Important Auction of Native American Artifacts - February 26th, 2011

with Tim Lyons Auctioneer (KY #P1699) is pleased to present our first sale of 2011

Important Auction of Native American Artifacts with over 400 Top-Quality Authenticated and Well-Documented Consignments Commencing at 10:00am on

February 26th, 2011 Preview 8:00am-10:00am

at the Clay Community Center, Mount Sterling, Kentucky

The Ar tif act Com pan y Artif tifact Compan pany P.O. Box 1005, Mount Sterling, Kentucky 40353 (800) 466-3836 info@theartifactcompany.com View Items Online at http://www.theartifactcompany.com

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The Artifact Company with Tim Lyons Auctioneer (KY #P1699)

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an Im por tant A uction of Impor port Auction Nativ e Amer ican Ar tif acts tifacts ative American Artif Commencing February 26th, 2011 at 10:00am at the Clay Community Center, Mt Sterling, KY We are proud to present this Top-Quality Sale of fine relics to start the 2011 auction season! Over 400 lots including a number of well-documented pieces from the collections of Meuser, Heckman, Wehrle, Driskell, Tully, Glass, Petrie, West, Wilkins, Daugherty, Kuhn, Young, Long, Copeland, Cain, Payne, Roberts, Titterington, DeLime, and many other famous collectors... Also represented in the sale are items from both the Terry Allen and George Green Collections, and a number of Grandfathered Pre-Columbian items. Many lots of High-end Hardstone, Slate, Pottery, and Flint including many Western focus pieces are featured.

Also featured in this auction is a wide selection of quality consigned artifacts, meticulously culled by our staff for quality, collectability, and authenticity. Many of the items have been previously papered by top authenticators such as Jackson, Davis, Stermer, Motley, Rogers, Dickey, Bennett, Berner, Perino, Partain, Baker, Johnson, Cox, Howard, Putty, Tatum, Fisher, Williams, Sievers, Meadows or E. Rowe.

Terms of Sale We have attempted to accurately describe all items being sold, but all property offered for sale is strictly ‘as-is’. We have provided substantial images of all items offered to best inform potential absentee or online bidders with regards to item condition. It is the bidder’s responsibility (whether in-person, by phone, by mail, or via the Internet) to determine the exact condition of each item. No statement in this catalog, sale bill, invoice, or other documents by associates of The Artifact Company or the Principle Auctioneer, shall be deemed to warranty, or as representation or assumption of liability with respect to age, condition, size, quality, importance, rarity, variety, provenance, or historical reference as related to any sale items. Any such statements are strictly matters of opinion.

If an item already has a certificate from one or more authenticators listed above the sale shall be considered final, NO EXCEPTIONS. Everything else (with the exception of decorative or contemporary items) is guaranteed for 30 days to paper by any authenticator living and mentioned above. Any item eligible for return with request for refund must be accompanied with a full written report of the examination. Authentication is a matter of scholarship and we welcome you to utilize the experience of your preferred expert for consultation prior to sale. You may arrrange to have your expert inspect a potential purchase prior to a sale by calling 1-800466-3836. Reserve and Buy-Back rules are in effect for this sale.

The Auctioneer will be the final judge as to which bidder is the highest bidder. In event of any dispute in this matter the Auctioneer shall use his own discretion to decide whether to reopen bidding or not. Title to all merchandise shall pass to the highest bidder at the fall of the Auctioneer’s ‘Hammer’. The Purchaser shall assume full risk and responsibility for the lot purchased once title has passed. The buyer must pay Kentucky State Sales Tax (6%) unless exception is allowed under laws regulating such tax. Out of state sales tax numbers will be accepted. You do not pay Kentucky Sales Tax if items are shipped out of state.

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No items removed until paid in full. The Artifact Company or its Auctioneers are not responsible for any typographical error or omission in this catalog. Photographs in this catalog are of the actual items being sold, but exact condition of the objects offered is their condition the day of the sale. There will be absolutely NO returns or adjustments of any kind made 30 days after sale date. We reserve the right to refuse admittance to any individual or group.

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Phone Bidding Call (800) 466-3836 or (859) 499-0204. Please call by 8:00pm Eastern Time, Friday, February 25th, 2011 to arrange this service. Our Staff will call you when the artifact is ready to go up for auction. Calls made to the above numbers the day of sale unfortunately cannot be answered.

Incoming calls the day of the sale will NOT ring to the auction floor. Please plan ahead.

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The Artifact Company Alexander C. Przygoda P.O. Box 1005 Mt. Sterling, KY 40353 (800) 466-3836 or (859) 499-0204 info@theartifactcompany.com This catalog is available for viewing and additional download at http://www.theartifactcompany.com Many additional pictures are available on our website as well, many featuring translucency, flaking detail, and other views of the items in this catalog.

Directions and Accomodations Take I-64 to Exit 110 at Mt. Sterling, head South on Route 11 to the KY-686 intersection. Turn right and follow KY-686 to the venue, which will be on the left hand side.

The Clay Community Center is located on the South Side of Mount Sterling on Indian Mound Drive (Hwy 686).

The address is: 3400 Indian Mound Drive, Mt. Sterling, KY 40353 There are several motels and hotels in the area including Ramada (859-497-9400), Fairfield Inn (859-498-4050) Days Inn (859-498-4680) Call for more complete listing.

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1. 4 13/16" Early Ovoid Knife - Rare type. Pretty glossy gray Hornstone.

Ex- E. K. Petrie. Posey Co., Inidiana. Jackson COA. 2. 3 3/16" Early Archaic Drill - About as good as they get. Glossy chert in multi-toned grays. Ex- Ken Partain. Rogers COA. 3. 3 1/2" Hardin - Great material. Speckled glossy fossil chert. Great form with lots of minute serrations. Great condition. Ex- Allen Collection. Missouri.

