Watch List notes:

Large lot of hundreds of natural emeralds (43.5 carats total), found in 1986. From tiny chips to big 1/2" crystals, in a wide range of color and opacity, these emeralds are precisely what you see individually tagged from the Atocha but from a much smaller and less organized salvage effort on a relatively obscure wreck, this lot intended to be promoted by the (now deceased) finder but now a great opportunity for the high bidder. With certificate and booklet about the salvage of this wreck in 1986 (also a photo of the salvage vessel). Recovered from: 1681 Fleet off Panama (Boticaria site)

Estimate: $600