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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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CJ Arvidsson's Assay Office Memorandum, Placerville [158071]2113 - CJ Arvidsson's Assay Office Memorandum, Placerville [158071]
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Very rare; this is the only one we know of. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at CJ Arvidsson's Assay Office. Dateline Placerville, February ...
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Miners' Cosumnes & Deer Creek Water & Mining Co. Promissory Note, Prairie City [155329]2115 - Miners' Cosumnes & Deer Creek Water & Mining Co. Promissory Note, Prairie City [155329]
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A very rare Prairie City, California dateline. Promissory note No. 17, datelined Prairie City, Cal., March 25th, 1854. Promise to pay $893.73 to D.B.
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Gold Rush Illustrated Lettersheet: Banking House of Page, Bacon & Co. [155333]2120 - Gold Rush Illustrated Lettersheet: Banking House of Page, Bacon & Co. [155333]
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Extremely rare. Baird p. 24, N7. Baird calls this ad advertising piece, which FH does not agree with. Blue paper, black print. Banking House of Page,
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Central Wharf Joint Stock Company Stock Certificate [155405]2134 - Central Wharf Joint Stock Company Stock Certificate [155405]
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Rare San Francisco Wharf stock tied to the Gold Rush. Certificate No. 457, issued for 46 shares to Alfred Poett on May 1st, 1865 in San Francisco. Sig
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Bank of California WC Ralston Documents incl. Autograph [155332]2140 - Bank of California WC Ralston Documents incl. Autograph [155332]
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Lot of 2. 1) Certificate of Special Deposit, Bank of California, San Francisco Sep. 28, 1874. A. Austin has deposited $50,000 in US Gold Coin (over a
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San Francisco Vigilance Committee Medal, #1472 [159486]2149 - San Francisco Vigilance Committee Medal, #1472 [159486]
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ORGANIZED 9th JUNE 1851* REORGANIZED 14th MAY 1856 / COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE / 1472 // BE JUST AND FEAR NOT * FIAT JUSTITIA RUAT CCELUM / SAN FRANCISCO
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Hentsch & Berton Revenue Check -- Hentsch Gold Nuggets, SSCA [158072]2153 - Hentsch & Berton Revenue Check -- Hentsch Gold Nuggets, SSCA [158072]
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Hentsch & Berton were the successors in 1863 to Henry Hentsch's banking and assay business in San Francisco. Hentsch was born in Geneva in a...
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Hentsch & Berton's Assay Office Memorandum [158073]2154 - Hentsch & Berton's Assay Office Memorandum [158073]
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Very rare; possibly unique. Ex. John J. Ford Jr. Collection. Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at Hentsch & Berton's Assay Office. Dateli...
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Gold and Silver Tables by San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works, 1867 [158982]2157 - Gold and Silver Tables by San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works, 1867 [158982]
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Tables of the Value of Gold and Silver per Once Troy, at Different Degrees of Fineness. Also tables showing the net returns from gold and silver of di
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Peterson & Trinius' Assay Office Memorandum [158075]2158 - Peterson & Trinius' Assay Office Memorandum [158075]
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Extremely rare. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at Peterson & Trinius' Assay Office, No. 124 Sacramento Street. Dateline San Francisco,...
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