Q: What is the value of and how do we sell a piece of Confederate scrimshaw on whale's tooth? It has a scrimshaw picture of the Confederate warship "Alabama." Also, a rare ivory-walrus-tusk cribbage ...

Dr. Lothar R. Candels has never been able to wade through “Moby Dick,” but he has a longtime love affair with the art practiced by Herman Melville’s sailors. On many evenings, Candels retires to the ...

Q-How can I find out if the scrimshaw pieces I recently purchased are genuinely old? Are there any books that can help me determine the difference between the old and contemporary pieces, or is there ...

The New Bedford Whaling Museum’s scrimshaw collection, which includes hundreds of whalebone clocks, pie crimpers, musical instruments, canes and umbrellas, is advertised as the largest of its kind in ...

MOSCOW, Pa. — If it's easy, Ken Kenowski doesn't want any part of it. Sounds about right coming from an artist whose canvases are old whale teeth and elephant tusks. The Madison Township retiree is a ...