Category Archives: Holabird Western Americana Collectibles

Kellogg & Humbert Ingot Brings $138,000 in SS Central America Treasure Auction

Holabird Western Americana Collections conducted the final auction of historic items recovered from the 1857 sinking of the legendary “Ship of Gold”, the SS Central America, representing a time capsule of Gold Rush life   A nearly two-pound Kellogg & Humbert assayer’s gold ingot was among the highlights in the second and final auction of […]

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Unique New Jersey $3 Banknote From Fabled S.S. Central America Sunken Treasure

Banknotes found in Purser’s safe and recovered treasure shipment boxes will be offered for the first time in December 3, 2022 auction   A unique $3 denomination note issued by a New Jersey bank is among a small number of banknotes that survived the 1857 sinking of the fabled “Ship of Gold”, the S.S. Central […]

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SS Central America Gold Rush-Era Artifacts at World’s Fair of Money

Historic items from the legendary “Ship of Gold” that sank in 1857 include Wells Fargo treasure shipment box remnants, gold miner jeans, and a mysterious “Mona Lisa of the Deep” photograph   By Holabird Western Americana …… After a century and a half on the ocean floor and then decades in secure storage, dozens of […]

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Holabird Western Americana Collections 4-Day Big Tent Online Auction April 16-19

The categories include philatelic and numismatic, mining, Americana, railroad   A huge, four-day, online-only Big Tent Auction packed with nearly 3,100 lots of philatelic and numismatic, mining, Americana, railroad collectibles and more will be held Thursday thru Sunday, April 16-19, by Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC, starting at 8 am Pacific time (11 am Eastern) […]

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