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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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California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, 161 Pearl Group [154011]2197 - California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, 161 Pearl Group [154011]
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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...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to R******r for (1,300.00 + 260.00BP) = 1,560.00
 
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California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, "Fairy-tale Theme" [154012]2198 - California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, "Fairy-tale Theme" [154012]
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Lot of 3 different for William T. Coleman & Co.'s California Line at their 161 Pearl St. location. All have a fairy-tale or play theme. All ...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to R******r for (900.00 + 180.00BP) = 1,080.00
 
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California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, Ships Named After People [154013]2199 - California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, Ships Named After People [154013]
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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...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to R******r for (1,150.00 + 230.00BP) = 1,380.00
 
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California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, Classic Roman Figures [154014]2200 - California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, Classic Roman Figures [154014]
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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...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to R******r for (1,500.00 + 300.00BP) = 1,800.00
 
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California Clipper Ship Cards: Cornelius Comstock & Co. [154004]2201 - California Clipper Ship Cards: Cornelius Comstock & Co. [154004]
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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
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to R******r for (1,300.00 + 260.00BP) = 1,560.00
 
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California Clipper Ship Card: Platt & Newton [154005]2202 - California Clipper Ship Card: Platt & Newton [154005]
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This is the only clipper card for this firm in the group we received. Platt & Newton (Successors to Wm. T. Coleman & Co.), 117 Front Street....
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to R******r for (650.00 + 130.00BP) = 780.00
 
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California Clipper Ship Card: Edward Mott Robinson [154003]2203 - California Clipper Ship Card: Edward Mott Robinson [154003]
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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...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to R******r for (1,050.00 + 210.00BP) = 1,260.00
 
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California Clipper Ship Cards: Sutton & Co. / George D. Sutton [154006]2204 - California Clipper Ship Cards: Sutton & Co. / George D. Sutton [154006]
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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...
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to R******r for (1,400.00 + 280.00BP) = 1,680.00
 
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California Clipper Ship Broadside and Coleman Card w/ Eagle Theme [154015]2205 - California Clipper Ship Broadside and Coleman Card w/ Eagle Theme [154015]
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Lot of 2. 1) Extremely rare advertising broadside for George D. Sutton's Clipper Line. "First Clipper to Sail For San Francisco!" Ship...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to R******r for (2,100.00 + 420.00BP) = 2,520.00
 
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California Indian Wars Bond Signed by Gov. John Bigler and James W. Denver [155412]2206 - California Indian Wars Bond Signed by Gov. John Bigler and James W. Denver [155412]
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Spectacular California Gold Rush-era document. $500 Bond of the State of California for War Indebtedness incurred in "Expeditions against the I...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to d*******f for (800.00 + 160.00BP) = 960.00
 
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