The Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection: Part I

Auction in New York at Sotheby's York Avenue Galleries: Friday and Saturday, December 11 ancl 12, at 10:15 am and 2 pm each day.

This sale, first in a series to be held during the 1981-1982 season, will include a selection of paintings, prints, scrimshaw, whaling gear, folk art, whaling logs and joumals, and related marine arts. Exhibition opens Sunday, December 6. Illustrated catalogue available at our galleries for $10, or by mail, $12. Tu orcle1~ please request sale no. 4758Y and send your check to: Sotheby's, Dept. SE, P.O. Box 5083, FDR Station, New York, N.Y. 10150. Inquiries: Nancy Druckman or William W Stahl, Jr. (212) 472-3512. Shown: Very important carved and painted wood whale weathervane by Captain James Shearman, Sidney, Maine, 19th century, illustrated in the Captain James Shearman log and manuscripts, all to be included in the auction of the Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection: Part I.

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