Auction Catalog

The 2019 Annual Awards Dinner is almost sold out, but it’s still not too late to sign up.  We do hope you will join us in honoring Captain Jean Wort, Ding Schoonmaker, Pam Rorke Levy and Matt Brooks.  Even if you are not able to attend, you can still support the National Maritime Historical Society by participating in this year’s Live and Silent Auctions.  Let us do the bidding for you! Call 914-737-7878 ext. 0 to be set up with your own personal bidding representative. Hurry—telephone bids will be accepted until Tuesday 22 October at 12:00 noon EST.

This year’s Live Auction features four spectacular items followed by our Educational Auction supporting the NMHS Maritime Library & Collections.  First up, donated by Honorary Dinner Chairman George W. Carmany III with a reserve of $700, is a spectacular bottle of 1982 Chateau Pichon Longueville Lalande, hailed as one of the five greatest Bordeaux wine vintages in the last 100 years.  Second is the wildly popular private charter for 40 guests with open bar aboard the stunning yacht Manhattan, generously donated by Classic Harbor Line and Scarano Boat Building with a starting bid of $3,000. Third up in the Live Auction and with a starting bid of $4,000 is a 7-night Mississippi River cruise donated by American Cruise Lines and Charles Robertson.  Last, but certainly not least, is the private sail of a lifetime for six aboard the 69′ 1928 classic 12-meter sailing yacht Onawa, donated by Vice Commodore Christopher J. Culver & Deirdre Culver with a reserve of $1,000.

We owe tremendous gratitude to the donors of our Live Auction items, and to the many NMHS trustees and friends who so generously have provided stunning marine art, popular and significant books, cruises, tours, vacation packages, collectibles and more for our Silent Auction.  See the auction catalog for detailed descriptions of all the auction items, including:

Maritime Art

• Young America Limited Edition Print by Christopher Blossom
  • Lot # 1; Starting Bid: $250
• View from the Battery, 1829 Limited Edition Print by Thos. Thomson
  • Lot # 4; Starting Bid: $275
• Evening on the Hudson, 1862 Print by William G. Muller
  • Lot # 10; Starting Bid: $375
• New York Harbor and Op-Sail Salute America’s Tall Ship Eagle Print by William G. Muller
  • Lot # 16; Starting Bid: $375
• On to Bermuda – Dorade, 1932 Print by Russ Kramer
  • Lot # 19; Starting Bid: $250
• Harbor Return Original Oil Painting by Leonard Mizerek
  • Lot # 22; Starting Bid: $1,100
• Cape Town: The Bark “William Hales” Towing Out of Port in 1886 Limited Edition Print by John Stobart
  • Lot # 32; Starting Bid: $900 

 Maritime Gifts & Literature

• William H. White Signed Book Collection
  • Lot # 2; Starting Bid: $100
• Model of HMS Bounty
  • Lot # 3; Starting Bid: $200
• McAllister Towing: 150 Years of Family Business Signed Book
  • Lot # 5; Starting Bid: $70
• Godiva Gift Basket
  • Lot # 9; Starting Bid: $120
• Simex Mariner Sextant
  • Lot # 11; Starting Bid: $800
• Lets Go Sailing! Gift Collection
  • Lot # 12; Starting Bid: $100
• Collection of Signed New York City Book Classics
  • Lot # 15; Starting Bid: $50
• Memorabilia From OpSail 1976
  • Lot # 17; Starting Bid: $150
• Dorade by Ships of Glass
  • Lot # 18; Starting Bid: $120
• Model Sailboat by Raymond Guinta
  • Lot # 20; Starting Bid: $130
• Nathaniel Philbrick Signed Book Collection
  • Lot # 21; Starting Bid: $100
• Three 1.5L Bottles of Nardi Brunello Wine 2003
  • Lot # 31; Starting Bid: $300
• Clive Cussler Signed Books, CDs & Collectibles
  • Lot # 33; Starting Bid: $300

Museum Tours & Excursions

• Global Terminals Tour of State-of-the-Art Container Terminal
  • Lot # 6; Starting Bid: $300
• USS Slater – Admission for Five
  • Lot # 7; Starting Bid: $45
• Behind the Scenes Tour of Mystic Seaport Museum’s Watercraft Collection for 6
  • Lot # 8; Starting Bid: $300

Cruises & Sails

• Two Tickets for AIANY Around Manhattan Architecture Tour Aboard Yacht Manhattan
  • Lot # 13; Starting Bid: $120
• Two Tickets for 2-Hour Sail aboard Schooner Adirondack or America 2.0 
  • Lot # 14; Starting Bid: $120 

Vacations & Resorts

• St. James’s Club, Morgan Bay, St. Lucia; 7 to 10 nights, up to 3 rooms
  • Lot # 23; Starting Bid: $800
• St. James’s Club, Antigua; 7 to 9 nights, up to 3 rooms
  • Lot # 24; Starting Bid: $800
• The Verandah Resort & Spa, Antigua; 7 to 9 nights, up to 3 rooms
  • Lot # 25; Starting Bid: $800
• Palm Island Resort, St. Vincent & The Grenadines; adults only; 7- 10 nights, up to 2 rooms
  • Lot # 26; Starting Bid: $800
• Los Establos Boutique Inn, Panama; 7 nights, up to 3 rooms
  • Lot # 27; Starting Bid: $800
• The Club Barbados Resort & Spa, Antigua; adults only; 7-10 nights, up to 3 rooms/1 suite
  • Lot # 28; Starting Bid: $800
• Pineapple Beach Club, Antigua; adults only; 7- 9 nights, up to 2 rooms
  • Lot # 29; Starting Bid: $800
• Galley Bay Resort & Spa; adults only; 7 nights, up to 2 rooms
  • Lot # 30; Starting Bid: $800

 

Click here for detailed descriptions of all the auctions, and call  914-737-7878 ext. 0 to be set up with your own personal bidding representative!