Treasure & World Coin Auction #9 : Daniel F. Sedwick, LLC

Earthenware handled jar, Spanish colonial, 1600s-1700s. 5 lb 2-1/2 oz, 12-1/4" tall and 7" in diameter. Tall vase with flat bottom and sh...

English pewter soup spoon marked with Tudor rose hallmark, 1620s-1640s. 82 grams; 6-3/4" long. Plain spoon with large hallmark (somewhat flat)...

English pewter soup spoon marked with Tudor rose hallmark, 1620s-1640s. 66 grams; 6-5/8" long. Full and well-detailed hallmark in 2-1/4"-...

Silver "dog nose" table spoon dated 1706, British (London hallmark), Queen Anne period. 49 grams; 7-1/2" long. A simple spoon with t...

Silver-and-wood "vara" or Baston de Mando (Peruvian native governor's badge of office), 1700s, rare. 3 lb; 44" long; mostly 2&qu...

Brass coin weight for a "doublon", 17 dineros and 8 granos, probably French (1700s?). 25.2 grams; 1-1/4" in diameter. Thick brass sl...

Dutch onion bottle, "horse hoof" shape, ca. 1710-20. 669 grams; 8" tall, 5-1/2" in diameter. Solid piece with open pontil, oliv...

Dutch porter "lady leg" bottle, ca. 1750s. 669 grams; 10" tall, 3-1/4" in diameter. Nice specimen with shallow, open pontil, sw...

English ale bottle, ca. 1780, found in the Florida Keys (some barnacles). 722 grams; 9" tall, 4" in diameter. Solid and fat, very dark gr...

Dutch "pig snout" mouth gin bottle, ca. 1800. 549 grams; 9" tall, up to 3-1/4" to a side. Nice clean piece in very clear green ...

Dutch "pig snout" mouth gin bottle, ca. 1800. 520 grams; 9" tall, up to 3" to a side. Attractive specimen in very clear green g...

Lot of 5 glass medicine bottles, ca. 1850, found in and around the Florida Keys. From 26 to 200 grams each; 4" to 6-1/2" tall and 1"...

Italian silver coin dated 1924 embedded in a chunk of lava from the 1929 eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. 105.4 grams; 2-1/2" x 1-1/4". Interest...

Section of original anchor-chain link from the Queen Mary, 1935/1967, in original box. 415 grams total; 4-1/4" in diameter. In 1967 the venera...

Hand-sewn Spanish Castile and Leon flag used ca. 1950 at the McKee Treasure Museum in Plantation, rare and very desirable 56" x 34". The ...

Trilobite in matrix (large), 250 to 500 million years old. 1 lb; 4" x 3" x 2-1/2". Well-detailed specimen, typically enrolled (curle...

Trilobite in matrix (small), 250 to 500 million years old. 59 grams; 3" x 2". A complete, well-detailed but somewhat curled-up ("enr...

Entire dinosaur fossil in matrix, 125 to 150 million years old (early Cretaceous period). 11 lb 2.1 oz; 24-3/4" x 10". Of the species Sin...

Dinosaur egg (probably Hadrosaur), 100 million years old (Cretaceous period). 4 lb 10 oz; 5" in diameter. A nearly complete egg believed to b...

Large megalodon tooth (black), 25 million years old, found off South Carolina. 396.8 grams; 5-1/2" x 4-1/4". Immense tooth of a scary-big...

Large megalodon tooth (black), 25 million years old, found off South Carolina. 326.6 grams; 5-1/2" x 4". Rare as fully intact (no chips) ...

Medium megalodon tooth (brown), 25 million years old, found off South Carolina. 211.5 grams; 4-1/2" x 3-1/2". Choice specimen with shiny ...

Medium (smaller) megalodon tooth (brown), 25 million years old, found off South Carolina. 75.9 grams; 3-1/2" x 2-1/2". Deep tea-brown col...

Mackerel shark tooth, 25 million years old, found off South Carolina. 48.9 grams; 3-1/4" x 1-3/4". Choice specimen with glossy enamel, sh...

