Post #590398 by Trad'r Bill on Mon, May 23, 2011 7:13 PM

Some of you may have seen this on eBay a while back - I was fortunate enough to snatch it up. Pretty cool plaque carved in monkeypod:

Inscription:

Inscription Reads:
"To be a winner never meant
My good friend, Skipper Kent
I'll be damned he's always late
Never to place by quirk of fate
With a smile and anchor dragging
Come our hero joking and laughing
Not from sun stroke but just good sport
So pull down the sail and make for port
To you and your kind real solid gent
I take off my hat to Skipper Kent"

Now, I know it doesn't say Frank Skipper Kent, but I just noticed this item listed on the galwest.com, which has been selling many pieces from Frank Kent's estate for years now.

Also, interestingly the seller noted: "Signed simply in white "Paul", believed to be the work of famous Hawaii carver, Paul Fujimoto". I can't prove this at the moment, but galwest is also selling a Paul Fujimoto black coral carving also from the Kent estate. Seems believable to me...

Trad'r Bill

[ Edited by: Trad'r Bill 2011-05-23 19:14 ]