TREASURE AUCTION #5 by Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC

British East India Co. (VOC) flintlock pistol dated 1797, with copper coins of the period. 2 lb 8 oz, 15" long. While not ornate, this pistol n...

Iron Chinese pole-cannon, 1700s. 3 lb 6 oz, 8½" tall and 3" in diameter. A very strange weapon (first we have seen) with three holes ...

Ornately engraved jadeite cannon, southeast Asian, 1850-1870. 503 grams, 7½" long. Highly ornamental but fully functional, this small cann...

Miniature bronze cannon, very rare screw-in "T-bar" breech, ca. 1780. 60.1 grams, 3½" long. A tiny but functional cannon, its ex...

Pair of brass miniature cannons, ca. 1790-1820. 196.0 and 192.6 grams, each 5" long. Two ornamental cannons in bright brass, not functional (no...

Single brass miniature cannon, ca. 1790-1820. 206.1 grams, 5" long. Bright-brass ornamental cannon, similar to ones used in a sort of solar ala...

Small, solid-brass miniature cannon and carriage, 1800s. 11 lb 8 oz, 15" x 6" x 7". A very attractive miniaturized (to scale) cannon ...

Small, hand-made oakwood cannon tamper/cleaner for miniature cannon, 1800s. 85 grams, 36" long. A miniaturized version of the long poles used b...

Wooden fid from Continental Navy ship (Revolutionary War). 189.8 grams, 13" long, 1¾" in diameter. A long, wooden wedge of cylindrica...

Iron grappling hook from Continental Navy ship (Revolutionary War). 267 grams, 5½". A small hook of typical design with 4 curved points at...

Dutch East India Company ebony octant in painted wooden case with arms of Baron Clinton, ca. 1790. 1 lb 6 oz, 11¾" x 9½". This e...

English naval candle-lantern, rolled iron and glass, ca. 1820. 1 lb 6 oz, 12" tall, 4" to a side. A square-shaped lantern with stay in cen...

Collection of 8 pewter mess bowls from several different British Royal Navy ships of 1777-1820. 5 lb total, each about 2½" tall and 5"...

Civil War-era brass mariner's telescope (1860s). 1338 grams, 10½" long and 2-3/8" in diameter. An original brass telescope used o...

Civil War-era scrimshaw commemorating the U.S.S. Kearsarge (1860s-1880s). 506 grams, 7". A beautiful old carving on sperm whale tooth (antique ...

Modern scrimshaw by artist Salman Rashidi (1990s) depicting the whaling bark Navarch (1892-7). 550 grams, 7". Highly detailed lengthwise engrav...

Lot of 7 small lead cloth seals. 39.8 grams. A variety of small seals, mostly round but one triangular, several with designs visible (lion and castle,

Lot of small copper items, including buttons, buckles and even coins. 21 grams total. This lot of 12 cuprous items is a small cross-section of Spanish

English pewter spoon, 1620s-1640s. 76 grams, about 7" x 2½". Dark-gray metal, fully intact, typical design with wide, round bowl and ...

Lot of small Civil War relics in Riker display box. 281 grams and 4" x 5" (with case). A nice little sampling of Civil War relics, includi...

Parker 75 fountain pen made in 1965 from 1715-Fleet silver, in a presentation box. 229 grams and 6½" x 3¾" x 1½" (enti...

Old Spanish colonial document from Bolivia dated 1589. 8½" x 12½". A 4-page (2 sheets) legal document in flowing script detailin...

Old Spanish colonial document from Bolivia dated 1609 with references to silver bars. 8¼" x 12". A 2-page (1 sheet) legal document in...

Old Spanish colonial document from Bolivia dated 1619. 8¾" x 12½". A lengthy (57 pages on 29 sheets) legal document in flowing s...

Old Spanish colonial document from Bolivia dated 1776, with seals. 8¼" x 12¼". A 4-page (2 sheets) legal document in flowing scr...

