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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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Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Ansel Easton & Wife [158881]1004 - Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Ansel Easton & Wife [158881]
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The original passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for Ansel and Addie Easton, "A. I. Easton & Wife", 4 ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to F********e.. for (4,000.00 + 800.00BP) = 4,800.00
 
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Panama Railroad Baggage Tag #613, S.S. Central America Treasure [153311]1022 - Panama Railroad Baggage Tag #613, S.S. Central America Treasure [153311]
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Panama Railroad brass baggage tag #613 recovered with a bundle of keys from the purser's safe found in the port-side debris field of the S.S. Ce...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to G*******s for (4,000.00 + 800.00BP) = 4,800.00
 
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Daguerreotype 1, S.S. Central America Treasure [146601]1096 - Daguerreotype 1, S.S. Central America Treasure [146601]
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Daguerreotype recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. Shows a woman on the right and a child on the left. It is 2-5/8 x 3-1/8 inches. Ident
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Estimate : 200.00 and UP
Sold to m********H for (4,000.00 + 800.00BP) = 4,800.00
 
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Men's Dress Shirt labeled W.C. Ralston, Easton Trunk [156865]1221 - Men's Dress Shirt labeled W.C. Ralston, Easton Trunk [156865]
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Men's dress shirt recovered from the Easton trunk found with the S.S. Central America shipwreck. This shirt was rolled up in a copy of New York ...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 and UP
Sold to F********e.. for (4,000.00 + 800.00BP) = 4,800.00
 
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Alaska Gold Nuggets, Two Troy Oz. [158904]2058 - Alaska Gold Nuggets, Two Troy Oz. [158904]
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Small gold nuggets mined in the Mt. McKinley area of Alaska. Full of gold and quartz, these nuggets are very attractive. Most are six to eight millime
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Estimate : 3,600.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to d*******f for (4,000.00 + 800.00BP) = 4,800.00
 
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Gold Ring, with Cross, S.S. Central America Treasure [152387]1115 - Gold Ring, with Cross, S.S. Central America Treasure [152387]
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Gold ring recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck in 2014 from the port-side debris field, Coin Pile #2. It is size 6.25, with a Christian c
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Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to m********6 for (3,800.00 + 760.00BP) = 4,560.00
 
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Gold Bag, S.S. Central America Treasure [150875]1251 - Gold Bag, S.S. Central America Treasure [150875]
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Small leather gold bag recovered in 2014 from the Purser's safe of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is 6" long, 2" diameter, and...
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Estimate : 200.00 and UP
Sold to B*****n for (3,800.00 + 760.00BP) = 4,560.00
 
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Gold Poke with Leather Strings, S.S. Central America Treasure [150877]1269 - Gold Poke with Leather Strings, S.S. Central America Treasure [150877]
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Small leather gold bag recovered in 2014 from the Purser's safe of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is 7.5" long and 1.5" diamet...
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Estimate : 200.00 and UP
Sold to o********x.. for (3,800.00 + 760.00BP) = 4,560.00
 
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California Gold Regions by Pratt, 1849 [159039]2223 - California Gold Regions by Pratt, 1849 [159039]
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California Gold Regions, with a Full Account of Their Mineral Resources; How to Get There, and What to Take; the Expenses, the Time, and the Various R
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
Sold to W*****1 for (3,700.00 + 740.00BP) = 4,440.00
 
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Cloth Bag Marked "Dimes" from Purser's Safe [159463]1250 - Cloth Bag Marked "Dimes" from Purser's Safe [159463]
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Thick cloth bag, 13 x 6", with "Dimes" written in black ink on one side. 6" string on top attached recovered from the S.S. Centr...
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Estimate : 200.00 and UP
Sold to u*c for (3,600.00 + 720.00BP) = 4,320.00
 
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California Gold in Quartz Watch Chain -- Exemplary [151585]2067 - California Gold in Quartz Watch Chain -- Exemplary [151585]
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Beautiful California gold quartz watch chain. Overall length 13.5". Seven 1-5/16 gold quartz segments attached by a circular gold ring at each...
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 11,000.00
 
 
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Passenger Receipt Collection, S.S. Central America Treasure [150878]1018 - Passenger Receipt Collection, S.S. Central America Treasure [150878]
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In 2014 the crew recovered the contents of Purser Hull's safe found at the S.S. Central America shipwreck. In it were two black smudgy bundles o...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to c****o for (3,500.00 + 700.00BP) = 4,200.00
 
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Brown & Dallison's Nevada, Grass Valley Directory, 1856 [159038]2091 - Brown & Dallison's Nevada, Grass Valley Directory, 1856 [159038]
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Brown & Dallison's Nevada, Grass Valley, and Rough and Ready Directory, For the Year Commencing January 1st, 1856, Embracing a Directory of ...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to n**********s for (3,500.00 + 700.00BP) = 4,200.00
 
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Gold Nuggets and on Quartz Collection [160115]2038 - Gold Nuggets and on Quartz Collection [160115]
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Australian gold nuggets and on quartz specimens. Gold nuggets 39.04 grams. 2 smaller on quartz specimens 9.94 grams total weight. Large specimen 22.3
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to F********e.. for (3,400.00 + 680.00BP) = 4,080.00
 
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Gold Ring, 2 Hearts Side-By-Side, S.S. Central America Treasure [152397]1110 - Gold Ring, 2 Hearts Side-By-Side, S.S. Central America Treasure [152397]
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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 8.75, with t
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Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to d*******f for (3,300.00 + 660.00BP) = 3,960.00
 
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Rocky Bar Mining Co. Articles of Association, Resolutions, Etc., 1850 [159044]2077 - Rocky Bar Mining Co. Articles of Association, Resolutions, Etc., 1850 [159044]
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Rocky-Bar Mining Company, California, Circular, Articles of Association, Resolutions, etc. by James Delavan (secretary) and Philo Mickles (president),
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to n**********s for (3,200.00 + 640.00BP) = 3,840.00
 
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Brass Luggage Tag NY to SAN Fo via Panama #2475 [153317]1021 - Brass Luggage Tag NY to SAN Fo via Panama #2475 [153317]
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Brass luggage tag recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck, approx 2 x 1-5/8 inches, embossed // N.Y. TO SAN Fo / 2475 / VIA PANAMA //. The n
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Estimate : 500.00 and UP
Sold to r********2 for (3,100.00 + 620.00BP) = 3,720.00
 
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Count of Monte Cristo Book, Dement Trunk [151582]1089 - Count of Monte Cristo Book, Dement Trunk [151582]
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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas with elegant illustrations. Published by Stringer & Townsend, Noble, N.Y. 1849. Illustrations by M....
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Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to G*******s for (3,100.00 + 620.00BP) = 3,720.00
 
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People's Bank $5, Charleston, SC, Haxby G2a. S.S. Central America Treasure [158898]1261 - People's Bank $5, Charleston, SC, Haxby G2a. S.S. Central America Treasure [158898]
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People's Bank $5, Charleston, SC, Haxby G2a. The only South Carolina note in Purser Hull's safe that contained eleven broken bank notes, ost...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to c****1 for (3,100.00 + 620.00BP) = 3,720.00
 
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First Cabin Room Key with #15 on Brass Tag, S.S. Central America Treasure [153306]1075 - First Cabin Room Key with #15 on Brass Tag, S.S. Central America Treasure [153306]
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Passenger room key with attached tag bearing the number 15 recovered from the sediment of the portside debris field of the S.S. Central America shipwr
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Estimate : 500.00 and UP
Sold to W**X for (3,000.00 + 600.00BP) = 3,600.00
 
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