Scrimshaw Whale Tooth Auction Sept 26
Published August 30th, 2008
On September 26, 2008 Sotheby’s New York will offer for sale one of the most important works of scrimshaw whales teeth to be discovered in the last decade, and certainly one of the most important to have appeared on the auction market in recent years: A Rare and Important Engraved Scrimshaw Sperm Whales Tooth, William A. Gilpin, On Board the Ship Ceres, Wilmington, Delaware. Engraved by William A. Gilpin in 1835 while at sea, the Gilpin Tooth has been proclaimed as a key source in unlocking the mysteries of an historic and highly regarded series of scrimshaw sperm whales teeth. The work will be on exhibition in Sotheby’s New York galleries beginning September 20, 2008.
