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

Large Gold and Quartz Nugget, 2.5 x 3.5" from the Shasta Area. This piece is so big it is almost a small boulder. Found decades ago by metal de...

Dome-shaped gold pinback with 15 irregularly shaped, clear diamonds (generally round). Largest central diamond is surrounded by seven slightly smaller

This is an important trio of original artifacts from the S.S. Central America treasure. Lawrence (or Laurence) Dorsey, a passenger on the S.S. Central

Men's fancy cloth vest recovered from the John Dement trunk found at the S.S. Central America shipwreck. The material is a dark cotton woven fab...

Daguerreotype recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. Shows a young woman, hands in her lap, with a large bracelet on each wrist. It is 3 x

Ornate 14kt gold necklace with diamond bands and emerald eyes in a spotted leopard sitting on the bottom rung of a 17 piece articulated necklace, with

Treasure box that contained gold coin and dust from "The Garden of Gold" area. This box was carefully removed by Nemo in parts. The top, b...

Gold hunter's watch pieces recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. The main body case (53mm, 44.92 grams) is engraved with a forest s...

In 2014, the crew recovered Purser Hull's safe at the S.S. Central America shipwreck. When they touched it with the recovery vehicle's arm, ...

Gold ring recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck in 2014 from the port-side debris field, Coin Pile #2. It is size 6.5, with a large, three

Lot includes 3 pairs of matched, brass luggage tags, two with original leather fobs: #1270, #1502, and #1746. "San Fo to NY via Panama." M...

A white ironstone rectangular bowl, marked // Ironstone China / Barrow & Co. // on the bottom (1853- 1856). Called a "Janus" bowl beca...

These cufflinks recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck in 2014 from Coin Pile #6 are made with four 15 x 12 mm oval slabs of gold-bearing w

This is the finest known of all the S.S. Central America passenger receipts on pre-printed US Mail Steamship Company forms coming from New York. // Un

This gold signet ring, size 8.5, weighs 6.58 grams (0.211 ozt) and bears the initial SS on the small shield-shaped cartouche. Oddly, the initials are

A rare note from the safe of Purser Hull recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck in 2014. Bank of Syracuse, NY, $5, Haxby G12c. Haxby states

State Bank of Newark, NJ $3, which Haxby notes is only known in proof. Stained throughout, but no holes or tears. In November 1853, counterfeit $5 not

Stickpin made from a Type II $1 gold coin in beautiful condition, total weight 2.31 grams (0.074 ozt) with a firmly attached stickpin. Total length is

Small gold buckle recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck debris field. Ornate engraving on the front, no maker mark on reverse, 28 x 21 mm.

Four native gold-in-quartz specimens from one of the gold pokes found in the port-side debris field, Coin Pile #23, of the S.S. Central America shipwr