Samuel Finley Morse Badger Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1873 - d. 1919

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Aug. 05, 2022
FINE S.F.M. BADGER SHIP PAINTING
Est: $7,500 - $9,500
"THE DAISY FARLIN". Badger is a renowned portrait painter of ships and was born in Boston in 1873 and died of tuberculosis in 1919. As a youth, he apprenticed with the renowned William T. Stubbs, also a famous ship painter. He was self-taught and today is considered one of the better ship portrait painters of the late 19th century. This oil on canvas is outstanding work and is unusual for a Badger painting in that the sails are shadowed. SIZE: Approx. 19 x 30, including frame 22-3/4 x 33-3/4. Condition: CONDITION: Professionally stretched, relined and cleaned. There is a small amount of inpainting on the left side. Temp No 135_6239
John McInnis Auctioneers
Feb. 26, 2022
ATTRIBUTED TO SAMUEL BADGER (MA, 1873-1919)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
The Packet Ship "Patrick Henry" in distress at sea under a winter storm, probably the storms in the Atlantic crossing of January 1854. Oil on canvas, unsigned, but almost certainly from the hand of Badger, housed in the original lemon gold cove frame, OS: 23 3/4' x 36 3/4", SS: 18 1/2" x 31 1/2", cleaned and relined.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Jun. 30, 2021
Samuel F. Badger oil on canvas marine scene with s…
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Samuel F. Badger oil on canvas marine scene with schooner, 10 by 14 inches, signed lower left, "S. F. M. Badger," framed. Condition: Surface grime, cracquelure.
Blackwood March Auctioneers
Jun. 30, 2021
Samuel F. Badger oil on canvas marine scene with s…
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Samuel F. Badger oil on canvas marine scene with schooner, 10 by 13 inches, signed lower left, " S. M. F. Badger," framed. Condition: Surface grime, cracquelure.
Blackwood March Auctioneers
Jun. 11, 2020
SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER, Massachusetts, 1873-1919, The four-masted schooner Mary E.H.G. Dow, 1894., Oil on canvas, 25.5" x 42.25"...
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER Massachusetts, 1873-1919 The four-masted schooner Mary E.H.G. Dow, 1894. Signed lower left "S.F.M. Badger. 94". Provenance: Eldred's, January 1995.Acquired from the above at that sale. The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts. Built in 1894, and the second schooner by this name, the Mary E.H.G. Dow was built and owned by W.T. Donnell. At 1,264 gross tons and 208.5 feet LOA, she was registered in Bath, Maine. She was abandoned at Key West in June of 1916. Oil on canvas, 25.5" x 42.25". Framed 31.75" x 48.25".
Eldred's
Dec. 20, 2019
Samuel Finley Morse Badger (American 1873-1919)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Samuel Finley Morse Badger (American 1873-1919) Ships' portrait of the Three Masted Schooner "Hattie A Marsh" Lost at Sea- Sept. 16th 1903 off the coast of Delaware. Descending in the family of Captain Joseph Baker Mehaffey with accompanying genealogical information. 22 x 36" oil on board lower left
Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Aug. 24, 2019
SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER (MA, 1873-1919)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER (MA, 1873-1919) Ship's Portrait of the Four-Mast Schooner "Inez N. Carver", port-side view, passing the Boston Light outbound, oil on canvas, signed lower left, in the original gold cove and gesso frame, OS: 28 1/2" x 42 1/2", SS: 21 1/2" x 35 1/2". Fine craquelure. Includes summer of 1909 Logbook of Captain Kneeland, along with two photos of Uncle (Capt.) Fred Hodgkins, an early cabinet photo and a later (circa 1910) mounted photo of the Capt. at the helm of the "Lamiel". He was the original Master of the "Inez N. Carver". From a long line of Carver, Dow and Nickels ship captains, the marriage of Amos Dow Carver and Inez, the adopted daughter of Jonathan Clifford Nickels, brought together two prominent Searsport families. The schooner "Inez N. Carver", built in Bath in 1901, was partly owned by Carver and was named in homage to his wife.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Apr. 22, 2015
Samuel Finley Morse Badger (1873-1919), portrait of the schooner van lear black
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Samuel Finley Morse Badger (1873-1919) portrait of the schooner van lear black Signed lower left, "S.F.M. Badger," the stretcher inscribed in pencil, "L.B. Barts & Co.," oil on canvas, framed, two handwritten notes on verso. 25 1/2 in. x 41 1/2 in. (sight) PROVENANCE: From the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. James Marvil, Lewes, Delaware.
