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Engravings
The following
Gottfriedt prints were originally done by the famous engraver
Theodor de Bry, whose works Gottfriedt inherited in the early 1600s.
De Bry himself was copying what was drawn for him by the actual
adventurers who saw the New World in the 1500s.
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Lot# 2016 |
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German woodcut
engraving, early 1600s, showing a galleon and natives in canoes off an
island ("I. Ladrones") in the West Indies, from a 1655 book entitled Neue
Welt und Americanische Historien, by Johann Ludwig Gottfriedt (Frankfurt am
Main).
8" x 13" (whole page).
Scene of a galleon under attack by natives, with German text all around and
on the back, in excellent condition except for a small hole at top, rare.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Lot# 2017 |
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German woodcut
engraving, early 1600s, showing 2 galleons and natives in canoes off an
island (which marginal notes in pencil attribute to Margarita Island off
Venezuela) in the West Indies, from a 1655 book entitled Neue Welt und
Americanische Historien, by Johann Ludwig Gottfriedt (Frankfurt am Main).
8-1/4" x 13" (whole page).
Scene of galleons and docile natives being shot at by Europeans, with German
text all around and on the back, in excellent condition, rare.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Lot# 2018 |
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German woodcut
engraving, early 1600s, showing a European male and native (bare-chested)
woman with infant in foreground and 5 galleons in harbor surrounded by
armies on land in background, titled at top "Quintero," with marginal notes
on back in pencil indicating a location off Chile, probably from a 1655 book
entitled Neue Welt und Americanische Historien, by Johann Ludwig Gottfriedt
(Frankfurt am Main).
8" x 6-1/4".
Cut out of a larger page (with German text on back), the scene very well
detailed, in excellent condition, rare.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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German woodcut
engraving, early 1600s, showing 2 galleons entering a delta occupied by a
boat of natives off lands containing fruit trees, huts and more natives, the
legend identifying the place as St. Helena, probably from a 1655 book
entitled Neue Welt und Americanische Historien, by Johann Ludwig Gottfriedt
(Frankfurt am Main).
9" x 6-1/2".
Cut out of a larger page (with German text on back), the scene very well
detailed, in excellent condition, rare.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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German woodcut
engraving, early 1600s, showing 2 galleons outside a fort where soldiers are
unloading longboats and their superiors are being blessed by a clergyman in
the foreground, probably from a 1655 book entitled Neue Welt und
Americanische Historien, by Johann Ludwig Gottfriedt (Frankfurt am Main).
11-1/2" x 10-1/2"
(including mat).
Matted and ready for framing, the scene very well detailed, in excellent
condition, rare.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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German woodcut
engraving, early 1600s, showing 5 galleons in the harbor of Valparaiso,
Chile, with armies on land all around and 2 natives in foreground, probably
from a 1655 book entitled Neue Welt und Americanische Historien, by Johann
Ludwig Gottfriedt (Frankfurt am Main).
12-1/2" x 11" (including
mat).
Matted and ready for framing, the scene very well detailed, in excellent
condition, rare.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Hand-colored German
woodcut engraving, early 1600s, showing a galleon at sea being attacked by
flying fish chased by larger fish (tuna?), probably from a 1655 book
entitled Neue Welt und Americanische Historien, by Johann Ludwig Gottfriedt
(Frankfurt am Main).
14" x 13" (including mat).
Vividly colored and well detailed, matted and ready for framing, excellent
condition, rare.
Estimate: $60-$90. |
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Small French woodcut
engraving by Allain Mallet (Paris, 1683) entitled "St. Augus. De Floride",
showing ships and the fort at St. Augustine, Florida, professionally matted
and framed.
9" x 10-1/2".
Small but well-detailed scene in choice condition, tastefully framed and
ready to hang.
Estimate: $250-$375. |
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Large Dutch woodcut
engraving by Pierre Vander Aa (Leiden, 1729) entitled "St. Francisco de
Campeche", showing ships in battle off that Mexican harbor, professionally
matted and framed.
23" x 10".
Gripping battle scene showing one of the combatants in a sinking state,
choice condition save for trace of a fold in center, tastefully framed and
ready to hang.
Estimate: $250-$375. |
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English woodcut
engraving by James Hulett (London, ca. 1750) entitled "The Takeing [sic] of
Vigo", showing ships in battle at Vigo Bay, professionally matted and
framed.
11-1/2" x 14-3/4".
Furious battle scene, very well detailed, in choice condition, tastefully
framed and ready to hang.
Estimate: $200-$300. |
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French engraving, ca.
1750, by Jacques Philippe Le Bas (Paris) entitled "Tempete, ve Veue D'Italie,"
showing ships sinking just offshore, copying a famous painting by Abraham
Storck in the late 1600s.
18-1/2" x 14-3/4".
Large and well-detailed scene on vellum paper, excellent condition save for
minor corner bends.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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English engraving, ca.
1750, by I. Basire (London) entitled "Sea Weeds" and "Flying-Fish Chase"
(and depicting same, both with galleons but the latter with a waterspout as
well) from Astley's Voyages and Travels set.
12-1/4" x 15" (including
mat).
Fascinating pair of scenes, both well detailed, in excellent condition
except for a fold (as made), matted and ready for framing.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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English engraving by
John Goldar (London, 1786) of Sir Francis Drake, hand colored and
professionally matted and framed.
15-1/2" x 19".
Vividly colored and well detailed, excellent condition save for minor tear,
tastefully matted and framed and ready to hang.
Estimate: $100-$150. |
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English engraving,
1801, by Charles Tomkins, printed by J. Sewell (Cornhill), entitled "A Fire
Ship 1684" and showing the side and rear views and ribbing of the ship.
18-1/4" x 11-1/2".
A combination of technical drawing and artistry, with folds as taken from a
book but otherwise in excellent condition.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Hand-colored English
engraving, late 1800s, by William Tegg & Co. (London) from a drawing by
Marigny of old wooden sailing ships in the harbor of Balaklava (Ukraine).
18-1/4" x 14".
Beautifully detailed and colored scene on heavy stock, nice condition except
for minor tears in edges and corner bumps.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Manuscripts
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Lot# 2031 |
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Spanish family tree
document from the late 1700s (family of Francisco Martinez de Villaescusa).
16-1/2" x 23".
Two large sheets pasted together and folded, with 9 generations of a family
tree beautifully documented thereon in Spanish, starting in the 1690s but
generally lacking dates, nice condition except for some holes along the
folds and edges.
Estimate: $150-$225. |
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Lot# 2032 |
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Original customs
document from Trujillo in colonial Peru dated 1787.
8-1/2" x 12-1/4".
With seal of Charles III at top, partially printed and partially
handwritten, showing duties paid on wine and soap, in excellent condition
despite old folds.
Estimate: $40-$60. |
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Lot# 2033 |
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Original ship-lading
document from Lima in colonial Peru dated 1793.
8-1/2" x 12".
Receipt for silver bullion accepted on board the ship Nuestra Señora de los
Dolores (alias: the Aurora) bound for Cádiz, Spain, partially printed and
partially handwritten (both sides), in excellent condition save for small
holes where signed a little too enthusiastically.
