TREASURE AUCTION #6: Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC

Lot of gold flakes from the "Tumbaga wreck" (ca. 1528), 1.8 grams. These are all thin, hammered strips of gold, presumably the parts of A...

Gold cut "finger" bar #23 from the "Golden Fleece wreck" (ca. 1550), 537 grams, marked three times with fineness XX• (201/4K). A...

Gold "finger' bar #11 from the "Golden Fleece wreck" (ca. 1550), 204 grams, 20-1/2K, in special presentation wooden box. About 5&...

Gold nugget #853 from the Espadarte (1558), 43 grams. 1" in diameter and 1/4" thick. Round, flat disk of what appears to be high-grade gol...

Gold nugget #1039 from the Espadarte (1558), 32 grams. Roughly 1-1/4" x 1" and 3/16" thick. Broad, flat disk whose metal did not flow...

Gold nugget #1004 from the Espadarte (1558), 19 grams. 3/4" in diameter and 1/4" thick. A flattened sphere of high-grade gold, very coin-l...

Lot of 6 low-grade gold pieces from the Espadarte (1558). 2.4-12.0 grams each (total 48.2 grams), 1/4" to 1" in diameter. These bits, of w...

Gold "finger" bar #30 from the Atocha (1622), 885 grams, 20-3/4K. About 9" x 1" x 1/2". Long and nearly full bar with one e...

Gold "finger" bar #33 from the Atocha (1622), 621 grams, 20-1/4K. About 7" x 1" x 1/4". Another "SARGOSA / PECARTA&quo...

Gold "finger" bar from the Maravillas (1656), 336.3 grams, 19-1/4K. About 7" x 1" x 1/4". A very wide and flat ingot with o...

Gold "half potato" ingot from the 1715 Fleet, marked "4o3", 59.32 troy oz, estimated fineness 20K. About 5-3/4" x 2-1/2&quo...

Justh & Hunter gold ingot #4280 from the S.S. Central America (1857), 20.93 oz, 90.7% fine, with special presentation copy of Bowers book. About...

Lot of gold flakes and dust from the S.S. Central America (1857), approx. 31 grams, in original Sotheby's packaging. A generous "pinch&quo...

Lot of gold dust from the S.S. Central America (1857), approx. 20 grams. A goodly "pinch" of gold dust (no flakes or nuggets) from the Ca...

Large silver "tumbaga" bar #M-66 ("key bar") from the "Tumbaga wreck" (ca. 1528), 21.66 lb. About 13-1/2" x 4-1/2...

Silver "tumbaga" bar #M-92 from the "Tumbaga wreck" (ca. 1528), 8.07 lb. About 14" x 3-1/4" x 3/4". Long, flat in...

Silver "tumbaga" bar #M-115 from the "Tumbaga wreck" (ca. 1528), 7.08 lb. About 10" x 3-1/2" x 3/4". Thick, recta...

Silver "tumbaga" bar #M-106 from the "Tumbaga wreck" (ca. 1528), 6.51 lb. About 12-1/2" x 4" x 3/8". Broadly rect...

Silver "tumbaga" bar #M-51 from the "Tumbaga wreck" (ca. 1528), 5.23 lb. About 7" x 3" x 1". Neat "half-bric...

Silver "tumbaga" bar #M-63 from the "Tumbaga wreck" (ca. 1528), 4.59 lb. About 9-1/4" x 4" x 3/8". Very neatly re...

Cut silver "tumbaga style" ingot #6 from the "Golden Fleece wreck" (ca. 1550), 2495 grams, with illegible fineness markings and ...

Well-marked silver "splash" ingot #AG from the "Golden Fleece wreck" (ca. 1550), fineness 23.6/24, 1004 grams. About 5-1/2"...

Cut piece of a silver "splash" ingot from an unidentified ca.-1554 wreck off Santo Domingo, 5.73 troy oz. Roughly 3-1/2" x 2-1/2"...

Cut piece of a silver "splash" ingot from an unidentified ca.-1554 wreck off Santo Domingo, 4.08 troy oz. Roughly 2-1/2" x 1-1/2"...

