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FINE ART + DESIGN SUMMER 2026

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2026-08-27 12:00:00 2026-08-27 12:00:00 America/New_York Vallots Auctioneers Vallots Auctioneers : FINE ART + DESIGN SUMMER 2026 https://auction.vallots.com/auctions/vallot-auctioneers/fine-art-design-summer-2026-23063 Our Fine Art & Design Summer 2026 auction features property from The Preservation Society of Newport County deaccessioned and formerly in situ for decades and original to several of the most celebrated Newport mansions. Previously unseen original artworks and antiques and art from the estate of renowned marine artist John Mecray, alongside a selection of antique to contemporary prints, paintings, decor, sterling silver wares, and a range of vintage and antique rugs from historic Newport and other Rhode Island estates. Vallots Auctioneers info@vallots.com

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Lot 20

John Mecray (Rhode Island/Pennsylvania, 1937-2017)

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

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$1,000

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A depiction of the figurehead of a sailing vessel at night.

1975.

Oil on canvas.

Signed and dated on the lower right.

An early and exceptionally scarce marine work of John Mecray, made just before moving to Newport, Rhode Island where he opened a studio at 166 Thames St. the following year to focus on marine painting.

The painting bridges the artist's earlier work as an accomplished and well published illustrator and then his subsequent work as a famed marine artist.

16 x 22 x 1".