Auction: JP Morgan, the Corsair & other Maritime
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Sale features 19th financial tycoon J. Pierpont Morgan’s personal possessions, many from his famed yacht Corsair. Highlights include: 225 pieces of china from Corsair when she was flagship of the New York Yacht Club in 1897; 30-foot port side tender from Corsair; 300 ivory poker chips from Corsair set into a mahogany and velvet lined box by Black, Starr & Frost; a bottle of vatted scotch whiskey from J. Pierpont Morgan’s private cellar; many silver accessories once owned and used by J. Pierpont Morgan, some by Tiffany; a silver cigar cutter/ashtray with JPM Monogram, by Tiffany; a 17th century map once used on Corsair; a silver lamp in the likeness of the Morgan crest from the late 19th century. Previews will be Thursday, April 28, noon-7 p.m.; Friday, April 29, noon-7 p.m.; Saturday, April 30, 11a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, May 1, 8 a.m.- 10:30 a.m.
