SS Central America Shipwreck Artifacts Auction, Part I (December 2022)

Small gold spoon, handle is 10k gold, bowl is gold plated. 4-1/8" long .75" wide bowl, .5" wide at top of handle. Engraved with &quo...

First Cabin passenger receipt for F. Jones and Servant from San Francisco to New York recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. This is one o

Key recovered with a bundle of other keys from the purser's safe found in the debris field of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. This key has /...

Australian crystalline gold on quartz. Total weight 54.0 grams, gold 46.2 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance

Brooch made of gold leaf with white quartz inclusions, 18 x 14 mm, 5.22 grams (0.17 ozt). C ring and hinge on reverse. Displayed horizontally. Recover

Stickpin made of a single large gold nugget, 20 x 12 mm, 5.98 grams (0.192 ozt). A hinged stickpin was originally attached to a gold hinge onto the ba

Gold-in-quartz gold stud recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. These used in place of buttons on men's shirts as a fancy token from...

Australian gold in quartz. Total weight 34.7g. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

Australian gold nugget on quartz. 34.1 grams total weight. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

This small gold ring recovered in 2014 from the portside debris field, Coin Pile #5, of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It features two, overlappe

Gold ring recovered in 2014 from the port-side debris field, Coin Pile #2, of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is size 3, with two overlapping h

Australian gold on quartz nugget. 32.0 grams total weight. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

10 Australian crystalline gold specimens mostly nuggets. Total weight 33.95 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenan

Tall, dark green bottle recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. 11.5 inches tall, 3.25 inches in diameter, 6 inches from base to bottom of

Original small booklet of Wells Fargo checks, 12" x 2 5/8" recovered from the Dement trunk found a the S.S. Central America shipwreck. Thi...

Gold ring recovered in 2014 from an unspecified Coin Pile in the port-side debris field of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is size 7, with two

Gold ring recovered in 2014 from an unspecified Coin Pile in the port-side debris field of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is size 4.25, with a

This tiny gold ring recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck in 2014 from the port-side debris field, Coin Pile #2. It features two, overlapp

This small gold ring recovered in 2014 from the portside debris field, Coin Pile #5, of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It features two, overlappe

Stickpin made of a single gold nugget, 19 x 13 mm, 5.14 grams (0.17 ozt). Pin is firmly attached, and the overall length is 48 mm. Pin shaft has spira

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

A representative sampling of nine unconserved coins gathered from the seafloor around the shipwreck of the S.S. Central America. These would have been

Australian gold in quartz. Total weight 27.56g. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

Australian gold in quartz. Total weight 23.1g. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

3 Australian gold in dark matrix. 34.29 grams total weight. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

Group of Australian gold nuggets. Gold weight 33.36 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

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...

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...

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

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

Gold ring recovered in 2014 from the port-side debris field, Coin Pile #10, of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is size 6.5, with the word GIFT

Stickpin made of crystalline Gold. 12 x 12 mm, 1.38 grams (0.04 ozt). Pin is firmly attached, and the overall length is 39 mm. Pin shaft has spiral se

Crystalline gold in nice bright white quartz, 2.49 troy oz., about 30% weight by gold. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Lot of 4 different cards for William T. Coleman & Co.'s California Line at their 161 Pearl St. location. According to NY Trow Directories, t...

Heavy, possibly leaded, cut-glass decanter recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is 9 inches tall and 4.25 inches in diameter at the b

Stickpin brooch made with a single gold nugget, 3.49 grams (0.112 ozt). Imitates the shape of a wolf or dog's head. Recovered in 2014 from the p...

A unique pair of a physical tickets recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for Second Cabin from Havana to Aspinwall and a passenger receip

Brown glass bottle recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. 9.5 inches tall, 2.5 inches at the base, deep punt into the bottom, 5.5 inches t

Gold ring recovered in 2014 from an unspecified Coin Pile in the port-side debris field of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is size 5.25, with a

California Gold Rush genuine gold nugget. 25.3 grams. Frame measures approximately 13" x 16". Double matted, 3D presentation features go...

Lot of 5 different for William T. Coleman & Co.'s California Line. Two different locations are represented: 88 Wall Street and 161 Pearl Str...

Lot of 5 different. NY directories do not list who made up Sutton & Co., but as they often shared the same address as George D. Sutton, we can a...

A System of Mineralogy: Including an Extended Treatise on Crystallography: with an Appendix, Containing the Application of Mathematics to Crystallogra

Brass luggage tag recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck, approx 2 x 1-5/8 inches, embossed // N.Y. TO SAN Fo / 1371 / VIA PANAMA //. The n

Heavy, possibly leaded, cut-glass decanter recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is 9 inches tall and 4.25 inches in diameter at the b

Made of a single gold nugget, 20 x 13 mm, 4.1 grams (0.13 ozt). Complete and working pin clasp on the back. Recovered in 2014 from an unspecified Coin

Brass luggage tag recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck, approx 2 x 1-5/8 inches, embossed // N.Y. TO SAN Fo / 5725 / VIA PANAMA //. Date

One gold earring in two pieces with a small wire loop, 3.7 grams (0.119 ozt). Recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck in 2014 from an unspec

Brass luggage tag recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is #3686, // San Fo to N.Y. via Panama //, heart shaped, 1.75 x 1.75 inches. C

Australian gold nugget on quartz. 24.5 grams total weight. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

One of the better Gold Rush letters we've come across. 4 pp. letter. Dateline La Porte March 1st, '59. From A.G.M. Craft to John D. Briggs i...

