Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2021 ANA Auction 16-21 Aug 2021
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SPANISH COLONIAL. Gold Oblong Bar Recovered from the Nuestra Senora de la Luz (sank July 2, 1752).
Dimensions: 92 mm x 44 mm x 17 mm. Weight: 735.6 gms. Inscribed "XXXVI" on face of bar; Reverse: Stamped "159" with three shell designs left, right and top, inscribed "AV" monogram to right. Additional gold was added to the face, apparently done to increase they weight of the ingot. According to the original auction description this interesting bar was inspected by the Assay Office, Goldsmiths' Hall, London with a purity of 0.857 fine. An attractive and highly interesting example with remnants of barnacles and other minor encrustation on the surfaces and in the crevasses.
Ex: Sotheby's (New York 3/1993) Lot # 247 (with original lot ticket).
Estimate: $40000 - $60000
Dimensions: 92 mm x 44 mm x 17 mm. Weight: 735.6 gms. Inscribed "XXXVI" on face of bar; Reverse: Stamped "159" with three shell designs left, right and top, inscribed "AV" monogram to right. Additional gold was added to the face, apparently done to increase they weight of the ingot. According to the original auction description this interesting bar was inspected by the Assay Office, Goldsmiths' Hall, London with a purity of 0.857 fine. An attractive and highly interesting example with remnants of barnacles and other minor encrustation on the surfaces and in the crevasses.
Ex: Sotheby's (New York 3/1993) Lot # 247 (with original lot ticket).
Estimate: $40000 - $60000