Treasure, World, U.S. Coin and Paper Money Auction #22

Large copperplate-engraved Dutch map of Mexico by Hondius, ca. 1606-30, hand colored. 17-3/4" x 21-1/2". Detailed map from the reissued M...

Large copperplate-engraved Dutch map of the Caribbean by Blaeu, ca. 1662, hand colored. 17-3/4" x 23". Detailed and accurate map for the ...

French copperplate-engraved map of South America entitled Amerique Meridionale by Nicolas Sanson (1657), re-engraved ca. 1700 by Antoine de Winter, ha

French copperplate-engraved map of Paraguay by Nicolas Sanson (1657), reprint ca. 1705 from the first Dutch edition of Sanson's pocket atlas, ha...

French copperplate-engraved map of Peru by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1753), engraved by Robert Benard, hand colored. 16-3/8" x 9-5/8". Depi...

German copperplate-engraved map of Panama by Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1754), reprint ca. 1758. 8-3/4" x 13-1/4". View of Panama reprinted ...

Italian copperplate-engraved map of the Bay of Campeche and the Yucatan peninsula for Marco Coltellini (1763), hand colored. 12" x 9". Ma...

Military document signed by Simon Bolivar, dated Nov. 9, 1817, very rare. 8-3/8" x 6-1/8". A very rare military document personally signe...

Puerto Rican slave-transfer document for a child slave, dated 12-3-1869. 8-3/8" x 6-7/8". Original Puerto Rican slave-transfer document f...

Unique set of newspapers with accounts on the sinking and salvage of the Spanish 1715 Treasure Fleet, consisting of four issues of The Post Boy (Lond

Histoire des Avanturiers / Histoire des Pirates Anglois, four volumes (1744), by Alexandre-Olivier Oexmelin (Exquemelin) and Charles Johnson (translat

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 (...

Gold and Silver of the Atocha and Santa Margarita, Christie's (New York) auction catalog of June 14-15, 1988, signed by Fisher family and associ...

Intact blue-on-white porcelain "kendi pot" (rare), from the "Hoi An Hoard" wreck (late 1400s). 545 grams, 5-1/2" tall and ...

Large stone cannonball from a Spanish Armada wreck (1588). 10,030 grams, 8" diameter. Recovered off the coast of Belgium near the Battle of Gr...

Large (dark) natural emerald, 5.58 carats, from the Atocha (1622). Roughly 7/16" x 5/16". Somewhat crystalline shape with even dark-green...

Large (light) natural emerald, 5.08 carats, from the Atocha (1622). Roughly 7/16" x 3/8". Nugget-like crystal, about half green and the o...

Lot of seven natural (light) emeralds with two certificates, six totaling 10.15 carats plus one at 1.41 carats, from the Atocha (1622). About 1/4&q...

Encrusted silver bowl, from the Atocha (1622). 579 grams, 2-3/4" tall and 7-1/2" in diameter. Simple bowl with steep side, only about 20%...

Large lot of 43+ small, natural emeralds, with original Frank Sedwick certificates, from the Maravillas (1656). Each up to 1/4". Mostly small ...

Large earthenware jar with flat bottom, encrusted top, from a Dutch wreck off Grenada (1600s). 12" tall, 11" widest diameter (7-1/2"...

Double-wheel, hand-carved wooden pulley from a wreck off the Netherlands (1600s). 3,087 grams, 19" long x 9-1/2" wide x 4-3/4" thick...

Gold-and-pearl "Madonna" brooch, large and ornate, from the 1715 Fleet, plated in Dreamweaver. 59.79 grams, about 3-1/2" x 2-1/4&quo...

Matched pair of gold-and-pearl earrings from the 1715 Fleet. 7.09 grams total, each about 2-1/4" long. Nearly identical earrings, made with ho...

