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SS Central America Shipwreck Artifacts Auction, Part I (December 2022)

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The S.S. Central America Artifacts Auction catalog has 268 pages of detailed treasure stories about the people, jewelry, gold, and goods onboard the famous "Ship of Gold" that sank off the North Carolina coast in 1857 with tons of gold on board. While the coins and nuggets have already been sold and are in thousands of collections around the world, the artifacts are only just now being released, and are presented for the first time in a two-part sale in December 2022 and February 2023. Online auction platforms do not carry the wealth of information found in our printed catalog, inclusive of three-dimensional photographs of the items on the seafloor and a map where many artifacts were discovered. Order your limited-edition printed catalogs today and enjoy the fascinating world of the S.S. Central America treasure.

Part A of this December auction includes artifacts recovered from the actual shipwreck of the S.S. Central America.
Part B, starting with Lot 2000, offered the same day, presents some of the best California and Alaska Gold Rush material ever assembled for auction.

Fred Holabird
Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC

AUCTION SCHEDULE

Part A  - S.S.Central America Artifacts
(Lots 1000-1271)

Ships Provisions (Lots 1000-1080)
Passenger Possessions (Lots 1081-1249)
The Business of Gold (Lots 1250-1271)

Part B -  Gold Rush Era Collectibles
(Lots 2000-2276)

Gold Specimens (Lots 2000-2069)
Mining Ephemera; Jewelry; Rare Books & More (Lots 2079-2276)
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Gold Rush Letter from Sacramento City, 1851 [151902]2119 - Gold Rush Letter from Sacramento City, 1851 [151902]
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Letter dated January 12, 1851. Sent from Sacramento City on Jan. 14. Paid 40 stamp. Content includes (without causing damage) received two letters yes
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to c*****r for (160.00 + 32.00BP) = 192.00
 
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Freeman & Co. and Adams & Co. Gold Rush Receipts, Sacramento [155394]2122 - Freeman & Co. and Adams & Co. Gold Rush Receipts, Sacramento [155394]
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Lot of 4. John M. Freeman started his express service between San Francisco and Sacramento at the beginning of the gold rush in California (July 1850)
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to B*****8 for (170.00 + 34.00BP) = 204.00
 
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Barton Lee, Banker, Gold Rush Receipt for Gold Dust [155340]2124 - Barton Lee, Banker, Gold Rush Receipt for Gold Dust [155340]
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Certificate of Deposit No. 453. Dateline Sacramento City, July 2, 1850. Barton Lee, Banker. H. Gorham has deposited $400 to be paid in one month with
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (275.00 + 55.00BP) = 330.00
 
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Bank of California & DO Mills Banking Group incl. Mills Autograph [155403]2139 - Bank of California & DO Mills Banking Group incl. Mills Autograph [155403]
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Lot of 4. 1) Bank of California Second of Exchange. San Francisco, January 18th, 1867. Issued for 200 Prussian Thalers to Rosalie Pazena. Signed by DO
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to m********r for (180.00 + 36.00BP) = 216.00
 
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Burgoyne & Co. Second of Exchange, Gold Rush Era [155343]2141 - Burgoyne & Co. Second of Exchange, Gold Rush Era [155343]
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Rare. Banking House of Burgoyne & Co. Dateline San Francisco, Feb. 11th, 1852. Second of Exchange. No. 10099, issued to Elizabeth Winston for tw...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to c*********p for (160.00 + 32.00BP) = 192.00
 
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Fretz & Ralston Check and Cover, SF and Columbia [155389]2145 - Fretz & Ralston Check and Cover, SF and Columbia [155389]
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Lot of 2. Fretz & Ralston were Ralph S. Fretz and William Chapman Ralston. In 1849, CK Garrison and Ralph Stover Fretz established a transportat...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to j*****0 for (160.00 + 32.00BP) = 192.00
 
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Adams & Co. Sonora, California Gold Rush Exchanges [155371]2177 - Adams & Co. Sonora, California Gold Rush Exchanges [155371]
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Lot of 2 different. Sonora was founded during the Gold Rush by Mexican miners. It is located in Tuolumne County, at the southern portion of the Mother
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to C*****r for (250.00 + 50.00BP) = 300.00
 
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Page, Bacon & Co. Exchange, Sonora, Gold Rush Era [155361]2178 - Page, Bacon & Co. Exchange, Sonora, Gold Rush Era [155361]
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Rare location. Printed dateline of Sacramento City is crossed out and "Sonora" is handwritten above. Aug. 12th, 1854. Second of Exchange N...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to C*****r for (300.00 + 60.00BP) = 360.00
 
