First Rate Sails Sell At Americana Auctions

REHOBOTH, MASS. — Americana Auctions brought more than 500 lots to its Excellent June Estates Auction on June 4, consigned from homes and estates in southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the Islands, Connecticut and Long Island, N.Y. Perhaps unsurprisingly, nautical items were popular among bidders. First was an 1859 Nantucket ship’s portrait of the Turtle, signed by artist Jacob Harnack and the vessel’s captain, which sold for $5,313 ($1,2/1,600). A 6-inch Nineteenth Centu