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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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Gold Nugget Lapel Pin with White Quartz Inclusions, S.S. Central America Treasure [146622]1122 - Gold Nugget Lapel Pin with White Quartz Inclusions, S.S. Central America Treasure [146622]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pinback recovered in 2014 from an unspecified coin pile in the port-side debris field of the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is made of a single go
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Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to F*****a for (2,100.00 + 420.00BP) = 2,520.00
 
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Gold Leaf Lapel Pin, S.S. Central America Treasure [146629]1123 - Gold Leaf Lapel Pin, S.S. Central America Treasure [146629]
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Pinback made of a single gold nugget, 27 x 18 mm, 6.16 grams (0.198 ozt). Recovered in 2014 from an unspecified Coin Pile in the port-side debris fiel
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,000.00 and UP
Sold to P**********o for (2,300.00 + 460.00BP) = 2,760.00
 
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Gold Nugget Lapel Pin, S.S. Central America Treasure [146630]1124 - Gold Nugget Lapel Pin, S.S. Central America Treasure [146630]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to g******n for (1,800.00 + 360.00BP) = 2,160.00
 
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Gold Nugget Stickpin and Brooch, S.S. Central America Treasure [146627]1125 - Gold Nugget Stickpin and Brooch, S.S. Central America Treasure [146627]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two gold nuggets originally fashioned into a stickpin and a brooch joined by a gold chain recovered in 2014 from an unspecified Coin Pile in the port-
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,000.00 and UP
Sold to g******n for (2,800.00 + 560.00BP) = 3,360.00
 
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Gold Nugget Stickpin, Crystalline, S.S. Central America Treasure [146616]1126 - Gold Nugget Stickpin, Crystalline, S.S. Central America Treasure [146616]
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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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to c***2 for (1,500.00 + 300.00BP) = 1,800.00
 
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Gold Nugget Stickpin, S.S. Central America Treasure [146617]1127 - Gold Nugget Stickpin, S.S. Central America Treasure [146617]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to F*****a for (1,250.00 + 250.00BP) = 1,500.00
 
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Gold Nugget Stickpin, S.S. Central America Treasure [146618]1128 - Gold Nugget Stickpin, S.S. Central America Treasure [146618]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stickpin made of a single gold nugget, 21 x 14 mm, 3.93 grams (0.126 ozt). Pin is firmly attached, and the overall length is 57 mm. Pin shaft has spir
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to R********3 for (2,100.00 + 420.00BP) = 2,520.00
 
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Gold Nugget Stickpin, S.S. Central America Treasure [146621]1129 - Gold Nugget Stickpin, S.S. Central America Treasure [146621]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to P**********o for (1,600.00 + 320.00BP) = 1,920.00
 
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Gold Nugget Stickpin, S.S. Central America Treasure [146624]1130 - Gold Nugget Stickpin, S.S. Central America Treasure [146624]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stickpin made of a single gold nugget, 22 x 17 mm, 9.29 grams (0.298 ozt). Pin is firmly attached, and the overall length is 83 mm. Pin shaft has spir
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to g******n for (2,000.00 + 400.00BP) = 2,400.00
 
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Gold Nugget Stickpin, S.S. Central America Treasure [152381]1131 - Gold Nugget Stickpin, S.S. Central America Treasure [152381]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 and UP
Sold to d*******f for (1,250.00 + 250.00BP) = 1,500.00
 
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