“It says clipper ship on the back ... Turner pieces have shown up on Etsy and eBay making it possible to have a vintage look at an affordable price. Thomczek appraised Thornton’s piece ...

A c 1835 lithograph of the clipper ship Challenger. Photo: Library of Congress “Clipper ships were not a specific design, they were a state of mind,” says John Lienhard, an engineer from the ...

It evokes 17th-century pirate vessels flying the skull-and-crossbones, 18th century ships-of-the-line bristling with cannons, or even 19th-century clipper ... The “vintage tonnage” is the ...

The Taperoo man has raised more than $10,000 over the past 70 days for preservation works on the world’s oldest surviving clipper ship by selling memorabilia from 9am-3pm. His busiest time was ...