Treasure, World, U.S. Coin & Paper Money Auction 25

French copperplate-engraved map of Vera Cruz (Mexico) by Jacques Nicolas Bellin titled "Plan de la Rade et Ville de la Vera-Cruz" or "...

French copperplate-engraved map of entire South American continent by Jacques Nicolas Bellin titled "Amerique Meridionale. Pour servir a l'...

French copperplate-engraved map of Hispaniola (St. Domingue) by Rigobert Bonne titled "Carte de L'Isle de St. Domingue une des Grandes Anti...

French copperplate-engraved map of the Lesser Antilles by Rigobert Bonne titled "Carte des Isles Antilles ou du Vent Avec la Partie Orientale d...

French copperplate-engraved map of colonial North and Central America and the Caribbean by Rigobert Bonne titled "Amerique Septentrionale. Dres...

French copperplate-engraved map of the Gulf of Mexico by Joseph de La Porte titled "Golfe du Mexique Assujetti aux Observations Astronomiques,&...

French copperplate-engraved map of South America by Rigobert Bonne titled "Nouveu Royaume De Grenade, Nouvelle Andalousie, et Guyane," 178...

French copperplate-engraved map of Peru (with parts of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia) by Rigobert Bonne titled "Perou et Pays Ci...

French copperplate-engraved map of the entire South American continent by Rigobert Bonne titled "Amerique Meridionale," 1787 (Paris), hand...

Large, French, ca.-1787 copperplate-engraved map of the early United States titled "Carte Generale des Etats Unis De L'Amerique Septentrion...

English 1795 map of Mexico (New Spain) by Thomas Kitchin, Sr., for Robertson's History of America (London, 1777), hand colored and professionall...

Small English map of South America (maker unknown), 1700s, hand colored. 14" x 8-3/4" (image size 11-1/2" x 7-1/4"). A beautifu...

Portuguese letter ("sea passport") from 1593 warranting safe passage from Lisbon to Venice, with seal at bottom, rare. 13-1/2" x 9&q...

Letter to John Butler from Sir Cloudesly Shovell, the British admiral involved in the 1707 Scilly Disaster (HMS Association and HMS Eagle), dated 14 J

French letter from Cadiz to Lille dated 1715 mentioning the pending arrival of the New Spain Fleet (1715 Fleet) the next month. 11-1/2" x 8-14...

French letter from the ship Le Juste from Cadiz to Marseille dated 1733. 14-3/4" x 9" unfolded. Letter dated 24 June 1733 with informatio...

Lot of seven issues of The London Gazette (various dates from 1667 to 1698). 11-1/8" x 6-7/8" each page. Each copy of the Gazette is one ...

Album of black-and-white photos and negatives showing US military in the Virgin Islands, ca. 1940-41. negatives 3" x 2", prints 3-1/2&quo...

Lot of original color 29 photos of S.S. Central America salvage, recoveries, outfitting of the salvage vessel and Tommy Thompson (with blowups), plus

Spanish stone cannon shot, from the Spanish Armada (1588). 1956 grams, 4-1/2" diameter. Found off the coast of England by a commercial fisherm...

Spanish stone cannon shot, from the Spanish Armada (1588). 2174 grams, 4" diameter. Attractive mottled brownish stone cannonball with several ...

Encrusted pistol with "dogface" butt, from an unidentified 1500s Yucatan wreck. 1792 grams, 17-1/2" long. Almost fully encrusted col...

Encrusted pistol with "dogface" butt, from an unidentified 1500s Yucatan wreck. 1629 grams, 21-1/2" long. Almost full encrusted colo...

Section (four links) of ornate gold "money" chain, 6.44 grams, ex-Atocha (1622). 1-3/4" long, each link about 1/2". Four intact...

Large silver candlestick holder marked with tax stamp and owner's monogram, ex-Atocha (1622). 631 grams, 7-1/2" tall. Solid and only sligh...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain kraak bowl medallion, bird-on-rock motif, Ming Dynasty, Wanli Period, from the "Wanli Wreck" (ca. 1625). ...