4. 3 5/16" Dalton - Very pretty multi-colored Bloomville Chert from Indiana. Thin and well made with large distinct thinning strikes. Great history. ExMel Wilkins (#348) and Irv Daugherty Collections. Earthworks and Jackson COA’s.

5. 3 7/16" Dovetail - Serrated example from Calhoun Co., Illinois. Burlington Chert.

6. 3 5/8" Adena - Very thin with lots of color. Found by Dean Johnson just West of Kenton, Ohio. Baker COA. 7. 3 9/16" Thebes - Large piece of Attica Chert from Indiana. Well-formed base.

8. 3 5/16" Lost Lake - High grade Hornstone. Ex- Terry Allen Collection.

Southern Illinois. Motley COA. 9. 3 3/16" Stilwell - Awesome coloration pattern. Swirls in material look like they were done by a French Impressionist painter. Tennessee.

10. 3 1/2" Big Sandy - Well patinated Coshocton. Nice size and good eye appeal. Central Ohio.

11. 3 1/4" Hardin - High grade Crescent Quarry. Great flaking with dozens of minute serrations. Ex- Jack Litchfield. Illinois. Jackson COA. 12. 3 3/8" Drill - Very well made. Precisely flaked to a medium ridge on both sides. Old collector label/# 382. Burlington Chert. Missouri.

13. 4 5/16" Buck Creek - Huge swept wing example made of pretty gray Hornstone. Found in Green Co., Kentucky. Ex- Alvin Fryman. Davis and Partain COA’s.

14. 3 1/2" Lost Lake - Mottled Ft. Payne chert. Very thin. Dickey COA. 15. 3 3/8" Dovetail - Indented base variety with great serrations. Fort Pa yne Chert. Ex- Larry Soss. B a k e r G - 9 C O A a s L o s t L a k e .

16. 3" Castroville - Very thin. Very symmetrical. Nice size. Nice color. Central Texas.

17. 3 1/4" ‘Exotic’ Motley - Striking highly attractive ‘exotic’ form. Gray Hornstone. Todd Co., Kentucky. Jackson COA. Base restored.

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18. 3 3/8" Snapped Base - Needle tipped with dozens of deadly serrations!

River stained chert piece from near Paducah, Kentucky.

19. 3" Pinetree - Superb wings and flaking on this chocolate Dover chert piece from near Dover, Tennessee. Jackson COA. 20. 3 5/8" Dickson - Mottled Gray & Cream Burlington Chert. Pettis Co., Missouri. Ex - Zimmerman Collection. Motley COA. 21. 3 3/4" Serrated Kirk - I o w a . C r e a m B u r l i n g t o n C h e r t .

22. 3 1/8" Stilwell - Nicely serrated Kentucky example in Boyle Chert. Jackson COA. 23. 3 1/8" Big Slough - Hornstone Example from Kentucky.

24. 3 3/4" Bakers Creek - Finely crafted thin example from near Dover Tennessee. Dover Chert. Jackson COA. 25. 3 3/8" Hardin - Really nice. Mottled gray and white Burlington. ExTerry Allen Collection. Illinois.

26. 3 7/8" Cobbs - Well patinated and interstingly striped cream, gray, and white Nethers from Ohio.

27. 4" Paleo Lanceolate - Extremely well made Paleo type. Classic Carter Cave flint. Ex- Elmer Pruitt Collection. Found in Perry Co., Kentucky. Perino, Partain, and Putty COA’s. Perino cites two resharpenings on his COA. 28. 3 5/8" Cascade - Extra fine example of the type. Highly translucent.

Large with every flake meticulous. Ex- Bill Heap Collection. Oregon.

29. 3 13/16" Stilwell - Burlington with lots of minerals. Ex- Bill Harrison Collection. Adams Co., Illinois. Motley COA. 30. 3 15/16" Adena - Nicely made example in heat treated Burlington Chert.

Johnson CO., Missouri. Ex - Ryan Keele Collection. Motley COA. 31. 3 5/8" Cobbs Triangle - Nicely made example in Hornstone from near White Bluff, Tennessee.

32. 3 7/8" Dickson - Translucent example from Northern Illinois in Hixton Silicified Sandstone. Striking translucency.

33. 3 7/16" Archaic Corner Notch - Cream Burlington flint example from Iowa.

34. 3 5/8" Tennessee River Knife - Nice Dover Chert example from Tennessee.

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36. 4 3/8" Agate Basin - Colorful gray, cream, and brown Mozarkite. ExErnest Wenchell Collection. Missouri. Davis G-9 and Baker G-10 COA’s.

37. 3 5/8" Cache Blade - Gray Hornstone. Thin and well made. Indiana.

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38. 4 1/2" Turkeytail - Well used example of this form from near Dover, Tennessee. Dover Chert. Jackson COA. 39. 4 5/16" Benton - Heavily River-Stained example from near White-Bluff, Tennessee. Thin.

40. 4 1/2" Clovis Preform - Large Example in Hornstone from Kentucky.

Jackson COA. 41. 4 3/8" Cobbs Triangle - Dover Chert example from Middle Tennessee.

Excellent mineralization.

42. 4" Cobbs Triangle - Pretty Camden Chert piece from Tennessee.

43. 4 5/8" Benton - Fine edgework on this example from near White Bluff, Tennessee. Dover Chert. Jackson COA. 44. 4 1/2" Button Base Dovetail - Rare form. Great size. Pleasing light chocolate brown Hornstone. Ohio type.

45. 3 7/8" Dovetail - Light gray Kentucky Hornstone with a ‘Bullseye’. Extra thin and well flaked.

46. 4 5/8" Danish Dagger - Pretty high grade multicolored flint with a heavily polished stem/handle.

47. 4" Dickson - Super relic. Very thin. Great color and great condition.

Warren Co., Missouri.

