Treasure, World, U.S. Coin & Paper Money Auction 24

American Revolutionary War three-pounder barshot, found in New York. 1422 grams, 11-1/2" long, 2-3/4" diameter half-spheres. Rare example...

British eighteen-pounder stand of grapeshot, early 1800s. 7980 grams, 7-1/2" tall, 5" diameter. This type of projectile is seldom found i...

Small iron cannonball, professionally conserved. 919 grams, 2-1/2" diameter. Intact and matte black from conservation, with moonscape-like pit...

Complete iron barshot with spherical ends, professionally conserved. 3838 grams, 10-12" long, 3" diameter spheres. Very solid and intact ...

Spanish ball-and-chain horseman's flail, 1700s. 925 grams, 26-1/2" overall length with 5" ball, 9-1/2" handle, 12" chain. I...

Early Italian stiletto knife with lionhead pommel, 1600s-1700s. 269 grams, 14-1/2" overall length, 9" blade. Whimsical Venetian knife hil...

Spanish colonial sailor's dirk, 1700s-1800s. 196 grams, 14" overall length, 9-1/8" blade. Good-quality officer's knife found in S...

Spanish or Italian dagger, mid-1700s. 352 grams, 16" overall length, 11-1/4" blade. Simple yet serviceable knife with corkscrew-patterned...

French marine brass-hilted briquet hanger sword, 1767. 780 grams, 32" long, 26-3/4" blade. Used by French marines and soldiers in the Ame...

European felling axe, 1700s. 1750 grams, 30-12" overall length with 6-12" x 11-1/4" blade. Distinctively long blade (basically a tre...

Spanish colonial Caribbean naval cutlass, ca. 1800. 697 grams, 32" long, 28" blade. A classic early naval straight, single-bladed sword w...

Late Spanish colonial period officer's eagle-headed sword, late 1800s. 937 grams, 32" long, 26-1/2" blade. Used by Spanish officers i...

Japanese katana ("samurai sword") with scabbard, mid-1900s. 1360 grams, 40" long, 30" blade. The katana was the main battle wea...

Rare European brass-barreled matchlock hand mortar, 1600s-1700s. 4802 grams, 22-1/2" long, 2-1/2" bore at mouth. Purchased in Spain in 19...

Ornate brass miquelet horseman's pistol, Eastern European, 1700s. 1512 grams, 20" long, 13" barrel. Heavily decorated metal stock wit...

Ornate miquelet horseman's pistol, Eastern European, 1700s. 1073 grams, 19" long, 12" barrel. Intricately decorated metal stock with ...

Ornate Spanish officer's miquelet pistol, 1700s. 632 grams,13-1/2" long, 8" barrel. High-quality polished walnut stock 50-caliber pis...

European or Spanish officer's blunderbuss pistol, 1700s. 619 grams, 13" long, 7-1/2" barrel, 1" at muzzle. Unusual small walnut ...

European flintlock large caliber holster pistol, 1700s. 995 grams, 19-1/4" long, 12-1/2" barrel. Fifty-caliber pistol with relief-carved...

British officer's brass barrel pistol, made by John Sharpe, 1811-1831. 837 grams, 15" long, 9" barrel. Fifty-caliber walnut stock pis...

English officer's percussion pistol, maker T. Ketland & Co., ca. 1815-20. 930 grams, 15" long, 9" barrel. Sturdy service pistol f...

English officer's flintlock pistol, maker W. Ketland & Co., ca. 1815-20. 789 grams, 4-1/2" long, 9" barrel. Simple specimen from ...

English large-bore flintlock officer's boarding pistol, early 1800s. 851 grams, 12" long, 6" barrel. Lovely small walnut-stock gun wi...

Single-barreled percussion pistol, 1800s. 502 grams, 9-14" long, 5" barrel. Small, simply crafted gun to get the job done, all steel with...

Revolutionary War brass bullet mold (ca. 1770s). 496 grams, 9" long. Brass gang-mold for five graduated-caliber balls, manufactured in two pie...

Rare Revolutionary War wood-and-iron cheval-de-frise head from the Siege of Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia, 1777. 9410 grams, 23" tall, 8-1/2"...

Lot of hundreds of tiny glass trade beads (colonial era) found in Florida. Larger box 5-1/2" x 4-1/2"; smaller box 4-1/4" x 3-1/4&qu...

Lot of two Spanish colonial ornate silver thimbles, 1600s. 9.52 grams total, 3/4" tall, 5/8" diameter. Two beautifully crafted ornate thi...

Spanish colonial rustic niche religious shrine with Maria and Jesus, 1700s. 2271 grams, 7-1/2" tall x 3-3/4" deep, figure is 4-1/2" ...

Spanish brass crucifix with black braided cord, 1800s. 55 grams, 5" x 2-1/2". Cast brass cross with "skull and crossbones" symb...

Spanish colonial iron-bound wooden money chest, 1700s. 2646 grams, 12" wide x 5-3/4" tall x 8-3/4" deep. Light-brown smallish hardwo...

Spanish colonial money chest with carved decorations, 1800s. 1596 grams, 8" high x 7-1/2" wide x 13" long. Cute rustic hardwood ches...

Early Spanish capstan candlestick, 1500s-1600s, from an unknown Spanish wreck site. 723 grams, 5" tall, 5-1/2" diameter at base. Unusual ...

Small German stoneware "Bellarmine" jug, ca. 1625. 987 grams, 8-1/2" tall. Attractive little jug found in London, with the usual spe...

Intact earthenware "beehive" olive jar, Spanish colonial, 1700s. 2173 grams, 11" tall, 8" diameter. Medium-sized, intact dark r...

German Westerwald jug with George II marking as from British colonial Virginia, ca. 1740-1760. 947 grams, 8-1/4" tall. Popular and desirable j...

Spanish colonial silver tankard, 1700s-1800s. 485 grams, 4-3/8" tall, 4" diameter. Sturdy, well-constructed and hand-made silver drinking...

Lot of three bottles: One Dutch long neck, one French wine (ca. 1780), and one English cylinder (ca. 1780). Dutch bottle: 600 grams, 10-3/4" t...

Complete brass nested-weight set, eight pieces with case, marked 1715 on lid and inside, English? 829 grams, 1-1/2" tall, 3" diameter. Wh...

Set of Italian scale and coin weights, ca. 1805, in original, leather-lined wooden case. 239 grams, box 7" x 3". Napoleonic scale (probab...

Two early colonial-period European buckles for baldric-type belt (over one shoulder), 1600s-1700s. 1041 grams total, sizes 5" x 6" and 5-...

Spanish colonial leather dispatch case dated MDCCLXXVIIII (1779). 1071 grams, 13" x 17". Excellent condition despite a few chips in the l...

British Victorian-era sea captain's brass long glass telescope (five-draw) made by J.H. Steward, ca. late 1800s. 1401 grams, 10-1/2" to 3&...

Dutch copperplate-engraved scene of St. Augustine, Florida by Arnoldus Montanus (ca. 1671), hand colored. 14" x 10-1/2". This view, origi...

Italian copperplate-engraved map of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Margarita by Gregorio Leti, 1690 (Milan), hand-colored. 10" x ...

German woodcut-engraved map, dated 1733, of the Jesuit missions in and around "Paraquaria" (Paraguay), including parts of current-day Peru...

Small, British copperplate-engraved map of the West Indies by Thomas Kitchin (ca. 1780) professionally matted and framed behind museum glass. Frame 1

French copperplate-engraved map of Cuba and the Bahamas by Rigobert Bonne, 1780 (Paris), hand-colored. 12-1/2" x 8-1/2". Fairly accurate ...