Huge wooly mammoth tooth fossil, 2 million years old. 7 lb 12 oz; 10" x 7" x 3". Of the species Mammuthus Primigenius, dating to the...

Ivory sperm whale tooth with ca.-1850 scrimshaw depicting a seated lady surrounded by animals and trees in meadow scene on front, whaling ship flying

Ivory sperm whale tooth with mid-1800s "pricked" scrimshaw depicting a uniformed man. 95 grams; 4" x 2" x 1-1/4". A small ...

Ivory sperm whale tooth with ca.-1880s scrimshaw depicting a three-masted clipper ship. 420 grams; 6" x 2-3/4" x 1-3/4". Solid and i...

Ivory sperm whale tooth with late-1800s scrimshaw depicting a three-masted whaling ship at sea with whale boats visible on deck, bird in sky above. 4

Ivory sperm whale tooth with mid-1900s scrimshaw depicting four sailing ships at sea with birds in sky. 360 grams; 6" x 2" x 1-1/2"....

Ivory tip of sperm whale tooth with mid-1900s scrimshaw by Don Waring of New Bedford, Mass. (signed) depicting a three-masted clipper ship at sea with

1671 English engraving by John Ogilby entitled "Truxillo," depicting the city of Trujillo, Honduras. 19" x 15-1/4" total (image...

1600s(?) German engraving of "Roman ships" by Beider. 12" x 8". This scene from a German book shows the Roman admiral Lucius Ae...

Ca.-1700 Dutch engraving by A. Leide working for Pierre (Pieter) vander Aa (1659-1733) entitled "Figures des Habitans dans l'Isle de Ladron...

1724 English copper-plate engraving of Mexico City by J. Clark (unsigned), hand colored. 28" x 15-1/2". A panoramic view of the city in i...

1724 English copper-plate engraving of Mexico City by J. Clark from an English translation of the 1684 book Historia de la conquista de Mexico, by Ant

Lot of three late-1700s English engravings showing ships in battle in 1757-9. 10-3/4" x 8-1/4" each. Three full-page engravings in excell...

Lot of two late-1700s English engravings: one by G. Child with two scenes entitled "View of the Island of Fuego, fm. Cornwall." (top) and ...

1619 Dutch three-map suite (copper-plate engravings) of the northern coast of Africa by Jodocus Hondius from a 1637 English atlas, hand colored, scarc

1635 Dutch map (copper-plate engraving) of Mexico by Willem Blaeu entitled NOVA HISPANIA, ET NOVA GALICIA, hand colored. 24-1/2" x 19-1/2"...

1754 (dated) French map of the Caribbean by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, entitled "Carte du Golphe du Mexique et des Isles de l'Amerique," ...

1599 Spanish colonial document from Mexico concerning gold, 4 pages, with cancellation hole. 12" x 8-1/4". An official notarial document ...

1688 announcement for an auction in Santo Domingo. 12" x 8-1/4". An announcement for the public auction of a Sergeant Major's houses ...

1702-4 vellum-bound sheaf of official Spanish manuscripts on royal paper (some with seals at top), concerning a noble of Cea in northern Spain, 37 han

1778 paper-bound court document from Spain concerning a lawsuit, 41 printed pages. 11-1/2" x 8-1/4". Printed proceedings of a lawsuit by ...

1806 American Revolutionary War-period document, inspection roll of soldiers of the 7th Co. of the 28th Connecticut regiment militia returning from ba

1806 shipping insurance policy from the Washington Insurance Company (founded in 1800) in Providence, Rhode Island. 15" x 9-1/2". Half pr...

Lot of 32 handwritten documents from late colonial and early Republican Chile and Peru (1775-1838), mentioning coins, mints, silver and slaves (among

Lot of 5 Spanish colonial documents from Mexico dated 1656-1819, with official seals, one with additional seal of 1822 from the Empire of Mexico. 12-

Large lot of 19 Mexican Republic handwritten documents dated 1828-1865. Most 12-1/2" x 8-3/4". Some single-page and some multi-page docum...

1845 sale of land under an Indian land grant signed by (the secretary of) President John Tyler, with seal. 18" x 12". This large, printed...

