Scrimshaw Observer
Content Summary by Issue
 
Spring 2017
Vol.1 , No.1
  • Collectors’ Corner
  •  Market Report
  • Summer Scrimshaw Auction Action

Fall  2017
Vol 1, No.2
  • Collectors’ Corner
  • Market Report: Three Important Auctions
  • W.L. Roderick, Master Scrimshaw Artist

Winter 2018
Vol. 2, No.1
  • Collectors’ Corner
  • Market report: Eldred’s and Skinner
  •  MA Ivory Legislation Update

Spring 2018
Vol. 2, No. 2
  • Collection of Meylert Armstrong
  • Collecting Ancient Scrimshaw

Fall 2018
Vol 2, No. 3
  • Summer Scrimshaw Auction Action
  •  Ivory Legislation Report
  •  The Fijian Tabua,
  • William Sizer, and the Methodists

Winter 2019
Vol. 3, No.1
  • NHA Scrimshaw Collection Book
  • California Gold Rush Tooth
  • Scrimshaw Market Report

Spring 2019
Vol.,3, No. 2
  • Scrimshaw Market Report
  • Legislation Report
  • Scrimshaw Snuff Boxes

Fall 2019
Vol. 3, No. 3
  • Summer Scrimshaw Auction Action
  • Ivory Legislation Report
  • Tales from “A Skilful Hand”

Winter/Spring
2020
Vol.4, No.1
  • Scrimshaw Market Report
  • The Walrus Tusk from a Hippopotamus
  • Fanning Island Artisan Identified

Fall 2020
Vol. 4, No. 2&3
  • The Monterey Tooth
  • California Mission Scrimshaw
  • Market Report

Winter 2021
Vol 5, No 1
  • Fijian Tabuas
  • Tracking A Tabua
  • Sperm Whale Teeth

Spring/Summer 2021
Vol.5, No.2
  • Scrimshaw Tools-Part 1
  • Banknote Engraver?
  • Market Reports

Fall 2021
 
Vol.5, No.3
  • Hero with an” Attitude”
  • Scrimshaw Tools-Part 2
  • Haunted Barque Poet (Melville’s Shipmate)
  • Memento Mori (Murder on Cape Cod)
  • Market Report

Winter 2022
Vol.6 ,No.1
  • The Two “Burdett’s”, Part 1
  • Three Guys Out of Hudson
  • Inlaid Box by Charlie Whoosits

Spring 2022
Vol.6, No.2
  • The Two Burdett’s, Part 2
  • The Two Burdett’s, Part 2
  • Stippling Stipulated
  • Was the Brit really a Yank?
  • Scrimshaw exhibition at the Cahoon Museum
  • Scrimshaw & Nautical Antiques show and Symposium

Fall 2022
Vol.6, No.3
  • Scrimshaw of Nathaniel Dominy
  • Building the Book Wandering Whaleman
  • Badguy Artist
  • A Faberge Surprise
  • Market Report

Winter 2023
Vol.7, No.1
  • Paul Verderman Memorial Issue
  • Prolegomenon to “The Two Burdett’s”
  • Wooden Spool Boxes
  • Female Scrimshaw Luminaries
  • Winter Market Report

Spring 2023
Vol.7, No.2
  • The Melville Tooth
  • Gilbert Islands Warriors
  • Arts and Crafts from the Berry Shop
  • A Naval Engagement Tooth
  • The Gary Tonkin Gallery
  • Market

Fall 2023
Vol.7, No.3
  • Happy Jack
  • Lille Hathaway’s Box
  • Something from Ukraine
  • Market Report

 
The above summary of articles by issue is not exhaustive. Many issues have additional articles and features.
 
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