Treasure, World and U.S. Coin Auction #17 (April 29-30, 2015)

Lot of 17 copper cannon fuses and 4 copper firing caps, mid-1800s. 81 grams total. Small copper tubes with slit, tapered ends and broken-off tops, pl

Short sword with horn handle, probably Spanish, 1700s. 532 grams, 29" long. Solid but slightly rusty blade (double-edged) with groove in cente...

British naval figure-eight cutlass, ca. 1803. 1030 grams, 33" long. Clean blade with dull point and several small chips in sharp side from use...

Spanish colonial sailor's dirk, 1800s. 106 grams, 10" long. Distinctive design with wavy-edge blade (both edges sharp), dark horn handle w...

English clip-point bowie knife made for the US West by Samuel C. Wragg (1830-60), rare. 209 grams, 13" long. Clean, sharp blade with CALIFORNI...

English spear-point bowie knife made by John Walters & Co. (1841-62), rare. 440 grams, 14-1/2" long. A handmade bowie knife of a larger si...

Spanish (Toledo) model 1843 artillery/engineer's short sword, dated 1876, Spanish-American War. 1132 grams, 22" long. Very wide blade (2-1...

Dutch Admiralty flintlock blunderbuss, ca. 1720, very rare and important. 15 lb, 33-1/2" long. This is basically a handheld cannon, with massi...

Dutch shipboard flintlock musket, 1700s. 6 lb 6 oz, 45" long. Typical firearm (shorter in length than standard infantry weapons) supplied by D...

Pair of European flintlock pistols, 1700s. Each about 3 lb and 22" long. Elegant ornamental pieces with ornate silver mounts (the sideplates s...

French Naval Marine flintlock musket ("musket du marine / du bord"), 1771, maker St. Etienne (marked), American Revolutionary War period, ...

British flintlock blunderbuss marked by maker W & S Rooke, late 1700s. 5 lb 7 oz, 29" long. Interesting piece with less than half its leng...

Steel bayonet for "brown bess" fusil gun, American Revolutionary War period (late 1700s). 276 grams, 16" long. Uncleaned and origina...

Matched pair of British naval officer's flintlock pistols with brass barrels, ca. 1800. 1 lb 12 oz, 14-1/2" long each. Choice pair with hi...

European flintlock boarding pistol, early 1800s. 2 lb 5 oz, 14-1/2" long. Simple design with small anchor-shaped touchmark on lock (fully func...

British naval flintlock boarding pistol, early 1800s. 3 lb 2 oz, 19" long. Fully functional and well-marked piece, the lock showing markings o...

Lot of six copper religious medallions, probably 1800s, rumored to be from shipwrecks. 110.75 grams total, the largest 2" in diameter. All dif...

Large, octagonal, brass religious medallion, probably 1800s, rumored to be from a shipwreck. 19.74 grams, 1-1/2" in diameter. Worn and heavily...

French, round, silver religious medallion with hand-engraved date 1882 and name, rumored to be from a shipwreck. 11.50 grams, 1-1/4" in diamet...

Lot of over 100 trade beads, mostly glass but one iron and some garnet, Spanish colonial (1500s). 120 grams total, longest piece 2". Fascinati...