Several important coin collections crossed the auctionblock during Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC's Treasure Auction 26. The live floor and onlineauction, held Nov. 1-2, realized over $2.3 million in coins, medals, and bank notes sold.

The auction began with the John Pullin Collection of dated Mexican gold cob escudos. All of thecoins were recovered from various wrecks of the 1715 Fleet, sunk on July 31, 1715 off Florida'seast coast. In just 18 lots, a total of $150,476 was raised. The highest price realized was for lot 7,a cob 4 escudos dated 1715J and graded by NGC as MS 62 that sold for $28,560 on an estimateof $10,000 to $20,000. This result was followed closely by lot 3, a cob 8 escudos dated 1714Jand graded NGC MS 60 that saw $21,420 on an estimate of $20,000 and up. This coin boasts apedigree to the salvors' Real Eight Company collection as well as being plated in a January 1965National Geographic article on the 1715 Fleet's history.

An additional $46,809 was garnered by the sale of 66 silver cob reales from Pullin's collection.Most of the coins were dated, a quality scarcely seen on Mexican cobs for the time period. Manyof these coins also hold pedigrees to the 1715 Fleet. The top selling silver lot was lot 322, aMexico City, Mexico, cob 8 reales dated 1709J that realized $3,332 on an estimate of $350 to$500.

All told, the John Pullin Collection earned $197,285 during Sedwick's sale. The collector, JohnPullin, gave a talk at the auction the day prior to the sale on collecting 1715 Fleet coins and howhis collection was assembled. He also personally signed the lot tags for his coins in the sale.

A similar shipwreck coin collection, the Atocha Classics Collection, attracted interest fromnumismatists and shipwreck enthusiasts alike. The curated group was comprised of 49 lots ofhigh-quality silver cob reales of various denominations recovered from the wreck of the Atocha,sunk in 1622 off Key West, Florida. The collection realized $112,812 after spirited bidding.

The top selling lot was lot 149, a Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales from the reign of Philip II thatbrought in $7,735 on a $2,000 to $3,000 estimate. The coin was awarded Grade 1, the highestpossible grade for Atocha coins, on its special Mel Fisher, Inc. photo-certificate. It was alsopedigreed to the Atocha Research Collection and plated in that collection's 1988 catalog.

The third session of the auction contained the Whittier Collection of Bolivian Monetary Medalsthat raised $67,110 across 109 lots. The highest selling lot was lot 622, a Potosi, Bolivia, 10 solesdated 1825 commemorating Simon Bolivar's liberation of Chuquisaca and graded by PCGS asMS64 that sold for $2,975.

A second offering of Whittier Bolivian medals will appear in Sedwick's April 2020 TreasureAuction.

The sale also hosted the Santander Collection of Colombian Proclamation Medals. Thecollection, an assemblage of the rarest Colombian medals issued from 1724 to 1825, reached$34,391 across 17 lots. The highest selling lot was lot 1137, a Bogota, Colombia, silver uniface 4reales-sized die trial dated 1789 that realized $12,495 on a $7,000 to $10,000 estimate.

Aside from numismatic collections in the auction, other top earners include lot 82, a gold"finger" bar weighing 1.325 kilograms recovered from the Atocha that realized $77,350 on a$50,000 and up estimate. An 88 troy pound, 7.04 troy ounce silver bar from the same wreck, lot92, fetched $44,625 on a $25,000 and up estimate.

The highest valued coin in the auction was lot 942, a Honduras gold 20 pesos dated 1888 andgraded NGC AU 58. With an estimated mintage of 30 or fewer pieces and only three survivorsknown today, heavy bidding was expected. When the hammer dropped, the final sale price was$71,400 on a $40,000 and up estimate.

Other top lots in the auction include:

Full prices realized can be viewed at auction.sedwickcoins.com. The company's next auctionwill be held April 30, 2020 with a consignment deadline of March 1, 2020. Consignments can bedone in person at the FUN Show (Jan. 9-12), New York International (Jan. 17-19), and LongBeach Coin Show (Feb. 20-22) or by email at office@sedwickcoins.com.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
SEDWICK NOVEMBER 2019 SALE HIGHLIGHTS(https://www.coinbooks.org/v22/esylum_v22n40a20.html)