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Dominique Lapointe

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  1. Dominique Lapointe
    Hi Don! I am sorry to tell you that the evaluation made by the museum is excessive. At most, you can find old Leclerc at auction for around $2000 or little more but they are more detailed multi-matt versions (4 - 5 matts) of La Canadienne or Gaspe Trader. Bluenose rarely exceed $1000 in very good condition. A visit to auction sites like LiveAuctioneers or Invaluable.com can give you an idea. Dom.
  2. Dominique Lapointe
    Bateaux Leclerc is not primarily a kit manufacturer (only the 70s) but a craft workshop founded by Eugene Leclerc in the 1929 and still in business with his grandson Luc. There are some old specimens at the Franklin Roosevelt Museum in NY, which frequently visited the Canadian workshop in the summer.
  3. Dominique Lapointe
    Eugene Leclerc's grandson is still in the business in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec. Your model is an authentic Eugene built around 1940-50, not from a kit. Only Eugene and his son Honoré made wooden sails until the 70'. They are rare and the most beautiful. I restore old Leclerc ships and yours is in very good condition. It seems only need sail rope reconstruction (in white). Mostly!!! Don't paint anything!!! It will lost his great historic value. Good luck!

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