Estimate: $40-$60. |
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Lot# 2034 |
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Original slave-sale
document from Lima in colonial Peru dated 1797.
8-1/2" x 12-1/4".
Fascinating document in excellent condition, mostly printed and therefore
one of many such items, that basically shows the sale and official ownership
in Peru of a slave, in this case a 16-year-old woman who arrived through
Valparaiso, Chile, and was sold in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Estimate: $40-$60. |
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Lot# 2035 |
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Original military
document from Santiago in colonial Chile dated 1804.
8-1/4" x 11-3/4".
Pre-printed notification (dated 1803) about a military payment from the
captain-general in Cuba with handwritten reply from his counterpart in
Chile, nice condition, just a little brown from age.
Estimate: $60-$90. |
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Lot# 2036 |
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Original Vice-regal
document from Lima in colonial Peru dated 1818.
8-1/2" x 12".
With Ferdinand VII seal at top, this document is a complaint letter answered
in apology personally by the Viceroy Vezuela, excellent condition except for
an old fold in the middle.
Estimate: $60-$90. |
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Lot# 2037 |
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Original mint document
from Lima in colonial Peru dated 1819.
8-1/2" x 12-1/4".
Simple but important receipt for 22 bars of silver delivered to the mint,
with seals at top, signatures in the middle and calculations at bottom, in
excellent condition except for staining on left edge.
Estimate: $40-$60. |
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Original assay-office
document from Lima in colonial Peru dated 1819.
8-1/2" x 12-1/4".
Simple (no seals or artwork), partially printed and partially handwritten
receipt for sale of gold to the Royal assayer, in excellent condition.
Estimate: $40-$60. |
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Lot# 2039 |
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Original mint document
from Lima in colonial Peru dated 1820.
17" x 12-1/4".
Large, folded document in excellent condition that is basically a receipt
for 6000 marcos of silver delivered to the mint and turned into 51,000 pesos
of coins, with seals at top and signatures at bottom, some handwriting on
back as well.
Estimate: $40-$60. |
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Original military
document signed by Simon Bolivar from Caracas in the Republic of Colombia
(now in Venezuela) dated 1827.
8-1/2" x 12".
Anything signed by Simon Bolivar is a hot item among collectors in most
South American countries, and this document is an excellent example, a
letter in which Bolivar is promoting a Sergeant in Callao (Peru) to the
position of Second Lieutenant, with notes in margin dating to 1833, good
condition except with tape repairs or reinforcements around edges.
Estimate: $750-$1,100. |
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Lot# 2041 |
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Original military
document signed by Emperor Iturbide from Mexico City dated 1822.
8-1/2" x 11-3/4".
This is a letter offering retirement benefits at the level of Sergeant to a
soldier for meritorious service in Iturbide's army during the brief Empire
of Mexico, excellent condition save for two small punch-holes.
Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.
Estimate: $400-$600. |
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Original mint document
from Lima in the Republic of Peru dated 1823.
8-1/2" x 12-1/4".
Receipt for conversion of 500 pesos into money, partially printed and
partially handwritten, with seal at top above president Don Jose de Boquí's
name in large letters, signatures at bottom, excellent condition but with
old folds.
Estimate: $40-$60. |
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Lot# 2043 |
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Original mint document
from the Cuzco mint in the Republic of Peru dated 1827.
8" x 12".
Receipt for silver delivered to the mint, with stamp for the mint of Cuzco
at top above the printed name of military general Agustin Gamarra, partially
printed and partially handwritten, front and back, in excellent condition
with one minor crease as made.
Estimate: $40-$60. |
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Lot# 2044 |
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Original personal
correspondence document signed by President Benito Juárez from Colima in the
Republic of Mexico dated 1868.
7-3/4" x 9-3/4".
This is confirmation of receipt of a letter from Ramon R. de la Vega
offering his services to Juárez, who was president of Mexico for five terms
and the first Mexican president of indigenous origin and without a military
background, on lined stationery embossed at top left, in excellent condition
save for old folds.
Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.
Estimate: $450-$695. |
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Lot# 2045 |
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Original personal
letter of introduction of an envoy to Argentina by Queen Victoria from
Osborne on the Isle of Wight, England, dated 1885.
16" x 13" (fully opened).
A two-page letter in the Queen's own cursive script to the president of the
Argentine Republic introducing a new British envoy, Francis John Pakenham,
the document in excellent condition but originally folded.
Estimate: $60-$90. |
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Original mining rights
document from Cuevas in the United States of Mexico signed by President
Porfirio Díaz dated 1909.
23" x 17" (fully opened).
This document is a request for official permits to work a Mexican mine named
"La Escuadra" for silver and gold by its new owner Juan Sears (under the law
of 1892), apparently approved and signed by various officers and President
Díaz (who was the President between the Maximilian Empire ending in 1867 and
the 1910 Revolution), printed on a huge folio letterhead of the President,
good condition but folded and with darkening in margins and punch-holes to
one side.
Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.
Estimate: $85-$125. |
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Historic maps
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Lot# 2047 |
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Large French map, 1664,
entitled "Isles D'Amerique dites Caribes ou Cannibales et de Barlovento", by
Pierre du Val d'Abbeuile (Paris), showing the Windward Isles or Lesser
Antilles in the southeastern Caribbean.
17" x 22".
Well-keyed map showing the various English, Spanish, French and Dutch
demarcations, in top condition (folded as made), completely original and
rare.
Estimate: $200-$300. |
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Small English map, ca.
1765, entitled "A Chart of the Coasts of Peru, Quito, Popayan and the
Isthmus of Darien" showing the Pacific coastline from Panama down to Chile,
published by Carrington Bowles (London).
12-1/4" x 7-1/2".
Detailed map of the Pacific coastline of upper South and Central America as
it was in the mid-1700s, with dozens of city names, the coastline and
various rivers hand-colored, a bit worn and folded twice but completely
intact.
Estimate: $100-$150. |
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Hand-colored Dutch map
of Venezuela, Colombia and Panama dated 1771, originally drawn by Jacques
Nicolas Bellin in 1756 (based on cartography by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon
d'Anville) and printed by A. van Krevelt, entitled "Carte des Provinces de
Tierra Firme, Darien, Cartagene et Nouvelle Grenade."
16" x 10".
Beautiful map in yellow, pink and green showing the three regions as they
were in the mid-1700s, with dozens of cities, provinces, rivers, islands and
mountains notated, great condition except for mount marks in back corners,
folded as made.
Estimate: $250-$375. |
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English 1795 edition of
Thomas Kitchen, Sr.'s map of "Mexico or New Spain" for Robertson's
History
of America (London, 1777), hand colored and professionally matted and
framed.
22-1/4" x 19".
Beautifully detailed and highlighted in color around borders, excellent
condition save for original folds, tastefully framed and ready to hang.
Curiously, the area of northern Texas is notated on this map as "Great Space
of Land unknown"!
