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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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Downieville Gold Rush Express & Banking Group [155373]2085 - Downieville Gold Rush Express & Banking Group [155373]
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Lot of 2 different. 1) Adams & Co. Express and Banking House. Handwritten Downieville dateline above printed San Francisco. Nov. 11th, 1854. Fir...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to a********o for (160.00 + 32.00BP) = 192.00
 
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Mokelumne Hill, California Express Receipts, Gold Rush Era [155381]2100 - Mokelumne Hill, California Express Receipts, Gold Rush Era [155381]
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Lot of 2 different. Rare. Calaveras County mining town founded in 1848 by a group of Oregonians. Very rich gold deposits. 1) Adams & Co. Express...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to C*****r for (250.00 + 50.00BP) = 300.00
 
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Montezuma, California Banking & Express Group, Gold Rush Era [155385]2101 - Montezuma, California Banking & Express Group, Gold Rush Era [155385]
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Lot of 2. Montezuma was located in Tuolumne County, 2.5 miles north of Chinese Camp. Originally a trading post called "Montezuma Tent," op...
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Sold to C*****r for (250.00 + 50.00BP) = 300.00
 
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Nevada City Gold Rush Express & Banking Group [155360]2105 - Nevada City Gold Rush Express & Banking Group [155360]
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Lot of 3. 1) Check from Chas. W. Mulford. Dateline Nevada, Jan. 17th, 1859. Side of check advertises "Gold Dust Bought and Advances Made On Dus...
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Sold to x********z.. for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
 
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Garrison & Co., Gold Dust Buyers, Receipt --Horseshoe Bar, CA [155349]2109 - Garrison & Co., Gold Dust Buyers, Receipt --Horseshoe Bar, CA [155349]
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Extra rare--we've never offered this before. Garrison & Co., Gold Dust Buyers. Dateline Horseshoe Bar, 18--. Receipt is for the purchase of ...
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Rattlesnake Bar Coin Deposit Receipt, Gold Rush [155352]2116 - Rattlesnake Bar Coin Deposit Receipt, Gold Rush [155352]
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Manuscript receipt. Dateline Rattlesnake, Jan. 12th, 1856. Received of Peter E. Mead $400 in coin for deposit. Signed Baldwin & Co. by GW Blackb...
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Sold to p********n for (160.00 + 32.00BP) = 192.00
 
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California Steam Navigation Co. Steamer Antelope Receipt (Ties to Pony Express) [155339]2121 - California Steam Navigation Co. Steamer Antelope Receipt (Ties to Pony Express) [155339]
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Receipt for this steamer that carried Pony Express mail from Sacramento to San Francisco. Dateline Sacramento, Feb. 20, 1860. Issued to Captain Wright
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to w**********e for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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City & County of Sacramento $500 Bond, 1859 [155358]2126 - City & County of Sacramento $500 Bond, 1859 [155358]
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Gold Rush era bond. No. 660. $500. Signed by Thos. Rofs, President of the Board of Supervisors, and Josiah Howell, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to f********a.. for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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Adams & Co. Express & Banking House Receipts, San Francisco Gold Rush [154019]2136 - Adams & Co. Express & Banking House Receipts, San Francisco Gold Rush [154019]
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Lot of 3 different, Gold Rush era. Adams & Co. dates back to the early 1840s. The Admas Express Company was founded in 1854/1855. Adams & C...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to d*****u for (275.00 + 55.00BP) = 330.00
 
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Adams & Co. Express Office Exchanges Signed by Freeman & Co. [155406]2138 - Adams & Co. Express Office Exchanges Signed by Freeman & Co. [155406]
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Lot of two different. A First and Second of Exchange, Adams & Co. Express Office, San Francisco. Each is numbered and filled out to Hunter &...
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Sold to x********z.. for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
 
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John Taylor & Co. Assayer Catalogue, 1899 [158996]2156 - John Taylor & Co. Assayer Catalogue, 1899 [158996]
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John Taylor & Co.'s Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Assayers' Materials. Published in 1899. This catalogue contains illustration...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 6*****b for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
 
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California Indian Wars Comptroller Receipt, Vallejo, 1851 [155413]2208 - California Indian Wars Comptroller Receipt, Vallejo, 1851 [155413]
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Rare and early. Dateline Vallejo, California, Sept. 23rd, 1851. Issued for $360 to Reichoff, DeSola & Co. out of the "War Loan Fund" &...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to g*******i for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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California Governor Milton S. Latham Autograph on Cover [155386]2210 - California Governor Milton S. Latham Autograph on Cover [155386]
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Cover sent September 1862 to Mrs. George Wallace in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Sent "Free" from Milton S. Latham, U.S.S. (which stands for Unit...
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California Civil War Senator John Conness Autograph [155391]2211 - California Civil War Senator John Conness Autograph [155391]
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Cut square autograph, John Conness, Cal. 4 x 5.5" Conness served as a US Senator for California from 1863-69. Before that, he was a member of t...
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Gold Rush Era Report from California Governor John Bigler, 1853 [155410]2221 - Gold Rush Era Report from California Governor John Bigler, 1853 [155410]
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Governor's Message, Benicia, March 27th, 1853. To the Assembly of California from Governor John Bigler. Discusses the sale of water lot property...
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The Pioneer or California Monthly Magazine, 1854 [159030]2232 - The Pioneer or California Monthly Magazine, 1854 [159030]
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The Pioneer; or California Monthly Magazine, edited by F.C. Ewer. Vol. I. January to June, 1854. Published by the W.H. Brooks & Company. Contain...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to d*******f for (900.00 + 180.00BP) = 1,080.00
 
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The Pioneer or California Monthly Magazine, 1855 [159036]2233 - The Pioneer or California Monthly Magazine, 1855 [159036]
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The Pioneer or California Monthly Magazine, edited by F.C. Ewer. Vol. III January to June 1855. Published by Lecount and Strong, 1855. Contains articl
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Sold to l********r.. for (850.00 + 170.00BP) = 1,020.00
 
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Life Sketches of a Jayhawker of '49 by Stephens [158977]2245 - Life Sketches of a Jayhawker of '49 by Stephens [158977]
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Life Sketches of a Jayhawker of '49 by L. Dow Stephens. Actual Experiences of a Pioneer Told by Himself in His Own Way. Published in 1916. A sca...
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Sold to W*****1 for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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Congressional Document Re: Utah Expedition Contracts (Mormon War) [155374]2260 - Congressional Document Re: Utah Expedition Contracts (Mormon War) [155374]
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Ex. Doc. No. 99., 35th Congress, 1st Session. "Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to A resolution of the House calling for a statement...
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Dutch Flat Banking & Express Ephemera [155341]2087 - Dutch Flat Banking & Express Ephemera [155341]
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Lot of 2. 1) W&P Nicholls, Bankers, check. Dutch Flat, Sept, 13 1864. Drawn on the Bank of California in SF, Charles Adler, $93. Signed W&P ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to b*******n for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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