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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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Paper Wrappings from the Purser's Safe [159455]1260 - Paper Wrappings from the Purser's Safe [159455]
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Two Dark Gray Course Wove Paper Wrapping w/ String from the Purser's Safe recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck in 2014. Date: Co...
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Estimate : 200.00 and UP
Sold to J*****6 for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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1853 Gold Rush Letter Written from Barker House, Cal. [151903]2079 - 1853 Gold Rush Letter Written from Barker House, Cal. [151903]
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Small size 5 page letters from Charles Houton (?) to Harriet Jones of Sunbury, Ohio. One dated July 23, 1853 and the other dated Oct. 10, 1853. Autho
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to G*********s for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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California Steam Navigation Co. Steamer Antelope Receipt (Ties to Pony Express) [155339]2121 - California Steam Navigation Co. Steamer Antelope Receipt (Ties to Pony Express) [155339]
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Receipt for this steamer that carried Pony Express mail from Sacramento to San Francisco. Dateline Sacramento, Feb. 20, 1860. Issued to Captain Wright
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to w**********e for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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BF Hastings & Co. Exchange & Unissued Gold Rush Mining Stock [155327]2123 - BF Hastings & Co. Exchange & Unissued Gold Rush Mining Stock [155327]
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Lot of 2. 1) Second of Exchange from BF Hastings & Co., Bankers, Sacramento, Cala, Sept. 3rd, 1855. To Mrs. Nancy Bennett for $84. 4 x 8" F...
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City & County of Sacramento $500 Bond, 1859 [155358]2126 - City & County of Sacramento $500 Bond, 1859 [155358]
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Gold Rush era bond. No. 660. $500. Signed by Thos. Rofs, President of the Board of Supervisors, and Josiah Howell, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
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Sold to f********a.. for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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San Francisco Gold Rush Bankers Collection [155370]2148 - San Francisco Gold Rush Bankers Collection [155370]
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Lot of 3 different checks. 1) McNulty Carothers & Co. March 3, 1853. Banking House at No. 118 Montgomery St. Issued to Seymore for $50. Signed b...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
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Wm. T. Coleman & Co. Stamp on Cover to HH Page [155390]2192 - Wm. T. Coleman & Co. Stamp on Cover to HH Page [155390]
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Cover sent to HH Page in St. Louis, Missouri. (Page is likely tied to Page & Bacon, who operated out of St. Louis and SF during the 1850s before...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
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Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Health Certificates, Gold Rush [155407]2161 - Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Health Certificates, Gold Rush [155407]
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Sheet of two unused Health Certificates, San Francisco, 1852. These certify that a passenger from one of the PMSS Co.'s ships has paid the Healt...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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Trinity County, California Stage Line Stock Certificate Pair [155359]2185 - Trinity County, California Stage Line Stock Certificate Pair [155359]
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Lot of 2 different. Both unused. 1) Weaverville & Shasta Wagon Road Company. Dateline Weaverville. Great vignette of Conestoga Wagon. Kachel &am...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
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California Indian Wars Comptroller Receipt, Vallejo, 1851 [155413]2208 - California Indian Wars Comptroller Receipt, Vallejo, 1851 [155413]
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Rare and early. Dateline Vallejo, California, Sept. 23rd, 1851. Issued for $360 to Reichoff, DeSola & Co. out of the "War Loan Fund" &...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to g*******i for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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