Estimate: $250-$375. |
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English 1831 map of
Ancient Egypt drawn by George Long, engraved by J. & C. Walker, and
published by Baldwin & Craddock (London) in 1844 for the Society for the
Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
13-3/4" x 16-1/4".
From an early-1800s atlas of the world, this well-detailed map shows the
Nile River from the Mediterranean down to Ethiopia, with all important
locales of Ancient Egypt highly notated, nice condition except for small
tears in edges.
Estimate: $35-$50. |
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English 1776 The London
Chronicle newspaper, Vol. XL, No. 3112 (November 14-16, 1776).
8-1/2" x 11-1/4".
Complete and intact newspaper (8 pages) in excellent condition, very
desirable for the date and its reports about the Revolution in America and
how General Washington "wants to throw up his commission as the Rebels will
not stand to their works."
Estimate: $100-$500. |
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English 1793 The Times
newspaper, No. 2517 (January 26, 1793) with article about the execution of
the French king.
11" x 17".
One sheet, printed front and back, with various reports from around the
world but particularly interesting for its coverage of the execution of King
Louis XVI (whose wife Marie Antoinette was executed 9 months later) by the
first French Republic, excellent condition save for minor tears in edge.
Estimate: $30-$50. |
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English 1809 pamphlet
(Thomas Tegg, London) entitled Interesting Particulars of the Loss of the
Hon. East India Company's Ship The Hindostan (1803) by Edward Balston, Esq.,
Commander.
4-1/4" x 6-3/4".
Small (22 pages) publication detailing the sinking of an East India Company
ship off Margate, England, in 1803, written by its captain, in very good
condition (minor stains) but missing the engraving in front.
Estimate: $35-$50. |
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Lot# 2055 |
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United States 1869 bank
draft from Helena, Montana, for $58, with vignette showing gold bars.
3-3/4" x 8-3/4".
Printed with green ink on an orange background for the First National Bank
in Montana, this cheque bears a picture of Gold Rush-era gold assay ingots
on a counter next to a teller, significant proof of the existence of such
bars there at that time, signed and stamped PAID, in excellent condition
except for a few minor pinholes, comparable to specimens sold from the Ford
collection for $2000+ each.
Estimate:
$1,000-$2,000. |
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United States 1895
stock certificate for 500 shares at $1 each in the Bonito Gold Mining Co. of
West Virginia.
10-3/4" x 8-1/4".
Gold mine stocks are rare and in great demand today, especially high-value
ones like this, which pertains to a mine in West Virginia, with gray
printing and vignettes on green and white background, serial number 34
stamped in red, hand-signed by treasurer Edward de Lima and president Julius
Chambers, red printing on back, excellent condition except for ink damage at
very edge.
Estimate: $150-$225. |
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Lot# 2057 |
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Slide presentation (28
color photo slides with transcript and notes), featuring many unpublished
photos of coins and artifacts and ingots from the Real Eight finds from the
Spanish 1715 Fleet in the 1960s.
This is the transcript (14 pages, with notes, both typed and handwritten)
and actual slides used by Karl H. Goodpaster in the 1960s about Real Eight's
finds and the treasures of the 1715 Fleet. The flavor of his presentation is
summed up in this tidbit from his notes: "I will attempt to show you in this
presentation a cross section of artifacts that have been recovered from the
clutches of the sea and some idea of the value, both historical and
intrinsic, placed on these items." Indeed, some of the coins and artifacts
in the slides (like a 1714 8E Royal and the famous "dragon whistle" and
chain) are nearly priceless, although most of the items pictured are simply
representative. Fleet collectors will not want to miss this one!
Pedigreed to the estate of Karl H. Goodpaster (Real Eight conservator).
Estimate: $500-$5,000. |
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Lot# 2058 |
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Lot of documents
(letters and map) relating to an application for a salvage lease for a
1715-Fleet site, along with a letter offering coins for sale in the 1960s.
This lot is a fascinating glimpse into an attempt by Goodpaster to
circumvent Real Eight's influence, as it features letters from Karl's
attorney (along with a photocopy of an 1834 map of Florida) relating to an
application to the State Board of Antiquities for a lease to salvage an area
that Karl H. Goodpaster (Real Eight conservator) wanted to work on his own,
along with an original letter (with handwritten prototype) by Goodpaster
offering five choice and rare 1715-Fleet silver cobs (with photocopy of the
coins in question) for cash sales (as opposed to a trade option offered by
Real Eight), a lot of priceless ephemera from the Real Eight days.
Pedigreed to the estate of Karl H. Goodpaster (Real Eight conservator).
Estimate: $500-$5,000. |
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Lot of letters and
auction catalogs relating to early marketing of Real Eight finds, including
a Schulman auction catalog from 1966 and note on their stationery and
Treasure of the Spanish Main pamphlet, plus a 1967 letter typed by Philip W.
Pillsbury of the Pillsbury Corporation (think dough).
The two printed catalogs in this lot are known classics, but it is the
original notes and letters that give this lot value, for they reveal early
marketing efforts by Goodpaster on Real Eight's behalf, including a reply
letter from Pillsbury stating that he "never thought that foreign coins had
any market to speak of in this country" and "foreign coins (outside of gold)
aren't worth much," a fascinating demonstration of how Fleet cobs were once
disdained, in great contrast to today.
Pedigreed to the estate of Karl H. Goodpaster (Real Eight conservator).
Estimate: $50-$500. |
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Lot of 3 newspaper
articles and ads from 1967 about Real Eight, the 1715 Fleet and cob coins.
Continuing the theme of the uphill battle Real Eight faced in getting their
silver-coin finds properly appreciated, one article in this lot is titled
"The World's Ugliest Coin," while another article here (from a newspaper for
Bendix Launch Support, who employed Goodpaster) shows a picture of Karl H.
Goodpaster with the silver coins captioned as "Spanish Doubloons."
Pedigreed to the estate of Karl H. Goodpaster (Real Eight conservator).
Estimate: $50-$500. |
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Lot of 4 postcards
(1970s vintage) picturing coins, cannon and bell from the Association and
Romney (both sunk in 1707 off the Scilly Isles, southwest of England), from
the Roland Morris museum in Penzance.
Each about 6" x 4".
Out-of-print tourist souvenirs from the famous Roland Morris museum, three
of them in color but one black-and-white, the perfect accompaniment for
coins and artifacts from the Association.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Salvage company stock
prospectus from 1987 for Shipwrecks, Inc.
8-1/2" x 11".
Thick folio of typed and photocopied pages (with some color photos,
including one of a Colombian gold figurine on the front page) of an offering
of stock in a Pennsylvania-based company that proposed to salvage various
1500s-1800s wrecks off Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Bahamas and the Dry
Tortugas, with technical information, historical background and photocopies
of related articles.
Estimate: $40-$60. |
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Lot# 2063 |
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Small painting of
Hernando de Soto (oil on board), mostly tan/brown in color, probably 20th
century but possibly earlier.
7" x 10".
Painted in various shades of white and brown by an unknown artist at an
unspecified time, with "Hernando de Soto Conquistador de la Florida"
handwritten on the back, well preserved except for bruises in corners and
side, this little gem really has an "old" look to it but the cardboard
canvas would seem to indicate something more modern.
