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Other Treasures
As the concept of
treasure-collecting grows, new areas that defy our usual shipwreck coin and
artifact classifications come our way, and we park them on this page. Look here
for old documents, maps, prints, paintings, primitive money, and non-shipwreck
artifacts.
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Item# |
Price |
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English flintlock pistol, ca. 1790, good working order. 1121
grams, 15" long. Fat but
spartan piece with plain, round, steel barrel; steel lock; brass furniture;
no markings; replacement ramrod; a few minor cracks and chips in the wood
but fundamentally intact and classic in design. |
l060904194001 |
$1150 |
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1610 Spanish colonial document from Bolivia
(legal affairs). Dense, tightly packed script (even in margins) dealing with
legal issues for private deals, signed by Alberto Becerra (among other
names), in good condition (minor staining), about 8-1/2" x 12-1/4", 4 pages
on 2 sheets. |
l030804081010 |
$100 |
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1619 Spanish colonial document from Bolivia
(terms of a debt). Very well-preserved document (8-1/2" x 12-1/2") with
flowing script undersigned by Don Pedro Rosales dealing with a debt to be
repaid in 4 months (the term clearly written in the margin), 2 pages on one
sheet. |
l030804081011 |
$75 |
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1623 Spanish colonial document from Bolivia
(promise of payment). Basically an old promissory note for a private deal,
written in flowing script and undersigned by Joan Saez de Zalazar, in
excellent condition, 8-1/4" x 12-1/2", 2 pages on one sheet. |
l030804081012 |
$75 |
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1759 Spanish colonial document from Bolivia
(last will and testament) with
Royal seals of Ferdinand VI. This 8-page (4 sheets) document is a lengthy
will for Don Manuel Ximenez, leaving parcels of land to family members and
dividing other goods (even donating some items to the church), written in
small, neat script with two seals near top of one side of each page (like
colonial doc stamps), good condition (some folds and foxing), 8-1/4" x 12". |
l030804082002 |
$200 |
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Signed lithograph print of the
Rooswijk shipwreck of 1739, limited edition (400 copies made), by artist Ralph Curnow (2006).
Mint condition, full-color print showing the Rooswijk on the high seas, painted by Ralph Curnow, the brother of one of the modern salvagers of the
Rooswijk, hand-numbered and signed by the artist in the margins. (15-1/2"
x 12-1/2") |
l050807176064 |
$75 |
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