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...