48. 3 3/4" Meadowood - Very translucent high grade honey colored Flint Ridge. Labeled Champaign Co., Ohio.

49. 3 7/8" Stilwell - World Class example. Killer serrations. High grade Crescent Quarry with translucency around the perimeter. Found near The St. Louis Municipal Airport in St. Louis Co., Missouri by Larry Kill.

50. 4 1/8" Crescent /Square Knife - Southern Indiana. Ex - Terry Crafton, Doug Howard, & John Duncan Collections. Holland Chert. Jackson COA. 51. 3 1/8" Lost Lake - Killer example!! Very pretty black, cream, and blue Coshocton with lightening type stripes. Ex- C.V. Wilson Collection. Coshocton Co., Ohio. Jackson and Davis G-10 COA’s.

52. 3 1/2" Hardin - Perfect example. Burlington Chert. Jersey Co., Illinois.

Davis G-10 COA. 53. 2 7/8" Thebes - Classic example. White Burlington with loads of minerals. St. Charles Co., Missouri.

54. 3 1/8" Thebes - Tremendous color and World Class symmetry. Who could ask for more? Ex- Don Corninghouse Collection. Warren Co., Ohio. Oh, has a Davis G-9 COA plus Partain and Putty COA’s as well.

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55. 3 3/8" Little Bear Creek - Great serrations. Pretty Horse Creek Chert with creek staining. Alcorn, Tennesse, McNairy area. Dickey COA. 56. 3 3/8" Big Sandy - Pretty gray fossil chert with black speckles. Excellent condition. Indiana.

57. 3 7/8" Adena - Ex- Red Tully (#F-1710) and Gary Noel Collections. Thin with excellent form. Made of a pretty Purple Quartzite. Found in Wisconsin.

Partain COA. 58. 3 3/16" Holland - Thin and precisely flaked. Well defined and ground haft. Glossy cream colored chert. Missouri.

59. 5 9/16" Flint Adze - Beautifully made example in Dover Chert from near Dover Tennessee. Nice bit-polish. Jackson COA. 60. 4 15/16" Etley - Excellent example from the Dr. Edward Schuessler Collection. St. Louis Co., Missouri. Burlington. Jackson COA. 61. 4 1/8" Benton - Lee Co., Mississippi. Heat-treated Tuscaloosa Chert (Jasper). Ex - Charles Hester. Dickey COA. 62. 4 1/2" Thebes - Big deep notched Thebes made of a high grade creamy gray and white Ohio chert. Ex- Barron and Crumerine. Earthworks COA. 63. 3 7/8" Dalton - Finely executed example in Burlington. Ex- John Ziegler Collection. Pike Co., Illinois. Perino and Putty COA’s.

64. 3 1/2" Hardin - Ex- Lee Holmes. Callaway Co., Missouri. Motley COA. Motley mentions “One edge shows a small piece broke out and glued back.”

We see the very small area but someone has since removed the glued flake and it is incidental to the overall condition.

65. 3 1/2" Stilwell - Bifurcated variant. Extremely well made with serrations running all the way up and down both blade edges. Pretty semi-glossy white material with gray splotches of color. Pike Co., Illinois.

66. 3 1/8" Hardin - Found by Brad Arle while digging a ditch for a water pipe in the early 1970’s. High grade cream chert with a bluish caste and pretty quartz veins. Jo Daviess Co., Illinois. Motley COA. 67. 4 3/8" Kinney Knife - Big, broad, thin, and pretty. Ex- Shane McCormick.

Bandera Co., Texas. Rogers COA. 68. 4 1/8" Dalton Classic - Super fine extremely well made G-10 Dalton.

Fluted on both sides and made of high grade highly translucent Crescent Quarry. Found in Sangamon Co., Illinois. Davis G-10 COA. 69. 4 1/4" Adena Robbins - Classic form with great thinness and color.

Found on the Nelson Wills farm near Greentown in Stark Co., Ohio. Ex- Ray Mayson and Jack Litchfield Collections. 4 COA’s. Davis, Partain, Putty, and Stermer.

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70. 2 9/16" Side-Hafted Knife - Found by George Green in Lincoln Co., Nebraska. Orange-brown high grade chert with some translucency.

71. 2 11/16" Stilwell - Finely serrated example from Richland Co., Ohio. Ex - Dick Savidge Collection. Fort Payne Chert.

72. 2 9/16" Dovetail - Madison Co., Missouri. Dongola Chert. Davis COA. 73. 2 3/4" Kirk Serrated - Fantastic color and serrations. Found by Bill Carter in Pulaski Co., Kentucky. Rare maroon and cream Fort Payne Chert.

Jackson COA. 74. 2 1/2" Hi-Lo Point - Rare type made of a beautiful striped material that looks like Petrified Wood. Extra thin Midwest example in tremendous condition with great color and long ears. Ex- Collections of Nora Coleman and Charles West of New Richmond, Ohio. Perino COA. 75. 2 5/8" E-Notch Big Sandy - Multicolored high grade jasper on this Alabama example. Ex - J. Bennett Collection.

76. 2 5/8" Hardin - Adams Co., Illinois. Burlington. Jackson COA. 77. 2 1/2" Snyders - Truly beautiful extremely translucent Flint Ridge Moss Agate with a large quartz eye right in the center of the blade. Appears diamond studded! Ex- Todd Harding and Perry Snider Collections. Ohio.

Earthworks and Jackson COA’s.

78. 2 1/2" Pinetree - Tennessee Classic. Awesome serrations. Has that t r u e ‘Ch rist m a s Tre e ’ f orm. Pre tty s trip e d D o ve r. Davis COA .

79. 2 1/2" Clovis - Stunning highly translucent Moss Agate variety Flint Ridge. Found on the Sheldon Farm in Morgan Co., Ohio. Fluted 50% on both sides. Very thin and in tremendous condition. Jackson and Stermer COA’s.