Gold chain, 91.44 grams, 88 inches long, fine-braid links, from the 1715 Fleet. Tightly woven and very snakelike gold braiding, impressively long bu

Gold chain, 66.54 grams, 24 inches long, heavy-braid links with original clasp, from the 1715 Fleet. Thick links of boxlike braiding somewhat tightl

Gold chain, 34.73 grams, 67-1/2" inches long, complete loop of very fine simple links, from the 1715 Fleet. Circular links with flat insides ...

Gold chain, 30.00 grams, 30-3/4 inches long, fine-braid links, from the 1715 Fleet. Small and boxy links in a fairly tight snakelike braid with unfi

Gold chain, 31.35 grams, 22 inches long, "olive blossom" design, from the 1715 Fleet. A perfectly wearable length of a common type of sm...

Gold chain, 30.24 grams, 16 inches long, heavy "olive blossom" design, from the 1715 Fleet. Most of the gold chains found on the 1715 Fl...

Gold chain, 9.17 grams, 7 inches long, fine "olive blossom" design, from the 1715 Fleet. A short (bracelet-length) chain of typical &quo...

Gold-and-emerald ring, size 7-1/4, from the 1715 Fleet. 5.05 grams. Very solid and intact ring with rectangular, table-cut emerald of decent transluc

Small, low-karat gold ring, size 5-1/4, from the 1715 Fleet. 2.51 grams Typically dainty ring of minimal design with black stains over dull copper-go

Ornate silver shaker (pounce box) from the 1715 Fleet. 313 grams, 2-3/4" cube. Unlike gold, very few shipwreck silver artifacts are solid enou...

Large, ornate silver salt cellar with open top from the 1715 Fleet. 74.88 grams, 2" tall and 3-1/2" in diameter. Thin but amazingly well-...

Clump of cannonball, wooden spike and copper coins from the Admiral Gardner (1809). 3340 grams, roughly 6" x 4-1/2" x 3-1/2". Encrus...

Model 1816 Springfield rifle, converted from flintlock to percussion (rare), from the Lady Elgin (1860). 3940 grams, about 6-1/2' long with bay...

Rare "cathedral" (Gothic) pepper sauce bottle, with wooden stand, from the S.S. Republic (1865). 259 grams, 8-3/4" tall and 2-1/4&qu...

Two deck prisms or deadlights (one round, one rectangular) from late-1800s wrecks in the Florida Keys. Round prism 3-1/2" diameter and 1-3/4&q...

Megalodon (huge shark) tooth, approx. 25 million years old. 6-1/4"" x 4-1/2", 508 grams. Matte black with much gray enamel remaining...

Petrified ammonite shell in matrix, approx. 150 million years old. 6" x 5" x 2-1/2", 1593 grams. Large chunk of unpolished tan-color...

Huge natural Colombian emerald specimen in matrix. 460 grams, 4" long, 2-1/2" wide, 2" tall. Fascinating display of Colombian emera...

English Cromwellian breastplate and "lobster tail" helmet, 1600s. Breastplate 5,050 grams and 14" x 18-1/2"; helmet 1,300 gram...

Dutch bronze one pounder cannon, late 1600s to early 1700s. 200 lbs+, 49-1/2" long, 2" bore. Large cannon with ornate dolphin "sea m...

Spanish colonial period officer's transitional rapier-sword, early 1700s. 580 grams, 34" overall length. A transitional piece--somewhere b...

French model 1833 naval cutlass, dated 1840. 1359 grams, 33" long, 26" long blade. French model 1833 navy cutlass dated 1840 with origina...

British naval model 1845 cutlass (unmarked). 1219 grams, 32" long, 27" long blade. Well-preserved British service cutlass featuring a sli...

Mexican officer's dirk, 1825-1850. 418 grams, 19-1/2" long. Unusual, rare short sword with gilt brass mounts, knight's head pommel hea...

British model 1858 Type 1 Enfield bayonet cutlass. 1058 grams, 32" long, 26-1/2" long blade. Leather checkered grip, steel guard, and ove...

Chinese bronze hand cannon, 1500s-1600s. 254 grams, 4-1/2" long. A forerunner of the handgun, the hand cannon was widely used in China from th...