An announcement reported the sale by shipbrokers Christiaan Ament and Albertus Vinke on Monday 12 January at 15.00 o’clock in the tavern de Brakke Grond, Nes, Amsterdam in the presence of bailiff J. Dupont Beek in a public auction of the extra ordinary fast coppered en copper fastened Delft last captain W.J. van der Meer, with a measurement of 1.895,64 cubic metres or 668.15 net tons and the dimensions 42,52 x 10,48 x 6,12 (hold) metres and her inventory. She was now lying in the inner haven in the Nieuwediep. For more details could be asked at the brokers or the shipping agents Vinke&Co. in Amsterdam