Large lead cloth-bale seal with London arms and DE..LONDI..NO. above, from the "Bramble wreck" (mid-1600s). 18 grams, 1-1/4" diamete...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain bowl, floral motif, Ming or Qing Dynasty (1620-1670), from an unidentified mid-1600s wreck. 365 grams, 5-5/8" ...

Original rack of six lead "half" musketballs as from a mold, from the Joanna (1682). 157.4 grams, 5-1/2" x 1-1/8". Six large mu...

Small brass buckle, from the Princess Maria (1686), rare provenance. 8 grams, 1-1/4" x 1". Well-preserved brass buckle (used for shoes an...

Chinese blue-on-white porcelain round, lidded box, intact, from the "Vung Tao Wreck" (ca. 1690). 250 grams, 3" tall, 3-3/4" dia...

Lot of four Chinese blue-on-white porcelain bowls, intact, from the "Vung Tao Wreck" (ca. 1690). 691 grams total, 4-1/2-5-1/4" diame...

English pewter plate, from the HMS Stirling Castle (1703). 390 grams, 8-3/4" diameter. The Great Storm of November 1703 in southwest England w...

Lot of three items: wooden rigging deadeye, pulley wheel, and copper spike, from the HMS Stirling Castle (1703). 788 grams total, deadeye 4-1/2&quo...

Gold chain (plain links), 22K, 43" long, 125 grams, ex-1715 Fleet, ex-Real Eight (Kip Wagner), ex-Ullian. Over 200 small (1/4") plain ov...

Gold "olive blossom" chain, 21" long, 29.92 grams, ex-1715 Fleet, ex-Haskins. Ideal length for wearing (just add clasp), a typical...

Pewter inkwell in the form of a fish, from the 1715 Fleet, ex-Gore, Rainbow Chasers Plate. 219 grams, 5" x 2-1/2" x 2". One of the v...

Black glass "onion" bottle from the 1715 Fleet, ex-Gore. 904 grams, 7" tall x 5-1/4" diameter. Typical "black glass" ...

Small silver fork, from the 1715 Fleet. 21 grams, 5-1/2" long. Four-tined mostly intact small silver fork with pitting typical of water burial...

Natural emerald, 15.5 carats, from the 1715 Fleet. Roughly 5/8" x 3/4" x 1/4". Very dark and opaque green rock with thin veneer of w...

Natural emerald, 7.5 carats, from the 1715 Fleet. Roughly 1/2" x 3/8" x 3/8". Wedge-shaped opaque crystal with two flat sides, brigh...

Iron barshot, fully conserved, from the 1733 Fleet. 3950 grams, 12" long, the ends 2" thick and 3" in diameter. Stable and sturdy bu...

Lot of four brass sword-hilt fragments from a swept-hilt rapier, from the Leimuiden (1770). 209 grams total, 2" to 5-1/2" in length. Thes...

Small, silver-plated copper scissors, from the Colebrooke (1778), rare provenance. 19 grams, 4-1/2" long. Intact and working small scissors wi...

Small silver spoon, intact, from HMS Colossus (1798), rare provenance. 6 grams, 4-1/2" long. Dainty spoon for sugar or spices, in good overall...

Large, silver spoon, from the Lady Burgess (1806), rare provenance. 57 grams, 9" long. Large, plain silver spoon in very good condition, a row...

Lot of one glass deck prism (deadlight) and thirteen iron spikes (conserved). Prism: 917 grams, 5-1/2" long; nails: 922 grams, 2-1/2" to ...

Natural Colombian emerald in stone matrix with pyrite and quartz agglomeration. 783 grams, 5" x 3-1/2" x 2-3/4". Beautiful clump of ...

Lot of sixteen natural emeralds from Colombia, 7.1 grams total, the largest 15 carats. Mostly 1/2" or smaller but one 3/4". Nice stones, ...

Large clump of fossil amber from the North Sea (approx. 44 million years old). 207 grams, 4-3/4" x 3" x 1-1/2". Unusually large ligh...

