In a July 29 maritime sale, portraits of the American barque Guy G. Goss by the French painter Edouard Adam, s.d. Le Havre 1884, and of the three-masted schooner W.S. Jordan, whose master was a Dennisport man - the latter an anonymous work, again dated 1884, that was in need of extensive restoration - were sold at $16,500 (£9075) and $12,500 (£6875) respectively. Bid to $22,000 (£12,100) was the gouache view of the Hongs at Canton seen top right. Still in its original frame, this view of the European trading quarter was catalogued as a Chinese Export piece and dated to c.1825.
The 6ft 6in (1.98m) high ship's figurehead seen bottom right (previously restored but now in need of more work) was acquired by the vendor from the estate of a naval museum curator in Niagara, NY, but an old BADA customs label, dating it prior to 1840 for customs purposes, suggest an English origin and so it was catalogued. It sold for a low-estimate $10,000 ($5500).
