A pitch to put Frank Mundus's boat on display - 27 East

A pitch to put Frank Mundus's boat on display

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The "Cricket II."

By Beth Young on Feb 10, 2009
When Montauk shark hunter Frank Mundus’s famous boat, the Cricket II, was first put on the auction block after he died last September, his widow had hoped it would fetch... more

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