ELDRED’S

JULY 25

Marine Sale

$2.68 million

Eldred’s annual Marine Sale, held July 25 at its auction house in East Dennis, Massachusetts, had a robust offering of scrimshaw and whaling-related material as well as a selection of maritime paintings.there was a standing room-only crowd of active bidders, who helped push the day’s total to just under $2.68 million.the top seller of the auction was the very first lot of the day—a polychrome scrimshaw whale’s tooth by Edward Burdett, circa 1830 to 1833, that sold for $384,000. In the paintings category, Thomas Hoyne’s Steel to Starboard, a dramatic scene of the yacht Admiral Dewey of Gloucester (est. $15/25,000), was the standout.the painting, which was signed and dated 1986, sold just shy of its high estimate at $24,000. A 19th-century American School work depicting an Anglo-american yacht race was also of note, achieving $15,600.

Thomas Hoyne (1924-1986), Steel to Starboard, a dramatic scene of the yacht Admiral Dewey of Gloucester. Oil on canvas, 26 x 38 in., signed and dated lower right: ‘Tom Hoyne 1986’; titled verso. Courtesy Eldred’s. Estimate: $15/25,000 SOLD: $24,000