Scrimshaw Jewelry

From its roots as an on-board hobby for idle whalers in the nineteenth century, the art of scrimshaw has evolved over the years, and scrimshaw jewelry is one of its unique (and highly collectible) results.

Scrimshaw jewelry, made either from bone, tooth or ivory, is available for a wide range of styles and pieces: rings, pendants, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and more are often seen for sale at a range of prices (depending on the age, style, design, and size of the item).

The scrimshaw jewelry that we list for sale on Mega Ministore is also listed on various international eBay sites, and as such it is legal per eBay's guidelines. (Depending on the source, scrimshaw jewelry is legal if it was made before either 1973 or 1989 - known as "pre-ban" - or any time if it was created by a native Alaskan Indian). eBay does remove listings of illegal scrimshaw when necessary, and when that happens the listings will be removed from MMS as well.

Look around at our scrimshaw jewelry below; this is what is currently available through eBay's international sites. Links on each item listing go to a page with more details and pictures hosted by eBay. All the information you need should be listed on that page.

Also, bookmark this page so you can easily check back to see our new items for sale - we constantly add new unique items and it's easy to miss out on what you're looking for if you don't check back from time to time. Good luck!

Scrimshaw jewelry for sale

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Articles (nautical antiques)

Mystery or misery on the high seas? Crew eschews GPS to sail by sextant

In 1854, a wooden ship called Mystery completed a successful voyage from England to Australia. And in 2008, a crew pulled up the anchor on that vessel's spiritual descendant, Spirit of Mystery, to make the same voyage with the same technology. Namely, Captain Pete Goss and his three-man crew (son, brother, brother-in-law) are using the sextant and the stars...

eBay emerges as an unexpected hotbed of high-priced antique diving helmet sales

Although eBay would seem to be a less efficient place to buy something as bulky and obscure as an antique diving helmet, in fact there are some exquisite, unique examples changing hands for large amounts. Looking at recently completed auctions in the Antique Diving Helmets category, a surprising seven helmets sold for over $1000 (ranging from $2,280 for a...

New 11-part series about exploring shipwrecks to air on Discovery Channel

The Discovery Channel, long known for its interesting but artificially melodramatic series about the natural world and history, has recently announced that it will be producing eleven episodes of a series that follows a company searching and collecting treasure from shipwrecks around the world. The exploration company is Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., which...

Historic Civil War shipwreck faces uneasy future in its Marine Sanctuary home

The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, sixteen miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC, is home to America's first such designated shipwreck: the USS Monitor, an iron ship that went down during the Civil War. The designation was given in 1975. Although the ship is still in reasonable shape, with several sections of it having been removed and put on display...

Stash of first-ever US gold coins (worth $100K each) found in Gulf of Mexico shipwreck

Divers exploring wrecks in shallow water in the Gulf of Mexico have located the remains of a 19th-century paddle wheeler that had, among other exciting treasures, a bunch of coins that are the first gold coins ever minted in the United States. The coins were minted in New Orleans; in Charlotte, NC; and in Dahlonega, Ga. The Civil War stopped the minting for a...

Scrimshaw jewelry