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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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Three Covers Addressed to James W. Denver incl. Pomeroy Autograph [155408]2214 - Three Covers Addressed to James W. Denver incl. Pomeroy Autograph [155408]
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Lot of 3 different. James W. Denver was an American politician and lawyer. He served in the California State Government (as Secretary of State from 18
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Message from the President to Congress (31st Session), 1849 [158993]2215 - Message from the President to Congress (31st Session), 1849 [158993]
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Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-First Congress.
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Message from the President to the 31st Congress, 1849 [159035]2216 - Message from the President to the 31st Congress, 1849 [159035]
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Message from the President of the United State to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-First Congress. Me
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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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Six Months in the Gold Mines by Buffum, 1850 [158992]2228 - Six Months in the Gold Mines by Buffum, 1850 [158992]
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Six Months in the Gold Mines: From a Journal of Three Years' Residence in Upper and Lower California. 1847-8-9. By E. Gould Buffum, Lieutenant F...
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Horn's Overland Guide to California, 1852 [159043]2230 - Horn's Overland Guide to California, 1852 [159043]
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Horn's Overland Guide, From the U.S. Indian Sub-Agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California by Hosea...
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Experiences of a Forty-Niner by Johnston, 1892 [158971]2243 - Experiences of a Forty-Niner by Johnston, 1892 [158971]
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Experiences of a Forty-Niner, by Wm. G. Johnson, a Member of the Wagon Train First to Enter California in the Memorable Year 1849. Published in Pittsb
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Enterprise Quartz Company Stock [160129]2254 - Enterprise Quartz Company Stock [160129]
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Stock Certificate of the Enterprise Quartz Company, issued in Nevada City, California on November 21, 1851. Printed by the Nevada Journal Print Co. En
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Rocky-Bar Mining Stock [160131]2255 - Rocky-Bar Mining Stock [160131]
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Certificate No. 1278 for 2 shares made out to Thomas Houston dated Nov. 21, 1854. The mine is located on the middle fork of the American River, about
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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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