Sold for:
$1,645
$1,645
Diorama of the Schooner William M. Yerkes , by Robert F. Kurtz, Pride's Crossing Massachusetts, 1983, the model taken from an oil painting by S.F.M. Badger, Charlestown, Massachusetts, overall ht. 15, wd. 22 1/4, dp. 4 1/4 in., in a glazed molded mahogany frame with gilt liner. Note: The William M. Yerkes was a bulk cargo vessel called a "coaster," which was used to transport essentials to local general stores, and later coal. She was built and owned by Dunn & Elliot at Thomaston, Maine, in 1901, but disappeared from records in 1917.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-06-03
