Treasure and World Coin Auction # 16

Engraving of Simon Bolivar with facsimile signature, in oval wood frame, ca. 1870. Approx. 9-1/4" x 7". A detailed portrait of the "...

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 (...

Atocha painting: "Atocha Meets Her Fate," by Ralph Curnow (2009). 24" x 20". A dark and dramatic rendering of the Atocha's ...

Large earthenware "olive" jar. 8690 grams, 20" tall, 11" in diameter, 4" lip. Akin to the amphorae of ancient times, "...

Small stone cannonball. 321 grams, 2-1/4" diameter. Whitish in color due to rolling on the seabed, rather small for its type, typically much l...

Iron cannonball. 2050 grams, 3-1/2" diameter. Typical ball with mostly intact surfaces, part glossy and part matte but all deep black as profe...

Large iron adze/pick. 1760 grams, 16" long and 5-1/2" wide. Impressively large and heavy and still somewhat solid despite heavy oxidation...

Copper hull-pin. 1890 grams, 18" long, 1" thick. A long, straight rod of copper with flat washer fused at one end, the other end broken o...

Clay smoking pipe. 22.08 grams, 6-1/2" long. Unusually dark brown in color, with small bits of white coral adhering to the outside and coating...

Lot of 3 brass crotal bells. 31 grams total, 1" to 1-1/2" in diameter. All three intact (rare thus) with loops at top and neat slits in b...

Lot of 25 colored glass trading beads. 66 grams total, 1/2" to 1-1/4" long. Typical tubes of blue, green and red (plus some striped red-a...

Intact silver plate with tax stamps and owner's mark. 299 grams, 9-1/4" in diameter. Fully intact and solid (very light surface corrosion ...

Encrusted silver plate, intact. 529 grams, 9" in diameter. Complete plate with only a small portion of oxidized silver exposed, the rest neatl...

Intact earthenware "olive" jar, very rare. 3775 grams, 11" tall and 9" widest diameter. A phenomenal artifact, reported to be o...

Long steel rapier blade. 366 grams, 45" long. This piece was among a large shipment on this wreck, all the blades without hilts and rather wel...

Steel smallsword with hilt. 274 grams, 32-1/2" long. Apparently not part of the shipment of rapier blades on this ship but similar, with inter...

Short steel sword blade. 178 grams, 20" long. Among the shipment of rapier blades on this wreck were some short, single-sided sword blades lik...

Gold and red-coral rosary, complete and intact. The chain about 27" long, the cross about 2" x 1-1/2". Few shipwreck artifacts conve...

Gold-and-amethyst ring (~22K), about 3-4 carats. 4.21 grams, size 1-3/4. A curious jewel with large, rectangular, high-quality "emerald-cut&qu...

Gold-and-ruby buckle, ornate and intact. 19.61 grams, about 1-1/2" x 1". At first this looks modern because of polishing and the addition...