80. 2 11/16" Dalton - Nice cream Burlington flint piece from Osage Co., Missouri.

81. 2 5/16" Afton - Very thin. Great color. Missouri.

82. 3" Stemmed Knife - Highly translucent wavy-banded caramel colored material from the Northern Plains. Extremely thin also!

83. 2 9/16" Darl Knife - Thin and extra well made. Nice translucency too.

Ex- Gabheart Collection. East Texas. Rogers COA. 84. 2 5/16" Allen - Beautifully translucent Moss Agate example found by George Green along the Dismal River in Lincoln Co., Nebraska. Restoration to tip.

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85. 3" Early Archaic Knife - Beautiful Sonora from Montgomery Co., Kentucky. Ex- Willoughby Collection. Jackson COA. 86. 2 3/16" Clipped Wing Decatur - Beautifully made ‘Clipped-Wing’ variety with a well-executed fractured base. Hornstone. Kentucky. Jackson COA. 87. 2 5/16" Buck Creek - Tennessee example in a nicely patterned Fort Payne Chert. Ex - Steve Walker.

88. 2 1/4" Wheeler - Nicely fluted on both sides. Very Clovis-like. Haney Chert. Extreme S.E. Corner of Missouri. Ex- Raymond E. Blake Collection, Who’s Who #6, page 148. Partain COA. 89. 2" Elko Corner Notch - Dove-gray obsidian artifact from Northern California. Ex - Bill Heap Collection.

90. 2 1/4" Basketmaker Dart - Moss Agate Example from Colorado. Totally translucent.

91. 2 1/8" Pelican Lake - Translucent Knife River and fine! Found in North Dakota. Ex- Mumaw and Moran. Baker G-9 COA. 92. 2 7/16" Stemmed Knife - Beautiful gem-grade agate in this example from the Great Basin. Totally translucent! Jackson COA. 93. 2 5/8" Eden - Nice example found by George Green along the Middle Loup River in Lincoln Co., Nebraska. Stunningly flaked to a median ridge in a pink translucent high grade material. Restored tip.

94. 2 9/16" Hardin - Finely serrated piece found in May of 1987 in Lincoln Co., Missouri. Excellent mineralization on this nicely proportioned example in Burlington Chert.

95. 3 1/16" Dovetail - Nicely made perfect example from Lincoln Co., Missouri. Burlington. Great mineralization.

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96. 5" Hohokam 3/4 Groove Axe - Nicely polished example from near Goodyear, Arizona. Diorite.

97. 6 3/4" Celt - Large celt from near Libertyville, Illinois. Diorite. Good mineralization and decent bit condition.

98. 4" x 2 1/8" 3/4 Groove ‘Pocket’ Axe - Rather exceptional example with polish over its entirety. Dark Granite. Missouri.

99. 8 1/8" Hohokam Axe - Diorite example with quartz-vein from Arizona.

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100. 5 1/8" Celt - Excellent Granite example from Henderson Co., Illinois.

Collector number as ‘Celt-28’.

101. 6 1/2" 3/4 Groove Axe - Large Diorite example from Ohio. Marked ‘R.H. McC, No. 406’ on an early collector label.

102. 7" Hohokam 3/4 Groove Axe - Found near Goodyear, Arizona. Excellent example with ochre.

103. 6 3/4" Tapered Poll Celt - Large example in a creek-stained hardstone from Tennessee. Big! 104. 8 7/8" 3/4 Groove Axe - Nice greenstone axe from Lawrence Co., Indiana. Ex - Roy Pohler, Heckman Collections. Big! 105. 6" Hohokam 3/4 Groove Axe - Found near Goodyear, Arizona. Granite example with good weight.

106A. 4 3/4" Square Poll Celt - Finely made Green Diorite Celt from Ohio.

Poll is finished and exhibits nice overall polish.

106B. 4 13/16" Full Groove Axe - Diorite Axe from the Midwest. Marked ’23-SA-1 61'.

107A. 5 3/8” FANTASTIC 3/4 Groove Axe - Great Iowa Axe from Lee Co., Iowa! Granite with a pristine bit! Jackson COA. 107B. 8 1/4” Fluted Side Celt - Unique large celt with flutes on both sides similar to many axes from the region. Calloway Co., Missouri. Diorite.

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108. 2 5/8" Bulverde - ‘Cookie-cutter’ perfect relic with great color and thinness. Texas.

109. 2 5/8" Clovis - Pretty gray and cream Hornstone with a white streak running the length of the relic. Nicely fluted on both sides. Kentucky.

110. 2 7/16" Snyders - Creek stained multi-colored heat altered Burlington.

Very pretty with nice symmetry. Found by David Adair at Little Walnut Creek in Johnson Co., Missouri. Motley COA. 111. 2 1/2" Stemmed Knife - Totally translucent Agatized Wood point from East Texas.

112. 2 5/8" Hardin - Serrated example from Western Kentucky (Dickey COA lists as likely Christian County) Fort Payne Chert. Dickey COA. 113. 2 1/4" Castroville - Highly translucent example from Central Texas.

Good proportions.

114. 2 13/16" Clovis - A true show-stopper. Crafted of highly translucent Knife River Flint in superb condition. Broadly distinctly fluted 50% on one side and 40% on the other. From Wyoming. G-10 without question. Jackson COA. 115. 2 5/8" Hardin - Pretty example in Pumpkin Burlington Chert. Boone Co., Missouri. Ex - Ray Arnett Collection. Motley COA. 116. 2 13/16" Copena - Brown Dover Chert. Nice form with good sharp tip.

Humphreys Co., Tennessee. Davis COA. 117. 2 9/16" Graham Cave Drill - Nice Burlington relic from Missouri.

118. 2 3/8" Dalton - Extra thin. Cream and brown Ft. Payne Chert. Western Kentucky.

