaway port side, fitted with her starboard battery andoriginal Hercules figurehead. Apple, Boxwood and Holly. $48,000

This model shows many construction details for the first time. For example, how her diagonal riders (braces) were fitted:butted against the keelson below and the berth deck beams above to prevent the hull from “hogging”.

by the Van Blarenberghe brothers.

umaine.edu/hudsonmuseumThrough June 25

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Most collectors only get to see a work of art once the artist has completed it. Here is a rare look a painting in various stages as Don Demers brings his concept to the canvas and arranges its composition, coloration, lighting and atmosphere for the greatest effect. This painting and 20 others will be on view during “Marine Masterworks by Don Demers”, a one–man exhibition of the artist’s most recent marine paintings to be held at the J. Russell Jinishian Gallery from May 20-June 3, 2006. For more information and to preview the exhibition call 203-259-8753 or visit jrusselljinishiangallery.com.

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Friends of the 18th century Royal Navy will be pleased to note the publication of the prints based on the paintings of Geoffrey Huband who paints the book covers for Alexander Kent’s Bolitho series; “Form Line of Battle,”, “Avenger,” “To Glory we Steer,” “Super War,” “A Passage to Mutiny,” and “With all Dispatch.” They’ve been published as prints 14 ½” x 20” in a limited edition of 300 each for $125. They’re available through McBooks Press Inc. in Ithaca, New York at 888-266-5711 or mcbooks.com.

While the two Geoffs, Huband and Hunt, have both become known for their paintings for the covers of the Alexander Kent novels and Patrick O’Brian novels respectively, many people don’t know that it was another Englishman, Paul Wright whose paintings were used on the covers of the first and earliest editions of both of these writers books. In fact, Paul was recently commissioned by leading New Zealand maritime writer Joan Druett’s publisher St. Martin’s Press to complete paint-ings for her two newest novels, A Watery Grave and Shark Island. Joan said of Paul’s paintings, “They’re great. It was terrific to find an artist who under-stood what he was picturing.” Many people also know that Joan’s husband Ron is a respected marine artist in his own right.

English born, but America’s adopted maritime son, John Stobart announced last fall the publication of his three new prints; one of Portland, Maine featuring “The bark Halcyon Towing out Past the Custom’s House” an edition of 550, 18” x 27” for

$500; “Sunset View of Thames River in London, 1895” an edition of 350, 14” x 20” for $400; and “A View of Venice from the Academia Bridge” an edition of 350, 12” x 16” for $350. (To order call 203-243-4260) John continues to travel and paint actively. We got a nice note from Dr. Jack McDonough in Cincinnati a long time friend and collector of John’s paintings, who said that John stayed with Barbara and him during a recent visit for a show in Cincinnati. Jack reports that the original painting of Portland sold during that show for $275,000. During his stay John was describing one of his new paintings of San Francisco during the gold rush days. He made Jack a little 2” x 2” sketch of it on a post-it note. A similar size drawing as a remarque on a print would add $1,000 to the value of the print, so that post-it note is something to save and frame. John’s also working on another view of his famous night scene of Maiden Lane in New York City.

Many members of the Royal Society of Marine Artists are also members of the Wapping Group. They paint regularly along the shores of the Thames River. Their work is featured in a new publication on the group. (see our book page for more details) They’ll be holding an exhibition of their paintings between 12th and 18th of February at the east gallery on the Mall in London.

RSMA member Rowena White is joining the Everest Max Expedition which will take six months to travel from the lowest point on earth, the Dead Sea, to the highest point, the top of Mt. Everest. Traveling by bicycle and on foot Rowena will be

along as official artist, documenting the trip. Now that’s a hearty artist.

The kind of documentation that Rowena White is doing has been at the very heart of marine art since its very beginning in the 17th century in Holland and later in England where Dutch artists the Van de Velde father and son team were in fact hired by King George to document battles with the Dutch. Van de Velde, the elder made literally thousands of drawings of ships engaged in battles, which in addition to being fascinating drawings are also our only actual record of what many of those vessels looked like. Today Rear Admiral Boissier, Director General of Naval Bases in England has invited members of the Royal Society to actively visit the bases at Portsmouth, Plymouth and Faslane because he is “interested in insuring the present day daily life of the bases are recorded by artists.”

Well, it’s official. The answer to that question that’s been keeping everyone awake all night has been finally been answered by the BBC in London. They ran a contest to determine the “Most Popular Painting in Britain” on the daily “Today” radio show. While contenders include Vincent Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” and John Constable’s “Hay Wain,” the winner far and away garnering 27% of the vote was, yes, you guessed it, a marine paint-ing, believe it or not, J.M.W. Turner’s “The Fighting Temeraire Towed to Her Last Berth to be Broken Up, 1838”. That puts a new twist on reality TV, but it would be an interesting question to see what the most popular painting is in the United States. Something with Elvis in it, I would guess.

