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The Neville Locker Collection — Bonhams & Goodman

Auction House: Bonhams & Goodman Number of lots recorded: 340
Sale Title: The Neville Locker Collection Lots with images: 226
Auction Location: Sydney Prices available: 286
Date: 29/04/2007









Lot Description Price Image
*** Ships anchors, Two small anchors ***
*** Ships wheel, Painted grey ***
*** Ships wheel, Stained *** N/A 
*** Whale pictures, Framed (3). *** N/A 
*** 'Rebel down under, When the 'Shenandoah ' Shook', Melbourne 1865, Cyril Pearl 1970 *** N/A 
*** The Charles W. Morgan, John F. Leavitt, 1973 *** N/A 
*** 'Whale Hunt the narrative of a voyage by Nelson Cole Haley Harpooner in the Ship Charles W. Morgan 1849-1853' *** N/A 
*** 'Harpoons and other Whalecraft', Thomas G. Lytle, 1984 *** N/A 
*** Whaling lithographic print, titled 'South Sea Whale Fishery Painted by W J Huggins, marine painter to His Majesty, Engraved by T Sutherland Published London Jan 1 1825.A representation of the ships Amelia & Caster off the Island of Bouro ?… *** N/A 
*** A collection of whaling equipment to include:, A Greener harpoon gun, 1849, with markings 'W Greener Maker Birmingham 1849 No 2', bore size 3.… ***
*** Percussion pistol and telescope, single barrel centre hammer percussion muzzle loading pistol made by Allen & Thurber Mass; and a small leather covered three draw telescope marked 'Stanley London 1885' (2) ***
*** Pulley block, double pulley, shipboard use ***
*** Single temple iron, American made, cup head missing, blade marked 'D & D' (Dean and Driggs), manufactured New Bedford Mass. America. 90 cm long *** N/A 
*** Temple irons, apparently unused - no markings. 116.3 cm long Possibly made in Australia by Samuel Sinclair a NSW South Coast blacksmith in the 1920 period for George Davidson of Eden. The Davidson family continued to use hand harpoons and whale in the traditional way up until the early 1930's ***
*** Newspaper. The Observer. Tasmania 1845, 'The Observer, A Van Diemen's Land Journal of Politics, Agriculture, Commerce and General Intelligence Vol. 1, No. 31 of Friday, September 19 1845', with advert 'To Whalers. Boyd Town Twofold Bay New South Wales.… *** N/A 
*** Bronze bell, 'J. Hill Maker. Melbourne 1878', with iron fittings for post mounting This bell originated from Twofold Bay, Australia where it was used to alert the Eden whalers when whales were sighted in the Bay. ***
*** Book Scrimshaw, Scrimshaw, The Whaler's Legacy Martha Lawrence, 1993 *** N/A 
*** Scrimshaw tool, an unusual combination knife and scriber adapted for use in making scrimshaw designs, Tasmanian origin ***
*** Two walking sticks, with decorative whalebone handles ***
*** Whalebone walking stick, top as plaited work in ivory *** N/A 

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