119. 2" Beaver Lake - Extra pretty high gloss multi-colored Ft. Payne from Overton Co., Tennessee. Found by Clyde Ridwahn. Ex- Chris Overguard Collection. Perino COA. 120. 2 7/16" Scottsbluff - River polished Permian Chert example from the Kaw/Kansas River in Wabaunsee Co., Kansas. Motley COA. 121. 2 9/16" Calf Creek - Extremely well professionally restored in the base. Both wings and the rest of the blade are intact and original. Nicely Mineralized. Cream Fossil Chert. This would make an excellent display example. Arkansas.

122. 2" Agate Basin - Cream Chert example with textbook flaking to a median ridge. Ex - Brady Collection. Found along the Pecos River Drainage in Chaves and De Baca Co., New Mexico.

123. 2 1/16" Clovis - Cream high grade translucent flint example found by George Green at the Tin Camp Ranch in Lincoln Co., Nebraska. Slight restoration to one ear.

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125. 2 5/16" Plainview - Exquisite example. Precise flaking and form with lots of color. Winterset Chert. Oklahoma.

126. 1 13/16" Hernando - Highly translucent river stained Coastal Plains material from Florida. Ex - John Byrd Collection.

127. 2 1/16" Chipola - Pretty cream, white and gray bown fossil laden Winterset Chert. Arkansas River, Oklahoma.

128. 2" Cascade - Totally translucent agate example from Washington State.

Choice. Jackson COA. 129. 1 3/4" Clovis - Well made Clovis with nice flutes on both sides. High grade highly translucent Kentucky Blue. Partain COA. 130. 2 5/16" Midland - Thin example from the Brady Collection. Pecos River Basin, Chaves & DeBaca Co’s., New Mexico. Translucent! Broken & Glued.

131. 2 5/8" Nodena - Brown chert example from Arkansas. Extra, extra thin.

132. 1 7/8" Tularosa Corner Notched - Multicolor striped chert from the Brady Collection. Found in the Pecos River Basin, Chaves & De Baca Counties, New Mexico.

133. 2" Eden - Very pretty example in a fine grained purple quartzite. Ex Brady Collection. Found along the Pecos River Drainage in Chaves and De Baca Co., New Mexico.

134. 1 5/8" Cumberland - Rare light gray and white striped Crab Orchard Chert Cumberland. Fluted to the tip on both sides. Found in Fayette Co., Kentucky. Ex- Yeager Collection. Jackson COA. 135. 1 3/8" Clovis - Nice example in a pretty pinkish high quality material.

Ex - Brady Collection. Found along the Pecos River Drainage in Chaves and De Baca Co., New Mexico. Fluting on both sides.

136. 3 3/8" Smith - Nice long ears. Mottled chert. Missouri.

137. 3 3/8" Hemphill - Boone Co., Missouri example in Burlington Chert.

Ex - David Church Collection. Motley COA. 138. 3 3/8" Clovis Preform - Saline Co., Missouri. Ex- Ryan Keele. Gray black Winterset. Meadows COA. 139. 3 1/2" Drill - Nice slender Missouri piece in Burlington Chert.

140. 3 11/16" Clovis - Auction highlight! Classic Clovis with lots of color.

Really pretty glossy brown chert with tan and cream speckles. Ex- Dean Moyers Collection. Jackson Co., Illinois. Truly a museum grade relic. Rogers, Perino, Partain, Howard, Putty, and Davis G-9 COA’s.

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141. 3 13/16" Agate Basin - Nice Strawberry Chert example from Missouri.

142. 3 15/16" Eden - Incredible translucent Knife Rivert Flint. Precise Cody flaking. BIG and about as good as they get. Stermer and Jackson COA’s.

143. 3 13/16" G-9 Nebo Hill - Pretty fossils in this G-9 example from Missouri. Davis G-9 COA and IAGA G-9 COA. 144. 3 7/16" Clovis - Auction Highlight!! True G-10+. Perfect and beautiful.

Masterfully crafted by the Paleo ancient. Great flutes. Extreme color. This one simply has it all. Found in St. Clair Co., Illinois. Ex- Van Bibber, John Jones, & John Duncan Collections. Jackson COA. 145. 3 15/16" Stilwell - Found by Bob Glasco in Lee Co, Iowa in the 1990’s.

Nice example in a mottled Burlington Chert. Ex - Dennis Taylor Collection.

Motley COA. 146. 3 1/4" Heavy Duty - Pretty desert-camo Boyle chert example from Central KY. 147. 3 3/4" Hemphill - Johnson Co., Missouri example in Choteau Chert. Ex - Ryan Keele Collection. Motley COA. 148. 3 3/8" Mehlville - Fantastic glossy well patinated Mozarkite. Great size. Long ears. Missouri.

149. 2 15/16" Osceola - Simply gorgeous maroons and pinks heat treated Burlington. High gloss and virtually perfect. Ex- Charles McCorkle Collection.

Found in Missouri. Jackson COA. 150. 3 3/16" Dovetail - Fort Payne Chert example from Alabama. Nice.

151. 3 5/16" Big Slough - Hornstone example from Kentucky. Well made.

153. 3 7/16" Dalton-Hemphill - Rarer form with nice heavily ground basal region and flaring ears. Creamy Burlington. Old labeling #73, Saline, Co., Mo. 154. 3 3/16" Meserve - Very pretty light gray specked Reed Springs Chert.

Found in Kay Co., Oklahoma by Mike Pendergraft. Tremendous condition. ExJohn Jones. Rogers COA. 155. 3 3/16" Hardin - ‘Cookie-cutter’ example. Flaring base, long barbs, perfect symmetry. This one has it all. Illinois.

156. 3 9/16" Paddle Drill - Central Texas example in Edwards Plateau Chert with translucency.

157. 3 3/16" Dalton - Gray Banded chert example from Oklahoma.

