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Holabird Western Americana Collections Conducts Part II of

            “Ship of Gold” Auction March 4


            RENO, NV – The second and final auction of never-before-offered,    photograph of a young woman. The scientific mission recovery team
            historic California Gold Rush artifacts recovered from the 1857 sinking   nicknamed the unidentified woman, “Mona Lisa of the Deep,” after
            of the fabled “Ship of Gold,” the S.S. Central America, will be held on   retrieving the photo in 2014.
            Saturday, March 4, 2023. It will be conducted in Reno, Nevada and    • The only known, complete treasure box from the 1850s California
            online by Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC             Gold Rush period. An embossed wax seal on the box is still easily
            (www.HolabirdAmericana.com).                                      readable as “Alsop & Co.,” renowned merchants and gold treasure
               The public auction features exquisite Gold Rush jewelry; vintage   shippers of the era.
            clothing including an early Brooks Brothers shirt; ship’s objects such as   • Clothing items, including an early Brooks Brothers shirt discovered
            cabin and dining plates, bowls, and bottles; a recovered porthole; the only   in the trunk of first-class passenger John Dement, a merchant and
            still-intact Gold Rush treasure shipment box; and an intriguing 1850s   military veteran. There are also items found in the trunk of first-class
            photograph of an unknown young woman now nicknamed “Mona Lisa     “royalty” passengers, Ansel and Adeline Easton, who were on their
            of the Deep.”                                                     honeymoon trip to New York.
               The six-ton remote-controlled submersible scientists successfully used   • The remotely operated underwater vehicle nicknamed “Nemo” that
            between 1988 and 1991 to locate and retrieve the Central America’s l   was used by scientists and engineers to locate and recover the SS Central
            egendary sunken treasure nearly a mile-and-a-half under the Atlantic   America treasures deep on the Atlantic Ocean seabed four decades ago.
            Ocean will also be offered.                                          • A massive 32.15-ounce gold bar created in San Francisco by promi-
               “This is the last opportunity for collectors to acquire previously    nent Gold Rush assayers John Glover Kellogg and Augustus Humbert.
            unoffered, historic artifacts from what Life magazine proclaimed,    • An 1851 Colt Navy pistol.
            ‘America’s greatest treasure.’ The 420 lots in the auction represent an   • Thirty-seven Cuban cigars apparently brought on board when the
            incredible time capsule of the California Gold Rush-era,” said Fred   ship stopped in Havana on the voyage to New York.
            Holabird, president Holabird Western Americana Collections.          “The S.S. Central America was carrying tons of Gold Rush treasure
               One of the important items is a large 18-karat gold quartz engraved   from San Francisco and the northern California area when she sank.
            brooch that prominent San Francisco businessman Samuel Brannan --   Recovery from the shipwreck site occurred in several stages between
            California's first millionaire -- was sending to his son in Geneva,   1988-1991 and again in 2014,” explained scientist Bob Evans who was
            Switzerland, as a gift to the son's teacher.  Among the 45 other recovered   on each of the recovery missions.
            jewelry pieces in the auction is a REGARD ring, named for the first letter   For additional information about the auction including how to obtain
            of each of the five gemstones it contains: ruby (missing from the ring),   a copy of the extensive catalog for this auction, visit Holabird Western
            emerald, garnet, amethyst, ruby, and diamond.                     Americana Collections of Reno, Nevada at www.HolabirdAmericana.com
               Other highlights include:                                      or call 775-851-1859, or email info@holabirdamericana.com.
               • A superb resolution, 19th-century daguerreotype metal plate


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