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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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Report of Hon. T. Butler King of California, 1850 [158976]2227 - Report of Hon. T. Butler King of California, 1850 [158976]
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Report of Hon. T. Butler King of California printed by Gideon & Co. in 1850. This report relayed the first official information about the gold r...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to W*****1 for (425.00 + 85.00BP) = 510.00
 
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Six Months in the Gold Mines by Buffum, 1850 [158992]2228 - Six Months in the Gold Mines by Buffum, 1850 [158992]
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Six Months in the Gold Mines: From a Journal of Three Years' Residence in Upper and Lower California. 1847-8-9. By E. Gould Buffum, Lieutenant F...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Geology and Industrial Resources of California by Tyson, 1851 [159034]2229 - Geology and Industrial Resources of California by Tyson, 1851 [159034]
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Geology and Industrial Resources of California by Philip T. Tyson. Published by Wm. Minifie & Co., 1851. Second edition. Expanded version of thi...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to l********r.. for (1,050.00 + 210.00BP) = 1,260.00
 
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Horn's Overland Guide to California, 1852 [159043]2230 - Horn's Overland Guide to California, 1852 [159043]
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Horn's Overland Guide, From the U.S. Indian Sub-Agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California by Hosea...
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Start Price : 3,500.00 | Estimate : 7,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings by Delano, 1854 [157168]2231 - Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings by Delano, 1854 [157168]
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Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings; Being Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California: with Particular Incidents of the Route, M
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (425.00 + 85.00BP) = 510.00
 
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The Pioneer or California Monthly Magazine, 1854 [159030]2232 - The Pioneer or California Monthly Magazine, 1854 [159030]
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The Pioneer; or California Monthly Magazine, edited by F.C. Ewer. Vol. I. January to June, 1854. Published by the W.H. Brooks & Company. Contain...
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Sold to d*******f for (900.00 + 180.00BP) = 1,080.00
 
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The Pioneer or California Monthly Magazine, 1855 [159036]2233 - The Pioneer or California Monthly Magazine, 1855 [159036]
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The Pioneer or California Monthly Magazine, edited by F.C. Ewer. Vol. III January to June 1855. Published by Lecount and Strong, 1855. Contains articl
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Sold to l********r.. for (850.00 + 170.00BP) = 1,020.00
 
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Scenery of the Plains, Mountains, and Mines by Langworthy, 1855 [158970]2234 - Scenery of the Plains, Mountains, and Mines by Langworthy, 1855 [158970]
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Scenery of the Plains, Mountains, and Mines: or A Diary Kept Upon the Overland Route to California, by Way of the Great Salt Lake: Travels in the Citi
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to W*****1 for (300.00 + 60.00BP) = 360.00
 
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The Land of Gold by Helper, 1855 [158998]2235 - The Land of Gold by Helper, 1855 [158998]
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The Land of Gold: Reality Versus Fiction by Hinton R. Helper. Published by Henry Taylor in 1855. In this book, Helper recounts early travels in San Fr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to j****l for (170.00 + 34.00BP) = 204.00
 
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Eldorado or Adventures in the Path of Empire, 1855 [159031]2236 - Eldorado or Adventures in the Path of Empire, 1855 [159031]
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Eldorado, or Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to b*****1 for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
 
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