Treasure, World, U.S. Coin and Paper Money Auction 23 - May 15-16

Collection of 8 Spanish iron "skeleton" keys, 1600s-1700s. 1217 grams, key length ranges from 4-1/2" to 6-1/2". Attractive grou...

Lot of two iron "skeleton" keys, colonial period (1600s). 154 grams total; 5-1/4" and 5-1/2" long. Used for any kind of warded ...

British colonial naval/military officer's money box, ca. 1800. 1486 grams, 9" wide, 6-1/2" deep, 4" tall. Small, polished, recta...

Seventeenth-century style Spanish Catalan money box, 1800s. 3520 grams, 16" wide, 7" deep, 7" tall. Elaborately decorated carved har...

Early British prisoner shackles, 1700s. 974 grams, 12-3/4" long. Early hand-forged, straight-arm iron shackles secured by a small lock or blac...

Early cast-iron ball-and-chain with shackle, 1800s. 5810 grams, 35" long chain, 5" in diameter ball. Rare early shackle with 18 pounder b...

Spanish colonial silver spoon, probably 1550s to 1590, marked "Sevilla," hindsfoot-pattern handle, very rare. 33.81 grams, 6" long. ...

Bronze candlestick holder (two parts), Spanish colonial, late 1500s. 180 grams total, 3" diameter in base; candle holder 3-1/2" tall. Ear...

Large silver fork, Spanish colonial, ca. 1770s-1780s. 72.23 grams, 8" long. Solid, heavy rather utilitarian fork with Guatemalan touchmarks on...

Small pewter plate, European, with hallmarks and 1804 date. 447 grams, 9" in diameter, 1" deep. Typical plate for its period with raised ...

Ornate bronze finial (hollow), possibly religious, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 116 grams, 3" x 2-1/4". Well-constructed and heavy hol...

Bronze pommel or finial in the form of a woman's head, Spanish colonial (1500s-1600s). 197.9 grams, 2" tall. Despite years of encrustation...

Collection of bronze weights, consisting of two nested-cup sets and six disks, Spanish colonial (1600s). 393 grams total, disks from 3/8" to 7...

Small cupel for metal refining, Spanish colonial (1600s), rare. 15 grams, 1-3/4" tall, 1-1/4" in diameter. It is probably very rare to fi...

Pocket sundial, bone, Spanish colonial (1600s). 15.26 grams, 2-1/8" in diameter if whole. Before there were clocks and wristwatches, the only ...

Small bronze chisel or axe-head, Spanish colonial (1600s). 74 grams, 2-1/4" long. Cute, well-constructed artifact without ornamentation and wi...

Lot of seven brass or bronze spurs, 1700s-1800s, mostly intact. 1952 grams total, from 6" to 7-1/2" wide. Enough spurs to start your own ...

Large wooden smoking pipe (1800s). 135 grams, 11" long. Well-worn simple wooden pipe with an exterior silver-rimmed bowl (interior bowl wrappe...

Queen Victoria's Great Seal of the Realm, ca. 1850s. 634 grams, 6-1/4" in diameter, 7/8" thick. Very rare and historically important ...

Small, 18K gold pillbox, French, engraved "Mai 1913." 19 grams, 1-1/2" x 7/8" x 3/8". From a bygone era, this lovely, ti...