Hand-colored engraving by Theodor DeBry, 1592, depicting conflict with natives in Brazil. 10-3/8" x 8¾". This is a page from a 1592 b...

Ca.-1655 German wood-cut engraving showing an island off Panama. 7¾" x 6¼". Fine engraving showing natives overlooking a harbor ...

Ca.-1655 German wood-cut engraving showing Cape Horn (southern tip of South America). 8½" x 6". Fine engraving showing a galleon in t...

Ca.-1655 German wood-cut engraving showing Cocos Island off Costa Rica. 8½" x 6¼". Fine engraving showing a galleon and attendan...

Ca.-1655 German wood-cut engraving showing a battle with natives in the Straits of Magellan. 7½" x 5½". Fine engraving showing a...

Ca.-1655 German wood-cut engraving showing East India Co. settlements in Indonesia. 8" x 6¼". Fine engraving showing two scenes: one ...

Large, ca.-1720 engraving of Commodore Wager's campaign against the Spanish in the West Indies in 1708. 19" x 13½". Large engravi...

Early 18th-century Dutch engraving of the mountain of Potosí. 18½" x 16½". This is an oft-repeated and somewhat fanciful sc...

Large, late 18th/ early 19th-century engraving of ships in battle. 18½" x 10½". A beautiful engraving depicting an intense battl...

Ca.-1782 London engraving of ships' architecture. 16" x 10". Large print depicting several types of wooden sailing ships (ketch, snow,...

1796 London engraving of the designs of two 17th-century ships. 8½" x 11½". This tidy print shows 2 ships, "A SPANISH SHIP ...

1800 London engraving of the stern view of a British Naval vessel. 9" x 11½". A detailed, closeup view of the back of a British ship ...

Ca.-1770 French map (Bonne) of Louisiana and Florida in 3 colors. 10" x 15¼". Highly detailed copper-engraved map by French cartograp...

1756 Dutch map (d'Anville) of Panama and parts of Venezuela and Colombia in 3 colors printed in 1771. 16" x 10¼". Gorgeous colore...

Large, ca.-1779 British map (Blair) of the West Indies in 4 colors. 24" x 18¾". Highly detailed map of the Caribbean and Central Ame...

Ca.-1788 French map (Bonne) of the regions surrounding the Gulf of Mexico and western Caribbean in 4 colors. 11" x 15½". Nicely color...

1842 British map (S.D.U.K.) of Texas, California and northern Mexico with hand-colored borders. 15½" x 13". A well-detailed and hand-...

1843 British map (S.D.U.K.) of North and Central America with hand-colored borders. 13¼" x 16". A highly detailed map of the entire N...

Original oil-on-canvas painting of the Dutch East Indiaman Rooswijk (sunk in 1739 off southeast England) by Curnow. 30" x 23¾". Beaut...

Narrative of the Loss of the General Barker (London, 1781). 24 pp, 4-1/8" x 7". A small, coverless pamphlet detailing the wreck of the Bri...

Narrative of the Loss of the Lady Hobart (London, 1803). 28 pp, 4¼" x 7". A small, coverless pamphlet with beautifully hand-colored f...

Shipwreck and Death of Lord Royston…in the Agatha…also the Loss of the Portuguese Ship Bowaniong (London, 1808). 28 pp, 4-1/8" x 7". A sma...

Loss of His Majesty's Ship Centaur…Also, the Explosion of…the Prince (London, 1809). 28 pp, 4¼" x 7". A small, coverless pamphlet...

Authentic Account of the Recent Loss of the Travers…Also, the Shipwreck of The Sparrow-Hawk (London, 1809). 28 pp, 4¼" x 7". A small,...

Narrative of the Total Loss of the Rothesay Castle (London, 1831, 2nd edition). 23 pp, 4¼" x 7½". Small, softcover pamphlet with...

The Loss of the Steamship Forfarshire (London, 1838). 24 pp, 4" x 6¾". Small, coverless pamphlet concerning the sinking of the steams...