158. 3 1/8" Drill - Fossil Chert. Interesting banding. Missouri.

159. 3 5/16" Snyders - Gorgeous Snyders. Maroon, pink, red and peachy cream colored heat treated glossy Burlington. Great condition. Found in Ripley Co., Indiana. Ex- Michael Rogers. Perino COA.

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160. 3 3/16" Thebes - Beautiful Flint Ridge from Allen Co., Ohio. Tremendous condition, symmetrical, and thin. Ex- David Kuhn Collection. Davis COA. 161. 2 7/8" Thebes - Tremendous example with 3 COA’s. Extra pretty Coshocton / Mercer from Boone Co., Kentucky. Great symmetry and craftsmanship. Jackson, Earthworks, and Davis G-9 COA’s.

162. 4 5/16" Sedalia - Slender example in a pinkish Burlington Chert. Illinois.

163. 4" Agate Basin - Nice piece from Saline Co., Missouri. Ex - Terry Allen Collection. Nice mineral deposits. Motley COA. 164. 3 5/8" Agate Basin - Tremendous Paleo flaking with a big ‘bullseye’ in the flint on one side. Glossy Ft. Payne Chert. Decatur Co., Indiana. Jackson COA. 165. 3 1/2" Evans - Nicely ribbon-flaked edges on this example from the Moore Collection. Jasper. Mississippi.

166. 2 7/8" Snyders - Magnificent form. Snow white Burlington. Missouri.

167. 3 5/8" Hardin - Osage Co., Oklahoma Excellent example in striped gray Mozarkite. Davis COA. 168. 3 9/16" Dovetail - Pretty blue black glossy Coshocton with baby blue splotches and veins. Well execututed Dovetail with distinctive flaking. Adams Co., Ohio. Ex- Joe Hester. Jackson COA. 169. 3 5/8" Hardin - Nicely made example from Madison Co., Missouri.

Burlington Chert. Davis COA. 170. 3 3/8" Snyders - Nice example featuring a Stermer COA. Strawberry Burlington Chert. Missouri/Illinois Type.

171. 3 3/8" Copena - Pretty glossy chocolate brown Dover with an extra long extended needle tip. Sharp as a hypodermic. Superb overall condition.

Ex- John Delime , Tom Davis, and Mike Moran. (Davis Relic List Catalog #10 John Delime Collection).

172. 3 9/16" Thebes - Strikingly pretty Black Kanawha flint from Harrison Co., Ohio. Truly a World-Class Thebes. Ex- Albert Mosely. Davis COA. 173. 4" Adena - Pretty Boyle Chert from Kentucky.

174. 4 1/4" Angostura - Intriguing patterning in this Burlington chert example from Lee Co., Iowa. Ex - Willoughby Collection. Motley COA.

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175. 5 5/8" E-Notched Thebes Saw - Distinctly used as a saw. Large deadly serrations. Burlington Chert from Ralls Co., Missouri.

176. 5 5/16" Sedalia - Huge knife with awesome color. Creek stained Mozarkite. Ex- Tom Hartline Collection. Found in Pettis Co., Missouri. Motley COA. 177. 6 1/4" Lerma - Long, slender, and pretty. Cream and brown high grade chert. Heavily ground lateral edges and base. Missouri.

178. 5 1/2" Lerma - If you found this piece in the field you would be jumping up and down!! Early blade in great condition. High grade creamy Ohio chert with hints of blue.

179. 4 11/16" Sedalia - Burlington example from Pike Co., Missouri covered with mineralization. Nice Twist on the Sedalia style.

180. 5 1/2" Sedalia Point - Snow white Burlington with some gray mottling. Sharp tip. Completely intact. Missouri.

181. 5 1/2" Friday - Mottled gray/black chert with lots of deposits. Very handsome ‘centerpiece’ for a frame type artifact. Texas 182. 8 3/16" Wadlow Blade - Large example with great mineralization from Franklin Co., Missouri. Burlington Chert.

183. 6 3/8" Stanfield Blade - Large blade with great mineralization present.

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184. 6 5/16" Wadlow - Burlington piece with mineralization and Ochre deposits. Illinois.

185. 6 9/16" Sedalia - Excellent example with a Dickey COA. Ultraviolet Photography reveals faded script “Spearhead found on Robinson Farm, May 1941, Glasgow Township, Howard County, Missouri, in Daniel Boone Country” Well made with a killer provenance!!

186. 6 5/8" Sedalia - Long and thin. Heavily ground lateral edges and base. White mottled Burlington with lots of bluish splotches. Very Pretty. ExTom Hartline and M. Millard Collections. Minimal modern tip enhancement noted on the Motley COA. 187. 6 7/16" Wadlow - Big Boy!! Labeled S-Dewitt. Speckled Burlington.

Missouri/Illinois type.

188. 6 9/16" Stanfield Blade - Very large blade dripping with mineralization. Missouri/Illinois. Broken & Glued.

189. 8 1/8" Cobbs Knife - Huge and impressive!! Licking Co., Ohio. Rogers COA. 190. 4 3/4" Adena Pendant - Well-made example with Ochre. Some tallies and engraving present. Slate. Ohio.

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191. 4 5/16" Keyhole Pendant - Green Banded Slate example from Ohio.

192. 4 15/16" Shovel Pendant - Unusual dual-drilling on this Ohio example. Old collector label ‘410’.

193. 4 5/8" Anchor Pendant - Great polish on this early collected example from Ohio. Green Banded slate with remnant original collector label with script.

194. 5 11/16" Trapezoidal Pendant - Red Banded Slate example from Ohio.

195. 4 9/16" Trapezoidal Pendant - Large example from Ashland Co., Ohio in Red & Green Banded Slate. Ex - Falleti Collection (3623/136).