Freeman's
Nov. 20, 2014
S.F.M. BADGER, American, 1873-1919, The four-masted black-hulled schooner Estelle Phinney with a, Oil on canvas, 26" x 40.25". Framed.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
S.F.M. BADGER American, 1873-1919 The four-masted black-hulled schooner Estelle Phinney with a coastal lighthouse off her bow. Signed lower left "S.F.M. Badger 98". Oil on canvas, 26" x 40.25". Framed.
Eldred's
Aug. 23, 2014
S.F.M. BADGER (MA, 1873-1919) - Portrait of Three-Mast Schooner 'Jose Olaverri' , oil on canvas, signed lower left and dated '96'.
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
S.F.M. BADGER (MA, 1873-1919) - Portrait of Three-Mast Schooner 'Jose Olaverri' , oil on canvas, signed lower left and dated '96'. In period oak frame with gilt liner, comes with desk plaque of Capt. Edmund W. Arey, his 700 ton Master's License, booklet of the Mary T. Quimby, three charts and pair of leather cuffs. OS: 44 1/2" X 30 3/4", SS: 21 3/4" x 35 1/2". Fine crazing.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 17, 2014
S.F.M. BADGER (AMERICAN 1873-1919). THE LAST CRUISE OF THE U.S.S. "KEARSARGE."
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 inches. Signed "S.F.M. Badger" l.l. Inscribed "Her Last Cruise" l.c and "Wrecked on Roncador Reef, February 2, 1894" l.r.
Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians
Aug. 17, 2014
S.F.M. BADGER (AMERICAN 1873-1919). THE THREE-MASTED SCHOONER "E.H. CORNELL."
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Built at Bath, Maine in 1881 by Deering & Donnell for Benjamin W. Morse, A.D. Colcord, Master, the "E.H. Cornell" was lost off Antigua in 1895. Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 inches. Signed "S.F.M. Badger" l.l. In a gilt period frame.
Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians
Aug. 17, 2014
S.F.M. BADGER (AMERICAN 1873-1919). THE THREE-MASTED SCHOONER "VAN NAME & KING" IN STORMY SEAS.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Built in 1886, the schooner was owned by C.J. Van Name and William M. King, sailmakers of New Haven, Connecticut. At the turn of the century, newspapers reported her dramatic survival of a winter hurricane in the Atlantic while under the command of Capt. Joseph A. Brown of New Jersey. She later foundered off the coast of Hatteras and was lost at sea in 1905. Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 inches. Signed "S.F.M. Badger" l.l. Inscribed on the reverse "S.F.M. Badger/ Chas'n/ Mass" and dated '00. Accompanied by a scrapbook, photo album and bible belonging to the family of Capt. Brown of Toms River, New Jersey. (4)
Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians
Apr. 25, 2013
SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER, American (1873-1919), Sylvester L. Ward, oil on canvas, signed lower left and dated 96., 22 x 36
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER American (1873-1919) Sylvester L. Ward oil on canvas, signed lower left and dated 96. 22 x 36 Provenance: Private collection, Maine.
Shannon's
Feb. 02, 2013
OOC - Ship's Portrait of the 'Clifford N. Carver' by Samuel Findley Morse Badger (MA, 1873-1919), signed lower left, signed verso an
Est: $18,000 - $22,000
OOC - Ship's Portrait of the 'Clifford N. Carver' by Samuel Findley Morse Badger (MA, 1873-1919), signed lower left, signed verso and marked 'Charlestown, Mass.', depicting the four-mast schooner under full sail, passing the Highland Light, North Truro, Cape Cod, Mass., period American red walnut cove form frame with gold leaf liner, SS: 22" x 36", OS: 28 1/2" x 42", fine untouched condition, small paper label lower right corner. Includes photo of the ship anchored near the Statue of Liberty, with note indicating it was taken for her master Capt. Robert F. Wells of Stony Brook, Long Island. A newspaper clipping indicates Clifford N. Carver was the President of the Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine, where this ship was built. Also includes 1895 'List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States'.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 25, 2012
OOC Ship's Portrait Clifford N Carver by SFM Badger
Est: $18,000 - $22,000
OOC - Ship's Portrait of the 'Clifford N. Carver' by Samuel Findley Morse Badger (MA, 1873-1919), signed lower left, signed verso and marked 'Charlestown, Mass.', depicting the four-mast schooner under full sail, passing the Highland Light, North Truro, Cape Cod, Mass., period American red walnut cove form frame with gold leaf liner, SS: 22" x 36", OS: 28 1/2" x 42", fine untouched condition, small paper label lower right corner. Includes photo of the ship anchored near the Statue of Liberty, with note indicating it was taken for her master Capt. Robert F. Wells of Stony Brook, Long Island. A newspaper clipping indicates Clifford N. Carver was the President of the Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine, where this ship was built. Also includes 1895 'List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States'.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 27, 2011
