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Sat, Mar 18, 2023 10:00AM EDT
Lot 170

Three Custom Sterling Sailboat Pins By Samuel Walker

Estimate: $150 - $200

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Three Custom Sterling Sailboat Pins By Samuel Walker, Marked on the Back, (Copyright) SW, a pair of the same sailboat and another different style of boat. Provenance: Samuel Walker (1908-1964) master craftsman, engineer and ship model builder from Boston, Massachusetts. Walkerenlisted in the USMC in 1942, and served in the battles of of Saipan and Tinian. After the war, Walker married Elizebeth Howard and started a family, while restoring a 1720's house in Merrimac. This is the house where Walker would go on to make so many exceptional ship models. His work has been exhibited at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, and is included in some of the finest ship model collections in the United States.

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