MICHAEL KENNETH HEMP
mkhemp@thehistorycompany.com



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Updated on 2/10/2025

WESTERN FLYER NAVIGATIONAL ARTIFACTS
ARE TO BE AUCTIONED ON FEBRUARY 13th, 2025.




The Auction will be conducted
by Historic Literary Estate Auctioneers
PBA Auctions in Berkeley, California,
starting at 11:00 AM and ending at 4:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
on Thursday, February 13th, 2025.

—Likely the last time these historic Steinbeck literary artifacts
may ever be seen in public again—

Request the special program for the combined Edward Ricketts Jr. Estate
and Dennis Fry Family Collection of Western Flyer Navigational Artifacts.

The special auction program specifically for the Steinbeck, Ricketts & the Western Flyer:
Ed Ricketts Jr. & Dennis Fry Collections

     

Click here for the Auction Program and to sign in to bid.


BE THE WINNER OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY
HISTORIC AND LITERARY COLLECTION






[PAST EVENT]

Western Flyer Artifacts Special Event

On Saturday, January 11, 2025,
THE CITY OF MONTEREY
 hosted:
• Free Public Ed Rickett's Lab Walk-through Tours
of Pacific Biological Laboratories, "Doc's Lab"
from l1:00 to 4:00 PM for an Exhibition of
Fry Collection of Western Flyer Navigational Artifacts
to be auctioned by PBA Auctions in Berkeley, CA
on Thursday, February 13th, 2025, at 11 A.M. Pacific Time
—Likely the last time these historic artifacts
may ever be seen in public again—
Made possible by the City of Monterey, PBA Galleries,
and The History Company.



Cannery Row's star site on the National Record of Historic Places
Pacific Biological Laboratories and Steinbeck's "Doc's Lab" haunt.




The Assembled Nautical Artifacts from the Western Flyer operated by
John Steinbeck, Ed Ricketts, Skipper Tony Berry, Engineer Tex Travis,
and deckhands Sparky Enea and Tiny Colletto on the Sea of Cortez.


The special auction program specifically for the Steinbeck, Ricketts & the Western Flyer:
Ed Ricketts Jr. & Dennis Fry Collections

VIEW THE AUCTION ITEMS

     

• Register at the City of Monterey for a free webinar
panel discussion of "Return to the Sea of Cortez"
featuring Dr. Richard Astro, Dr. Katie Rodger,
Donald Kohrs, and Sherry Flumerfeld.

Panel Moderator: Christopher Dunlap
Your host: Michael Kenneth Hemp

This Monterey Peninsula public service is made possible by
• The City of Monterey Museums & Library
• PBA Auctions & Appraisers, Berkeley, CA
• The History Company, Gig Harbor, WA
Western Flyer Foundation, Moss Landing

A few scenes from the Ed Rickett's Lab tour:

  
 MK Hemp photos

Above left: Brian Edwards, Monterey Director of Library and Museums with the flying bridge wheel. Above Right: Devin Armstrong, grandson of Dennis & Vonnie Fry, assists the skipper in assembly of the artifacts exhibit stand. Below left: Michael Hemp and Western Flyer (Gemini) skipper Dennis Fry. Below Right: The Western Flyer flying bridge brass wheel,  helm stand and boxed flying bridge compass in Ed Ricketts' Pacific Biological Laboratories Cannery Row 1/5/2025

    
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SO WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?

WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT:










NOTICE * 5th Edition is SOLD OUT
Please do not order...


CANNERY ROW • JOHN STEINBECK
• ED RICKETTS • WESTERN FLYER
• SEA OF CORTEZ
In facts and photos for that
perfect gift for someone you know.





Actual size 11 x 17.75 inches.


    Will return to availability on for Purchase on Square
as early as possible.
 





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2009 From the Archives



ISBN: 978-954-089-1681-1




Click here for the 2009 link to Vimeo video of a live interview by Michael Hemp at Wave Street Studios (Cannery Row)
Featuring "Queen of Cannery Row" Kalisa Moore, Bulgarian Professors George Dechev, and Professor Alex Gochev,
after a guided tour of their delegation of Ed Ricketts' Pacific Biological Laboratories, Monterey, California.

With active links for more of the story, far below near the bottom of The History Company site scroll:



 
[More details by Dr. Gochev with photos at the active links for this story near the bottom of this site scroll]







The History Company is proud to announce another fine Independent Book Store now selling our
history of  John Steinbeck's Cannery Row and  its connections to the maritime Pacific Northwest:



                                                                        David and Jane Danielson

157 Winslow Way E. • Bainbridge Island • WA 98110
(206) 8423-5332 • jane@eagleharborbooks.com






Photos from the private Moss Landing party November 3,
and arrival of the Western Flyer at Monterey, November 4th, 2023
will be added soon.
(A full album soon, under construction)







FROM THE HISTORY COMPANY CANNERY ROW ARCHIVES

11/6/23
THE CANNERY ROW FOUNDATION
WESTERN FLYER
Newsletter 1994
(Designed, written and published by
1983 CRF Founder/Executive Director, Michael Hemp)

We've waited a long time...