Treasure Auction #8: Daniel F. Sedwick, LLC

Ancient Bactrian (northern Afghanistan, ca. 2500-2000 BC) green stone inkpot in the form of a stylized frog, very rare. 162 grams, 4" x 1-1/2&...

Lot of 6 items: 4 animal teeth and one bone fragment, all with letters engraved on them; and 1 crab claw. 20.5 grams total. A very curious lot with a

Ivory whale tooth dated 1841 with "To My Beloved Mary Harker" scrimshaw depicting a well-dressed lady with muff and high-top boots on one ...

Walrus ivory tusk, mid- to late 1800s, with Indian warrior and sailing ship scrimshaw. 435 grams, 15" long. Engraved on just one side with 4 f...

Ivory whale tooth, late 1800s, scrimshaw depicting a whaling ship with a compass rose. 209 grams, 5-1/2" tall. Only half of this piece was smo...

Ivory whale tooth with mid-1900s scrimshaw depicting a whaling scene on one side and a captain holding a telescope on the other. 266 grams, 2-1/1&...

Ivory whale tooth scrimshaw by Don Waring of New Bedford, Mass. (signed), mid-1900s, depicting a battle at sea. 584 grams, 7" x 3" x 2&qu...

Lot of 2 de Bry woodcut engravings from German publication of the 1650s (Gottfriedt), one showing a conquistador surrounded by natives and the other s

Large, Italian, woodcut engraving by Vincenzo Coronelli (1691-2) showing native canoe and kayak manufacture and use. 19-1/4" x 13". Two-p...

Large, Dutch, woodcut engraving by Pierre Vander Aa (Leiden, 1729) entitled "St. Francisco de Campeche," showing ships in battle off that ...

Lot of 3 French woodcut engravings (1751 and 1761) of wide-angle coastal views in Central and South America, hand-colored. 9-1/4" x 15-1/2&quo...

English woodcut engraving (1764) by Thomas Stackhouse entitled "Jonah Cast by the Fish on Dry Land" from his New History of the Bible (mat...

Dutch woodcut engraving (1766) by Isaac Tirion entitled "Gezigt van de Stad Valparayso in Chili" showing the port of Valparaiso, Chile, ha...

Large Dutch map of Peru by Jan Jansson (1640), lightly hand-colored. 18-1/2" X 21-1/2". A detailed stretch from the equator down to the T...

Large French/Dutch map (ca. 1685, maker unknown) of the shipping routes on the Spanish Main (southern Caribbean Sea), hand colored and framed. 30&q...

Large German map of Brazil by Matthaus Seutter (ca. 1730) entitled "Recens elaborata Mappa Geographica Regni Brasiliae," hand colored, rar...

Italian map of North America by Guillame de L'Isle printed in Venice by Girolamo Albrizzi in 1740 entitled "Carta Geografica dell' Amer...

Modern (Memento Art) copy of the famous 1775 Romans map of Florida and the Bahamas. 36" x 24". Originally printed in 1775, this famous ma...

Large, framed chart of the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and the Bahamas, ca. 1825, rare. 39" x 28". An unusually large chart showing coasts an...

1710 skin-bound sheaf of Spanish official handwritten manuscripts on royal paper (some with seals at top). 8-1/2" x 12-1/2". We see plent...

1769 paper-bound certified copy (printed) of a Real Cedula (royal decree) from Charles III of Spain. 11-1/4" x 8". A fairly dry but nice-...

1815 colonial document from Lima, Peru, regarding slaves from Coquimbo (Chile). 8-1/4" x 12". Typical handwritten official record in flow...

Important 1869 document from La Paz, Bolivia, from Gen. Melgarejo (president of Bolivia) to Don Ambrosio Valiente of the provisional government of Cub

1723 The Post Boy newspaper (English) with article about pirates. 14" x 8-1/4". Just one sheet (printed front and back) but densely packe...

1884 bank deposit receipt from Lima, Peru (Banco de Londres, Mejico y Sud-America). 8-1/2" x 12-1/2". Printed form (folded but excellent ...

