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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General Treasure Books, 12 [156126]2276 - General Treasure Books, 12 [156126]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
12 treasure related books. Royal Mail Steamer Route, The Macuquiba Code, Treasures of the Spanish Main, Sedwick Treasure Auction #5, Spanish and Engli
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
 
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Adams & Co. Express & Banking Office Exchange, Marysville, Gold Rush Era [155372]2096 - Adams & Co. Express & Banking Office Exchange, Marysville, Gold Rush Era [155372]
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Second of Exchange. Handwritten Marysville dateline over printed San Francisco. No. 7502, issued for $100 to Ruth Bair on March 29th, 1854. Signed Ada
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to d*******f for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
 
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Trinity County, California Stage Line Stock Certificate Pair [155359]2185 - Trinity County, California Stage Line Stock Certificate Pair [155359]
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Lot of 2 different. Both unused. 1) Weaverville & Shasta Wagon Road Company. Dateline Weaverville. Great vignette of Conestoga Wagon. Kachel &am...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to x********z.. for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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Adventures of a Forty-Niner by Knower, 1894 [159033]2244 - Adventures of a Forty-Niner by Knower, 1894 [159033]
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The Adventures of a Forty-Niner. An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days by D
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (225.00 + 45.00BP) = 270.00
 
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Florida Ship Wreck Books, 11 [155116]2270 - Florida Ship Wreck Books, 11 [155116]
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11 Florida ship wreck books. Atocha, 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet, Marigalera, Concepcion and more. Atocha DVD. Date: Country (if not USA): State:
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to d*******f for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
 
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Smiths Flat Toll Road Company Tax Document [155393]2114 - Smiths Flat Toll Road Company Tax Document [155393]
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El Dorado County, California. Nov. 14, 1866. Received of the Smiths Flat Toll Road Co. $143.73. Their property is listed as "two & one half...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c*****r for (55.00 + 11.00BP) = 66.00
 
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Culver's Sacramento City Directory for 1851 (2000 reprint) [157167]2127 - Culver's Sacramento City Directory for 1851 (2000 reprint) [157167]
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J. Horace Culver's Sacramento City Directory for the Year 1851, with a History of Sacramento to 1851, Biographical Sketches, and Informative App...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to B*****8 for (350.00 + 70.00BP) = 420.00
 
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Excelsior Quartz Mining Co. Check, Sonora [155328]2182 - Excelsior Quartz Mining Co. Check, Sonora [155328]
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Extra rare! Dateline Sonora, Cal. March 23rd, 1863. Check No. 7, drawn on Donohoe Ralston & Co. bank of San Francisco. Check issued to DM Winfie...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to C*****r for (500.00 + 100.00BP) = 600.00
 
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Message from the President to Congress (33rd Session), 1849 [158987]2217 - Message from the President to Congress (33rd Session), 1849 [158987]
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Message from the President of the United States to the Two House of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Third Congress. P
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
 
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Gold Rush: The Journals of J. Goldsborough Bruff [156164]2247 - Gold Rush: The Journals of J. Goldsborough Bruff [156164]
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Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings, and Other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff, Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association. April 2, 184
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to B*****n for (325.00 + 65.00BP) = 390.00
 
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Treasure Books (7) [156077]2271 - Treasure Books (7) [156077]
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A) The World's Richest Wrecks: A Wreck Diver's Guide to Gold and Silver Treasures of the Seas by Robert F. Marx and Jenifer Marx. Published ...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (85.00 + 17.00BP) = 102.00
 
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Treasure Diving Books, 7 [156125]2275 - Treasure Diving Books, 7 [156125]
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7 treasure diving related books. The Treasure Divers Guide by Potter, I Dive for Treasure by Rieseberg, The Underwater Dig by Marx, Pieces of Eight by
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Kimball's San Francisco Directory, 1850 (1890 reprint) [157165]2129 - Kimball's San Francisco Directory, 1850 (1890 reprint) [157165]
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The San Francisco City Directory by Charles P. Kimball. Originally published in San Francisco by Journal of Commerce Press, 1850. This is an 1890 repr
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to k********a.. for (85.00 + 17.00BP) = 102.00
 
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Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Health Certificates, Gold Rush [155407]2161 - Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Health Certificates, Gold Rush [155407]
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Sheet of two unused Health Certificates, San Francisco, 1852. These certify that a passenger from one of the PMSS Co.'s ships has paid the Healt...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to x********z.. for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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Panama Rail Road Company Stock Certificate (Used by SS Central America) [155364]2262 - Panama Rail Road Company Stock Certificate (Used by SS Central America) [155364]
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No. 14489, issued for 88 shares to Louis McLane on March 22, 1867 in New York. Signed by the vice president Joy and treasurer Henry Smith. Pen and pun
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to d*******f for (130.00 + 26.00BP) = 156.00
 
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Treasure Books, 6 [156185]2274 - Treasure Books, 6 [156185]
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6 treasure books, Cities of Gold by Yenne, The Beale Treasure by Viemeister, Canadian Treasure Throve by Basque, Fantasies of Gold by Sayles, Treasure
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to d*******f for (55.00 + 11.00BP) = 66.00
 
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Treasure Books, 7 [156124]2273 - Treasure Books, 7 [156124]
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7 treasure related books. Treasure by Cussler, The Sea Hunters II by Cussler, The Pirate Hunter by Zacks, Disney Pirates of the Caribbean, The Self Su
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Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to d*******f for (40.00 + 8.00BP) = 48.00
 
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Intermission- 30Minutes1272 - Intermission- 30Minutes
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Intermission- 30Minutes Lots 2000 to 2276 are Gold Rush related items, not from the SSCA Shipwreck.
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Start Price : 5.00 | Estimate : 10.00 - 20.00
 
 
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Passenger Receipt, Second Cabin, Major Jacob B. Clark [158885]1000 - Passenger Receipt, Second Cabin, Major Jacob B. Clark [158885]
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Second Cabin passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck and issued for Jacob B. Clark, reportedly a veteran of the Mexican Wa
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Estimate : 200.00 and UP
Sold to R********3 for (650.00 + 130.00BP) = 780.00
 
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Passenger Receipt, Second Cabin, William A. Adams & Dog [158884]1001 - Passenger Receipt, Second Cabin, William A. Adams & Dog [158884]
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Second Cabin passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for William A. Adams, 27, of Maryland, and his dog. There is no recor
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Estimate : 500.00 and UP
Sold to 8*****W for (650.00 + 130.00BP) = 780.00
 
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