Narrative of the Wreck of the Steamer Killarney (Cork, Ireland, 1838). 70 pp, 5½" x 8". Softcover booklet by Baron Spolasco, M.D. abo...

Lot of memorabilia pertaining to the Lusitania sinking (torpedoed by the Germans in 1915). This lot contains 3 postcards (one in color), a memorial n

Art McKee accession records, water damaged but legible. 8½" x 11". A large sheaf of papers that diving legend Art McKee used to recor...

Lot of 3 black-and-white photos of Art McKee. Up to 8" x 11½" each. Three new prints of classic portraits featuring Art McKee and his...

Lot 4 different brochures about Art McKee's Museum of Sunken Treasure. Each about 4" x 9". Like all tourist attractions, Art McKee'...

Lot of 1 brochure, 1 postcard and 1 luggage sticker pertaining to Art McKee's Museum of Sunken Treasure. A small lot of early McKee memorabilia...

Lot of 13 different postcards pertaining to Art McKee's Museum of Sunken Treasure. Each about 5½" x 3½". Thirteen different ...

Lot of 7 different postcards pertaining to McKee's Museum of Sunken Treasure. Each about 5½" x 3½". Seven different postcard...

Lot of 3 color photos of Kip Wagner, Mel Fisher, the Real Eight Co. and their museum in Cape Canaveral. Each 10" x 8". Two new prints of c...

Lot of 5 brochures and 1 postcard pertaining to the Real Eight museum in Cape Canaveral, plus a memorial flyer for Dan Thompson and a Duke Long public

Contracts, financial statements and correspondence concerning Doubloon Salvage and the Real Eight Co. from 1973. For the extreme Real Eight buff, this

Lot of 4 Real Eight Co. stock certificates (one of each color). Each 8¼" x 12". Printed by the Columbian Banknote Company with backgr...

HRDNews periodical, Vol. 4, #3, with article about gold finds from 1993. 10 pp, 8½" x 11". One of the last major series of finds on t...

Jara, Carlos. Central American Provisional and Provincial Mints (2007). A recent and very scholarly work on the "imitation cob" coins of ...

Baldwin, Hanson. Sea Fights and Shipwrecks (1955, HB, F). A collection of true stories about shipwrecks and nautical disasters like the Central Ameri

Ballard, Robert. Explorations (1995, HB/DJ, VF). This well-illustrated book chronicles the author's expeditions to deep-water wrecks such as Co...

Bascom, Willard. Deep Water, Ancient Ships (1976, HB/DJ, VF). As the title says, this is an early overview of the search for ancient treasure wrecks

Blair, Clay, Jr. Diving for Pleasure and Treasure (1960, HB/DJ, VG). The classic story of Robert Marx's search for and salvage of a Spanish mer...

Borrell, Pedro. The Quicksilver Galleons (undated, SC, VG), inscribed by Tracy Bowden. A rare book about the salvage of 2 outbound ships from Spain (

Burgess, Robert F. Sunken Treasure: Six Who Found Fortunes (1988, HB/DJ, F), inscribed by Mel Fisher. A collection of biographies about Art McKee, K

Byron, Kenneth. Lost Treasures in Australia and New Zealand (1964, HB/DJ, VG, previous owner's handwriting inside cover). A classic book about ...

Calicó-Calicó-Trigo. Monedas españolas desde Juana y Carlos a Isabel II 1504-1868, 6th edition (1985, HB, VG). The standard work for...

