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8 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News Circle 209 on Reader Service Card Circle 232 on Reader Service Card - A R I T I M E 2 E P O R T E R & E B g A D ; # O N V E R T E D = C O P Y P D F 0 - KING-GAGE ® LevelBAR Tank Level Indicator Analog LED column graphically displays tank level as total volume and/or depth. Replaces fluid-filled gages Stainless steel housing Greater reliability • Tank Gauges • Draft Measurement • Air Control Stations • Compressed Air Filters • USN Service KING-GAGE Marine Systems ® KING-GAGE ® LevelPRO Multiple Tank Level Processors Continuous measurement of multiple ballast and shipboard service tanks. Total volume and/or tank depth Durable corrosion proof housing Digital communications output KING-GAGE ® LiquiSeal Liquid Level Transmitter Rugged marine liquid level sensor for ballast/cargo/service tanks or draft measurement. Electronic or pneumatic output Proven air purge principle Externally mounted Tank Level Indication for the Marine and Offshore Oil/Gas Industries D-2 “I Lost” Pictured are W&O Supply CEO (and pro- lific Pittsburgh Steeler fan) David Turner (left) and MR Associate Publisher (and Cincinnati Bengal fan) Greg Trauthwein. A friendly wager was laid on the first round NFL play-off game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Turner's Steelers won, and I "paid up" during a recent visit to W&O Supply in Jacksonville. The price: donning a jer- sey of one of my most loathed child- hood football rivals for this photo op. Leading Off Maritime Art Sales Hit Record at Christie's A recent Maritime sale at Christie's New York totaled $3,361,680, achieving the highest ever total for a maritime sale at Christie's. During the proceedings, a new world auction record was set for Montague Dawson. Marie Kotsonis, Maritime Picture Specialist and Gregg Dietrich, Maritime Models, Ephemera and Scientific Instrument Specialist, Christie's Americas, said “Today's auction achieved the highest total ever for a Maritime sale at Christie's. The buoyancy of the market brought new private clients to the category, competing with our established clien- telle. Most importantly we are ecstatic about the new Montague Dawson record price for lot 295, depicting the action between the Shannon and the Chesapeake. Bringing an outstanding result of $486,400." Some of the Montague Dawson’s (1895-1873) work sold included: • The action between H.M.S. Shannon and the U.S.S. Chesapeake, oil on canvas - Price $486,400 The fabled tea clipper Taeping running in light winds, oil on canvas - Price $396,800 The Fleet Messenger, oil on canvas - Price $90,000 Sample of Montague Dawson's work. "A clipper ship in a moonlit sea" (source: www.richard-green.com) MR FEBRUARY2006 #1 (1-8).qxd 2/7/2006 9:13 AM Page 10