Large silver bar from the Atocha (1622),100 lb 2.3 oz troy, Class Factor 1.0. About 14" x 5-1/2" x 4-1/2". This is the heaviest bar w...

Large silver bar from the Atocha (1622), 91 lb 4.96 oz troy, Class Factor 1.0. About 14" x 5" x 3-1/2". This choice bar has the most ...

Large silver bar from the Atocha (1622), 83 lb 9.44 oz troy, Class Factor 1.0. About 16" x 5-1/4" x 3-1/4". A curious example of cros...

Large silver bar from the Atocha (1622), 87 lb 6.88 oz troy, Class Factor 0.9. About 16" x 5" x 3-1/2". Very well marked for its grad...

Silver contraband ingot from the Maravillas (1656), 550 grams. About 5" x 1" x 3/4". A neatly molded ingot of typical shape and finen...

Small silver plug (contraband ingot?), from an original Spanish salvage camp of the 1715 Fleet, 34.8 grams. About 1-1/4" in diameter and 7/8&qu...

Neatly formed silver bar from the Rooswijk (1739), 1967 grams (63.25 oz. troy), marked with A (Amsterdam) and VOC (Dutch East India Co.) and billy goa

Neatly formed silver bar from the Rooswijk (1739), 1957 grams (62.93 oz. troy), marked with A (Amsterdam) and VOC (Dutch East India Co.) and billy goa

Cut copper ingot from the Atocha (1622), 12 lb av. About 7" x 7" x 3". A very crude lump of copper that was broken apart in at least ...

Broken copper ingot(?) (or possibly just scrap copper) from the Consolación (1681), 604 grams. About 4-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 2". Very ...

Well-molded copper ingot from the Benamain (1890), 14 lb av. Roughly 12" x 2-1/2" x 2-1/2". Custom-molded ingot with rectangular top ...

Hollow terra cotta statue of Tanit. 187 grams, 6-3/8" tall and about 1-1/2" in diameter. A crude, worn statue almost completely cocooned i...

Pair of Chinese celadon plates, Song or Yuan Dynasty (960-1279 AD). 210.6 grams, 5" x 1"; 207 grams, 5" x 1-1/4". Two shallow sa...

Pair of earthenware jar lids (one repaired). 155 and 131 grams, each 4" in diameter and 1-1/2" to 1-3/4" in diameter. Both lids a bit...

Annamese blue-on-white porcelain monkey statuette (dropper). 66 grams, 2-1/4" tall. Very cute little statuette in the form of a mother monkey w...

Annamese blue-on-white porcelain bowl with bird motif. 697 grams, 9-1/4" in diameter and 2" tall. Choice and 100% intact museum-quality pi...

Uncleaned, Annamese blue-on-white porcelain bowl with bird motif. 743 grams, 9" in diameter and 2" tall. Intact and vividly colored piece ...

Large, Annamese blue-on-white lidded porcelain powder-box. 121 grams, 1-3/4" tall and 2-3/4" in diameter. Flower on top with 4-panel patte...

Annamese blue-on-white lidded porcelain powder-box (medium). 94 grams, 1-1/2" tall and 2-1/4" in diameter. Well-preserved round box with c...

Annamese blue-on-white lidded porcelain powder-box (medium). 82 grams, 1-1/2" tall and 2-1/4" in diameter. Round box with curved sides, de...

Small, Annamese blue-on-white lidded porcelain powder-box. 54 grams, 1-1/4" tall and 1-3/4" in diameter. Round and straight-sided, with su...

Bronze apothecary's pestle. 367 grams, 7" long. In amazingly intact condition (one end possibly truncated), the bronze a lovely dark color ...

Brass spike, rare provenance. 94 grams, 6" long. Clean, straight, intact spike with square shank and head, light brass color, first artifact (w...

Iron spike, rare provenance. 129 grams, 6-1/2" long. Straight, intact, square-shanked spike with bulbous head, rusty red in color with patches ...

Bronze crucifix. 4.3 grams, 2-1/4" x 1-3/8". One-piece cross and Christ figure, a bit eroded but fundamentally intact (just the top part m...

Bronze crucifix. 5.1 grams, 1-5/8" x 1-3/8". One-piece cross and Christ figure, the legs particularly prominent, worn but intact except fo...