Clarke, Arthur and Wilson Mike. Indian Ocean Treasure (1964, HB/DJ, VG, ex-lib). A condensed version of The Treasure of the Great Reef, which tells t

Cousteau, Jacques-Yves. Diving for Sunken Treasure (1971, HB/DJ, VF). This well-known and heavily illustrated text relates the author’s unsuccessful

Craig, Alan. Spanish Colonial Gold Coins in the Florida Collection (2000, HB/DJ, mint), autographed. A very well-illustrated numismatic study of the

Craig, Alan. Spanish Colonial Silver Coins in the Florida Collection (2000, HB/DJ, mint), autographed. A very well-illustrated numismatic study of th

Cramer, Max. Treasures, Tragedies and Triumphs of the Batavia Coast (1999, SC, VF), autographed by the author. This book is an autobiography of the a

Daley, Robert. Treasure (1977, HB/DJ, F), inscribed by Mel Fisher. The story of Mel Fisher’s successful search for the sunken Spanish galleon Atocha,

Dumas, Frédéric. 30 Centuries Under the Sea (1976, HB/DJ, VF). This book details the discovery and exploration of mostly ancient Roman wr...

Edwards, Bernard. The Grey Widow-Maker (1990, HB/DJ, VF). An overview of 24 different shipwrecks of many different time periods (1700s to 1900s) arou

Edwards, Hugh. Treasures of the Deep: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Captain Mike Hatcher (2000, SC, F), signed by Capt. Mike Hatcher. A biograp

Flanagan, Lawrence. Ireland's Armada Legacy (1988, SC, mint). A catalog of artifacts recovered from the wrecks of 2 Spanish Armada ships sunk o...

Franszen, Greta. The Great Ship Vasa (1971, HB/DJ, VF). This book tells the story of the excavation and preservation of the Swedish warship Vasa that

Frost, Honor. Under the Mediterranean (1963, HB, F, ex-lib). An overview of underwater archaeology performed on ancient Roman wrecks in the Mediterra

Gawronski, Jerzy. Hollandia Compendium (1982, HB, F). This massive book is a comprehensive and scholarly catalog of all the artifacts recovered from

Gifford, C.H. History of the Wars Occasioned by the French Revolution, from the Commencement of Hostilities in 1792, to the End of the Year 1816…Histo

Gore, Tommy (as told to T.L. Armstrong). The Rainbow Chasers (2006, SC, mint), autographed. A collection of stories covering the author’s 30-year car

Gould, Richard A. (ed). Shipwreck Anthropology (1983, HB/DJ, VF). A collection of scholarly essays on shipwreck archeology around the world, with emp

Helm, Thomas. Treasure Hunting Around the World (1960 2nd ed, HB/DJ, VG). An early guide to treasure searches on land and sea, with sections on the s

Henderson, James. Phantoms of the Tryall (1993, SC, VF with former owner's signature inside cover). All about Australia's earliest known sh...

Holzworth, Shirley Jean. One Day of Hunting Treasure (undated [1965], SC, F). A small but very scarce pamphlet that describes Walt and Shirley Holzwo

Hudson, Kenneth and Ann Nicholls. Tragedy on the High Seas: A History of Shipwrecks (1979, HB/DJ, VF). A listing (with maps) of hundreds of shipwreck

Hume, Ivor Noel. Shipwreck! History from the Bermuda Reefs (1995, SC, VF), autographed by Teddy Tucker. This small but well-illustrated book is about

Jefferis, Roger and Kendall McDonald. The Wreck Hunters (1966, HB/DJ, VG). A book about amateur divers' search for sunken wrecks along the Engl...

Jessop, Keith and Neil Hanson. Gold Finder (1998, HB/DJ, VF). This book tells the story of Keith Jessop's exploits as a treasure salvor, includ...

Jörg, Christiaan J.A. and Michael Flecker. Porcelain from the Vung Tau Wreck: The Hallstrom Excavation (2001, HB/DJ, mint). This book discusse...

Krotee, Walter and Richard. Shipwrecks of the New Jersey Coast (1966, HB/DJ, VG). A chart-based listing (with coordinates) of hundreds of known wreck

Lampton, Christopher. Undersea Archaeology (1988, HB, VF). An overview of the methods and technology of underwater archaeology as illustrated through

Latil, Pierre de and Jean Rivoire. Sunken Treasure (1962 English translation, HB/DJ, VG). This French classic (translated into English) tells the sto