SOLD
550.00USD+ buyer's premium (110.00)
This item SOLD at 2026 Apr 25 @ 16:30UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT
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SESSION 1:
Books: 1 to 415
Auction Catalogs & Dealer Fixed Pricelists: 416 to 468
Journals, Magazines & Newsletters: 469 to 487
Maps: 488 to 491
Postcards: 492 to 494
VHS Tapes: 495 to 498
DVDs: 499 to 503
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Wagner, Kip & L. B. Taylor Jr. PIECES OF EIGHT. RECOVERING THE RICHES OF A LOST SPANISH TREASURE FLEET. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York. 1966. 8vo. (2), 221, (3) pages. original tan cloth, lettered in blue, jacket. An incredible fourteen signatures (9 Real Eight members), across four different pages, are present in this truly rare first edition: Kip Wagner (twice), his wife Alice Wagner, his son Tom Wagner, L.B. Taylor, Jr., Del Long, John Jones, Dr. Kip Kelso, Bob Johnson, Harry Cannon, Rex Stocker (twice), Lou Ullian and Dan Thompson. First edition. Frontispiece, color photo. Mapped end papers. Maps. Diagrams. color and b&w historical, salvage, coin and antiquities photos throughout. English text. jacket rubbed, chipped and creased, book front and back covers are water stained along the bottom, Good. This book is story of the finding and partial salvage of the '1715 Fleet' of 10 sunken Spanish galleons off Vero Beach, Florida in the 1960's.. as told by the original salvor. Kip Wagner's story started the underwater treasure hunting craze in Florida. This is one of the most collectible of all sunken treasure books in the US. Lot weight: 1 lbs 5oz. Subject(s): Sunken Treasure.
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12472 Lake Underhill Rd #178, Orlando, Florida, 32828, United States
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