196. 3 1/4" Pentagonal Pendant - Ohio example. Ex - Titterington (480T) Green Slate.

197. 5 1/4" Half-Reel Pendant? - Unique example with obvious mineralization. One of a Kind! 358/3 label on piece.

198. 5 3/8" 5-Hole Gorget - Extremely rare form. Tremendous condition.

Red banded slate. Quincy Branch, Missouri. Ex- Jack Roberts and James Osman Collections. Partain and Jackson COA’s.

199. 4 3/16" Boatstone - Magnificent green slate Henry Co., Tennessee boatstone. Highly polished. Nicely cupped. Literally perfect. Jackson and Partain COA’s.

200. 5" Gorget - Red banded slate. Ex- Driskell (D.150) and Wehrle (936 W) from Union Co., Ohio. Earlier sold at Driskell Auction 11/23/02. Artifact nicely polished and in excellent condition. Davis COA. 201. 4 3/16" Gorget - Flawless speckled tan and cream hardstone gorget.

Truly a World Class example with all the right history. Ex- Meuser and ExHeckman (numbered G996 over GEH). Found near Vandalia in Fayette Co., Illinois. Davis G-10 COA. 202. 5 1/2" Indented Gorget - Ferruginous Slate. Ross Co., Ohio. Ex Gonyer Collection.

203. 5 7/16" Indented Gorget - Green Banded Slate example from Scioto Co., Ohio. Ex - Perry Essellorn Collection.

204. 2 15/16" Colima Pectoral Pendant - Jadeite example from Mexico.

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206. 3 5/8" Elliptical Gorget - Ex- Wehrle (#1037 W) and Heckman Collections. Highly polished green slate in tremendous condition. Davis COA notes Meuser but there is no Meuser number on the relic.

207. 3 5/8" Gorget - Pretty banded slate example found near Orange Township in Hancock Co., Ohio. Nice.

208. 4" Gorget - Black Slate Example from Allen Co., Ohio.

209. 5 1/4" Indented Gorget - Red & green Slate example from the Weaver Village site in Sheffield, Ohio. Marked ’15 Ohio’ and ‘Purchased from Herb Lenhart, Dola, Ohio #67’ 210A. 3 3/4" Glacial Kame Gorget - Defiance Co., Ohio example formerly of the Dr. Paul Ross Collection (#2187). Slate.

210B. 5 5/8” Flint Celt - Breathitt Chert example from Northern Kentucky.

Good Mineralization. Feels very nice in hand.

211A. 5 1/8" Chisel - Brown hardstone PreColumbian example from Central America. Grandfathered prior to 1968. Very nice.

211B. 6” Bell Pestle - Diorite example from Champaign Co., Ohio. Slight divot to base with flare at top. Nice.

212. 3" Gorget - Pretty Tishomingo Co., Mississippi example in a red micaceous claystone. Ex - Charles Hester Collection.

213. 6 1/2" Flint Celt - Large Burlington piece from Illinois. Varnish on one side.

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214. 2 1/8" Discoidal - Nice late example in greenish Diorite. Ohio. Mississippian 1000-1500 A.D. 215. 2 3/16" Discoidal - Nice red quartzite example from Ohio. Mississippian 1000-1500 A.D. 216. 5 7/8" Birdstone - Large brown slate birdstone from Indiana with tons of history. Ex- Dr. Kramer, Dr. T. Hugh Young, George Haverstock, Walter Faben, and Skip Bauer Collections. Davis and Jackson COA’s.

217. 2 7/8" x 1 5/16" Discoidal - Nice example from Kentucky in a brown hardstone. Appears to be double cupped.

218. 4 9/16" Cupped Discoidal - Large, highly polished, and deeply cupped on both sides. Made of a beautiful multi-colored highly translucent Cave Onyx.

Excellent condition. Museum grade artifact. Jackson COA. 219. 4" Birdstone - Virtually flawless green banded slate example from the famous Dr. Stanley Copeland Collection. Nicely polished, great banding, and perfect drilling. Ohio. Jackson COA. 220. 4" x 1 7/8" Discoidal - Very pretty Porphyritic Hardstone Discoidal found by La Maine & Rita Brown near Shoal Creek near Greenville in Bond Co., Illinois. Davis COA. Nice polish overall. Feels very good in the hand as well.

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Highly polished. Found near Portsmouth in Scioto Co., Ohio. Ex- Ron Cherney.

Jackson COA. 222. 3 7/8" Birdstone - Beautiful banding with creams running through the greens. Decatur Co., Indiana. Literally damage free. Ex- Bill Cain. Jackson COA. 223. 4 1/8"x1 9/16"x1 3/8" Boatstone - Deeply humped example from Ohio in Cream and Black Granite.

224. 2 9/16" Birdstone - Killer green banded slate birdstone. Found 3 miles North of Peru a mile or two off Hwy. 19 in Miami Co., Indiana. ExCharles Gish and Jeremy Siperly Collections. Jackson COA. 225. 3 5/8" Bar Amulet - Pretty Tan & Black Gneiss example from Ohio.

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226. 4" Bar Amulet - Unfinished quartzite example with partial drilling.

Collector Label ‘A-14’ from Logan Co., Ohio.

227. 8 3/4" Bi-Pointed Knife - High grade basalt with sheen and loaded with alkaline salts mineralization. Found by Jeff Kilpatrick in the 1960’s near lake Malheur, Harney Co., Oregon. Dates to the 1600 A.D. range. Ex- Brian Rice. Perino COA. 228. 8 1/2" Cascade Knife - A true G-10 in anybody’s book. Massive Cascade Blade from Washington State. Obsidian. Finely flaked. Superb example!

Jackson COA. 229. 2 5/16" Northern Side Notch - Taffy-swirled translucent obsidian e x a m p l e f r o m t h e B o d l e Fa m i l y Ra n c h i n K l a m a t h C o ., O r e g o n .

