Treasure & World Coin Floor Auction #18

Cuzco, Peru, 8R-sized silver medal, 1834, invocation of the new Constitution. Fonrobert-9219. 26.17 grams. Obverse with CONST / TI / TU / CION on page

Callao, Peru, silver medal, 1834, General and President Luis Orbegoso. Fonrobert-9191. 17.15 grams. Obverse with flag-topped fortress under legend EL

Cuzco, Peru, 8 pesos-sized gold medal, 1839, victory by General and President Agustin Gamarra over the Peru-Bolivian Confederation at the battle of Yu

Lima, Peru, 8R-sized proclamation medal, 1852, new Constitution introduced by President Jose Rufino Echenique. Fonrobert-9096. 27.35 grams. Obverse wi

Lima, Peru, 8R-sized proclamation medal, 1852, new Constitution introduced by President Jose Rufino Echenique. Fonrobert-9096. 27.59 grams. Obverse wi

Lima, Peru, silver medal piedfort, 1863, forty-third anniversary of Peruvian Declaration of Independence. Fonrobert-9135. 25.23 grams. Obverse with su

Venezuela, large silver medal, deliverance of Simon Bolivar from assassination in 1828 (struck 1829), very rare and important. Urdaneta Braschi-I.A.12

English copperplate engraving entitled "Callao de Lima" from America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World, by...

Small, French, copperplate-engraved map of the southern Caribbean entitled "Castille Neuve ov Castille d'Or" from the book L'Ameri...

English copperplate engraving entitled "A Plan of Lima" / "Potosi" by John Harris from Navigantium atque Itinerantum Bibliotheca...

Lot of 2 framed UPI black-and-white photographs from 1975 showing the Treasure Salvors vessel North Wind before it capsized while searching for the At

Lot of 3 artifact location charts for the 1715-Fleet sites of "Cabin wreck" and "Rio Mar," 1998. 36" x 47", 36" ...

Bronze mariner's astrolabe in coral matrix (as found), probably Spanish, ca. 1580. 3660 grams, 7" in diameter (10" x 8" x 3"...

High-quality natural emerald, 3.18 carats. 3/8". Very dark green color (opaque) and nice size for mounting, far better quality than the normal...

Lot of 2 natural emeralds (8.09 carats and 2.78 carats). 1/2" and 1/4". Good-size crystals with attractive pale-green color, opaque and w...

Lot of 123 small, natural emeralds, each with its own Fisher certificate. Tiny chips of pale green (some translucent) rated as "2B" in q...

Encrusted but intact silver plate. 622 grams, 9-1/4" in diameter. Solid and heavy but uncleaned, with whitish encrustation over sooty black su...

Iron barrel-hoop section encrusted with two silver cob 8 reales. 334 grams, 7-1/2" long. It is very unusual for the Fishers to have left two c...

Large copper cooking pot, encrusted inside, with display sign. 6 lb 10 oz, 8-1/2" tall and 8-1/2" in diameter. Very impressive artifact, ...

Large iron shears, professionally conserved. 659 grams, 9", the case 12" x 8-1/4". Remarkably intact despite corrosive loss, just th...

Small iron key, professionally conserved. 25.36 grams, 3" x 1-1/4". Even though this has had some corrosive loss, the basic shape is inta...

Iron padlock (two pieces), professionally conserved. 480 grams, about 4". A ball-shaped lock with shackle at top, keyhole in front, the back w...

Silver candlestick holder, intact. 246 grams, 4" x 1-5/8". Very well-preserved piece of solid silver, even the threads at bottom (for scr...

Copper cannonball, very rare (unique from this wreck). 7390 grams, 4-1/2" in diameter. Among a group of rare bronze cannonballs from this wrec...

Bronze cannonball, rare. 9780 grams, 5" in diameter. Very solid and heavy (either an 18- or 24-pounder in size), with nice brown (matte) surfa...