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Wells, Fargo & Co. Second of Exchange, Sonora, Gold Rush Era [155362]2179 - Wells, Fargo & Co. Second of Exchange, Sonora, Gold Rush Era [155362]
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Rare location. Handwritten dateline Sonora, Calfa. June 2nd, 1856. No. 50.927, issued to WH Simmons, agent, for $700. Signed Wells, Fargo & Co. ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to C*****r for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
 
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Early Sutter's Fort Illustrations (Sacramento Gold Rush) [155415]2184 - Early Sutter's Fort Illustrations (Sacramento Gold Rush) [155415]
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Lot of 5. Two are original period illustrations (from books) and the rest are modern copies. John Sutter started constructing Sutter's Fort in 1...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to d****9 for (425.00 + 85.00BP) = 510.00
 
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Yuba Rail Road Company Bond [155379]2188 - Yuba Rail Road Company Bond [155379]
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$1,000 bond to be paid in gold coin in 1886. Dateline Marysville, July 11th, 1866. Signed by Chairman Board of Supervisors Wm. Carpenter, County Audit
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Wm. T. Coleman & Co. Stamp on Cover to HH Page [155390]2192 - Wm. T. Coleman & Co. Stamp on Cover to HH Page [155390]
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Cover sent to HH Page in St. Louis, Missouri. (Page is likely tied to Page & Bacon, who operated out of St. Louis and SF during the 1850s before...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to j******n for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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California Senator / Private Coin Minter David C. Broderick Autograph on Cover [155388]2212 - California Senator / Private Coin Minter David C. Broderick Autograph on Cover [155388]
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Autograph on cover sent from D.C. Broderick, U.S. Senate, to Edwin Carpenter in Schenectady, New York. No stamp or cancel. David Colbreth Broderick ca
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California Senator William McKendree Gwin Autograph on Cover [155404]2213 - California Senator William McKendree Gwin Autograph on Cover [155404]
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Autograph ("W.M. Gwin") in upper corner of small envelope to the Secretary of the Treasury. No contents or stamp. 2.75 x 5.25" While ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to d*******f for (160.00 + 32.00BP) = 192.00
 
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What I Saw in California by Bryant, 1849 [159037]2226 - What I Saw in California by Bryant, 1849 [159037]
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What I Saw in California: Being the Journal of a Tour, by the Emigrant Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, Across the Continent of North Amer
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (325.00 + 65.00BP) = 390.00
 
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Romance of the Age by Dubar, 1867 [157163]2239 - Romance of the Age by Dubar, 1867 [157163]
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The Romance of the Age or Discovery of Gold in California by Edward E. Dunbar. Published in New York by Appleton and Company, 1867. First edition. Ori
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to W*****1 for (225.00 + 45.00BP) = 270.00
 
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Scenes in El Dorado in the Years 1849-50 by Upham, 1878 [158986]2241 - Scenes in El Dorado in the Years 1849-50 by Upham, 1878 [158986]
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Notes of a Voyage to California via Cape Horn, together with Scenes in El Dorado, in the Years 1849-50. With an Appendix Containing Reminiscences of P
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to C*****r for (325.00 + 65.00BP) = 390.00
 
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Adams & Co. Express Drafts for New York & Boston, Gold Rush Era [155383]2258 - Adams & Co. Express Drafts for New York & Boston, Gold Rush Era [155383]
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Lot of 2 different. 1) Adams & Co. Express Office, Boston, Nov. 3, 1852. No. 162, issued to Edward Smith for $1,514, payable "in bars or go...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (425.00 + 85.00BP) = 510.00
 
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Lost Treasure Mining Company Stock Certificate, Number 1 [155416]2074 - Lost Treasure Mining Company Stock Certificate, Number 1 [155416]
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Great name! Very rare; we have no record of listing this in the last 10 years. Location: Tucson Mining District, Pima County, Arizona Territory (print
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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1853 Gold Rush Letter Written from Barker House, Cal. [151903]2079 - 1853 Gold Rush Letter Written from Barker House, Cal. [151903]
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Small size 5 page letters from Charles Houton (?) to Harriet Jones of Sunbury, Ohio. One dated July 23, 1853 and the other dated Oct. 10, 1853. Autho
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to G*********s for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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