Shipwreck and Treasure Catalogs

Welcome to my selection of Shipwreck and Treasure auction catalogs that feature coins and artifacts relating to buried or sunken treasure. Of course many of these catalogs may also feature coins or other items and may also be represented on multiple catalog pages on my website. Generally, if a catalog is listed on a particular page one can reasonably expect a fair offering of material of the featured genera. The auction catalogs are listed first alphabetically by auction house (except where there was a slight name change during its history) and then chronologically by date. Please refer to the page legend below for a layout of the item description and symbols. I hope that you find what you are looking for. If not, please do not hesitate to send me your want list.

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Item number Cover Scan or (P)hoto (N)ot (A)vailable date of sale; title of sale; city of sale, public/mail bid auction; # lots; soft or hard cover; condition cat/DJ; size of cat; number of pages (pp); illustrated.; (B)lack&(W)hite/(C)olor; list any dust jacket/catalog flaws; description of contents. price
 

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  American Numismatic Rarities

NCA02-0408001 January-5,6-2004; The Classics Sale – The Thomas H. Sebring Collection; Orlando, FL; 1741 lots; card covers; illus.; B&W/C.; 316 pp.; this auction catalog includes cobs, portrait coins, Tumbaga bars, and medallions from the extensive collection of Thomas Sebring. The shipwrecks with material represented are: 1554 Fleet, Spanish Armada, Atocha, 1622 Fleet, Lucayan Beach Wreck, Concepcion, Capitana, Maravillas, San Miguel Arcangel, Consolacion, Vigo Bay Galleons, "1715 Fleet", "1733 Fleet", Invencible, San Geronimo, Luz, Cazador, San Pedro de Alcantara, Santo Andre, Guadalupe, Tolosa, Infanta Maria Teresa, Cristobal Colon, Hollandia, Campen, Batavia, Gilt Dragon, Huis Te Kraaiestein, Meeresteijn, De Liefde, Slot Ter Hooge, Akerendam, Vliegenthart, Vis, Reijgersdaal, Brendenhof, Joanna, Association, Feversham, Dodington, Tilbury, Faithful Steward, Piedmont, Lutine, Lady Burgess, Athenienne, Fame, Birkenhead, Douro, Elingamite, Egypt, Chameau, St. Geran, Auguste, Ontario, Central America, Brother Jonathan, John Barry, Santiago, Santo Ecclesiastico, Great Basses Reef Wreck, and the Nicobar. $75.00

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  Bowers & Ruddy

NCB01-0408001 February-7,8,9-1974; The Magnificent Stanislaw Herstal Collection; Los Angeles, CA; 2226 lots; illus.; B&W; 160 pp.; this auction catalog contains 12 lots of gold cobs, 12 lots of silver cobs, and 5 lots of pillar dollars (including three 1732 pillar dollars) from the Spanish Galleon, San Jose, which was part of the "1733 Fleet" salvaged by Tom Gurr. It also includes an overview of the wreck. $50.00
NCB01-0408002 February-17,18,19-1977; The Harold A. Blauvelt, Iberoamerican and 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet Collections; Long Beach, CA; 3387 lots; illus.; B&W; 192 pp.; some clear tape repair to top and bottom of spine; includes Ancient Greek, Roman, & Byzantine gold, silver, and bronze coins; U.S. gold, silver, and copper coins; and World gold, crowns, and minors including a very sizeable offering of treasure from the "1715 Plate Fleet Wreck" including Mexican & Bogota, 8, 4, 2, & 1 escudo gold cobs, gold artifacts, gold & silver bars & splashes, and a large number of silver cobs including a nice 1714 8 reales royal. $30.00

  Bowers & Merena

NCB02-0707001 May-29-1999; The S.S. Brother Jonathan Treasure Coins; Los Angeles, CA; 842 lots; illus.; B&W; 128 pp.; PRL; includes a large offering of US gold recovered from the wreck of the S.S. Brother Jonathan. $60.00
NCB02-1107001 June-5,6-2002; Treasures of the World including Part I of the Jay Roe Collection; Long Beach, CA; 1790 lots; illus.; B&W/C; 210 pp.; includes Ancient Greek, Roman, & Byzantine gold, silver, and bronze coins and World gold, crowns, and minors including a large offering of Thalers from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland and a large collection of treasure from the following wrecks: "Tumbaga" including 17 silver bars, Atocha, "Dry Tortugas Wreck", "Lucayan Beach Wreck" including a choice 8 reales royal, "1715 Fleet Wreck", "1733 Fleet Wreck" including several nice specimens of the rare 1733 pillar dollar, Princess Louisa including several nice conglomerates, Reygersdahl including a treasure chest fragment with three attached pillar dollars, Nuestra Señora de la Luz, "Clive of India Treasure", Auguste, Lady Burgess, H.M.S. Athénienne, San Pedro de Alcántara, Elingamite, and the "Manilla Bay Treasure". $40.00
NCB02-1107002 April-7,8-2005; Treasures of the S.S. Republic; 31pp.; 50 lots; illus.; B&W/C; includes the history, salvage, and photographs as well as a large offering of US gold recovered from the wreck of the S.S. Republic. $35.00

