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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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California Crystalline Native Gold on Quartz Matrix -Nearly 2 Pounds! [141538]2065 - California Crystalline Native Gold on Quartz Matrix -Nearly 2 Pounds! [141538]
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Crystalline native gold on white quartz matrix. Weighs 29.4 a.v.d. ounces or 26.8 troy ounces gross weight. The heavy weight of this piece suggests
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Estimate : 26,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Gold Ring, Gold-Quartz Stone, Size 6-1/4, S.S. Central America Treasure [146648]1108 - Gold Ring, Gold-Quartz Stone, Size 6-1/4, S.S. Central America Treasure [146648]
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Gold ring with a 10 x 8 mm oval of gold-bearing white quartz, total weight is 3.69 grams (0.12 ozt), size 6-1/4. Intricate swirled engraving on the sh
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Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to 8***1 for (12,000.00 + 2,400.00BP) = 14,400.00
 
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California Crystalline Native Gold on Quartz Matrix - 14.7 avd ozs. [159492]2066 - California Crystalline Native Gold on Quartz Matrix - 14.7 avd ozs. [159492]
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Nearly One Pound! Crystalline native gold on white quartz matrix. Weighs 14.74 ounces (avd) or 13.43 Troy ounces gross weight, possibly 50% in pure
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 30,000.00
Sold to r**4 for (11,500.00 + 2,300.00BP) = 13,800.00
 
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Knight's Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus with Passenger Receipt [146650]1145 - Knight's Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus with Passenger Receipt [146650]
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Among the interesting and enigmatic artifacts recovered from the S.S. Central America is a medal of the Knight's Order of Saint Maurice and Sain...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 and UP
Sold to F********e.. for (11,000.00 + 2,200.00BP) = 13,200.00
 
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Gold Two-Nugget Double Stickpin, S.S. Central America Treasure [152392]1133 - Gold Two-Nugget Double Stickpin, S.S. Central America Treasure [152392]
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Two gold nuggets, each soldered to a 1.5-inch stick pin, then joined by a four-inch, gold curb chain. Recovered in 2014 from the port-side debris fiel
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Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to F********e.. for (10,000.00 + 2,000.00BP) = 12,000.00
 
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Leather Saddlebags, S.S. Central America [159110]1271 - Leather Saddlebags, S.S. Central America [159110]
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Leather saddlebags recovered from Purser Hull's safe of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. Approx. 10 inches long and about 10 inches wide. The...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to F********e.. for (10,000.00 + 2,000.00BP) = 12,000.00
 
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Gold-Quartz Pendant Spinner, ENGRAVED, S.S. Central America Treasure [146652]1144 - Gold-Quartz Pendant Spinner, ENGRAVED, S.S. Central America Treasure [146652]
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Gold pendant recovered from the Easton trunk found at the S.S. Central America shipwreck in 1990. It is made from a 25 x 22 x 4 mm piece of gold-beari
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Estimate : 2,000.00 and UP
Sold to g*******h for (9,250.00 + 1,850.00BP) = 11,100.00
 
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Gold Pocket Watch, Illinois Watch Company, N. Gamse [151584]2259 - Gold Pocket Watch, Illinois Watch Company, N. Gamse [151584]
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"The Queen" private label gold pocket watch made by Illinois Watch Company c1900 for N. Gamse, New York. 136 grams. Manual wind gold poc...
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
Sold to s*********0 for (8,250.00 + 1,650.00BP) = 9,900.00
 
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Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, James E. Birch, California Stage Co. Founder [158894]1008 - Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, James E. Birch, California Stage Co. Founder [158894]
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Another of the very important people onboard the S.S. Central America were James E. Birch and his wife. His first cabin ticket was #34 in line. Birch
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Estimate : 2,000.00 and UP
Sold to E********s for (8,000.00 + 1,600.00BP) = 9,600.00
 
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The San Francisco Directory for 1852-53 by Parker [158974]2130 - The San Francisco Directory for 1852-53 by Parker [158974]
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The San Francisco Directory for the Year 1852-53. Embracing a General Directory of Citizens; a Street Directory; a New and Complete Map of the City; a
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to n**********s for (8,000.00 + 1,600.00BP) = 9,600.00
 
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