FIGURINE: This figurine depicts Frederick Cook and Robert Peary clinging to the world while


January 25, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

FIGURINE: This figurine depicts Frederick Cook and Robert Peary clinging to the world while searching for the North Pole. The 1910 bisque vignette was made by Gebruder Heubach, a German firm. It sold at a Theriault’s auction in 2008 for $1,120.