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  Henry Christensen

NCC02-0408001 May-12-1962; The San Christobal Collection; 1565 lots; illus; B&W; PRL; some light pen marking on cover and many interior notes in light pencil; a rare catalog that includes silver cobs from the Padre Island wrecks of 1553, and the 1715 Fleet Wrecks. This catalog also includes a nice selection of cut and counterstamped cobs, pillars and portraits as well as a large selection of Mexican cobs, pillars, portraits and cap and rays 8 reales. $60.00
NCC02-1107001 May-14-1982; Mail Auction Sale: #80, Treasures of the Conception; Madison, NJ; 71pp.; 1980 lots; card covers; illus; B&W; includes 234 lots of Spanish colonial cobs in denominations of 1, 2, 4, and 8 reales and several silver bars and clumps as recovered from the wreck of the Conception. $75.00

  Christies

NCC03-0408002

May-28-1992; Spanish Art I: Treasure from the Maravillas and other Works of Art.; London, 261 pp., 260 lots; Softcover; illus; B&W/C; PRL; One of the most important shipwreck auction catalogs of all time, with 86 lots of silver cobs, 30 lots of gold cobs, 12 lots of silver ingots, 15 lots of gold ingots, a bronze signal cannon, a few silver artifacts, and 2 lots of jewelry, all from the Maravillas, which sank in 1656 on Little Bahamas Bank. $85.00
NCC03-0905001

December-14-2000; Public Auction Sale: Gold Rush Treasures from the SS Central America; New York, NY; 245pp.; 169 lots; card covers; illus.; C; contains coins, clusters, and gold bars recovered from the wreck of the SS Central America. $50.00
NCC03-0408001

December-14-2000; Public Auction Sale: Gold Rush Treasures from the SS Central America; New York, NY; 245pp.; 169 lots; Hardcover; illus.; C; contains coins, clusters, and gold bars recovered from the wreck of the SS Central America. $75.00
NCC03-0408003

March-1,2-2004; The Binh Thuan Shipwreck; Melbourne, 261 pp., 760 lots; Softcover; illus; C; contains 760 lots of various styles and types of Chinese porcelains from the first part of the 17th Century. The wreck was discovered by fishermen off the coast of the Binh Thuan province of Vietnam in 2001. The catalog also contains a history of Dutch China trade, an overview of the salvage and a discussion of the artifacts.  $85.00
NCC03-1107001 May-19-2004; Public Auction Sale, The Fort San Sebastian Wreck A 16th Century Portuguese Porcelain Wreck off the Island of Mozambique; Amsterdam; 31pp.; 45 lots; card covers; illus; C; includes Ming Dynasty porcelain bowls, saucers, and cups and several gold ingots as recovered from the wreck of a 16th Century Portuguese galleon. $40.00

  Coin Galleries

NCC04-0405007 July-14-1993; Ancient and Modern Coins of the World and the United States Paper Money, Medals and Decorations; 3333 lots; illus.; includes a large offering of 8,4, and 2 reales from the Atocha and a nice offering of 4 reales from the Santa Margarita. $25.00
NCC04-1107001 July-13-1994; Ancient and Modern Coins of the World and the United States Paper Money, Medals and Decorations; 3025 lots; illus.; includes Ancient Greek, Roman, & Byzantine gold, electrum, silver, and bronze coins; U.S. gold, silver, and copper coins and paper money; and World gold, crowns, and minors including large offerings of coins from Great Britain, France, and Germany, and a large collection of 8 reales silver treasure cobs from the Atocha and 8, 4, 2, and 1 real treasure cobs from the H.M.S. Feversham. $25.00

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  Dix Noonan Webb

NCD02-1107001

June-20-2001; The Santa Lucia Treasure Coins, Jewellery and Artefacts Recovered from the Mediterranean.; London, England; 1435 lots; card covers; illus.; B&W; Scarce catalog (auction never held due to claims) with 230 lots of portrait coins (from Europe and the New World), 41 lots of jewelry, 21 lots of ceramics, and 14 lots of artifacts from the British steam packet Santa Lucia, which sank off the coast of Italy in 1841. $75.00

  PJ Downie Pty Ltd

NCD01-0707001

March-9-1989; Numismatic Public Auction & Mail Bid Sale; Melbourne, Australia; 2583 lots; card covers; illus.; B&W; includes Mexican and Potosi cob 8 reales from the "Gilt Dragon" Wreck, Potosi cob 8 reales from the "Lyme Bay Wreck", and Potosi 2, 4, and 8 reales from the Atocha. $25.00

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  Glendining & Co.