Estimate: $40-$60. |
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Lot# 2064 |
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Poster for Stromness
Museum (Orkney Islands, north of Scotland) exhibition of artifacts from the
wreck of the Svecia (sunk in 1740 off the Orkneys) from 1984.
14" x 19-1/4".
Black ink on dark russet paper, in excellent condition save for minor
corner-bends.
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Poster for Sotheby's
(London) auction of artifacts from the SS Medina (sunk in 1917 off Devon,
England) from 1988.
16-1/2" x 11-3/4".
Beautiful full-color poster showing the ship at sea in a contemporary
painting, excellent condition.
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot of 3 posters for
Stedelijk Museum (Vlissingen, the Netherlands) exhibition of artifacts from
the Vliegenthart (sunk in 1735 off Zeeland, the Netherlands) from circa
1990.
12" x 12", 11-1/2" x 16"
and 9-1/4" x 19-1/4".
The smallest one in black and blue ink on white (showing the ship sinking),
the middle one with white text and black schematic of ship against blue
background (appears to have been intentionally water-streaked), and the
tallest one in black ink on tan paper showing the same sinking scene as the
smallest poster in this lot, all in excellent condition (just a few
edge-bruises on the tallest one).
Estimate: $60-$90. |
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Lot# 2067 |
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Signed serigraph print
#52 of the Concepción shipwreck of 1641, printed with indigo dye salvaged
from the wreck, signed limited edition (200 copies made), by Duke Long
(1981).
15" x 21".
Detailed engraving of the ship under full sail, one of several excellent
works by Long after the location and salvage of the wreck, but this one
significantly printed using actual ink from the wreck and therefore both a
piece of artwork AND a genuine shipwreck artifact! Excellent condition, just
some tape at top from framing.
With certificate and flyer.
Estimate: $350-$500. |
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Signed lithograph print
#84 of the Rooswijk shipwreck of 1739, limited edition (400 copies made), by
artist Ralph Curnow (2006).
15-1/2" x 12-1/2".
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, mint condition except
for minor bending.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Lot# 2069 |
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Ballantyne, R.M. The
Pirate City (1926?).
HC, F.
Antique fiction novel about pirates in the Mediterranean and specifically
the city of Algiers, with bookplate in front awarding this book as a prize
in 1926.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Lot# 2070 |
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Bland, Roger, and
Catherine Johns. The Hoxne Treasure--An Illustrated Introduction (1993).
SC, VF.
Brief but profusely illustrated British Museum pamphlet about an Ancient
Roman hoard of coins and artifacts found in England in 1992.
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot# 2071 |
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Bowers, Q. David. A
California Gold Rush History (2002).
HC, VF.
Monstrously large book containing everything anyone ever needed to know
about the California Gold Rush from a numismatist's perspective, based on
the finds from the S.S. Central America (1857), all the gold ingots from
which are photographed and cataloged herein.
Estimate: $100-$150. |
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Lot# 2072 |
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Burgess, Robert F.
Sinkings, Salvages, and Shipwrecks (1970).
HC, DJ, VF with small
tears in DJ.
Popular classic about treasure salvage efforts all around the world.
Estimate: $20-$30. |
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Lot# 2073 |
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Cordingly, David. Under
the Black Flag (1995).
HC, DJ, NM.
Fairly recent book about Henry Morgan, Capt. Kidd and other pirates, written
by one of their most ardent and erudite chroniclers in modern times.
Estimate: $15-$25. |
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Lot# 2074 |
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Craig, Alan K. Gold
Coins of the 1715 Spanish Plate Fleet: A Numismatic Study of the State of
Florida Collection (1988, Number 4 of the Florida Archaeology series).
HC, DJ, VF.
Semi-numismatic survey of all the gold cobs from the 1715 Fleet in the State
of Florida Collection, with good photos, now superseded by a second edition
but still useful since the data did not change.
Estimate: $80-$120. |
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Lot# 2075 |
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DeWitt, James. In
Pursuit of the Spanish Galleon (1966).
HC, ex-lib, F.
Fiction novel based on Commodore Anson's plundering voyage around the world
in 1740.
Estimate: $15-$25. |
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Lot# 2076 |
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Dorling, Captain
Taprell "Taffrail". Pirates (1936 reprint).
HC, F.
Historical fiction novel about piracy in Asian waters in the 1920s.
Estimate: $30-$45. |
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Lot# 2077 |
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Duffield, J.W. Radio
Boys Under the Sea (1923).
HC, G with separated
binding.
Adolescent fiction novel about sunken treasure hunting in the 1920s by the
"Radio Boys" (part of series).
Estimate: $15-$25. |
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Lot# 2078 |
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Felton, Harold W.
William Phips and the Treasure Ships (1965).
HC, DJ, ex-lib, VF.
Historical fiction novel about Sir William Phipps (alternate spelling in
this book) and his salvage of the Concepción (1641) off Hispaniola in 1687.
Estimate: $20-$30. |
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Lot# 2079 |
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Fish, Frank L. Buried
Treasure and Lost Mines (1963 2nd printing).
SC, VF.
A list of various hoards and treasures (including some shipwrecks) known to
the author, with tips on how to hunt with a metal detector, etc.
Estimate: $20-$30. |
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Lot# 2080 |
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French, Joseph Lewis (ed).
Great Pirate Stories (1937 reprint).
HC, F.
Hefty anthology, in fact two volumes in one binding, with excerpts from
classic and in some cases contemporary pirate chronicles like Esquemeling,
etc., covering all the major pirate histories from the 1600s through the
1800s, a useful reference in the absence of the original references.
Estimate: $20-$30. |
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Lot# 2081 |
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Fullerton, Alexander.
The Thunder and the Flame (1964).
HC, DJ, ex-lib, F.
Historical fiction novel about English pursuit of Spanish treasure in the
1590s.
Estimate: $15-$25. |
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Lot# 2082 |
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Goddio, Franck. Lost at
Sea: The Strange Route of the Lena Shoal Junk (2002).
SC, VF.
Huge coffee table-style book, packed with excellent photos of Chinese
porcelains found on this Ming Dynasty wreck, including archeological reports
and professional articles.
Estimate: $75-$110. |
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Lot# 2083 |
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Haring, Clarence Henry.
Trade and Navigation Between Spain and the Indies in the Time of the
Hapsburgs (1964 reprint of 1918 original).
HC, F.
Detailed and scholarly examination of shipping to and from the New World
from the early 1500s to the 1700s, with lots of important factual
information.
Estimate: $30-$45. |
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Lot# 2084 |
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Horner, Dave. Shipwreck
(1999), inscribed by author.
HC, DJ, NM.
The entire story of the accursed fate of the Capitana (1654) and the
Maravillas (1656) and even subsequent losses, largely based on the memoirs
of a padre who witnessed the wrecks firsthand as a passenger.
Estimate: $35-$50. |
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Lot# 2085 |
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Howden Smith, Arthur D.
Porto Bello Gold (1925 5th printing).
HC, F.
