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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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San Francisco Banking Exchanges [155330]2147 - San Francisco Banking Exchanges [155330]
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Lot of 4 different. 1) Second of Exchange. 1860. NMR&L. To Providence Tool Co. for $537.50. Blue paper. Signed by Davidson. 4.25 x 9.75" 2)...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to l****i for (190.00 + 38.00BP) = 228.00
 
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San Francisco Gold Rush Bankers Collection [155370]2148 - San Francisco Gold Rush Bankers Collection [155370]
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Lot of 3 different checks. 1) McNulty Carothers & Co. March 3, 1853. Banking House at No. 118 Montgomery St. Issued to Seymore for $50. Signed b...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to y******e for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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San Francisco Vigilance Committee Medal, #1472 [159486]2149 - San Francisco Vigilance Committee Medal, #1472 [159486]
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ORGANIZED 9th JUNE 1851* REORGANIZED 14th MAY 1856 / COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE / 1472 // BE JUST AND FEAR NOT * FIAT JUSTITIA RUAT CCELUM / SAN FRANCISCO
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Start Price : 20,000.00 | Estimate : 40,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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San Francisco Vigilance Committee of '56 by Smith, 1883 [158991]2150 - San Francisco Vigilance Committee of '56 by Smith, 1883 [158991]
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San Francisco Vigilance Committee of '56 with Some Interesting Sketches of Events Succeeding 1846. Edited by Frank Meriweather Smith. Published ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to j******n for (700.00 + 140.00BP) = 840.00
 
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Gold Rush Check issued to James King of William, Ties to San Francisco Vigilance Committee [155387]2151 - Gold Rush Check issued to James King of William, Ties to San Francisco Vigilance Committee [155387]
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Palmer Cook & Co. check (handwritten above Wells, Fargo & Co.). Dateline San Francisco, May 15, 1854. Issued to James King of William for $2...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to j******n for (325.00 + 65.00BP) = 390.00
 
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Large SF Check Just After SS Central America Sinking, Plus French Exchange [155396]2152 - Large SF Check Just After SS Central America Sinking, Plus French Exchange [155396]
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Lot of 2. Both are related to Gold Rush SF banker and commission merchant Abel Guy. 1) Abel Guy check for $10,420 (listed in FRENCH COIN), San Francis
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Estimate : 700.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (375.00 + 75.00BP) = 450.00
 
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Hentsch & Berton Revenue Check -- Hentsch Gold Nuggets, SSCA [158072]2153 - Hentsch & Berton Revenue Check -- Hentsch Gold Nuggets, SSCA [158072]
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Hentsch & Berton were the successors in 1863 to Henry Hentsch's banking and assay business in San Francisco. Hentsch was born in Geneva in a...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Hentsch & Berton's Assay Office Memorandum [158073]2154 - Hentsch & Berton's Assay Office Memorandum [158073]
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Very rare; possibly unique. Ex. John J. Ford Jr. Collection. Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at Hentsch & Berton's Assay Office. Dateli...
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Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Ingot Mould, John Taylor, c1860s [159467]2155 - Ingot Mould, John Taylor, c1860s [159467]
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Choice ingot mould from John Taylor & Co., San Francisco. This is an old multi-ingot mould that allowed for small pours of gold ingots of rough...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to w**********e for (650.00 + 130.00BP) = 780.00
 
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John Taylor & Co. Assayer Catalogue, 1899 [158996]2156 - John Taylor & Co. Assayer Catalogue, 1899 [158996]
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John Taylor & Co.'s Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Assayers' Materials. Published in 1899. This catalogue contains illustration...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 6*****b for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
 
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Gold and Silver Tables by San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works, 1867 [158982]2157 - Gold and Silver Tables by San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works, 1867 [158982]
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Tables of the Value of Gold and Silver per Once Troy, at Different Degrees of Fineness. Also tables showing the net returns from gold and silver of di
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Peterson & Trinius' Assay Office Memorandum [158075]2158 - Peterson & Trinius' Assay Office Memorandum [158075]
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Extremely rare. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at Peterson & Trinius' Assay Office, No. 124 Sacramento Street. Dateline San Francisco,...
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Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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A. Kuner, Seal Engraver & Die Sinker, Billhead--Ties to Moffat & Co. [158076]2159 - A. Kuner, Seal Engraver & Die Sinker, Billhead--Ties to Moffat & Co. [158076]
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Lot of 3. 1) Extremely rare billhead for A. Kuner, Seal Engraver & Die Sinker, No. 611 Washington Street, 3rd Floor. Dateline San Francisco, Dec...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to C******n for (600.00 + 120.00BP) = 720.00
 
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List of SF Gold Rush Property Sales to Sam Brannan & Others [155409]2160 - List of SF Gold Rush Property Sales to Sam Brannan & Others [155409]
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"List of Lots Sold in the City of San Francisco and Purchased by Members of the Town Council." Report from Horace Hawes, Prefect of San Fr...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to b*******e for (275.00 + 55.00BP) = 330.00
 
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Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Health Certificates, Gold Rush [155407]2161 - Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Health Certificates, Gold Rush [155407]
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Sheet of two unused Health Certificates, San Francisco, 1852. These certify that a passenger from one of the PMSS Co.'s ships has paid the Healt...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to x********z.. for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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San Francisco Comptroller's Office Drafts, Gold Rush Era [154018]2162 - San Francisco Comptroller's Office Drafts, Gold Rush Era [154018]
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Lot of 3 different. 1) 1854 City Comptroller's Office draft to HW Seale for $250 for grading and planking Beale Street. Signed by mayor CK Garri...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to x********z.. for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
 
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San Francisco US Treasury Exchange Signed by Howell Cobb [155400]2163 - San Francisco US Treasury Exchange Signed by Howell Cobb [155400]
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Rare Treasury of the United States Second of Transfer for $10,000 to the Ast. Treasurer US at San Francisco. Dateline Washington, October 1st, 1858. S
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to d*******f for (425.00 + 85.00BP) = 510.00
 
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Levi Strauss & Co. Billhead, 1890 [157867]2164 - Levi Strauss & Co. Billhead, 1890 [157867]
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1890 Levi Strauss & Co. billhead, with stamped Agency of the Marysville Woolen Mills. Pink 7.5x8.5". Very rare. Date: Country (if not US...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to C*****t for (130.00 + 26.00BP) = 156.00
 
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Page, Bacon & Co. Exchange & Note, Gold Rush Era [155368]2165 - Page, Bacon & Co. Exchange & Note, Gold Rush Era [155368]
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Lot of 2. 1) Original exchange issued Dec. 26th, 1855. No. 25713, issued for $1,000 to IM Campbell. Signed Page Bacon & Co. Black print, three v...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to c*********p for (80.00 + 16.00BP) = 96.00
 
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Fantastic Gold Rush Letter & Cover, Page Bacon & Co., Re: 1855 Bank Collapse [155334]2166 - Fantastic Gold Rush Letter & Cover, Page Bacon & Co., Re: 1855 Bank Collapse [155334]
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Lot of 2. Cover with corner ad for Page & Bacon Bankers St. Louis plus letter. Page, Bacon & Co. was composed of Daniel Page and Henry D. Ba...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to j******n for (600.00 + 120.00BP) = 720.00
 
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