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Antonio de Simone (ITALY, 1851-C.1907)

Sold for $500 at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries on Jun 27, 2026.

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ANTONIO DE SIMONE (ITALY, 1851-C.1907) Marine Portrait of Vanderbilt's Steam Brigantine Yacht "Valiant" underway with New York Yacht Club flag, two figures on deck, gouache on paper, illegibly signed lower right, in bird's-eye maple frame with gilt liner, under original wavy glass. Toning lines from backboards. Built by Laird Brothers of Birkenhead, England, designed by St. Clair J. Byrne, measured 332 feet in length. She was owned by the prominent American businessman William Kissam Vanderbilt from 1893 to 1909.

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