Megalodon (huge shark) tooth, Miocene era (approx. 2.6 to 15 million years old), found in the Hawthorn Formation, North Carolina. 177 grams, 4-1/2&...

German morion helmet with embossed fleur-de-lis pattern, 1600s. 1032 grams, 13-1/2" x 9-1/2" x 10". A type of helmet originally from...

Spanish colonial solid copper/bronze cannonball (eight-pounder). 3093 grams, 3-3.4" diameter. Found in eastern Mexico at the site of early for...

Revolutionary War-period small cannonball (1-1/2 pounder, amusette) from Ft. Ticonderoga, New York. 620 grams, 2" diameter. Solid and stable, ...

French twelve-pounder solid shot recovered from the field of Waterloo, 1815. 5022 grams and 4-1/4" diameter for ball, 4-1/4" x 4-1/4"...

Iron cannonball grenade, 1700s-1800s. 565 grams, 4-1/2" diameter. Large, hollow ball with hole in side, designed to contain powder and fuse to...

Civil War-period Confederate 12-pounder "canister" shot, ex-Cheatham. 550 grams, 5" tall, 4-1/2" diameter. Among the most effec...

Civil War-period Confederate 12-pounder cannonball. 5450 grams, 4-1/2" diameter. Solid and intact, with minor pitting due to professional cons...

Civil War-period Confederate Virginia-style Read-Parrott 10-pounder ordnance rifle shell. 3003 grams, 7-1/2" x 3". Robert P. Parrott, kno...

Early Spanish colonial metal and horn powder flask, circa 1700s. 346 grams, 10-1/2" x 3-5/8". Fine early powder horn made of flattened c...

Colonial-era iron-mounted artillery horn, 1700s-early 1800s. 566 grams, 12-1/2" long. A colonial-era artifact, these horns carried grease for ...

Spanish colonial folding sailor's jackknife, 1700s. 107 grams, 13-1/4" overall length, 6-1/4" blade length. Folding knives like this ...

Spanish colonial sailor's dirk, 1700s. 250 grams, 13-1/4" overall length, 9-1/4" blade length. Simple small knife with brass and horn...

Spanish colonial side knife with "D" guard, late 1700s. 324 grams, 15" overall length, 9" blade length. Hand-forged knife (with...

French model 1808 infantry hanger sword (briquet). 1222 grams, 30" overall length, 23" blade. Brass D-guard style hilt with ropelike turn...

French model 1822 foot artillery sword. 1399 grams, 25-1/2" overall length, 18-1/2" blade. Heavy and impressive double-edge sword with so...

Large Spanish sailor's navaja (folding knife), signed "Beauvoir," 1800s. 170 grams, 13-1/2" overall length, 5-1/2" blade le...

Early Spanish colonial naval ship's axe head, 1600s. 1027 grams, 14-1/4" x 6-3/4". One of the earliest forms of a ship's boarding...

Unusual hand-forged iron Chinese three-barrel pole cannon, 1600s-1700s. 2066 grams, iron barrel and socket 16-1/2" long, 32" overall leng...

European flintlock pocket pistol, early 1700s. 248 grams, 7-1/4" long. Sturdy, small-size pocket pistol with engraved brass lockplate and met...

French Naval Marine flintlock musket ("musket du marine du bord"), 1777, maker St. Etienne (marked), American Revolutionary War period, ra...

English brass-barreled officer's pistol with flintlock signed "Taylor," late 1700s. 851 grams, 13-1/2" long, 7-3/4' barrel, ...

Spanish or southern European miquelet officer's pistol, late 1700s. 349 grams, 10-1/2" long, 5-1/2' barrel, 1/2" muzzle. Smaller-...

Eastern European flintlock trade pistol, 1700s-1800s. 980 grams, 18" long, 11" barrel, 1/2" muzzle. Typical pistol that was traded i...

Eastern European large flintlock blunderbuss barrel pistol, late 1700s-early 1800s. 1129 grams, 16" long, 10" barrel, 1" muzzle. Imp...