Classic fiction novel about Captain Flint and the pursuit of treasure in the
Spanish Main.
Estimate: $15-$25. |
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Lot# 2086 |
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Ladd, Richard S.
(compiler). A Descriptive List of Treasure Maps and Charts in the Library of
Congress (1988 Rio Grande reprint).
SC, NM.
Self-explanatory title, a boon to treasure researchers of all types,
originally compiled in 1955.
Estimate: $15-$25. |
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Lot# 2087 |
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Le Golif, Louis Adhémar
Timothée "Borgnefesse". Memoirs of a Buccaneer (1954).
HC, DJ, VF.
The fascinating memoirs of a French pirate captain operating in the
Caribbean in the late 1600s, discovered and translated in the 20th century.
Estimate: $15-$25. |
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Lot# 2088 |
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Lopez-Chaves Sanchez,
Leopoldo. Catálogo del Doblón de a Dos Escudos (1964).
HC, DJ, VF with damage to
DJ.
State-of-the-art in the 1960s, this book about Spanish and Spanish colonial
2 escudos is now severely out-of-date, but it is good for seeing what
rarities have come to light since then, particularly finds from the 1715
Fleet.
Estimate: $35-$50. |
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Lot# 2089 |
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Marx, Robert.
Shipwrecks in Mexican Waters (1981), autographed by the author.
SC, NM.
An important classic covering the author's work with Clay Blair and Pablo
Bush Romero off the east coast of Mexico, particularly on the Matanceros
wreck, with an exhaustive listing of wrecks in the area at the end.
Estimate: $60-$90. |
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Lot# 2090 |
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Marx, Robert F. Sea
Fever (1972).
HC, DJ, ex-lib, F.
The story of 16 famous underwater archeologists, scientists and treasure
hunters, including: Peter Throckmorton, George Bass, Pablo Bush Romero, Art
McKee, Tom Gurr, Kip Wagner, Mel Fisher, Teddy Tucker and Edwin Link.
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot# 2091 |
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Marx, Robert F. Still
More Adventures (1976), inscribed by author.
HC, DJ, VF.
Basically a sequel to Always Another Adventure by the same author, with
details about his salvage and archeological work in Port Royal, Jamaica, and
on both the Serranilla and Serrana Banks.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Lot# 2092 |
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Marx, Robert F., with
Jennifer G. Marx. In Quest of the Great White Gods (1992), inscribed by
author.
HC, DJ, NM.
An overview of examples of first European contacts in the New World and
elsewhere told from the perspective of a famous modern-day adventurer who
made actual discoveries relating to the topic.
Estimate: $35-$50. |
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Lot# 2093 |
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Mathewson, R. Duncan,
III. Treasure of the Atocha (1986).
HC, DJ, VF.
An overview of the archeological problems and techniques used in excavating
the Atocha shipwreck, probably the best known of the many books about this
wreck, with plenty of illustrations.
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot# 2094 |
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Monjo, F.N. Pirates in
Panama (1970).
HC, DJ, ex-lib, VF.
Juvenile picture-book about the 1671 sacking of Panama by Henry Morgan from
the perspective of a local clergyman.
Estimate: $15-$25. |
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Lot# 2095 |
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Nesmith, Robert I. Dig
for Pirate Treasure (1958 Devin-Adair edition), inscribed by author (rare).
HC, DJ, VF.
Rare first edition (not the usual Bonanza Books edition, which is
technically a reprint), a very popular but generalized book about lost
treasures and shipwrecks around the world, with many photos, particularly
useful as one of the few references with information on the ca.-1636 "Mesuno
hoard" in Colombia.
Estimate: $125-$200. |
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Lot# 2096 |
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Perez Longo, Alfonso.
El Moclón (2008).
SC, Mint.
A new and accurate guide to the Guatemala crown countermarks of 1662 (not
1663 as previously believed), written by an expert in the field, with photos
and transcripts of actual documents from the time.
Estimate: $25-$50. |
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Lot# 2097 |
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Potter, John. The
Treasure Diver's Guide (1988 revised ed).
SC, Mint.
The first comprehensive listing of wrecks around the world, considered for
decades to be the "bible" of treasure salvage, with maps and a discussion
about the Spanish fleets in particular, and with many photos of treasure.
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot# 2098 |
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Quarrell, Charles.
Buried Treasure (1955).
HC, DJ, VF.
Early "treasure hunting" book about various hoards and shipwrecks in and
around the British Isles.
Estimate: $15-$25. |
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Lot# 2099 |
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Rockwood, Roy. Dave
Fearless after a Sunken Treasure (1918).
HC, VG.
Adolescent novel about treasure hunting by the fictional hero "Dave
Fearless" (part of a series).
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot# 2100 |
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Schneider, Janet M.
Shipwrecked 1622--The Lost Treasure of Philip IV (1981 Queens Museum
exhibition guide).
SC, NM.
A well-illustrated pamphlet, with lots of photos of artifacts from the ship,
that accompanied an exhibit of Atocha treasures in 1981.
Estimate: $20-$30. |
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Lot# 2101 |
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Sellschopp, Dr. E.A.
Las acuñaciones de las cecas de Lima, La Plata y Potosí (1992 2nd ed).
SC, NM.
Collectors of Peruvian silver cobs know (or should) that the Sellschopp
reference is the first and only die-study of these coins, and while it
contains many inaccurate conclusions, the photos and analysis are still
pertinent today, a fact that was recognized by Paul Karon, who reprinted it
with some additional photos and foreword in 1992.
Estimate: $35-$50. |
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Lot# 2102 |
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Stevenson, Robert
Louis. Treasure Island (1926 reprint).
HC, F.
The classic pirate tale of Long John Silver in a fairly early reprint
(originally written in 1883), widely acknowledged as the origin of most of
the pirate stereotypes we know today, as well as the ditty "Yo-ho-ho, and a
bottle of rum!"
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot# 2103 |
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Stenuit, Robert. The
Dolphin, Cousin to Man (1968), autographed by the author, rare.
SC, VF.
Written by a famous treasure salvager, this paperback is a revelation of the
author's experience with and respect for the intelligence of dolphins.
Estimate: $20-$30. |
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Lot# 2104 |
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Sténuit, Robert.
Treasures of the Armada (1973), autographed by the author.
HC, DJ, VF.
An account of the history behind the Spanish Armada of 1588 and the salvage
of one of its galleons by the author.
Estimate: $35-$50. |
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Lot# 2105 |
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Stimson, Alan. The
Mariner's Astrolabe (1988).
HC, DJ, NM.
A rare and complete study of the 65 known (at the time of its writing)
surviving examples of mariner's astrolabes in the world according to
research by the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, with ample
photos.
Estimate: $100-$150. |
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Lot# 2106 |
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Stovall, Dennis H.
Pirates Fierce and Bold (1929).
HC, VG.
With the appearance of an adolescent fiction novel, this book is actually a
fairly useful compilation of the histories of some of the most famous
pirates of centuries past.
Estimate: $40-$60. |
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Lot# 2107 |
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Sutton, Felix. Skin
Diving for Sunken Treasure (1957).
