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

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...

Silver candlestick holder, Spanish colonial, 1700s. 686 grams, 9-1/2" tall, 5" diameter. Lovely, ornate, almost completely intact and fun...

Large, British pewter plate with touchmark for Townsend and Compton of London (1784-1802). 1235 grams, 13-3/8" diameter. Salvaged pewter plate...

English silver cup with W& H hallmark (Walker and Hall, Sheffield), engraved on side "Greys Co. B / Best Shot / 1861. 126 grams, 3-1/2&quo...

Brass ship's inkwell, probably British, ca. 1820. 930 grams, 5" tall, 8-3/8" diameter. More functional than fancy, this brass piece w...

Intact iron grappling hook, 1840s-50s. 230 grams, 12-1/2" x 11". Sturdy four-pronged hook with large eyelet at top, very solid and minima...

Original wooden fid from the USS Constitution, marked with restoration date 1927. 311 grams, 13-1/2" x 2". A long, wooden wedge of cylind...

Leatherworking tool (1700s) made from a Sweden (Avesta mint) copper 1 ore dated 1680. 43 grams, 3-1/4" long. Embossing wheel made from a Swedi...

European flintlock tinder lighter, early 1700s. 265 grams, 8" long. Rare early fire starter with tinder box, candleholder and stand all in ori...

Large, coiled, bronze, African "Igbo Ibo" manilla (bracelet currency) from Nigeria, 1600s or 1700s, rare. 3454 grams, 11" long and 4...

Group of three different early African slave trade copper "manillas," 1700s-1800s. 810 grams total, large 9", medium 3-1/4", sm...

French balance scale for gold coins, early 1800s. 109 grams, 6-3/4" x 2 "x 3/4". Little gold scale with cut steel beam, original bra...

Iron slave shackles, mid-1800s, with key. 580 grams, about 17" long. Two surprisingly small cuffs connected by five figure-8 links, hand-forge...

Carved coconut "toasting cup" from the Republic of Independent Guiana, scrimshawed with denomination "2 CTS" (2 centimes) and da...

Belt made from cut-out Maria Theresa thalers, late 1800s. 102 grams, 27" long. Unusual decorative Victorian-era belt made from fourteen silver...

Modified antique toy cannon, 1900s. 1183 grams, 8" x 2-1/2" x 3". American folk art vintage brass cannon mounted on modern somewhat ...