OOC Painting 'Flying Scud' by Samuel FM Badger MA
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
OOC - 'Flying Scud' by Samuel Finley Morse Badger (MA, 1873-1919), unsigned, depicting a four-mast schooner underway with full sail along coastline, in period carved & gilded matched corner frame, SS: 21 1/2" x 35 1/2", OS: 26 1/4" x 40 1/4", minor inpaint under frame edge, cleaned and varnished.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Nov. 06, 2010
OOC 'Flying Scud' Schooner by S.F.M. Badger MA
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
OOC - 'Flying Scud' by Samuel Finley Morse Badger (MA, 1873-1919), unsigned, depicting a four-mast schooner underway with full sail along coastline, in period carved & gilded matched corner frame, SS: 21 1/2" x 35 1/2", OS: 26 1/4" x 40 1/4", minor inpaint under frame edge, cleaned and varnished.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 21, 2010
OOC Painting 'Flying Scud' S.F.M. Badger MA
Est: $15,000 - $18,000
OOC - 'Flying Scud' by S.F.M. Badger (MA, 1873-1919), depicting a four-mast schooner underway with full sail along coastline, in pine molded frame, SS: 21 1/2" x 35 1/2", OS: 28" x 42", fine, untouched condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Dec. 07, 2009
SAMUEL F. M. BADGER, (American, 1873-1919), PORTRAIT OF THE BARK "NEPTUNE", oil on canvas;, 21 3/4 x 36 1/4 inches; framed: 26 1/2 x...
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
SAMUEL F. M. BADGER (American, 1873-1919) PORTRAIT OF THE BARK "NEPTUNE" oil on canvas; signed S.f.m. Badger, l.l.; 21 3/4 x 36 1/4 inches; framed: 26 1/2 x 40 1/4 inches Provenance: Samuel L. Lowe, Jr., Boston, Massachusetts Other Notes: A receipt dated 1986 from Samuel L. Lowe, Jr. Antiques Inc. of Charles Street Boston, states that "This painting was purchased from a descendant of Capt. Alonzo Small of Northeast Harbor, Maine and Boston, a ship Captain and pilot."
Grogan & Company
Aug. 30, 2008
OOC 4-Mast Schooner Ellen Little SFM Badger
Est: $25,000 - $30,000
OOC - Circa 1904, oil on canvas depicts a broadside view of the four masted schooner 'Ellen Little' under full sail and flying a flag from each mast. She is sailing towards twin lights at Thacter's Island, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Signed lower left S.F.M. Badger (Samuel Finley Morse Badger, MA, 1873-1919), and inscribed along lower border 'Schooner 'Ellen Little' H.L. Rawding Master', signed verso 'S.F.M. Badger 5 Trenton St. Charlestown, Mass'. Set into a 19th c. style fluted cove frame with compo base and 23K gold leaf surface. SS: 22 1/4" x 36", OS: 32 1/4" x 46 1/4", painting recently cleaned and placed on new stretcher, unlined, in excellent condition. Note: The 'Ellen Little' was built in Rockland, Maine by Cobb, Butler & Co in 1904, was owned by Crowell & Thurlow and sailed out of Boston. Vessel was 188.2 feet in length, 39.2 feet in breadth and drew 11.7 feet.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 17, 2008
SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER (AMERICAN 1873-1919).
Est: -
SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER (AMERICAN 1873-1919). PORTRAIT OF THE FIVE MASTED SCHOONER "FULLER PALMER". Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 inches, signed "S.F.M. Badger, l.l. Inscribed on reverse, "S.F.M. Badger/ 5 Trenton St. Charlestown/ '09. Mass."
Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians
Feb. 09, 2008
OOC 3-Mast Schooner Bessie Beach SFM Badger
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
OOC - Portrait of Three-Mast Coastal Schooner 'Bessie C. Beach' by S.F.M. Badger (MA, 1873-1919), signed verso and with 5 Trenton Street, Charlestown address, she is depicted underway with Highland Light and Signal Station, Cape Cod in background, she was built in New Haven in 1880, wrecked on Fire Island in 1912, letters verso indicate this was exhibited at the Philadelphia Maritime Museum in 1988, in replica gilt frame, SS: 20 1/2" x 34 1/2", OS: 25 1/2" x 39 1/2", very good, untouched condition, one small puncture in aft sail.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Oct. 25, 2007
SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER American (1873-1919) G. Sothard Hulbert oil on canvas, signed lower left and dated '96. Signed and dated...
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
SAMUEL FINLEY MORSE BADGER American (1873-1919) G. Sothard Hulbert oil on canvas, signed lower left and dated '96. Signed and dated on the reverse. 22 x 36 Provenance: Private collection, Southbury, Connecticut.
Shannon's