HC, ex-lib, Fair.
Adolescent fiction novel about diving on treasure wrecks, inspired by the
invention of SCUBA at the time.
Estimate: $15-$25. |
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Lot# 2108 |
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Townsend, Tom. Where
the Pirates Are (1985).
HC, DJ, VF.
Historical fiction novel about the search for treasure in and around
Galveston Bay, Texas.
Estimate: $15-$25. |
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Lot# 2109 |
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Van der Pijl-Ketel,
C.L. (ed). The Ceramic Load of the 'Witte Leeuw' (1613), autographed by
Robert Sténuit.
SC, VF.
A profusely illustrated archeological report by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
on the porcelains found on this wreck by Sténuit in the late 1970s.
Estimate: $100-$150. |
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Lot# 2110 |
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Volker, Roy and Dick
Richmond. In the Wake of the Golden Galleons (1976).
SC, VF.
The story of the author's quest for the Maravillas treasure in the 1960s as
well as stories of salvaging treasure with Mel Fisher, Art Hartman and Bob
Marx.
Estimate: $15-$25. |
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Lot# 2111 |
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Volker, Roy and Dick
Richmond. In the Wake of the Golden Galleons (1976).
SC, F.
The story of the author's quest for the Maravillas treasure in the 1960s as
well as stories of salvaging treasure with Mel Fisher, Art Hartman and Bob
Marx, this copy with desirable museum pedigree.
Pedigreed to the Kelly Tarlton Shipwreck Museum (New Zealand).
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot# 2112 |
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Wagner, Kip. Pieces of
Eight (1967 2nd printing), with 10 signatures from the Real Eight Co.
HC, DJ, F.
The original classic story about Kip Wagner and the Real Eight Co. and their
salvage of the 1715 Fleet off the east coast of Florida. Copies with all ten
signatures of the Real Eight Co. associates (all the men pictured on the
back of the dust jacket) like this one are very rare and highly sought.
Estimate: $300-$450. |
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Lot# 2113 |
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Wagner, Kip. Pieces of
Eight (1966 first ed).
HC, DJ, F.
The original classic story about Kip Wagner and the Real Eight Co. and their
salvage of the 1715 Fleet off the east coast of Florida, this example a
scarce first edition.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Lot# 2114 |
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Weller, Robert
"Frogfoot." Sunken Treasure on Florida Reefs (1993 revised ed).
SC, F.
Sort of a "Practical Book of…" (originally published in 1987, the same year
as our cob book) for the 1715 Fleet, written by one of the most popular
modern chroniclers who salvaged it, with locations and details of all the
sites and illustrated with color photos of significant finds.
Estimate: $35-$50. |
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Lot# 2115 |
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Wilson, Edward A. The
Pirate's Treasure, or The Strange Adventures of Jack Adams on the Spanish
Main (1926 2nd ed).
HC, F.
Early edition of a popular adolescent fiction novel about pirates in the
Caribbean.
Estimate: $15-$25. |
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Lot# 2116 |
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Wilson, Edw. A. The
Pirate's Treasure (1926, 11th ed).
HC, VG.
A popular adolescent fiction novel about pirates in the Caribbean that was
reprinted many times, yet oddly they all bear the publication date of 1926!
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot# 2117 |
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Winston, Alexander. No
Man Knows My Grave: Privateers and Pirates, 1665-1715 (1969).
HC, DJ, ex-lib, VG.
Factual and somewhat scholarly history about Henry Morgan, Capt. Kidd and
others during the "Great Age of Piracy" in the late 1600s and early 1700s.
Estimate: $20-$30. |
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Lot# 2118 |
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Wise, Donald A.
(compiler). A Descriptive List of Treasure Maps and Charts in the Library of
Congress (1973 second edition).
SC, VF.
Self-explanatory title, a boon to treasure researchers of all types.
Estimate: $15-$25. |
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Lot# 2119 |
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Skin Diver (February,
1967), with article "Million $panish Treasure."
F.
Featuring a pre-auction "P.R." article with excellent photos for the
Parke-Bernet "Treasure of the Spanish Main" sale that month.
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot# 2120 |
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Spinning Wheel (June,
1967), with article "Treasure of the Spanish Main."
VF.
Antique collectors' magazine with illustrated post-auction "P.R." article
about the Parke-Bernet "Treasure of the Spanish Main" auction in February of
1967.
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot# 2121 |
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Lot of 5 periodicals
with articles by or about Robert Sténuit and signed by him.
Valuable collection of scholarly Sténuitiana, including:
National
Geographic (May 1963), with article "The Long, Deep Dive" about Robert Sténuit;
National Geographic (June 1969), with article "Priceless Relics of
the Spanish Armada" by Robert Sténuit;
International Journal of Nautical
Archaeology and Underwater Exploration, offprint (stapled sheets) of 1976
article "The wreck of the pink Evstafii--A transport of the Imperial Russian
Navy, lost off Shetland in 1780" by Robert Sténuit;
National Geographic
(October 1978), with article "Sunken Treasure of St. Helena" by Robert Sténuit; and
Reader's Digest (June 1981), with article "He Dives Into
History" about Robert Sténuit.
Estimate: $125-$200. |
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Lot# 2122 |
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Skin Diver magazine,
October, 1986 (with Mel Fisher on cover) with article "Jewels of the Atocha," by Steve Lucas, accompanied by 1986 reprint article "Coins of the
Nuestra Senora de Atocha" by N. Neil Harris (Numismatist magazine).
Both VF.
Two lavishly illustrated articles published just after the major 1622 Atocha
find, one with a treasure-diving perspective and the other numismatic.
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot# 2123 |
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Treasure Diver
magazine, Vol. 4 No. 4 (July, 1993), with article "Jupiter's Golden
Galleon," by John Christopher Fine, including color cover photo featuring
gold and silver coins from the 1659 wreck.
VF.
Useful as one of very few published resources on this find on the east coast
of Florida, with color photos of coins and other items from the wreck, also
with an article by Capt. Dominic Addario of Jupiter Wreck Inc. about legal
battles with governments and archeologists.
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Almanzar's (San
Antonio, TX). Mail Bid Auction (December 14, 1979), with prices realized.
VF.
Important world-coin catalog that features an article at the end about the
1733 Fleet by Jack Haskins followed by a Mexican 8E 1733 from the wrecks
(last lot of the sale) described as "A King in Numismatics" that realized a
record price (at the time) of $26,660.
Estimate: $30-$40. |
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Lot# 2125 |
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Bowers & Merena
Galleries (Long Beach, CA). Treasures of the World (June 5-6, 2002).
VF.
Important catalog with ingots and numismatic treasures from many different
wrecks, notably the ca.-1528 "Tumbaga wreck."
Estimate: $30-$45. |
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Lot# 2126 |
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Butterfield &
Butterfield (Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas). Mel Fisher's Treasures of the Atocha and her sister ship the Santa Margarita
(September 26, 1987), with
oversized promotional folder and reprint article "Coins of the Nuestra
Senora de Atocha" by N. Neil Harris (Numismatist magazine, 1986).
VF overall.
