Lot 36
25 January 2013, 13:00 EST
New YorkSold for US$1,875 inc. premium
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An exhibition standard model of the three masted barkentine Newsboy
American, sailor made, late 19th century
American, sailor made, late 19th century
the hull built up from the solid with a copper-plated bottom, black topsides with a white waist, planked decks fitted with chocks, deck hatches, anchors, deck houses, water casks, stove pipe, boats lashe to deck house roof, railings, ship's wheel, figures manning different positions on the ship as well as in the rigging, and numerous other details. Rigged with three masts (turned from pool cues), bow sprit, boom, gaff, standing and running rigging, dead-eys, turning blocks and other rigging details.
82 x 23 x 82in (208.3 x 58.4 x 208.3cm) cased.
82 x 23 x 82in (208.3 x 58.4 x 208.3cm) cased.
Footnotes
Robert Dollar (1844-1932), was born in Falkirk, Scotland. He immigrated to North America and worked in the woods of Ontario, Michigan and Northern California for lumber companies. In 1895, he acquired his first vessel, a three-masted schooner Newsboy to move his lumber from the Pacific Northwest to markets down the coast. Thus began his entry into the shipping industry that included lumber, commodities, mail, and passengers. In the process he became a San Francisco shipping magnate. The Dollar fleet were a common sight from Canada to Canton, San Francisco to Shanghai, and Tacoma to Tokyo.