Complete majolica plate and 4 shards. 694 grams total, the plate 8-1/2" in diameter. Unusually intact plate (a few chips repaired) with brown...

Lot of 5 small, natural emeralds of about 1 carat each (+/- .5 carat). About 1/4" to 1/2" each. Olive-green color, a couple dark but the ...

Large lot of hundreds of natural emeralds (43.5 carats total), found in 1986. From tiny chips to big 1/2" crystals, in a wide range of color ...

Copper pocket sundial (ring dial), rare. 20.93 grams, 2" diameter. Fully intact outer ring (missing inner components) with numbers and scales ...

Bottom half of a small, ornate, gold snuff box with embossed hunting-scene pattern. 47.88 grams, 2-1/4" x 1-3/4" x 1". This fabulous...

Gold "money" chain, 118 twisted links, 226.5 grams. 28" long, each link about 3/8" in diameter. An imposing necklace of thick, ...

Thick gold cross with engraved pattern on front, one smooth link at top. 45.46 grams, 2-1/2" x 1-1/2". Very solid and bright, cast in 1/8...

Bottom half of a small, ornate, gold reliquary locket or snuffbox. 22.62 grams, 1-3/4" x 1-1/4" x 1/2". Oval in shape, with smooth, ...

Gold manicure set (toothpick and ear-spoon). 8.77 grams, 2-1/4" long. Plain flat strips of gold, one terminating in a point and the other in a...

Ornate gold ring in high-grade gold, size 4-1/4. 4.18 grams. Thick and sturdy finger-ring with seven-sided design of diamond-shaped panels engraved w

Gold ring, low grade, size 4-1/2. 1.86 grams. Thin, pale gold with same seven-sided design as lot #1186 above but with no engraving. With Fisher phot

Lot of 2 natural emeralds (18.8 carats and 1.8 carats), with certificates. 1" and 3/8". Pale-green rocks, fully opaque and far from gem q...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain teacup, Kangxi, intact, pedigreed to the estate of Kip Wagner. 47.63 grams, 2-3/4" in diameter. Simple design ...

Iron "four-pounder" barshot. 3167 grams, 11-3/4" long, with 3"-diameter ends. Basically two four-pound cannonballs with cross-s...

Lot of 5 iron cannonballs of various sizes, professionally conserved. 2896 grams total, from 1-1/2" to 3" in diameter. Mostly intact (som...

Pre-Columbian clay head, perfectly intact, ex-McKee Museum. 25.7 grams, 2" x 1-1/2" x 1". A complete (albeit small) native head, wit...

Lot of 2 small "tonalaware" clay figurines encased in Lucite. 41.77 grams, 2-3/4" x 1-1/2"; 60.25 grams, 2-1/2" x 1-3/4&qu...

English pewter plate (intact) with maker's mark on bottom. 415 grams, 9-1/4" in diameter. Dark gray all over and with somewhat pitted surf...

Iron barshot, conserved. 3950 grams, 12" long, the ends 2" thick and 3" in diameter. Stable and sturdy but with parts of the bar (cr...

Small bronze cannonball (rare). 1160 grams, 2-3/4" in diameter. Four-pounder size but atypically bronze instead of iron (first we have seen fr...

Large lot of iron (axe head, nail, ring-pin), brass (hull-pin and buckle), pewter and lead (musketballs) artifacts, unconserved (some encrusted). 323

Bronze ship's bell. 8440 grams, 10" tall and 10" in diameter. Nice size (not too big or too small), with attractive green-and-white e...

Huge natural emerald, 108.3 carats, ex-Bobby Allison's Sunken Treasure museum. Massive rock of light green color in typical crystal shape wit...

Lot of 10 natural emeralds, 66.6 carats total, ex-Bobby Allison's Sunken Treasure museum. 1/2" to 3/4" each. Light green chips, trans...

Large pewter plate, intact but encrusted. 1435 grams, 13-1/2" in diameter. Complete and undamaged but thoroughly coated with whitish debris an...