Lot of 4 different for William T. Coleman & Co.'s California Line at their 161 Pearl St. location. According to NY Trow directories, the com...

Lot of 5 different. Cornelius Comstock, like others in this clipper ship group, associated early on with William T. Coleman. In the 1860 San Francisco

A Collection of Mining Laws of Spain and Mexico. Compiled and translated by Henry W. Halleck. Published by O'Meara & Painter in 1859. Mining...

Clear glass ashtray recovered in 2014 from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is 4" diameter, 2" high, 2.25" opening. Six scallop...

Small gold ring recovered in 2014 from the port-side debris field, Coin Pile #23, of the S.S. Central America shipwreck, size 2.0, with a single, cent

Stickpin made of a single gold nugget, 14 x 10 mm, 2.84 grams (0.09 ozt). Pin is firmly attached, and the overall length is 68 mm. Pin shaft has spira

Stickpin brooch made with a single gold nugget, 4.03 grams (0.130 ozt). Recovered in 2014 from the port-side debris field, Coin Pile #26, of the S.S.

Brass luggage tag recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck, approx 2 x 1-5/8 inches, embossed // N.Y. TO SAN Fo / 601 / VIA PANAMA //. The na

Australian crystalline gold in quartz. Total weight 24.11g. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

Australian gold nugget on quartz. 23.9 grams total weight. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

Australian crystalline gold, 17.91 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

California: Its Gold and Its Inhabitants by Henry Vere Huntley. First edition published by Thomas Cautley Newby in 1856. Two volumes rebound together

Two fascinating and historical passenger receipts recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for the United States Mail Steamship Lines, with...

A pair of matched, brass luggage tags with original leather fob, #2342 "N.Y. to San Fo via Panama." It is a matched pair such that one pie...

Australian gold on quartz. 46.0 grams total weight, 23.0 grams gold. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

Australian crystalline gold in quartz with brown stains, typically of jewelry quartz. 1.51 troy oz. about 30% by weight gold. Date: Country (if not

True 49er letter. 3.5 pages. 2.5 pages about the voyage over. Stampless cover with San Francisco, Oct. 1 stamp. Handwritten 40 for postage. The letter

Commentaries on the Mining Ordinances of Spain: Dedicated to His Catholic Majesty, Charles III, by Don Francisco Xavier de Gamboa. Translated from the

Forward Cabin receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. Issued for San Francisco to New York for "Mrs. Easton's Servant&qu...

Ivory-colored, ironstone ceramic wash basin recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is 13.5 inches in diameter, point-to-point across th

Brown stoneware bottle recovered from the S.S. Central America. It is 7 inches tall, and just shy of 3 inches in diameter. Just above the base, the si

Roussel's Unrivalled Premium Shaving Cream pot lid recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck in 1989. Classic American pot lid, 2-15/16&...

Brass powder horn recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck in 2014. This gun was seen clearly in situ in photographs taken during recovery. I

North River Bank, New York, $20, Haxby G50c recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. Significant pieces missing at "N" of north ...

4 Australian gold nuggets, 20.62 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

Australian quartz with crystalline gold. Total eight 23.25 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

Lot of 4 different cards for William T. Coleman & Co.'s California Line at their 161 Pearl St. location. According to NY Trow Directories, t...

Brass whale oil lamp base recovered in 1990 from stern cabin area of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. Weighted bottom, top unit diameter 6",...

Dark brown glass beer bottle recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is 8 inches tall, 3 inches in diameter, and 4 inches from the base

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

One of three woolen work shirts found inside the Dement trunk recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. Brooks Brothers logo showing a sheep

Large cloth bag that contained U.S. dimes recovered from the purser's safe found in the port-side debris field of the S.S. Central America shipw...

Australian gold nugget 16.8 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

11 Australian crystalline gold specimens. 22.31 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

A passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck, filled out for the Panama Railroad (not a specific named passenger) on a US Mai

Ironstone white chamber pot with handle recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. // Maddock's / Patent / Ironstone / China //. John Ma...

Two large chunks of coal recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. The larger is 5 x 4.5 x 2.5 inches, about 1.4 lbs. The other is 5 x 4 x 2.

Brown glass beer bottle recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is 8.5 inches tall 3 inches in diameter, and 4 inches from the base to t

Clear glass bottle recovered from the S.S. Central America. It is 7.5 inches long, 3 inches in diameter, and 4 inches from the base to the bottom of t

A cloth bag recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. The bag has a bold, black print identification on the face. (illegible - Spring Valley?

This is the only card for Edward Mott Robinson in the collection we received for this sale. Robinson's California Line for San Francisco. The A1...

Geology and Industrial Resources of California by Philip T. Tyson. Published by Wm. Minifie & Co., 1851. Second edition. Expanded version of thi...

The Miner's Guide, and Metallurgist's Directory by J.W. Orton. Published by A.S. Barnes & Co., 1849. First edition. Rare. Title page wit...

Oriental human figurine recovered in 2014 from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. Oxidized ivory, classic ivory texture visible on the base, 4"...

Brown beer bottle recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. 8 inches tall, 3-inch diameter, 4 inches from base to the bottom of the shoulder.

Gold ring recovered in 2014 from the port-side debris field, Coin Pile #23, of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is size 2.5, with vertically int

Small gold-toned cable chain, approx 44cm in length recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck in 2014. There is no clasp or hook on either end

Australian small gold nuggets, 18.83 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

4 Australian gold on quartz. 21.24 grams total weight. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance: