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SS Central America Shipwreck Artifacts Auction, Part I (December 2022)

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The S.S. Central America Artifacts Auction catalog has 268 pages of detailed treasure stories about the people, jewelry, gold, and goods onboard the famous "Ship of Gold" that sank off the North Carolina coast in 1857 with tons of gold on board. While the coins and nuggets have already been sold and are in thousands of collections around the world, the artifacts are only just now being released, and are presented for the first time in a two-part sale in December 2022 and February 2023. Online auction platforms do not carry the wealth of information found in our printed catalog, inclusive of three-dimensional photographs of the items on the seafloor and a map where many artifacts were discovered. Order your limited-edition printed catalogs today and enjoy the fascinating world of the S.S. Central America treasure.

Part A of this December auction includes artifacts recovered from the actual shipwreck of the S.S. Central America.
Part B, starting with Lot 2000, offered the same day, presents some of the best California and Alaska Gold Rush material ever assembled for auction.

Fred Holabird
Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC

AUCTION SCHEDULE

Part A  - S.S.Central America Artifacts
(Lots 1000-1271)

Ships Provisions (Lots 1000-1080)
Passenger Possessions (Lots 1081-1249)
The Business of Gold (Lots 1250-1271)

Part B -  Gold Rush Era Collectibles
(Lots 2000-2276)

