SS Central America Shipwreck Artifacts Auction, Part I (December 2022)

Australian gold in quartz. Total weight 59.0g, gold by weight 36.7g. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

Australian gold on quartz, heavy for the size. 43.21 total grams. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

Australian gold on quartz. Total weight 14.87 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

Australian gold on quartz. This is a heavy example for the size, around 50% weight by gold. Total weight 138.9 grams, gold about 89.5 grams. Date:

7 Australian crystalline on gold specimens. Total weight 106 grams. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

Australian crystalline gold on quartz and nuggets. Nuggets 16.8 grams. On quartz 12.7 total grams. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State:

5 Australian crystalline gold on quartz specimens. 42.2 grams total weight. Date: Country (if not USA): Australia State: City: Provenance:

105 vials with gold foil, less than 2 grams of gold in each. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Nice crystalline gold on quartz from the 16 to 1 Mine in Sierra County. 10.7 grams total weight. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California C

This photograph is arguably one of the most important historical artifacts for ingot collectors. It is so important for ingot research because it a pe

Great name! Very rare; we have no record of listing this in the last 10 years. Location: Tucson Mining District, Pima County, Arizona Territory (print

"Office at S. B. Pelton's House in White Oak Township" (printed to left of vignette). Pilot Knob, Mud Springs and Mound Springs Mining...

El Dorado County, California (printed under title). Unissued for one share, but signed by Jacob A Shorb as president and E.H. Cornwall as secretary in

Extremely rare Gold Rush location. Dateline Iowa Hill, Cal., Dec. 2nd, 1855. No. 41.302, issued to TB Hotchkiss at the office of the American Express

Extremely rare. $1,000 bond certificate issued in 1875 at San Francisco. No. 95. Signed by S. Heydenfeldt as president and L. Leavitt as secretary. No

Extremely rare. $1,000 bond certificate issued in 1875 at San Francisco. No. 99. Signed by S. Heydenfeldt as president and L. Leavitt as secretary. No

Very rare. H. Harris, along with his partner D. Marchand, had ingots found on the SS Central America. This letterhead lists his offices at the top: Sa

Extra rare--we've never offered this before. Garrison & Co., Gold Dust Buyers. Dateline Horseshoe Bar, 18--. Receipt is for the purchase of ...

Very rare. $1,000 bond. No. 61. Oct. 1st, 1859. The company owes the money to A. Boody of New York and James Lawrence English of Sacramento. "B...

Beautifully engraved partially-issued certificate. No. 321. Placerville, El Dorado County, Cal. Dec. 9th, 1852. This item has been hand signed by the

Very rare; this is the only one we know of. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at CJ Arvidsson's Assay Office. Dateline Placerville, February ...

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.

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,

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

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

ORGANIZED 9th JUNE 1851* REORGANIZED 14th MAY 1856 / COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE / 1472 // BE JUST AND FEAR NOT * FIAT JUSTITIA RUAT CCELUM / SAN FRANCISCO

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...

Very rare; possibly unique. Ex. John J. Ford Jr. Collection. Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at Hentsch & Berton's Assay Office. Dateli...

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

Extremely rare. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at Peterson & Trinius' Assay Office, No. 124 Sacramento Street. Dateline San Francisco,...

One page letter sent from Greenway & Co. of Baltimore, Aug. 29, 1850 to Ludlow Beebee & Co. in Philadelphia. Message states that they have s...

In 3 pieces. Correspondence on letterhead of John Hewston, Analytical chemist and Metallurgist. Rare trio of documents for John Hewston, who worked in

Funded Debt of Yuba County. No. 24, issued to Peter Decker on July 1st, 1852 for $334. Signed by Judge Henry P. Hann and county auditor Charles Lindle

$1,000 bond to be paid in gold coin in 1886. Dateline Marysville, July 11th, 1866. Signed by Chairman Board of Supervisors Wm. Carpenter, County Audit

Lot of 5. These warrants tell the story of how the California state capital location was in flux during the Gold Rush. The meetings of the State Legis

Blue paper lease between William Coleman of San Francisco and Henry Corbett of Portland. William Tell Coleman was a shipping magnate, politician, and

Extremely rare and very historically important. No. 7. Dateline Washington City, May 9, 1860 (just a month after the first Pony Express trip). $10,000

Cover sent September 1862 to Mrs. George Wallace in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Sent "Free" from Milton S. Latham, U.S.S. (which stands for Unit...

Cut square autograph, John Conness, Cal. 4 x 5.5" Conness served as a US Senator for California from 1863-69. Before that, he was a member of t...

Autograph on cover sent from D.C. Broderick, U.S. Senate, to Edwin Carpenter in Schenectady, New York. No stamp or cancel. David Colbreth Broderick ca

Lot of 3 different. James W. Denver was an American politician and lawyer. He served in the California State Government (as Secretary of State from 18

Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-First Congress.

Message from the President of the United State to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-First Congress. Me

Governor's Message, Benicia, March 27th, 1853. To the Assembly of California from Governor John Bigler. Discusses the sale of water lot property...

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...

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...

Experiences of a Forty-Niner, by Wm. G. Johnson, a Member of the Wagon Train First to Enter California in the Memorable Year 1849. Published in Pittsb

Stock Certificate of the Enterprise Quartz Company, issued in Nevada City, California on November 21, 1851. Printed by the Nevada Journal Print Co. En

Certificate No. 1278 for 2 shares made out to Thomas Houston dated Nov. 21, 1854. The mine is located on the middle fork of the American River, about

Ex. Doc. No. 99., 35th Congress, 1st Session. "Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to A resolution of the House calling for a statement...