Sale 2471
Amsterdam
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12 September 2000
Price realised
NLG 2,574
Estimate
Two 19th Century scrimshaw decorated whale tusks the first incised SHIP UNKA 1875 with an eagle, whales, blubber barrel and harpoons and decorative motifes; the second entitled SHIP TOPAZ 1859 and depicting a whaler between iceburgs and floral motifes, the larger -- 41cm. See colour illustration (2)
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