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Daniel Frank Sedwick Auction, Over $1 Million in Treasure - Coin News
Oct 15 at 7:07pm
Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC announces the release of their new mail-bid Treasure Auction #4 by catalog and internet. The auction closes November 6. Highlights of this sale include:
- A California Gold Rush-era gold ingot from the S.S. Central America (1857) estimated at $125,000+ and also a gold bar marked with the “En Rada” stamp (Peña-Randa) from the Atocha (1622) estimated at $40,000+;
- The “Golden Fleece wreck” (ca. 1550) Special Research Collection of Mexican Charles-Joanna rarities (including the famous 3 reales of 1536 estimated at $10,000+ and many of the finest specimens of the first issues struck in the New World), as well as gold “finger” bars and silver “splash” ingots from the same wreck;
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Peru Demands Return of Odyssey Treasure, Garcia Belaunde Says - Bloomberg.com
Sep 10 at 9:09pm
Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc.’s 17 ton-haul (15,400 kilograms) of sunken treasure from the Atlantic Ocean originated in Peru and must be returned, the Andean country’s Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde said today.
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Treasure in the cellar brought more trouble than riches - baltimoresun.com
Sep 8 at 10:10pm
The story of two Baltimore teenagers and their random discovery of a cache of gold coins in a copper jug while digging in the dirt cellar floor of a three-story rowhouse at 132 S. Eden St. became a national story during the height of the Depression.
Theodore Jones, 16, and Henry Grob, 15, both from fatherless families who were on relief, had formed a club, the “Rinky-Dinky-Doos,” and were busy digging a hole on the warm afternoon of Aug. 31, 1934, in the floor of the Eden Street tenement where Jones and his mother resided.
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Treasure hunter lords over ring - Northern Scot
Sep 6 at 1:01pm
TREASURE hunter Alistair McPherson was set to dismiss his latest find as an old bottle top before unearthing a stunning gold gemstone ring dating back to the 12th century.
The medieval discovery, still in mint condition, was unearthed at a site in Moray on Sunday – and first thing on Monday morning factory worker Mr McPherson was at Elgin Museum to hand it in.
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Spain thinks shipwreck treasure is hidden in Gibraltar - Gibraltar News
Sep 1 at 1:01pm
The Spanish Government thinks that part of the treasure discovered by the Odyssey company is hidden in Gibraltar, possibly in a warehouse in the port area.
It will be recalled that last year, gold and silver coins were found by Odyssey at sea and flown from Gibraltar to the USA. The Spanish have lodged a claim, while Peru have now also done the same. Part of that haul is said to still be in Gibraltar, hidden away somewhere.
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Coin Treasure Claim from Peru Over “Black Swan” Shipwreck - Coin News
Aug 21 at 11:11pm
The Republic of Peru on Tuesday entered the legal fray between Odyssey Marine Exploration and Spain over a 17-ton booty of Colonial-era silver and gold coins discovered at a shipwreck site Odyssey code-named the “Black Swan.”
That legal dispute started back in May of 2007 after Odyssey — a Florida based treasure hunting, and deep-sea exploration firm — hauled up over 500,000 silver and gold coins from a 17th-century shipwreck site found on the Atlantic sea floor.
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‘Aladdin’s Cave of treasure’ found among six decades of rubbish in widow’s tiny house - Mail Online
Jun 24 at 3:03pm
An ‘Aladdin’s Cave of treasures’ has been found among the rubbish in the squalid, run-down house where a reclusive couple lived for nearly sixty years.
Nearly £200, 000 in cash, stocks and bonds alone was discovered in the dilapidated Edwardian semi that was home to deceased John and Pamela Baker.
Piles of limited-edition Wedgwood plates, each with a certificate of authenticity, were found under the rotting floorboards of the three-bed house.
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Sedwick’s Treasure Auction #3 hits $800,000
Jun 23 at 6:06pm
Treasure Fever has struck again! Expert numismatist and auctioneer of shipwreck coins and artifacts Daniel Frank Sedwick has released the results of his Treasure Auction #3. This mail-bid auction surpassed predictions by grossing over $800,000 ($700,000 + 15%), with an unprecedented 92%+ of the lots sold.
Consignments for Sedwick’s next auction (Treasure Auction #4) in the fall of 2008 are already pouring in. One of the top highlights of the sale was a rare mariner’s astrolabe that sold for $28,750.00 (with buyer’s premium). Other major highlights include a Lima, Peru, cob 8 escudos of 1703 that sold for $17,250 and a Cartagena, Colombia, cob 2 escudos of 1622 (the first gold coin struck in the New World) that sold for $23,000 (both prices with buyer’s premium).
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Flea market box yields Charles Schwab treasure -The Morning Call
Jun 19 at 9:09pm
Penny McKim is an antiques hobbyist who considers herself a skilled treasure hunter. So when she came across a shoebox full of coins and medals at a church flea market in Montgomery County, she had an idea she’d struck gold.
Turns out that $5 box contained three ounces of gold in the form of a distinctive medal presented in 1928 to Charles M. Schwab, the man who built Bethlehem Steel into a world titan.
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Treasure found in farmer’s field - Lancashire Evening Post
Jun 17 at 9:09pm
The 11 Tudor coins, which are more than 400 years old, were found by amateur metal detector user John Davis in Barton, near Preston. And the English and Spanish silverware has now officially…
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Odyssey and Spain Back in Court Over Coin Treasure - CoinNews
Jun 10 at 9:09am
Florida-based treasure hunting, deep-sea exploration firm Odyssey Marine Exploration is back in court this morning at 9:30 a.m. (ET) with Spain. The legal battle over 17-tons of silver and gold Colonial-era coins continues in U.S. Federal court before Magistrate Judge Mark A. Pizzo.
The coin treasure trove was recovered by Odyssey in May of 2007, and resulting legal disputes with Spain over ownership have resulted since.
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Sedwick Shipwreck Treasure Auction #3 - CoinNews
May 25 at 11:11am
Sedwick’s Shipwreck Treasure Auction #3 includes a rare astrolabe, silver coins, gold ingots, Chinese porcelain and other artifacts carefully selected for quality and eye-appeal.
In this latest auction, Numismatist Daniel Frank Sedwick included treasure artifacts of over 1100 lots from many shipwreck finds, including…
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