Price Realized: $5,250

A display quality model of the America's Cup yacht Defender with a solid hull, painted with a dark green bottom, white topsides and a gold sheer stripe. The decks are of mahogany with the planking lines scored in, and fitted with numerous details which include: hatches, sky lights, companionway, binnacle, ship's wheel, cleats, coils of line, and other deck fittings. Rigged as a cutter, with a suit of linen sails with stitched paneling and include a gaff rigged mainsail, jib, staysail and jib top. Other rigging details include standing and running rigging, including sheets, halyards and stays, turning blocks, etc. the model is displayed on a pair of brass posts and displayed within a mahogany framed glass case on a stand.
44¼ x 14¼ x 70½ in. (112.4 x 36.2 x 179.1 cm.) cased on stand.