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FINE ART + DESIGN OCTOBER 2026

Thu, Oct 15, 2026 12:00PM EDT
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The Fine Art + Design October 2026 auction features an impressive range of antiques and artworks from several noted estates and collections. Lots include a rare American Civil War recruitment broadside poster, 19th-century salt-glazed and cobalt-decorated stoneware vessels, hand-woven American splint baskets, illustrative works, paintings, tobacco tins, tip trays, travel posters, and tin and cast-iron toys, including an exceptionally rare clockwork Märklin battleship "Maine."
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Lot 89

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

Estimate: $500 - $800
Starting Bid
$100

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$100 $25
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$100,000 $10,000

Two (2) works by John Mecray depicting cargo vessels. 

i. One (1) graphite, watercolor, and gouache on paper backed on card stock. A depiction of the "Enduro Trader" bulk carrier docked at a shipping port. Matted, wrapped in mylar. Signed within image on the lower right. 10 1/4 x 15 1/4" (sight); 17 x 22" (overall).

ii. One (1)  graphite and gouache on pressed cardstock. A depiction of a bulk carrier or freighter bearing a single smokestack decorated with a large stylized W, in the background of an industrial scene with cranes, workers, and piles of material in the foreground. Signed within image on the lower right. 10 1/2 x 14 1/2"(sight); 16 1/4 x 19 1/2" (overall). 

 

Condition

Various conditions consistent with age.

The depiction of the Enduro Trader has not been removed from it's mylar and matting for inspection.

The depiction of the industrial scene shows minor soiling in the margins, minor spots of loss, foxing, and soiling from moisture along the bottom edge and on the verso. 

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THE UPS STORE - CRANSTON
UPS Website, Atwood Ave
148 Atwood Ave, Cranston, RI 02920
(401) 654-6381
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THE UPS STORE - PARSONAGE STREET
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22 Parsonage Street, Providence, RI 02903
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Estate of John Mecray and thence by descent.