Early "glamour" auction of Atocha finds, with history in front, accompanied
by a scholarly numismatic article from the year prior.
Estimate: $60-$90. |
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Lot# 2127 |
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Christensen, Henry
(Madison, NJ). Treasures of the Conception (May 14, 1982).
VF.
A standard world-coin auction catalog but significant to treasure people as
the first and only large offering of coins (including Colombian rarities)
from the Concepción wreck of 1641.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Lot# 2128 |
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Christie's (Amsterdam).
Important Gold, Silver, Jewellery and Artifacts Recovered from the Wrecks of
Dutch, Spanish and English 17th, 18th and 19th Century Ships (March 16,
1983), autographed by Robert Sténuit.
NM.
Important auction catalog of coins and artifacts from the Utrecht (1648),
"Standing Cannon wreck" (1699), Esperanza (1658) and Slot ter Hooge (1724).
Estimate: $75-$110. |
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Lot# 2129 |
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Christie's (Amsterdam).
The Diana Cargo (March 6-7, 1995), with prices realized.
VF.
Beautifully illustrated catalog for the principal auction of porcelains and
other artifacts from the Diana, sunk in 1817 off Malaysia.
Estimate: $35-$50. |
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Lot# 2130 |
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Christie's (New York).
Gold and Silver of the Atocha and Santa Margarita (June 14-15, 1988).
SC, NM.
Probably the largest and most important treasure catalog of all time,
featuring gold chains, astrolabes, many gold "finger" bars and huge silver
bars from the Atocha and Margarita, plus some gold cobs from the 1715 Fleet.
The intact Atocha Research Collection is also offered separately at the end
of the catalog, right after a complete (encrusted) chest of coins.
Estimate: $60-$90. |
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Lot# 2131 |
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Christie's (New York).
Coins from the Wreck of H.M.S. Feversham (February 7, 1989), with prices
realized.
NM.
Very thin but important catalog of coins from the Feversham, sunk in 1711
off Nova Scotia, Canada, including plugged silver cobs and Massachusetts Bay
Colony shillings (but no gold), with excellent essay on the wreck and its
coins in the front.
Estimate: $35-$50. |
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Lot# 2132 |
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Christie's (New York).
Coins from the Wreck of H.M.S. Feversham (February 7, 1989).
VF.
Very thin but important catalog of coins from the Feversham, sunk in 1711
off Nova Scotia, Canada, including plugged silver cobs and Massachusetts Bay
Colony shillings (but no gold), with excellent essay on the wreck and its
coins in the front.
Estimate: $30-$45. |
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Lot# 2133 |
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Christie's (New York)
in association with Spink. Gold Rush Treasures from the SS Central America
(December 14, 2000), with prices realized.
NM.
Important second auction of gold coins and bullion from the SS Central
America (1857), a fabulous wealth of gold from the sea.
Estimate: $35-$50. |
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Lot# 2134 |
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Dix Noonan Webb
(London). The Santa Lucia Treasure (June 20, 2001).
VF.
World-coin auction, the first 306 lots of which (mostly coins but some
artifacts) were famously stopped by injunction by the Italian government,
who successfully laid claim to the wreck (believed to be the British ship
Lion of 1841), thereby making this catalog an important collectible.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Lot# 2135 |
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Guernsey's (New York).
Titanic & Other Legendary Liners (June 10, 2004).
VF.
Heavily illustrated "coffee table"-style catalog with lots of memorabilia
pertaining to the Titanic, Andrea Doria, Lusitania and several other wrecked
vessels.
Estimate: $35-$50. |
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Lot# 2136 |
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Hoare, Jeffrey
(Toronto). Numismatic Sale No 26---Torex (February 26-27, 1993),
with prices realized.
NM.
The slightly obscure "second auction" (after Christie's) of silver coins
from the Feversham (sunk in 1711 off Nova Scotia, Canada), with historical
introduction.
Estimate: $30-$45. |
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Lot# 2137 |
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Kunstveilingern Mak Van
Waay B.V. (Amsterdam). Munten en Gebruiksvoorwerpen Etc., Afkomstig uit de
Wrakken van vier Schepen der V.O.C. T.W. de "Prinses Maria", de "Curacao",
de "Lastdrager" en de "Hollandia" (April 29, 1974), autographed by Robert Sténuit.
NM.
Written in Dutch, this rare and important catalog lists and pictures coins
and artifacts from several somewhat obscure wrecks of the Dutch East India
Co. salvaged by Sténuit.
Estimate: $75-$110. |
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Lot# 2138 |
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Lane & Son, W.H.
(Penzance, England). The Association Coin (September 24, 1974).
NM.
Classic catalog (with historical background) of coins and artifacts from the
Association (sunk in 1707 off the Scilly Isles, southwest of England).
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Lot# 2139 |
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Lane & Son, W.H.
(Penzance, England). Sale of Sunken Treasure (September 26, 1975).
NM.
An important offering of 9 different wrecks off the British Isles, with
historical background on each, riding on the heels of the success of the
Hollandia and Association auctions by this firm in the two years prior.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Lot# 2140 |
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Parke-Bernet Galleries
(New York). Treasure of the Spanish Main (February 4, 1967).
VF.
The most important and scarcest of the early auctions of gold and silver
cobs and artifacts from the 1715 Fleet, the property of Real Eight Co.
Estimate: $100-$150. |
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Lot# 2141 |
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Parke-Bernet Galleries
(New York). Treasure of the Spanish Main (February 4, 1967).
Fine.
The most important and scarcest of the early auctions of gold and silver
cobs and artifacts from the 1715 Fleet, the property of Real Eight Co.
Estimate: $100-$150. |
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Lot# 2142 |
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Ponterio & Associates
(Chicago). The Paul Karon Potosi Cob Collection (March 17, 1990), with
prices realized.
NM.
An essential catalog for the collector of Potosi cobs, especially inasmuch
as most of the lots (even the smaller coins) are photographed, also with
important articles by Torrey McLean (1652 Transitionals) and Barry Stallard
(half reales), and cataloged by Freeman Craig.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Lot# 2143 |
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Ponterio & Associates
(Chicago). The Paul Karon Potosi Cob Collection (March 17, 1990), with
prices realized.
VF.
An essential catalog for the collector of Potosi cobs, especially inasmuch
as most of the lots (even the smaller coins) are photographed, also with
important articles by Torrey McLean (1652 Transitionals) and Barry Stallard
(half reales), and cataloged by Freeman Craig.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Lot# 2144 |
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Ponterio & Associates
(San Diego). Lot of 2 catalogs: C.I.C.F. '93 (Chicago, IL, February 26-27,
1993), and Long Beach Numismatic Expo (June 5, 1993), both with prices
realized.
Both VF.
Two typical world-coin auction catalogs with many cobs and other Latin
American rarities.
Estimate: $40-$60. |
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Lot# 2145 |
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Ponterio &
Associates (Rosemont, IL). “La
Capitana” —
C.I.C.F. ‘99 (April 10, 1999). NM. An extremely
important and useful
catalog for researchers of Potosí
countermarked and
transitional coins of 1649-1652, being the
official offering of
finds from the Capitana (sunk off Ecuador
in 1654), with
essays in the front showing all the different known
countermarks and
transitional Types. Estimate: $50-$75.
