Q: What is the value of and how do we sell a piece of Confederate scrimshaw on whale's tooth? It has a scrimshaw picture of the Confederate warship "Alabama." Also, a rare ivory-walrus-tusk cribbage ...

Scrimshaw artist Brian Kiracofe on the art of engraving on ivory and bone. Scrimshaw dates back to the late 17th century when whalers who were out on a long voyage would engrave on ivory and bone ...

Q-How can I find out if the scrimshaw pieces I recently purchased are genuinely old? Are there any books that can help me determine the difference between the old and contemporary pieces, or is there ...

A new exhibit highlighting the art of scrimshaw is now open at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College. “Scrimshaw: Selections from the Peter C. Barnard Collection” can be viewed in the ...

What is the value of my 21 1/2-inch scrimshaw walrus tusk marked Nome 1903? It has a cribbage set on the back. – Pat, Chester, Va. The scrimshaw artist on my 4-inch whale tooth is marked JA. Value? – ...

The ivory on which scrimshaw artist Rick Fields carves delicate drawings is more ancient than man. On the highly polished tusk of a woolly mammoth dead for 20,000 years, he has engraved a tiny ...