Treasure, World & U.S. Coin Auction #20

New York, Water Works, eight shillings, Aug. 2, 1775, serial 4915, certified PMG AU 50. Fr-NY-175. A choice AU note with sharp edges, strong color an

Lot of 2 Uruguay notes of Banco de Londres y Rio de la Plata: 100 pesos remainder, 23-6-1862, serial 63490; and 10 pesos remainder, 1-1-1883, serial 4

Uruguay, El Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay, 1 peso Centenario issue, 18-7-1930, serial 390868. Pick-P17a. Colorful note in VF with folds

British copperplate-engraved map of the West Indies and the coasts of North and South America by Emanuel Bowen, 1747 (London), hand-colored. 17-1/2...

German copperplate engraving by Theodor de Bry, ca. 1613, showing native Americans dismembering and eating Spaniards, including pouring molten gold do

British copperplate engraving of Philip II by Vertue (from a painting by Titian), 1736 (London), hand-colored. 13-1/4" x 9-15/16" This co...

Lot of 3 French prints of Florida and California natives by Claude Louis Desrais and engraved by Jean Marie Mixelle (circa 1788), hand-colored and mat

Colombia, New Granada Waste Land Certificate for 320 hectares, dated 1-6-1861, serial 6378. DP-1685. 8-1/16" x 13-1/4" XF condition with t...

Lot of 3 documents related to USN Admiral David Porter (1813-1891), including pamphlet (1825), engraved portrait (1863) and signature (undated). Pamp

Encrusted stone cannonball, rare. 4417 grams, 6" diameter. Somewhat crude, mostly round, orangish outside (covering medium-brown matrix), cora...

Large copper-alloy funnel. 1170 grams, 13" diameter. Large seamless copper funnel possibly used to fill olive jars, heavily corroded due to im...

Copper-alloy candelabra. 590 grams, 5" long, 4" diameter at widest. Darkly patinated upper portion of a heavy copper-alloy candelabra, wi...

Lot of 2 copper-alloy belt buckles. 28.41 grams total, 1-5/8" x 1-3/8" each. Pair of dark copper-alloy buckles (used for shoes and straps...

Large earthenware "olive" jar, encrusted and repaired. 8110 grams, 21" tall and 11" in diameter at shoulders. Akin to the ampho...

Small gold chain (87 flat, oval links), with original, hand-signed photo-certificate from 1976. 6.28 grams, 7-1/2" long. Good length for a bra...

Large silver basin (plate) marked with tax stamp and LDo.IVo. / RAMYREZ under rim. 760 grams, 12-1/4" diameter. This is a large, circular, 1-1...

Lot of 2 small, natural emerald chips, 0.75 and 0.32 carat each, with original tags and certificates. Approx. 5mm each. Fairly translucent and green,

Encrusted Dutch brass candle holder from a VOC wreck, 1600s. 944 grams, 8" tall, 3-3/4" base diameter. Intact candle holder found off Vli...

Iron cannonball "4 pounder." 2.25 kilograms, 3-1/4" diameter. Solid and intact with glossy black coating from conservation, found b...

Intact earthenware "olive" jar. 3036 grams, 11" tall, 8" diameter. Spanish colonial "olive" jar recovered from a wrec...