Spanish colonial Caribbean miquelet pistol, early 1800s. 774 grams, 13" long, 7-3/4" barrel, 3/4" muzzle. Locally made colonial piec...

Allen & Thurber patented .34-caliber/six-barrel "pepper box" percussion pistol, circa 1837. 648 grams, 8" long, 3-1/2" barr...

Original, intact, wooden ammunition crate for 1000 rounds of .69 "buck and ball" cartridges (the balls included), marked WATERTOWN ARSENAL...

Handmade "cat of nine tails" with copy of House of Representatives 1848 list of seamen, their offenses, and the number of "lashes wit...

Large lot of 136(+/-) glass trade beads, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 85 grams total, 1/8" to 3" long. Spectacular assortment of Spani...

Lot of five glass trade beads ("Nueva Cadiz turquoise"), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 3 grams, 3/8" to 1" long. Six Nueva Ca...

Lot of six glass trade beads (thick, blue), Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 217 grams total, box 6-1/4" x 5-1/4", beads from 5/8" to...

Small collection of six glass trade beads, Spanish colonial (1500s-1700s), various types. 10 grams, 5/8" to 1" long. Grouping of six unus...

Ornate silver crucifix, French, ca. 1590-1620, very rare. 15 grams, 3-1/2" x 1-3/4". Certified in 2017 as a late Renaissance French silve...

Ornate silver crucifix, Spanish colonial (1600s-1800s). 28 grams, 3-1/2" x 2-1/2". Nicely detailed silver cross of colonial manufacture w...

Large, French, bronze-ebony crucifix, early 1800s. 188 grams; 7-1/2" x 3-3/4". Rectangular bronze arms containing ebony centers underneat...

Early Spanish colonial padlock with key, circa 1700s. 875 grams, 7-1/2" x 5". Monstrous, colonially-made and hand-forged metal lock with ...

Small Spanish colonial money or valuables chest, 1800s. 1390 grams, 10" x 8" x 5-3/4". A beautifully hand-carved solid mahogany and ...

Pair of large, early Spanish colonial spurs (espuelas), 1700s. 1058 grams total, 8" x, 4" each. Alpaca or low-grade South American silver...

Pair of early Spanish colonial iron military horseman's spurs (espuelas), 1700s. 429 grams total, 7" x 3-1/4" each. A rare example of...

English "onion" bottle, ca. 1710-15. 866 grams, 6" tall x 5-1/2" diameter. Typically bottom-heavy "black-glass" bottl...

Intact "onion" bottle, 1700s. 763 grams, 7-1/2" tall x 5" diameter. Interesting "black glass" bottle, less bulbous a...

Intact "onion" bottle, 1700s. 945 grams, 6-1/2" tall x 5-1/2" diameter. Pale-colored "black glass" bottle, a little h...

Intact "onion" bottle, 1700s. 802 grams, 7-1/4" tall x 5-1/2" diameter. Very typical "black glass" bottle with perfec...

Intact "onion" bottle, 1700s. 590 grams, 8" tall x 5" diameter. Long-necked "black glass" bottle with opaque swirls a...

Lot of two black-glass bottles (one tall gin and one small ale) from the 1700s to early 1800s, found in the Florida Keys. 823 grams, 10-1/2" t...

Amber glass bitters bottle, Hostetter's, 1800s. 535 grams, 9" tall, 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" diameter. S. McKee & Co. (1834-1908) of ...

Spanish colonial mortar and pestle, brass, 1600s. 1808 grams total, 3" tall and 5-1/4" in diameter (the pestle 8" long). Well used b...

Spanish pewter candlestick holder, ca. 1680. 384 grams, 5-3/4" tall, 3-1/2" diameter. Hollow, bulbous pewter holder with scratches and de...

Rare early German Westerwald stoneware ewer jug with winged-lion decoration, 1600s-early 1700s. 2232 grams, 13" tall, 6-1/2" diameter. Ea...