Softcover
2000 · New York, New York
by Bowers, Q. David
New York, New York: Christie's, 2000. Softcover. VG. Red & color illus. wraps, 246 pp., color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2000 auction of 169 lots, mostly of gold coins, retrieved from the wreck of the SS Central America, which sank in 1857 off the coast of North Carolina. Begins with a narrative and illustrated history of the ship and its sinking by Q. David Bowers, including a bibliography. Consists of quite a fascinating array of gold coins and ingots.
(Inventory #: 153107)