230. 3 5/16" Kelsey Creek Barbed - Banded totally translucent obsidian.

Really nice! Northern California.

231. 6 11/16" Cascade Blade - Large example found on the Bodle Family Ranch in Klamath Co., Oregon. Very pretty example in Mahogany & Black Obsidian. Jackson COA. 232. 2 1/16" Pinto Basin - Obsidian example from the Bodle Family Ranch in Klamath Co., Oregon. Beautiful flaking.

233. 2 7/16" Cascade - Translucent Obsidian with a needle tip. Great flaking. Oregon.

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234. 4 11/16" Stemmed Paleo Knife - Unique stemmed piece found on the Bodle Family Ranch in Klamath Co., Oregon. Paleo bifacial resharpening with excellent mineralization to boot! Jackson COA. 235. 3 5/8" Humboldt - Awesome banded translucent Ice Obsidian. Transverse flaking to die for. Oregon. Ex- Bill Heap Collection. Jackson COA. 236. 2 5/8" Hohokam Eccentric - Nice obsidian example from Pima Co., Arizona. Excellent Desert Wind polish present.

237. 2 7/8" Elko Corner Notch - KILLER!!! A true G-10+!! Finely serrated example from Washington State in highly translucent obsidian with a long extended needle tip. Amazing that it survived the ages in it’s original condition. Jackson COA. 238. 4 3/4" G-9 Western Scottsbluff - Almost a full inch longer than the recent example that brought $6,000 in our last sale! Beautifully flaked with some translucency in a banded obsidian. Found on the Bodle Family Ranch in Klamath Co., Oregon. Jackson COA. 239. 6" Pre-Columbian Dagger - Well made example in a silver-sheen obsidian which would have had a leather-wrapped handle. Excellent condition.

240. 7 3/8" Deschutes Knife - Rare type which would have had a leatherwrapped base (See Perino Vol. 1). Rogers types as ‘Cascade’. Exceptional artifact with textbook flaking and basal grinding 2/3rds of length. Rogers COA as Cascade. Jackson COA as Deschutes Knife.

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241. 5 1/4" Dalton - Large example in a cream & tan mottled chert from Jackson Co., Arkanasa. Ex - Dr. Kent Westbrook and Ken Partain Collections.

Rogers, Davis and Partain COA’s.

242. 5" Dovetail - Awesome example!!! Beautiful Carter Cave flint. Great flaking. Ex- Jim Dressler Collection. Wood Co., Ohio. Earthworks and Davis G-9 COA’s.

243. 4 3/4" Scottsbluff Drill - Extremely rare form. Great flaking and length.

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244. 4 7/8" Adena - Long and well made example with lots of history. ExLong, Payne, Jauer, and Ludwick Collections. Pretty pumpkin colored Burlington with blushes of maroon from Pike Co., Missouri. Old collector writing and loads of mineralization. Jackson COA. 245. 4 9/16" Holland - Burlington Chert example found by Charles Smith in Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri. Motley COA. 246. 7 5/8" Adena - Absolutely Huge!! Pretty glossy banded creams and grays Hornstone. From Hardin Co., Kentucky. Rogers COA. 247. 5 1/4" Dalton - Massive example. Extremely wide at right at 2 inches.

Ex- Tommy Beutell and Ex- Fred Bollinger (Who’s Who #3, Page 53). Stoddard Co., Missouri. Motley COA. 248. 5" G-10 Clovis - Davis G-10 (2009) & Rogers (2009) COA’s on this example from Union Co., Illinois. Burlington Chert.

249. 4 11/16" Etley Drill - Virtually perfect example from Missouri in mottled Burlington Chert.

250. 5" Hopewell - LARGE example from Boone Co., Missouri in Burlington Flint. Also from the famed Ed Payne Collection. Jackson COA. 251. 5 1/8" Dalton Classic - Ultra thin, tremendous flaking, and great color variation. Creams and tans. Ex- Dana Scanlon Collection. Franklin Co., Missouri. Jackson COA. 252. 5 5/8" Pickwick - Large impressive example. Really pretty Ft. Payne Chert. Virtually damage free. Tennessee. Partain COA. 253. 6 3/8" Adena - Huge example. Classic Ft. Payne tan Chert. From Trigg Co., Kentucky. Rogers COA. 254. 5 7/16" Pike County - Great relic!! Long and slender with nice color variations. Grinding extends fully half way down the blade edges. Found in Missouri and made of Burlington Chert. Ex- Ernie Wenchell. Baker COA. 255. 5 5/8" Etley - Big impressive example made of a high grade cream chert. Ex- Larry Underwood. Missouri.

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257. 5 3/16" Alberta - Multicolored chert. Large and virtually perfect. ExBill Lovell. Park Co., Wyoming. Rogers and Davis COA’s.

258. 5 3/8" Benton - Amazing G-10 river stained example. Precise flaking with minute serrations all around the perimeter. Tennessee. Davis G-10 COA accompanies this awesome relic.

259. 5 1/16" Agate Basin - Transistional Paleo masterpiece. Extremely well made with great color. Ex- Terry Allen Collection. Howard Co., Missouri.

Baker G-9 COA. 260. 5 7/8" Smith / Etley - Known in Missouri as ‘Smetleys’. Fabulous example. Pleasing pumpkin colored Burlington Chert. Well made, nice color, and BIG!! Ex- Paul Scully. Hannibal, Missouri.

261. 5 11/16" Pickwick - Large and impressive. Reddish tan colored chert.

Trigg Co., Kentucky. Rogers COA. 262. 2 3/8" x 3 1/2" Winged Bannerstone - Nice Ohio piece in Green Banded Slate. Nice polish.

263. 2 1/4" Crescent Bannerstone - Heavily encrusted with Red Ochre on one side. Good Perino COA. From Hamilton Co., Ohio, