Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #15

British copperplate engraving "Perspective View of ROSEAU in the Island of DOMINICA in the West Indies," from Middleton's Complete Sys...

Lot of 3 British copperplate engravings from the 1780s-1790s showing diving apparatus, various engravers and publications, all matted for framing. Up

British copperplate engraving "DIVERS EXPLORING THE WRECK OF THE H.M.S. DOTEREL, BLOWN UP IN THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN," from The Illustrate...

Spanish colonial ledger book from 1770-1771 showing entries of gold and silver, probably from a royal assay office. 6" x 8-1/4". Handwrit...

Original Treasure Salvors stock certificate dated June 30, 1980, for 875 shares. 7-1/2" x 11". Good condition with no tears and only one ...

Pieces of Eight, by Kip Wagner, 1st edition (1966), signed by all 10 Real Eight Company members and associates. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4", 221 pp (...

Small gold chain. 7.3 grams, 9" long. Flat, oval links, very simple and much daintier than most chains from this wreck but desirable as a wear...

Large and intact silver candlestick holder and hollow round base, marked with crown in beaded circle, certificate missing but with Fisher numbers 696

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Silver lion figurine with hole in back (purpose unknown), unique and interesting. 247 grams, roughly 4" x 2" x 1". Crudely cast but ...

Bronze cannonball (21 lb), rare, with display stand made from a deadeye (non-salvage). 9590 grams, 5" in diameter. Very dense ball with stress...

Lead or pewter button (heavy) showing St. George and the Dragon, ex-Lane (1983). 35.54 grams, about 1-1/4" in diameter. Very crude but discern...

Gold-and-diamond ring, 4-1/2 to 5 carats, clarity SI1-SI2, fancy gray color. 8.44 grams, size 5-1/2. One of the most impressive jewels we have ever s

Gold ring, octagonal, three-ridge design, 10K-12K, ex-Weller. 2.23 grams, size 5-1/2. Plain wedding band in low-karat gold (dark color), typical patt

Silver cup with Mexican silversmith stamp from the late 1600s, found on land north of the 1715 Fleet area, pictured and described in West of the Bull

Small, blue-on-white Chinese porcelain teacup, K'angxi period, ex-Ullian. 44 grams, 1-3/4" tall and 2-1/4" in diameter. Completely in...

Small, blue-on-white Chinese porcelain teacup, K'angxi period, ex-Ullian. 54 grams, 1-1/2" tall and 2-3/4" in diameter. Fully intact ...

Iron barshot, professionally conserved. 6790 grams, 12" long, each end 4" in diameter. Unique design with wide, six-sided bar flaring int...

Iron grappling hook, professionally conserved. 2045 grams, 18-1/2" tall. Typical five-point hook with loop at top, all solid and well preserve...

Wooden deadeye with original iron casing, professionally conserved. 3806 grams, 11" long. Light corrosion has exposed the stress lines of the ...

Small iron cannonball (2-1/2"), intact and stable. 1175 grams, 2-3/4" in diameter. A very smooth and solid ball but with rusty and patina...

Lot of small artifacts with Frank Sedwick certificates: 1 silver thimble; 3 brass buckles; and the remains of 1 wooden sewing kit of bronze pins oxidi

Bronze-wire buckle, intact and ornate. 23.90 grams, roughly 3" x 2-1/2". Dull in color (light encrustation) but ornate in manufacture, th...

Lot of lead musket-shot, including one 2-ball springshot and 4 loose balls. 208 grams total, each ball about 3/4" in diameter. Simple, common ...

Lot of 12 small bronze artifacts with Frank Sedwick certificates: 1 spool of wire; 1 crotal bell in encrustation; and 10 tiny religious medallions. V

Small, iron cannonball (2 pounder) painted with FROM THE WRECK OF THE REVENGE, ONE OF THE AMERICAN FLEET AT THE BATTLE OF VALCOUR, OCT. 11, 1776.&qu...

Bronze breech-loading swivel cannon with Spanish crest and weight on trunnion cap as 34-1/4 quintales (about 134 pounds). 37" long and 8"...

Large Chinese blue-on-white porcelain urn. 2264 grams, 10" tall and 8" in diameter. Cracked and repaired, also apparently once used as a ...

Lot of two small, bronze "manillas" (slave bracelets) in original boxes from the salvagers. 152 grams total, each about 2-1/4" x 2-1...

Silver and mother-of-pearl button with loop intact. 3.26 grams, 1" in diameter. Sunburst pattern inside the pearly exterior, darkly encrusted ...

Spanish armor breastplate, 1600s. 4064 grams, 16" tall and 13-1/2" wide. Heavy hand-forged construction with folded-over edge-rim, rivets...

Spanish bronze signal cannon (powder tester) with raised letter M at bottom and spiked touch-hole. 5008 grams, 4-3/4" tall and 4" in diam...

Spanish colonial bronze signal cannon from Peru, 1600s. 3899 grams, 4" tall and 4" in diameter. Typical design with flared top and bottom...

Spanish bronze swivel cannon, ca. 1700-50. 32" long, 7" across trunnions. Somewhat plain in design but a desirable size and well preserve...

English iron signal cannon, 1700s, marked "19." 5078 grams, 6-1/2" tall and about 4" in diameter. Very dense and designed to si...

Iron signal cannon, American Revolutionary War period, from Savannah, GA, rare. 1665 grams, 5" tall and 2" in diameter. A plain, simple, ...

Large (rare) Spanish stone roundshot (cannonball) from a 1588 Spanish Armada site in the English Channel off the coast of Belgium. 2859 grams, 5&qu...

Spanish stone roundshot (cannonball) from a 1588 Spanish Armada site near Ostend, Belgium. 580 grams, 3" in diameter. Dark gray with lighter s...

Iron cannonball (12 pounder) from Fort Ticonderoga, New York, probably English, French and Indian War period. 5071 grams, 4-1/2" in diameter. ...

Lot of 10 iron grape shot, mid- to late 1700s, from the east coast of Florida. 420 grams, each about 1" in diameter. Similar to musketballs bu...

American Revolutionary War-period iron barshot from Virginia, ca. 1780. 4070 grams, 12" long, each end 4" in diameter. Two hemispheres co...

American Revolutionary War-period iron grenade with original wooden fuse-plug (rare), ca. 1780, cleaned and conserved. 1242 grams, 3-1/2" in d...

American Revolutionary War-period iron grenade from Virginia, ca. 1780, cleaned and conserved. 1454 grams, 3-1/2" in diameter. Stable and soli...

American Revolutionary War-period iron shell for 12-pounder Coehorn mortar, found in Virginia, ca. 1780, cleaned and conserved. 3909 grams, 4-1/2&q...

Iron cannonball (6 pounder) from West Point, New York, American Revolutionary War period. 2821 grams, 3-1/2" in diameter. Choice original cond...

Iron cannonball (12 pounder) on original wooden sabot from Port Hudson, Louisiana, American Civil War period (1863). 5410 grams, 4-1/2" in dia...

Swiss/German cavalry officer's saber, late 1600s. 37" long, 890 grams. Brass handle with "dog head" pommel, simple swept hilt wi...

Continental hunting sword, late 1600s-early 1700s. 643 grams, 26" long. Sharp, single-edge blade with light engraving at ricasso (also a small...

Spanish cuphilt broadsword, ca. 1700. 39" long, 830 grams. Wooden grip, simple cup-hilt, intact but partially rusty blade (double-sided) with ...

Hanger sword, probably Turkish, early 1700s. 446 grams, 26" long. Long, thin, still-sharp single-edge blade with crescent moon and three stars...