[Morgan, J. Pierpont]:

$12,500 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

[MODEL OF THE STEAM YACHT OWNED BY J. PIERPONT MORGAN, THE CORSAIR II]. A scale model of J. Pierpont Morgan's steam yacht, the Corsair II. In all, Morgan commissioned three yachts that he christened Corsair, with this one operating under his ownership from 1890 to 1898, at which time he sold it to the United States Navy for $225,000. The yacht was then converted for use as a patrol boat in the Spanish-American War and sailed under the name U.S.S. Gloucester. J.P. Morgan, Jr., had a fourth Corsair built in 1930.During its heyday as Morgan's luxury vessel, the boat served as the flagship of the New York Yacht Club, of which Morgan was Commodore from 1897 to 1899. Designed by J. Beavor Webb and built in Philadelphia by the ship company Neafie & Leavy, the yacht measured 240 feet long. It served as a pleasure cruiser in New York, on which Morgan hosted many social events with famous guests such as Theodore Roosevelt and Thomas Edison, and often took Morgan upstate and to various points on the eastern seaboard. More interestingly, the boat also made regular trips across the Atlantic to Europe during the primary period of Morgan's book and art collecting, and therefore served as a ferry for his acquisitions back to the United States. As a result, it maintained a key role in establishing one of the greatest book collections in America.A terrific model, with masts and booms, standing and running rigging, anchors, anchor davits, winch, deck lights, paneled deck houses, deck rails, com

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