SS Central America shipwreck treasures total $1M at Holabird

Miner’s work pants with a five-button fly, recovered from the S.S. Central America, $114,000. Image courtesy of Holabird Western Americana Collections
Miner’s work pants with a five-button fly, recovered from the S.S. Central America, $114,000. Image courtesy of Holabird Western Americana Collections
Miner’s work pants with a five-button fly, recovered from the S.S. Central America, $114,000. Image courtesy of Holabird Western Americana Collections

RENO, Nev. – An auction of 270 never-before-offered historic California Gold Rush sunken treasure artifacts, conducted on December 3 by Holabird Western Americana Collections, totaled nearly $1 million. The recovered jewelry, mid-1800s clothing, glassware and other items were retrieved from the legendary vessel dubbed the Ship of Gold, the S.S. Central America, which sank during a voyage to New York in 1857. More than 7,500 registered bidders across the United States and in six other countries participated.

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