Treasure, World, U.S. Coin & Paper Money Auction 26

High-quality natural emerald, 1.44 carats, grade 1C, ex-Atocha (1622). Roughly 1/2" x 1/4". Very attractive deep green, opaque nugget wit...

High-quality natural emerald, 2.92 carats, ex-Atocha (1622). Roughly 3/8" x 1/4". Well-faceted deep green stone with lots of eye appeal. ...

High-quality natural emerald, 1.34 carats, ex-Atocha (1622). Roughly 1/4" x 1/4". Small, mostly crystalline shape with even dark-green co...

High-quality natural emerald, 1.86 carats, ex-Atocha (1622). Roughly 3/8" x 1/4". Medium-to-dark green opaque nugget with two flat sides ...

Small silver breastplate with ornate design, ex-Atocha (1622). 16.2 grams, 2-1/4" diameter Miniature round, concave breastplate, intact and we...

Silver plate with tax stamps for Cuzco, Peru, showing date 1605 (1603?), ex-Atocha (1622). 248 grams, 9-1/4" diameter, 1-1/4" tall. Light...

Silver candlestick holder and two small parts, ex-Atocha (1622). 185 grams, 3-/4" long. Solid and recognizable but a bit battered and chipped,...

Crushed and encrusted silver/copper bowl, ex-Atocha (1622). 676 grams, 8" x 5-1/2". Fascinating artifact not for discernment as a bowl (w...

Intact but encrusted copper cooking pot from the Atocha (1622). 4342 grams, 7" tall, 11" diameter. Very impressive artifact, the spherica...

Iron sword blade (partial) with markings and lettering, very rare, ex-Atocha (1622). 204 grams, 11-1/4" x 3/4" x 3/8". Well-preserve...

Partial iron dirk blade with fragments of crossguard and sheath, ex-Atocha (1622). 146 grams, 9-1/4" long. Stable metal under dark black oxida...

Ornate "Royal Portrait" pewter spoon, British, William III, rare and important slave-ship provenance, ex-Henrietta Marie (1700). 44 grams...

Gold "olive blossom" chain, 18.7 grams, 16-1/4" long, ex-1715 Fleet, with 18K clasp attached to make into a wearable necklace. A pe...

Gold "olive blossom" chain, 19.5 grams, 10-1/4" long, ex-1715 Fleet, with 18K clasp and connector attached to make into a wearable do...

Gold bracelet with sacred heart design, 37.59 grams total, ex-1715 Fleet. 3-3/8" x 20-1/2" x 3/8". Sturdy and solid open oval of gol...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain cup, Kangxi period, intact, ex-1715 Fleet. 68 grams, 3-1/4" diameter, 2-1/4" tall. Outstanding intact tea...

Iron hand grenade with original wooden fuse-plug, professionally conserved, ex-1715 Fleet. 628 grams, 3" in diameter. Solid cannonball with ho...

Lot of two small iron cannonballs, professionally conserved, ex-1715 Fleet. 237 and 282 grams, 2" in diameter. Two small balls in nice conditi...

Pewter syringe, complete and intact, ex-Tolosa (1724), ex-Haskins. 60 grams, 5-1/2" long when extended. Intact and complete pewter syringe wit...

Genuine Mexican silver pillar dollar 1732F encrusted onto a spike, ex-1733 Fleet, shown in an accompanying photo of Art McKee, with memorabilia from h

Large bronze bell dated 1774, ex-unidentified late-1700s shipwreck off the Isle of Wight, south of England. About 50 lb, 14-1/2" tall, 10"...

Small silver spoon, intact, ex-HMS Colossus (1798), rare provenance. 6 grams, 4-1/2" long. Dainty spoon for sugar or spices, in good overall c...

Large, silver spoon, ex-Lady Burgess (1806), rare provenance. 57 grams, 9" long. Large, plain silver spoon in very good condition, with a row ...

Wooden dovetail lockbox made from wood salvaged from Lord Nelson's flagship Foudroyant (1897). 1198 grams, 5" x 9-1/4" x 4-1/2"....