Lot of 3 Civil War-era letters (and a small envelope) dated 1861-9 to/from Texas. Mostly 10" x 7-3/4". Interesting personal piece from th...

Spanish-American War in Cuba, letter by Antonio Maceo (hand-signed with Masonic symbol of 3 dots in a triangle pattern), dated August 15, 1876, very r

Lot of 2 miscellaneous documents with engravings of ships: 1877 Portuguese bill of lading and early-1800s newsprint (matted for framing) with English

Lot of 5 bank drafts and certificates of deposits (and one envelope) of the 1860s-1880s from banks in Arizona, Nevada, Montana and California. Most 8

Lot of 13 documents pertaining to Wells Fargo and other Express companies of the 1860s-1900s. Up to 8-1/2" x 11" each. A sundry lot of re...

Mining claim document ("Notice of Location") dated 1905, Calistoga, California. 8-1/2" x 7". This document announces the mining...

1715 Fleet: Lot of 5 letters from the 1960s on letterhead for Real Eight Co., Inc., and Foul Anchor Archives, two hand-signed by Kip Wagner. 8-1/2&...

Christensen, Henry, Inc. (Madison, NJ). The Ubilla-Echevez Collection [Real Eight collection of 1715 Fleet coins] (October 8, 1964), rare hardbound ed

Christensen, Henry, Inc. (Madison, NJ). Treasures of the Conception (May 14, 1982), with prices realized. 8-1/2" x 11"; 1980 lots; SC, VF...

Christie's (Geneva). Highly Important Gold Coins of Spain and Spanish America (November 25-26, 1981). 7-1/2" x 10"; 181 pages; HC, DJ...

Christie's (New York), compiled by Sandy McKinney. The Research Coin Collection - A Unique Representative Collection of 237 New World Spanish Co...

Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (New York). Treasure of the Spanish Main (February 4, 1967), special binding with handwritten notes on extra pages betwee

Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (New York). Treasure of the Spanish Main (February 4, 1967), rare. 7" x 10-1/4"; 97 pages; SC, F. One of the...

Ponterio & Associates (Chicago). The Paul Karon Potosi Cob Collection (sale #42, March 17, 1990), with prices realized. 8-1/2" x 11";...

Renaissance Auctions (Cayon Auctions, Madrid). Siegfried van Schuckmann Collection of Latin American colonial 8 reales (December 13, 2001), scarce. 8

Schulman Coin & Mint (New York). Gold and Silver Coins of the Spanish World from the Maravilla (December 2-4, 1974), with prices realized. 6-3/...

Schulman Gallery, Hans M.F. (New York). Coin Selections from the "Treasures of Two Oceans" and other Consignments (February 6-8, 1969), wi...

Sedwick, Daniel Frank, LLC. Set of the first three Treasure Auction catalogs (#1, 2 and 3, 2007-8). Each 8-1/2" x 11"; SC, Mint. Quickly ...

Sotheby's (Sussex). Artefacts recovered from the Wreck of the S.S. Medina (May 26, 1988). 8-1/8" x 10-5/8"; 56 pages; SC, VF. An elus...

Swiss Bank Corp. (Zurich). Coins of Peru (#20, September 14-15, 1988, AKA Sellschopp collection). 8-1/4" x 9-1/2"; 220 pages; HC, NM. Thi...

Swiss Bank Corp (Basel). Collection of Spanish Colonial and Spanish Coins (#27, January 24, 1991, Ortiz collection). 8-3/8" x 9-1/2"; 118...

1573 half-leather-on-board (rebound) book in Latin entitled De Titvlis Philippi Avstrii Regis Catholici Liber, by Iacobi Mainoldi Gallerati Cremonensi

1619 half-leather-on-board (rebound) book in Italian entitled Il vago, & diletteuole Giardino ove si Leggono..., by R. P. Luigi Contarino Crocif...

1672 vellum-bound book in Spanish entitled Reyno de Dios Compendio, y Medula de Toda la Corte Santa (Primera Parte), translated by Don Pedro Goncalez

1674 large vellum-bound book in Spanish entitled Espejo de la Juventud, Moral, Politico y Christiano, by Don Marcos Bravo de la Serna. 8-3/4" ...