Gold Specimens (Lots 2000-2069)
Mining Ephemera; Jewelry; Rare Books & More (Lots 2079-2276)
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Passenger Receipt, Second Cabin, Major Jacob B. Clark [158885]1000Passenger Receipt, Second Cabin, Major Jacob B. Clark [158885]
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Second Cabin passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck and issued for Jacob B. Clark, reportedly a veteran of the Mexican Wa
Estimate : 200.00 and UP
Sold to R********3 for 780.00
Passenger Receipt, Second Cabin, William A. Adams & Dog [158884]1001Passenger Receipt, Second Cabin, William A. Adams & Dog [158884]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Second Cabin passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for William A. Adams, 27, of Maryland, and his dog. There is no recor
Estimate : 500.00 and UP
Sold to 8*****W for 780.00
Passenger Receipt, Steerage, William Curless, Truckee, Cal. Druggist [158882]1002Passenger Receipt, Steerage, William Curless, Truckee, Cal. Druggist [158882]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Steerage passenger receipt for William Curless on pre-printed neutral US mail Steamship/ Pacific Mail steamship form. Datelined San Francisco. Curless
Estimate : 500.00 and UP
Sold to m********H for 720.00
Judge Monson's First Cabin Passenger Receipt, #1! [158892]1003Judge Monson's First Cabin Passenger Receipt, #1! [158892]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The order of issuance of the SSCA passenger receipts began to become clear after we were able to interpret the very old handwriting that suffered 150
Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to G*******s for 1,020.00
Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Ansel Easton & Wife [158881]1004Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Ansel Easton & Wife [158881]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The original passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for Ansel and Addie Easton, "A. I. Easton & Wife", 4 ...
Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to F********e.. for 4,800.00
Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Capt. Thomas Badger [158906]1005Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Capt. Thomas Badger [158906]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Capt. Thomas Badger First Cabin Passenger Receipt, First Cabin ticket No. 9, recovered from the purser's safe of the S.S. Central America shipwr...
Estimate : 5,000.00 and UP
Sold to G*******s for 3,120.00
Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Dr. Kittridge [158888]1006Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Dr. Kittridge [158888]
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First Cabin receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for Dr. Kitteridge from San Francisco to New York, August 20, 1857. First Cabin
Estimate : 500.00 and UP
Sold to 8***0 for 660.00
Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Henry Childs of New York [158891]1007Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Henry Childs of New York [158891]
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Passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for Henry H. Childs of New York, First Cabin Ticket #31 from San Francisco to New
Estimate : 500.00 and UP
Sold to R********3 for 660.00
Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, James E. Birch, California Stage Co. Founder [158894]1008Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, James E. Birch, California Stage Co. Founder [158894]
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Another of the very important people onboard the S.S. Central America were James E. Birch and his wife. His first cabin ticket was #34 in line. Birch
Estimate : 2,000.00 and UP
Sold to E********s for 9,600.00
Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, John V. Dobbin [158883]1009Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, John V. Dobbin [158883]
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Passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for John V. Dobbin, brother of James C. Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy, 1853-1857.
Estimate : 500.00 and UP
Sold to N*****l for 900.00
Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Jones and Servant [158890]1010Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Jones and Servant [158890]
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First Cabin passenger receipt for F. Jones and Servant from San Francisco to New York recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. This is one o
Estimate : 500.00 and UP
Sold to c****1 for 2,280.00
Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, No. 11, E. Hirshfield [158893]1011Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, No. 11, E. Hirshfield [158893]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Passenger receipt for first cabin, #11, to E. Hirshfield recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. We include this receipt because there is v
Estimate : 500.00 and UP
Sold to F********e.. for 2,400.00
Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Rufus Lockwood, Fremont's Gold Rush Attorney [158887]1012Passenger Receipt, First Cabin, Rufus Lockwood, Fremont's Gold Rush Attorney [158887]
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One of two of Fremont's Gold Rush Attorneys, Rufus Lockwood, Passenger Receipt. First Cabin, ticket #2. San Francisco to New York, August 20, 18...
Estimate : 2,000.00 and UP
Sold to A******B for 1,800.00
Passenger Receipt, Forward Cabin, Mrs. Easton's Servant [158886]1013Passenger Receipt, Forward Cabin, Mrs. Easton's Servant [158886]
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Forward Cabin receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. Issued for San Francisco to New York for "Mrs. Easton's Servant&qu...
Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to b******a for 1,380.00
Passenger Receipt, Panama Railroad on S.S. Central America Form [158880]1014Passenger Receipt, Panama Railroad on S.S. Central America Form [158880]
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A passenger receipt recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck, filled out for the Panama Railroad (not a specific named passenger) on a US Mai
Estimate : 500.00 and UP
Sold to c****1 for 1,260.00
Passenger Receipt, Printed Form, Finest One [158903]1015Passenger Receipt, Printed Form, Finest One [158903]
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This is the finest known of all the S.S. Central America passenger receipts on pre-printed US Mail Steamship Company forms coming from New York. // Un
Estimate : 2,500.00 and UP
Sold to c****o for 5,280.00
Passenger Receipt, Second Cabin, Aspinwall to Havana and Back on the S.S. Central America [158895]1016Passenger Receipt, Second Cabin, Aspinwall to Havana and Back on the S.S. Central America [158895]
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A unique pair of a physical tickets recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for Second Cabin from Havana to Aspinwall and a passenger receip
Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to b*****e for 1,680.00
Passenger Receipt, Second Cabin, Havana to Aspinwall Transfer Ticket [158889]1017Passenger Receipt, Second Cabin, Havana to Aspinwall Transfer Ticket [158889]
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Second Cabin transfer ticket recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for passage from Havana to Aspinwall on the trip down from New York, im
Estimate : 500.00 and UP
Sold to S********6 for 450.00
Passenger Receipt Collection, S.S. Central America Treasure [150878]1018Passenger Receipt Collection, S.S. Central America Treasure [150878]
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In 2014 the crew recovered the contents of Purser Hull's safe found at the S.S. Central America shipwreck. In it were two black smudgy bundles o...
Estimate : 1,000.00 and UP
Sold to c****o for 4,200.00
Passenger Receipts Originating in Aspinwall, S.S. Central America Treasure [150879]1019Passenger Receipts Originating in Aspinwall, S.S. Central America Treasure [150879]
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Two fascinating and historical passenger receipts recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck for the United States Mail Steamship Lines, with...
Estimate : 400.00 and UP
Sold to b*****e for 1,440.00