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

Late-1700s / early-1800s Dutch East Indies bronze lantaka cannon with original yoke. About 70 lb, 47" long, 1-1/4" bore. Nice-sized canno...

1700s Spanish colonial bronze "thunder mug" mortar. 7.35 kilograms, 6" tall, 5-1/4" base, 3/4" bore. Sometimes called a &q...

French and Indian War-period iron cannonball "four pounder" from Crown Point, New York. 2042 grams without stand, 3" in diameter. So...

Revolutionary War-period iron cannonball "four pounder" from Ft. Ticonderoga, New York. 1642 grams, 2-3/4" in diameter. Well-preserv...

Revolutionary War-period iron cannonball "three pounder" from Ft. Ticonderoga, New York. 1647 grams, 2-3/4" in diameter. Heavy and s...

Small iron "sailshot" (barshot), American Revolutionary War, from a Boston collection (rare). 380 grams, 3" long, 1-1/4" in dia...

Civil War-period iron cannonball "twelve-pounder" grenade from Cold Harbor (Virginia), with Bormann time fuse intact. 3528 grams, 4"...

Revolutionary War-period spontoon (polearm) from New England (ca. 1775). 570 grams, 16-1/2" long, 12-1/2" blade. Heavy and simple double-...

Early 1800s Spanish colonial naval cutlass. 833 grams, 24" long, 19" blade. Officer or gentleman sailor's cutlass with hand-forged, w...

1800s Spanish colonial sailor's dirk. 329 grams, 13-1/2" long, 9-1/4" blade. Decorative, well-made double-edged knife with spear-poin...

Japanese katana ("shin-gunto") Type 98 army officer's sword with scabbard, early 1940s (World War II era). 1160 grams, 36" long,...

1700s European flintlock pistol stamped with "London." , 903 grams, 18-1/2" long, 11-1/2" barrel. Sturdy gun with deep touch mar...

1700s European flintlock pistol. 893 grams, 20" long, 13" barrel. Very decorative pistol with relief-chiseled and engraved decoration, ca...

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

Late-1700s European flintlock pistol with silver presentation plate inscribed to Stephen Decatur, Jr. 993 grams, 20" long, 13-1/4" barrel...

Late-1700s Dutch or French flintlock naval boarding pistol. 834 grams, 12-1/2" long, 5-3/4" barrel. Of the type supplied by Europeans to ...

Circa-1800 Spanish colonial flintlock blunderbuss. 2312 grams, 32" long, 17-1/2" barrel. Impressive blunderbuss with very attractively ca...

Small flintlock pistol, early 1800s. 469 grams, 10-1/2" long, 5-1/2" barrel. Sturdy pistol of unknown manufacture with only identifying m...

Early-1800s Spanish colonial miquelet escopeta musketoon with touchmark of the Bustindus family of Madrid and Mexico. 1902 grams, 31" long, 15...

Circa-1840s European percussion "boot pistol." , 250 grams, 7-5/8" long. Compact octagonal-barreled pistol which unscrews for loading...

Over-under double-barrel percussion pistol, .34 caliber, 1800s. 580 grams, 11-1/2" long, 6-1/2" barrel. Interesting pistol of unknown ori...

American single-barreled under-hammer percussion pistol, .36 caliber, 1800s. 368 grams, 8-1/4" long, 3-3/4" barrel. Scarcely seen, unusua...

Belgian single-barreled boxlock percussion pistol, .46 caliber, 1800s. 219 grams, 7" long, 3" barrel. Smooth, octagonal barrel, unknown p...

American J.M. Marlin derringer pistol, .22 caliber, ca. 1863-67, serial 1035. 102 grams, 4-1/4" long, 2" barrel. Scarce pistol from the f...

American C. Sharps & Co. Model 1A four-barrel rimfire pepperbox derringer pistol, .22 caliber, ca. 1859-74, serial 50807. 273 grams, 5-1/2"...