Treasure, World, U.S. Coin & Paper Money Auction 25

Megalodon (huge shark) tooth, Miocene era (approx. 2.6 to 15 million years old), found in the Hawthorn Formation, North Carolina. 177 grams, 4-1/2&...

German morion helmet with embossed fleur-de-lis pattern, 1600s. 1032 grams, 13-1/2" x 9-1/2" x 10". A type of helmet originally from...

Spanish colonial solid copper/bronze cannonball (eight-pounder). 3093 grams, 3-3.4" diameter. Found in eastern Mexico at the site of early for...

Revolutionary War-period small cannonball (1-1/2 pounder, amusette) from Ft. Ticonderoga, New York. 620 grams, 2" diameter. Solid and stable, ...

French twelve-pounder solid shot recovered from the field of Waterloo, 1815. 5022 grams and 4-1/4" diameter for ball, 4-1/4" x 4-1/4"...

Iron cannonball grenade, 1700s-1800s. 565 grams, 4-1/2" diameter. Large, hollow ball with hole in side, designed to contain powder and fuse to...

Civil War-period Confederate 12-pounder "canister" shot, ex-Cheatham. 550 grams, 5" tall, 4-1/2" diameter. Among the most effec...

Civil War-period Confederate 12-pounder cannonball. 5450 grams, 4-1/2" diameter. Solid and intact, with minor pitting due to professional cons...

Civil War-period Confederate Virginia-style Read-Parrott 10-pounder ordnance rifle shell. 3003 grams, 7-1/2" x 3". Robert P. Parrott, kno...

Early Spanish colonial metal and horn powder flask, circa 1700s. 346 grams, 10-1/2" x 3-5/8". Fine early powder horn made of flattened c...

Colonial-era iron-mounted artillery horn, 1700s-early 1800s. 566 grams, 12-1/2" long. A colonial-era artifact, these horns carried grease for ...

Spanish colonial folding sailor's jackknife, 1700s. 107 grams, 13-1/4" overall length, 6-1/4" blade length. Folding knives like this ...

Spanish colonial sailor's dirk, 1700s. 250 grams, 13-1/4" overall length, 9-1/4" blade length. Simple small knife with brass and horn...

Spanish colonial side knife with "D" guard, late 1700s. 324 grams, 15" overall length, 9" blade length. Hand-forged knife (with...

French model 1808 infantry hanger sword (briquet). 1222 grams, 30" overall length, 23" blade. Brass D-guard style hilt with ropelike turn...

French model 1822 foot artillery sword. 1399 grams, 25-1/2" overall length, 18-1/2" blade. Heavy and impressive double-edge sword with so...

Large Spanish sailor's navaja (folding knife), signed "Beauvoir," 1800s. 170 grams, 13-1/2" overall length, 5-1/2" blade le...

Early Spanish colonial naval ship's axe head, 1600s. 1027 grams, 14-1/4" x 6-3/4". One of the earliest forms of a ship's boarding...

Unusual hand-forged iron Chinese three-barrel pole cannon, 1600s-1700s. 2066 grams, iron barrel and socket 16-1/2" long, 32" overall leng...

European flintlock pocket pistol, early 1700s. 248 grams, 7-1/4" long. Sturdy, small-size pocket pistol with engraved brass lockplate and met...

French Naval Marine flintlock musket ("musket du marine du bord"), 1777, maker St. Etienne (marked), American Revolutionary War period, ra...

English brass-barreled officer's pistol with flintlock signed "Taylor," late 1700s. 851 grams, 13-1/2" long, 7-3/4' barrel, ...

Spanish or southern European miquelet officer's pistol, late 1700s. 349 grams, 10-1/2" long, 5-1/2' barrel, 1/2" muzzle. Smaller-...

Eastern European flintlock trade pistol, 1700s-1800s. 980 grams, 18" long, 11" barrel, 1/2" muzzle. Typical pistol that was traded i...

Eastern European large flintlock blunderbuss barrel pistol, late 1700s-early 1800s. 1129 grams, 16" long, 10" barrel, 1" muzzle. Imp...

