Bonhams will hold its Fine Maritime Paintings & Decorative Arts sale on June 25, offering works from three important US Maritime Art collections. The Kathleen Bikoff Collection features paintings by many prominent maritime artists: · Up-Channel – The Red Jacket by Montague Dawson (est. $30,000 – 40,000). Red Jacket was a clipper ship, one of the largest and fastest ever built. The ship was named after Sagoyewatha, a famous Seneca Indian chief, called “Red Jacket” by settlers. · An 1815 oil painting by British artist Thomas Luny titled The destruction of the French fleet at Santa Domingo (est. $10,000-15,000), which depicts the last fleet engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in 1806. · A watercolor painting of The H.M.S. Glory of 98 Guns at her mooring signed by Derek G.M. Gardner (est. $3,000-4,000). This painting is a notable highlight among the large

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