NCG02-0906001 October-28-1969; Coins of the Netherlands recovered from the Dutch East Indiaman De Liefde; 332 lots; illus.; cover has very neatly written up in left corner in black ink "illustrated (4 pl.) 3/-", otherwise a near-mint catalog; includes gold ducats and silver ducatoons from the Gelderland, Dordrecht, Amsterdam, Westfriesland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Friesland, Overijssel, Deventer, Kampen, Zwolle, Brabant, Flanders, and Tournai mints as recovered from the wreck of the De Liefde. $100.00
NCG02-0707001 October-1-1975; Silver Coins of the United Provinces and the Spanish Netherlands; London, England; 365 lots; card covers; illus.; B&W; 35 pp.; PRL; this auction catalog includes 365 lots of coins (mostly Silver Riders and ducatoons) and 12 lots of artifacts from the Meeresteijn, a Dutch East Indiaman which was wrecked near Cape Town, South Africa in 1702. $100.00

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  Heritage

NCH02-0707001 January-8,9-2006; NYIC Signature Auction featuring The Jules Reiver Collection of Great Britain Coins; New York, NY; 2802 lots; card covers; illus.; C; 308 pp.; this auction catalog includes a wonderful cob 2 reales 1662 Nuevo Reino, two Colombian 2 escudos from the Maravillas, a Mexican 8 and 2 escudos from the "1715 fleet", a choice 1733Mo-F 8 reales pillar and a Lima 8 escudos from the "1733 Fleet". Most importantly, is the sale of the finest known Carlos and Joanna Rincon 8 reales ND (1538) "first dollar of the Americas" from the "Golden Fleece Wreck."   $50.00

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  Ponterio & Associates

NCP03-1007001 January-27-1990; La Capitana; Public Auction Sale: #99; Chicago; 68pp.; 573 lots; card covers; illus; B&W; water damage to some pages and a light crease on cover but other than that is a near-mint catalog; includes shield & cross, countermarked issues of 1652, transitional issues of 1652, and pillars & waves cobs in 1, 2, 4, and 8 reales denominations as recovered from the wreck of the Capitana. $25.00
NCP03-0408001 March-31/April-1-2006; Featuring Specie Recovered from the Rooswijk and Part II of the Don Knittle Collection; Public Auction Sale: #138; Chicago; 247 pp.; 2427 lots; card covers; illus; C; this auction catalog includes 97 lots of 8 Reales cobs, 46 lots of 8 Reales Klippes, 232 lots of 4 and 8 Reales Pillar Dollars, one 1728 8 Reales royal, and 2 lots of silver ingots from the Dutch East Indiaman, Rooswijk, which sank in 1739. The catalog includes a history of the wreck and an article on the transitional 8 Reales of Philip V struck at the Mexico City mint during 1732-1734. Also included are 3 lots of 8 escudo cobs, one 4 escudo cob, 2 lots of 2 escudo cobs, and one gold ingot from the "1715 Fleet". $35.00

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  Hans M.F. Schulman

NCS02-0707001 February-6,7,8-1969; Treasures of Two Oceans; New York, NY; 1749 lots; card covers; illus.; B&W; 120 pp.; contains Mexican and Potosí Philip IV cob 8 reales from the Vergulde Draeke and Mexican and Potosí Philip III & Philip IV cob 8 reales from the "Lucayan Beach Wreck". $60.00
NCS02-0405004 July-7,8,9-1970; Public Auction Sale: Bojola, Quiggin, Mabbott ptV, Rosenbach ptIV; New York, NY; 101pp.; 1397 lots; card covers; illus.; B&W; contains ancient Greek and Roman silver and bronze coins, a nice offering of coins from the Asian continent, and a couple choice Lima 8Es and a couple shipwreck 8Rs from the "Treasures of Two Oceans" 2/69 sale. $15.00
NCS02-0405010 March-3,4,5-1975; Rarities; 1590 lots; illus.; includes Ancients, a large offering of World gold, a large offering of Confederate coins and patterns, an 8R from the Hollandia, and a small offering of "1715 Fleet" Wreck coins. $20.00

  Jacques Schulman B.V.

NCS13-1107001 April-15,16-1985; Coins and Medals, No. 281; Amsterdam, Holland; 52pp.; 1009 lots; card covers; illus; B&W; a large offering of Dutch coinage, including coinage from several European countries including Spain and Portugal but notably with a nice collection of cob 8 reales, riders and ducatoons from the Vliegenthart. $35.00