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

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

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

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

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

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

The Land of Gold. A Tale of '49. Illustrative of early pioneer life in California and founded upon fact. Dedicated to California pioneers. By Ge...

Books of the California Gold Rush: A Centennial Selection by Carl I. Wheat. Published by the Colt Press in 1949. This is a selected bibliography of th

Private Gold Coinage of California, 1849-1855, Its History and Its Issues by Edgar H. Adams. Published in 1913. Original pages, rebound with gold gilt

A) Catalog for Sotheby's 1999 auction, "Treasures from the SS Central America: Glories of the California Gold Rush." This catalog is f...

Library of thirteen books related to treasure hunting. Titles include the Handbook of Sailing, Treasure Hunting: The Treasure Hunter's Own Book ...

12 treasure related books. Royal Mail Steamer Route, The Macuquiba Code, Treasures of the Spanish Main, Sedwick Treasure Auction #5, Spanish and Engli

Second of Exchange. Handwritten Marysville dateline over printed San Francisco. No. 7502, issued for $100 to Ruth Bair on March 29th, 1854. Signed Ada

Lot of 2 different. Both unused. 1) Weaverville & Shasta Wagon Road Company. Dateline Weaverville. Great vignette of Conestoga Wagon. Kachel &am...

The Adventures of a Forty-Niner. An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days by D

11 Florida ship wreck books. Atocha, 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet, Marigalera, Concepcion and more. Atocha DVD. Date: Country (if not USA): State:

El Dorado County, California. Nov. 14, 1866. Received of the Smiths Flat Toll Road Co. $143.73. Their property is listed as "two & one half...

J. Horace Culver's Sacramento City Directory for the Year 1851, with a History of Sacramento to 1851, Biographical Sketches, and Informative App...

Extra rare! Dateline Sonora, Cal. March 23rd, 1863. Check No. 7, drawn on Donohoe Ralston & Co. bank of San Francisco. Check issued to DM Winfie...

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

Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings, and Other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff, Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association. April 2, 184

A) The World's Richest Wrecks: A Wreck Diver's Guide to Gold and Silver Treasures of the Seas by Robert F. Marx and Jenifer Marx. Published ...

7 treasure diving related books. The Treasure Divers Guide by Potter, I Dive for Treasure by Rieseberg, The Underwater Dig by Marx, Pieces of Eight by

The San Francisco City Directory by Charles P. Kimball. Originally published in San Francisco by Journal of Commerce Press, 1850. This is an 1890 repr

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...

No. 14489, issued for 88 shares to Louis McLane on March 22, 1867 in New York. Signed by the vice president Joy and treasurer Henry Smith. Pen and pun

6 treasure books, Cities of Gold by Yenne, The Beale Treasure by Viemeister, Canadian Treasure Throve by Basque, Fantasies of Gold by Sayles, Treasure

7 treasure related books. Treasure by Cussler, The Sea Hunters II by Cussler, The Pirate Hunter by Zacks, Disney Pirates of the Caribbean, The Self Su

Intermission- 30Minutes Lots 2000 to 2276 are Gold Rush related items, not from the SSCA Shipwreck.

Second Cabin passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck and issued for Jacob B. Clark, reportedly a veteran of the Mexican Wa

Second Cabin passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for William A. Adams, 27, of Maryland, and his dog. There is no recor

Steerage passenger receipt for William Curless on pre-printed neutral US mail Steamship/ Pacific Mail steamship form. Datelined San Francisco. Curless

The order of issuance of the SSCA passenger receipts began to become clear after we were able to interpret the very old handwriting that suffered 150

The original passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for Ansel and Addie Easton, "A. I. Easton & Wife", 4 ...

Capt. Thomas Badger First Cabin Passenger Receipt, First Cabin ticket No. 9, recovered from the purser's safe of the S.S. Central America shipwr...

First Cabin receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for Dr. Kitteridge from San Francisco to New York, August 20, 1857. First Cabin

Passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for Henry H. Childs of New York, First Cabin Ticket #31 from San Francisco to New

Another of the very important people onboard the S.S. Central America were James E. Birch and his wife. His first cabin ticket was #34 in line. Birch

Passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for John V. Dobbin, brother of James C. Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy, 1853-1857.

First Cabin passenger receipt for F. Jones and Servant from San Francisco to New York recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. This is one o

Passenger receipt for first cabin, #11, to E. Hirshfield recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. We include this receipt because there is v

One of two of Fremont's Gold Rush Attorneys, Rufus Lockwood, Passenger Receipt. First Cabin, ticket #2. San Francisco to New York, August 20, 18...

Forward Cabin receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. Issued for San Francisco to New York for "Mrs. Easton's Servant&qu...

A passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck, filled out for the Panama Railroad (not a specific named passenger) on a US Mai

This is the finest known of all the S.S. Central America passenger receipts on pre-printed US Mail Steamship Company forms coming from New York. // Un

A unique pair of a physical tickets recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for Second Cabin from Havana to Aspinwall and a passenger receip

Second Cabin transfer ticket recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for passage from Havana to Aspinwall on the trip down from New York, im

In 2014 the crew recovered the contents of Purser Hull's safe found at the S.S. Central America shipwreck. In it were two black smudgy bundles o...

Two fascinating and historical passenger receipts recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for the United States Mail Steamship Lines, with...

Brass luggage tag recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck, approx 2 x 1-5/8 inches, embossed // N.Y. TO SAN Fo / 1371 / VIA PANAMA //. The n

Brass luggage tag recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck, approx 2 x 1-5/8 inches, embossed // N.Y. TO SAN Fo / 2475 / VIA PANAMA //. The n