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Lot# 2146 |
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Schulman Gallery (New
York). Treasures of Two Oceans (February 6-8, 1969), with prices realized.
VF.
The title of this classic catalog refers to offerings from the "Lucayan
Beach wreck" (sunk ca. 1628 off Grand Bahama Island) and the Vergulde Draeck
("Gilt Dragon," sunk in 1656 off Western Australia).
Estimate: $40-$60. |
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Lot# 2147 |
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Schulman Coin & Mint
(New York). Spanish Galleon Treasure (November 27-29, 1972), with prices
realized.
VF.
Important early auction of gold and silver coins (plus a few ingots and
artifacts) from the Maravillas (sunk in 1656 off Grand Bahama Island) and
the 1715 Fleet, with excellent introductory essay in the front by Calicó.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Lot# 2148 |
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Sotheby & Co. (London).
Catalogue of Treasure Recovered off the Shetland Isles (November 8, 1973).
NM.
Important classic catalog of coins and artifacts recovered by Robert Sténuit
off several different (and relatively obscure) wrecks off the Shetland
Isles, with excellent introduction.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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Lot# 2149 |
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Sotheby & Co. (London).
Catalogue of Treasure Recovered off the Shetland Isles (November 8, 1973),
autographed by Robert Sténuit.
VF.
Important classic catalog of coins and artifacts recovered by Robert Sténuit
off several different (and relatively obscure) wrecks off the Shetland
Isles, with excellent introduction.
Estimate: $75-$110. |
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Lot# 2150 |
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Sotheby's (London).
Catalogue of Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art… including… a Group of
Ceramics salvaged from the wreck of the East-Indiaman "WITTE LEEUW" sunk off
the island of ST. HELENA in 1613 (March 15, 1977), with prices realized
stapled to cover, autographed by Robert Sténuit.
VF.
Self-explanatory title, a thin but rare catalog with excellent
(black-and-white) photos of recovered porcelains.
Estimate: $75-$110. |
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Lot# 2151 |
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Sotheby's (New York).
A
Captain-General's Chain and Badge of Office from the 1715 Spanish Treasure
Fleet (March 24, 1993).
Mint.
Basically just a flyer for a one-lot auction of the famous gold "dragon"
whistle and 11' chain found in 1962 by Rex Stocker and Kip Wagner of the
Real Eight Co. reportedly on the beach opposite the "Cabin wreck" site just
south of Sebastian, a fabulous piece that sold at auction in 1967 for
$50,000, a veritable fortune at the time, but did not sell in this 1993
auction.
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot# 2152 |
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Sotheby's (New York).
The Uruguayan Treasure of the River Plate (March 24-25, 1993), with promo
flyer (large), with prices realized, personally inscribed by the salvager.
NM.
A fabulous offering of gold coins and ingots from what was later determined
to be the Luz (1752), with excellent numismatic analysis and photos
throughout.
Autographed and inscribed by Rubén Collado under his picture in the
catalog.
Estimate: $40-$60. |
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Lot# 2153 |
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Sotheby's (New York).
Coins, Medals and Banknotes (December 14, 2000), with prices realized.
Mint.
World-coin auction with selection of gold bars and nuggets from the Central
America at the end.
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot# 2154 |
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Sotheby's (New York).
Coins, Medals and Banknotes (December 14, 2000), with prices realized.
Mint.
World-coin auction with selection of gold bars and nuggets from the Central
America at the end.
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot# 2155 |
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Spink (London) in
association with Christie's. The Douro Cargo (November 20-21, 1996).
NM.
Thousands of British gold sovereigns from one wreck (the Douro, sunk in 1882
off Cape Finisterre, France), plus a smattering of other gold coins,
presented with historical background.
Estimate: $30-$45. |
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Lot# 2156 |
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Spink (London). The
Clive of India Treasure (September 28, 2000).
NM.
A scarce catalog of Portuguese and Brazilian gold coins from a mysterious
find related to Clive's gold consignment aboard the Dodington (sunk in 1755
off South Africa), diminished in size but heightened in controversy due to
injunction by the South African government leading up to the sale.
Estimate: $30-$45. |
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Lot# 2157 |
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Sugarman, Jay (Miami,
FL). The Vanderbilt Collection (June 5-6, 1999).
VF.
"Glamour" auction of trophies from many different wrecks, organized somewhat
like an estate sale but with admission charged and everything heavily
reserved, still a good reference for some important pieces (all
photographed).
Estimate: $40-$60. |
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Lot# 2158 |
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Superior Galleries
(Beverly Hills, CA). Ancient Coins, Antiquities and Coins of the World
including Coins of the Reijgersdaal Shipwreck (June 2, 1992).
Fine.
World-coin auction with a large offering of pillar dollars from the
Reijgersdaal (sunk in 1747 off South Africa), with 2-page historical
background.
Estimate: $25-$40. |
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Lot# 2159 |
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Superior Galleries (New
York). The Paul Karon Collection of 8 Escudos and other Classic Latin
American Coinage (December 11, 1992), with prices realized.
Mint.
Very important and meticulously researched offering of Latin American
rarities, including 8 escudos by type and early Caribbean silver and copper
(particularly strong in Santo Domingo), cataloged by Freeman Craig and
profusely illustrated.
Estimate: $50-$75. |
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SPECIAL LOT FOR CHARITY |
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Lot# 2160 |
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 Deo
Fisher's blazer (women's), all proceeds going to the Michael Abt Jr. Have a
Heart Foundation.
With treasure comes tragedy, as the Mel Fisher family found out way too
many times, but the sudden death of Taffi Fisher Abt's son Michael on March
10, 2006, was completely unexpected and especially tragic, as he was only
12. Michael was active and ostensibly fit, a popular straight-A student who
liked baseball, math, animals, music, skateboarding and motor-cross dirt
biking. Naturally he was looking forward to scuba training as well. But then
one day, while playing capture-the-flag during P.E. at his school, he simply
collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). While CPR was administered in
vain, apparently no one thought to get the school's Automated External
Defibrillator (AED), which could have saved his life. Since then, Taffi and
her husband Michael Sr. have campaigned to make sure schools and
sports/youth groups have AED's handy AND have the proper training to know
when and how to use them. Their foundation is the Michael Abt Jr. Have a
Heart Foundation (www.haveaheartformichael.org),
to which all proceeds from this lot, including buyer's fee, will be
contributed. The lot item itself is a fitting tribute to the Fisher family
anyway because it was the property of Deo Fisher, Mel's wife and Taffi's
mother, who died at the beginning of 2009. The jacket is blood red in color,
size 18, 55%/45% linen-cotton blend (dry clean only) and only lightly worn.
Bid high so that you or someone you know can wear Deo's jacket proudly,
knowing that you have done your part to prevent another tragedy like
Michael's.
Estimate: $100-$1,500. |
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Documents, Art, Books and Charity #2016-2160