1700 hardbound book in Dutch by Kornelis van Alkemade entitled De Munt der Graaven van Holland, very rare and important to numismatists. 8-1/4"...

1711 large vellum-bound book in Spanish entitled Comentarios de la Guerra de Espana desde el Principio del Reynado del Rey Philippe Quinto hasta la Pa

1741 thick vellum-bound book in Latin entitled De Romana Republica, Sive de Re Militari & Civili Romanorum ad Explicandos Scriptores Antiquos, b...

1782 leather-on-board bound book in Italian entitled Reflexiones Imparciales Sobre la Humanidad de los Espanoles en las Indias, Contra los Pretendidos

1790 half-leather-on-board bound (re-bound) book in Spanish entitled Historia de la Conquista de Mexico, by Don Antonio de Solis y Rivadeneyra. 8-1/2

1825 hardbound (rebound) book in English entitled A View of South America and Mexico, by "a citizen of the United States." 7-1/4" x ...

1830 small leather-on-board bound book in Spanish entitled Historia de Napoleon (author unknown). 6" x 4"; 312 pages. A 4-part work bound...

Lot of 5 antiquarian books on historical topics dated 1663, 1684, 1733, 1769 and 1814. This lot consists of the following: (1) Vida de Don Franco de

Lot of 4 antiquarian books on military topics dated 1761, 1796, 1804 and 1845. This lot consists of the following: (1) Ordenanza de S.M. en que se P

Lot of 4 antiquarian books on law, accounting, etc., dated 1645, 1673, 1758 and 1800. This lot consists of the following: (1) Estilo Nuevo de Escrit

Lot of 2 antiquarian books on language dated 1562 and 1719. This lot consists of the following: (1) La Prima Parte Della Copia Delle Parole, by Giov

Lot of 4 antiquarian books on philosophy dated 1552, 1678, 1722 and 1766. This lot consists of the following: (1) Aristo Telis stagiratae de Interpr

Lot of 6 antiquarian books on religion dated 1601, 1636, 1658, 1747, 1777 and 1787. This lot consists of the following: (1) Contemplacion del Crucif

Bischoff, William L. (ed). The Coinage of El Peru, Coinage of the Americas Conference of the American Numismatic Society (October 29-30, 1988). 6-1/8

Bowers, Q. David. American Coin Treasures and Hoards (1997). 8-5/8" x 11-1/2"; 456 pages; HC, Mint. Large-format collection of stories de...

Calbeto de Grau, Gabriel. Compendium VIII Reales (1970), 2 vol., with separate list of values, numbered copy #1161 of 1500. 9-3/4" x 12";...

Calico, X. Aportacion a la Historia Numismatica de Santa Fe de Bogota (1953), scarce. 7" x 10"; 81 pages; SC, VF. Important early text on...

Coffman, F.L. Atlas of Treasure Maps (reprint edition, 1957). 12" x 17"; 124 pages; HC, DJ, VF. Oversized book of charts that every seago...

Craig, Alan K. Spanish Colonial Silver Coins in the Florida Collection (2000), autographed by the author. 7-1/8" x 10-1/8"; 217 pages; HC...

De la Puente Jeri, Pedro. La Amonedacion en Oro de las Cecas de Lima, Cuzco y Potosi, 1659-1979 (1994). 8-1/4" x 9-3/8"; 115 pages; HC, V...

Earle, Peter. The Treasure of the Concepcion - The Wreck of the Almiranta (1980), with signature and inscription by Burt Webber. 6-1/4" x 9-1/...

Gilboy, Frank F. The Milled Columnarios of Central and South America (1999), limited edition #288/500. 8-3/4" x 11-1/2"; 293 pages; HC, D...

Grissim, John. The Lost Treasure of the Concepcion (1980), autographed by author. 6-1/4" x 9-1/2"; 207 pages; HC, DJ, VF. This book chron...

Horner, Dave. The Treasure Galleons (1971), autographed by the author. 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; 259 pages; HC, DJ, NM. One of the original classi...