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Pre-conquest (native
American) copper-arsenic tajaderas from southern Mexico (Zapotec, Oaxaca),
1300s-1500s.
These curious items in the
form of a scraper (also called axes or hoes) were a form of money in
pre-conquest Mexico, where they were cast in a certain alloy of copper and
arsenic that allowed them to survive, now patinated and dusty but solid and
not corroded, tan in color, this particular type from Oaxaca with short,
straight handles that have blunted sides,
15 available. |
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$100
each individually, or $90 each for 10, or $80 each for all |
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Large pearls from the Santa Margarita
(1622), with original Fisher photo-certificates. Sizable pearls (about 5
mm each) with varying colors and sheens, from a find of 16,000 pearls, the
largest of which have fetched up to $1380 in our auctions but were
originally distributed to investors and divers at prices around $2500 each!
12 available. |
k100807380053 k12080741601-11 |
$295 each individually, or $250 each for 5, or $200 each for all. |
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Medium pearls from the Santa Margarita (1622), with original Fisher photo-certificates. Very useful size for jewelry (each pearl about 4 mm), with varying colors and sheens, from a find of 16,000 pearls that were distributed to investors and divers at prices around $2500 per carat!
27 available. |
k080807346012-14 k100807380049-50 k120807416012-33 |
$195 each individually, or $175 each for 5, or $150 each for 10, or $125 each for all. |
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Small pearls from the Santa Margarita (1622), with original Fisher photo-certificates.
Decent-sized pearls (2-3 mm each) in varying colors and sheens, from a find of 16,000 pearls that were distributed to investors and divers at prices around $2500 per carat!
65 available. |
k100807380047 k120807416036-99 |
$125 each individually, or $110 each for 5, or $100 each for 10, or $90 each for 25, or $75 each for all. |
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Very small pearls from the Santa Margarita (1622), with original Fisher photo-certificates.
Tiny pearls (1-2 mm each) in varying colors and sheens, from a find of 16,000 pearls that were distributed to investors and divers at prices around $2500 per carat (consider the labor involved in measuring, grading and certifying a 0.03-carat pearl)!
71 available. |
k100807380024-45 k120807416101-149 |
$75 each individually, or $65 each for 5, or $55 each for 10, or $45 each for 25, or $35 each for all. |
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Mexican pillar dollars, Philip V, various dates
(1730s-early 1740s), average specimens. Typical
specimens with moderate corrosion, decent toning and detail (not all with
dates visible),
31 available. |
d091103426014-44 |
$45 each individually, or $40 each for 10, or $30 each for all |
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Brass buckles from the Rosario, sunk
in 1753 off Montevideo, Uruguay, with certificates. These are intact
buckles (lacking only the iron catch in the center), all more or less
rectangular and about 1¾" x 1¼", various designs, currently uncleaned (with
white and brown oxidation) but we have seen them cleaned and polished to a
beautiful shine, 10 available. |
o060606711208-217 |
$25 each individually, or $22.50 each for 5, or $20 each for 10, or $17.50 each for all |