Spanish colonial Caribbean miquelet pistol, early 1800s. 774 grams, 13" long, 7-3/4" barrel, 3/4" muzzle. Locally made colonial piec...

Allen & Thurber patented .34-caliber/six-barrel "pepper box" percussion pistol, circa 1837. 648 grams, 8" long, 3-1/2" barr...

Original, intact, wooden ammunition crate for 1000 rounds of .69 "buck and ball" cartridges (the balls included), marked WATERTOWN ARSENAL...

Handmade "cat of nine tails" with copy of House of Representatives 1848 list of seamen, their offenses, and the number of "lashes wit...

Large lot of 136(+/-) glass trade beads, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 85 grams total, 1/8" to 3" long. Spectacular assortment of Spani...

Lot of five glass trade beads ("Nueva Cadiz turquoise"), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 3 grams, 3/8" to 1" long. Six Nueva Ca...

Lot of six glass trade beads (thick, blue), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 217 grams total, box 6-1/4" x 5-1/4", beads from 5/8" to...

Small collection of six glass trade beads, Spanish colonial (1500s-1700s), various types. 10 grams, 5/8" to 1" long. Grouping of six unus...

Ornate silver crucifix, French, ca. 1590-1620, very rare. 15 grams, 3-1/2" x 1-3/4". Certified in 2017 as a late Renaissance French silve...

Ornate silver crucifix, Spanish colonial (1600s-1800s). 28 grams, 3-1/2" x 2-1/2". Nicely detailed silver cross of colonial manufacture w...

Large, French, bronze-ebony crucifix, early 1800s. 188 grams; 7-1/2" x 3-3/4". Rectangular bronze arms containing ebony centers underneat...

Early Spanish colonial padlock with key, circa 1700s. 875 grams, 7-1/2" x 5". Monstrous, colonially-made and hand-forged metal lock with ...

Small Spanish colonial money or valuables chest, 1800s. 1390 grams, 10" x 8" x 5-3/4". A beautifully hand-carved solid mahogany and ...

Pair of large, early Spanish colonial spurs (espuelas), 1700s. 1058 grams total, 8" x, 4" each. Alpaca or low-grade South American silver...

Pair of early Spanish colonial iron military horseman's spurs (espuelas), 1700s. 429 grams total, 7" x 3-1/4" each. A rare example of...

English "onion" bottle, ca. 1710-15. 866 grams, 6" tall x 5-1/2" diameter. Typically bottom-heavy "black-glass" bottl...

Intact "onion" bottle, 1700s. 763 grams, 7-1/2" tall x 5" diameter. Interesting "black glass" bottle, less bulbous a...

Intact "onion" bottle, 1700s. 945 grams, 6-1/2" tall x 5-1/2" diameter. Pale-colored "black glass" bottle, a little h...

Intact "onion" bottle, 1700s. 802 grams, 7-1/4" tall x 5-1/2" diameter. Very typical "black glass" bottle with perfec...

Intact "onion" bottle, 1700s. 590 grams, 8" tall x 5" diameter. Long-necked "black glass" bottle with opaque swirls a...

Lot of two black-glass bottles (one tall gin and one small ale) from the 1700s to early 1800s, found in the Florida Keys. 823 grams, 10-1/2" t...

Amber glass bitters bottle, Hostetter's, 1800s. 535 grams, 9" tall, 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" diameter. S. McKee & Co. (1834-1908) of ...

Spanish colonial mortar and pestle, brass, 1600s. 1808 grams total, 3" tall and 5-1/4" in diameter (the pestle 8" long). Well used b...

Spanish pewter candlestick holder, ca. 1680. 384 grams, 5-3/4" tall, 3-1/2" diameter. Hollow, bulbous pewter holder with scratches and de...

Rare early German Westerwald stoneware ewer jug with winged-lion decoration, 1600s-early 1700s. 2232 grams, 13" tall, 6-1/2" diameter. Ea...