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 Nugget Stickpin, S.S. Central America Treasure [152385]1132 - Gold Nugget Stickpin, S.S. Central America Treasure [152385]
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Gold stickpin made of a single, natural gold nugget soldered onto a 1.5-inch gold needle. The needle is twisted to have a texture making it more likel
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Estimate : 500.00 and UP
Sold to c********e for (1,600.00 + 320.00BP) = 1,920.00
 
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Pocket Change from the S.S. Central America [151588]1256 - Pocket Change from the S.S. Central America [151588]
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A representative sampling of nine unconserved coins gathered from the seafloor around the shipwreck of the S.S. Central America. These would have been
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Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to g******n for (1,600.00 + 320.00BP) = 1,920.00
 
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Gold in Quartz [160078]2006 - Gold in Quartz [160078]
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Australian gold in quartz. Total weight 27.56g. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to F********e.. for (1,600.00 + 320.00BP) = 1,920.00
 
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Gold in Quartz [160079]2007 - Gold in Quartz [160079]
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Australian gold in quartz. Total weight 23.1g. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:
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Estimate : 1,300.00 - 1,800.00
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Crystalline Gold in Dark Matrix, 3 [160114]2037 - Crystalline Gold in Dark Matrix, 3 [160114]
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3 Australian gold in dark matrix. 34.29 grams total weight. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to d*******f for (1,600.00 + 320.00BP) = 1,920.00
 
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Australian Gold Nugget Collection [160124]2044 - Australian Gold Nugget Collection [160124]
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Group of Australian gold nuggets. Gold weight 33.36 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,400.00
Sold to d*******f for (1,600.00 + 320.00BP) = 1,920.00
 
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Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Rufus Lockwood, Fremont's Gold Rush Attorney [158887]1012 - Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Rufus Lockwood, Fremont's Gold Rush Attorney [158887]
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One of two of Fremont's Gold Rush Attorneys, Rufus Lockwood, Passenger Receipt. First Cabin, ticket #2. San Francisco to New York, August 20, 18...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 and UP
Sold to A******B for (1,500.00 + 300.00BP) = 1,800.00
 
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Child's or Chocolate Cup [156852]1027 - Child's or Chocolate Cup [156852]
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Child's or chocolate cup recovered in 1990 from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. Small ceramic cup, white with blue stripe around top & b...
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Estimate : 200.00 and UP
Sold to E********s for (1,500.00 + 300.00BP) = 1,800.00
 
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Glass Decanter from the S.S. Central America [159080]1062 - Glass Decanter from the S.S. Central America [159080]
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Heavy, possibly leaded, cut-glass decanter recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is 10 inches tall and 4.25 inches in diameter at the
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Estimate : 250.00 and UP
Sold to A******B for (1,500.00 + 300.00BP) = 1,800.00
 
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Gold Dust on Rust Crust, S.S. Central America Treasure [146653]1083 - Gold Dust on Rust Crust, S.S. Central America Treasure [146653]
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A piece of iron-oxide rust which has agglomerated with gold dust. Recovered from the debris field sediments of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. App
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Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to W*****1 for (1,500.00 + 300.00BP) = 1,800.00
 
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