Watch List notes:

Gold "finger" bar #36, 640 grams, fineness XV. (15-1/4K), ex-"Golden Fleece" (ca. 1550). 7" long, 1" wide, 5/8" thick. Neatly cast bar of typical shape and not far from full length as just a small part of one of the rounded ends was removed in its time (apparently chiseled down no more than about 1/8" and then broken from there), no tax stamps or other markings as on later bars but with three clear fineness markings of XV in a box followed by a dot inside a border in a separate box, somewhat light yellow in color but with lots of white encrustation on the flat (unmarked) side, small copper spots on the other side, a very tidy ingot overall and an attractive size and shape for presentation and display. From the "Golden Fleece wreck" (ca. 1550) and pedigreed to our Auction #7 (lot #145), with photo-certificate. Recovered from: "Golden Fleece wreck," sunk ca. 1550 in the northern Caribbean

Estimate: $20000-40000