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Forbes Family Collection, and the Eastern Yacht Club in Marblehead, Massachusetts where he is particularly impressed by their model of the schooner yacht Fortuna, designed by naval archi-tect and painter A. Cary Smith. The model is built by Gustof Grahn, who describes himself on the plaque on the model as, “maker of every part.”

The care and feeding of ship models constructed mostly of wood and other organic materials is an on-going process. Between the damage that sun-light can do to a model, whether it’s in a case or not, the physical jostling of elbows or cats if it’s not in a case, the simple disintegration over time, or chang-es in humidity causing swelling and shrinking mean that models need a little extra care, like plac-ing a small glass of water in the case with it or near it during the dry winter months; or making certain that they don’t sit in the direct sunlight day after day for a prolonged period of time. Getting a model repaired if it suffers damage is a trickier issue. Although most regions of the country have ship modeler clubs, which you can search out through your local library or chamber of commerce, another source would be the Nautical Research Guild’s own Web site which is naut-res-guild.org.

Connecticut ship modeler Bill Oakley’s model of the S.S. Emden and the U.S.S. Nashville were recently on display at the J. Russell Jinishian Gallery in Fairfield, Connecticut as a part of an exhibition of 50 watercolor paintings by Ian Marshall, focusing on the history of a special class of naval ships known as cruisers. Built at the begin-ning of the Civil War, they were smaller than battle-ships, quick and maneuverable, and used mostly to hunt down and strike merchant vessels. Bill’s model of the Emden measured 55” and took him over 10 years to complete. It includes such detail as using 200 number 80 fly hooks, each drilled in to hold the ring hoops on the stacks of the Emden. Bill’s model

of the Emden is available for $42,000. Some people would say that’s the price of a new car. But others would say, if you buy a car that took ten years to build, you’d pay an awful lot more than that. Plus his model gets great miles to the gallon!

The cruiser paintings by Ian Marshall were accompanied by Ian’s detailed description of each. The watercolors were completed over the last three years and are scheduled with the text to be pub-lished sometime in the next year, as Ian’s sixth book. The opening was attended by long-time fans of Ian’s work, and can still be viewed in its entirety at jrusselljinishiangallery.com. Ian’s terrific water-colors bring between $3,200 and $3,800, depending on their size.

Ian’s painting of the Chelyuskin is featured on the cover of a new book on the story of the incredible tragedy and rescue of the Chelyuskin by Ron Davies, curator at the Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institute, with Yuri Salnikov and contains paintings and drawings by Mike Machat. It tells the story of the Soviet ship Chelyuskin in the summer of 1933, which was endeavoring to find a sea route to the Far East through the Arctic Ocean and Bering Strait. It was frozen in the ice in sight of open water and pushed back two hundred miles to the desolate Siberian Chukotka Peninsula where the ship was crushed and sunk. Miraculously all 104 scien-tists and crew under their leader Otto Schmidt were dramatically rescued by a combination of Soviet and American pilots. Davies tells the full story of the rescues and the men who were involved, who were acclaimed as the first Soviet heroes and celebrated on a series of Russian post-age stamps released in 1935, and again in 1984. (See our book page for more details)

As many people know, Ian and other artists who engage in such thorough, first-hand historic

research become themselves international author-ities on their subject matter. Ian recently traveled to London to attend the Naval Historian’s Conference at the University of London. He said he had time to visit the National Maritime Museum, which of course was celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar with all their Trafalgar paintings on display, along with a fully animated three-dimensional mock up of the battle itself. The entire year, known as “Sea Britain”, and particularly October 21, the anniver-sary of the actual battle, was a huge event in Britain, and for the marine artists in England. However, it was an American, Paul Garnett, whose painting of the H.M.S. Victory was used for the official invitation for the dinner, celebrating the bi-centennial anniversary of the battle, which was held aboard the H.M.S. Warrior in Portsmouth, England. If you were in England at that time you may have also visited the annual exhibition of members of the Royal Society of Marine Artists held on the Pall Mall each year. This year it was opened by Sir Jonathan Band KCB, Commander-in-Chief of the British Fleet, shortly to be appointed the First Sea Lord. President Geoff Hunt reported that while 2004’s exhibition set a new sales record, 2005 sales were up 33% over 2004. That’s certainly a good sign. Awards at the exhibition were given to Richard Price, who received the Charles Pierce Award in memory of the first president of the Society. The St. Comfort Mill Watercolor Award went to Trevor Chamberlain. The Conway Press Maritime Preservation Sail Award to Mark Myers. They also elected a new full member, Peter Martin Swann, and two associate members, Bruce Mulcahy and Keith Noble.

Geoff tells us also that an exhibition of Society members work will be held in Cardiff at St. David’s Hall from Saturday February 26 to Sunday March 26. The Hall attracts some ten thousand

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Stanley Meltzoff Tarpon at Carvel Rock, St. Thomas Oil on Panel 32” x 48” $38,500

David Thimgan (1955 - 2003) Schooner SACRAMENTO in the Siuslaw River Oil on Canvas 12” x 21” $12,500

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