Lot of 3 large documents relating to the Lusitania (sunk 1915): Rare photo of crew and passengers (with photo of Alpine scene on back) probably from a

Dozens of original coin photos (plates) by Pradeau for his book Numismatic History of Mexico (1938), a copy of which (1st edition, hard cover) is incl

Lot of certificates, receipts, letters and photo slides from the Real Eight Co.'s Museum of Sunken Treasure in Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1975. ...

Lot of 4 different Real Eight Co. stock certificates (all different colors). 8" x 12" each. Printed by the Columbian Banknote Company wit...

Original Treasure Salvors (Fisher) stock certificate from 1986 for 1000 shares, rare. 7-1/2" x 11". Printed by Excelsior Legal, Inc. with...

"Sunken Treasure" board game by Parker Brothers (USA). 8" x 16". Used but complete, a 1948 game that was inspired by hardhat di...

Framed oil-on-board painting (ca. 1950s) entitled "Treasure Diving / West Indies" (artist unknown). 37" x 26". An underwater sc...

Framed oil-on-board painting (ca. 1960s-70s) in wooden frame entitled "Treasure Coast 1715" by artist D. Graham. 38" x 32". Dar...

Modern giclee print of Howard Pyle painting (1905) of pirates attacking a ship entitled "An Attack on a Galleon." 36" x 24". Fa...

Framed, signed, color lithograph entitled "The Wreck of the Concepcion 1641" by Duke Long (1980). 17" x 20". A historically acc...

Framed, signed print entitled "The Henrietta Marie on the Ivory Coast 1699" by Duke Long (1984), accompanied by the book The Wreck of the ...

Framed, limited-edition #41/200 watercolor entitled "The Henrietta Marie 1699" by Duke Long (1984), accompanied by the book The Wreck of t...

Lot of 3 shipwreck posters: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam exhibition (Vliegenthart, February 6 to August 3, 1980); Christie's Amsterdam auction (Diana C...

Hand-crafted mummified head of Blackbeard (with stand) by internationally known artist Barry Anderson. 1430 grams, 13" tall. On November 22, 1...

Allen, Geoffrey & David. Clive's Lost Treasure (1978). HC, DJ, NM, 103 pp. This book tells the story of the search for and salvage of treas...

Bass, George (ed). Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas (1988). HC, DJ, VF, 272 pp. Large “coffee table”-type book with tons of excellent illustratio

Burgess, Robert F. and Carl J. Clausen. Gold, Galleons & Archaeology (1976 1st ed), inscribed by Mel Fisher on map on flyleaf (at Atocha locatio...

Calbeto, Gabriel. Compendium VIII Reales, 2 volumes (1970). HC, VF, 355 + 733 pp. A classic set, packed with photos of actual coins, the concept and

Calico, X. Numismatica espanola (2008). HC, DJ, new, 891 pp. This is effectively the most recent version of the "CT" reference (originall...

Cayon, Juan R. and Carlos Castan. Las monedas espanolas desde los Reyes Visigodos ano 406 a Juan Carlos I (1983). HC, F, 930 pp. For many years a com

Cervantes, Miguel de. The History and Adventures of The Renowned Don Quixote, 4 volumes (1782 English ed), rare. HC, F, 293, 314, 331 + 322 pp. This

Coffman, F.L. Atlas of Treasure Maps (1957 2nd ed). HC, VG, 124 pp. Oversized book of charts that every seagoing treasure hunter in the 1950s and 196

Craig, Alan K. Florida Archaeology: Gold Coins of the 1715 Spanish Plate Fleet (1988), autographed by author. HC, DJ, VF, 83 pp. The original classic

Craig, Alan K. Spanish Colonial Silver Coins in the Florida Collection (2000). HC, DJ, NM, 277 pp. When the State of Florida's gold-cob collect...

Dasi, Tomas. Estudio de los Reales de a Ocho, 5 volumes (1950-1), rare. HC, F, 102 + CCLXIX, 232 + CXCVI, 223 + CCCIV, 269 + CLX and 159 + CLXXXIII +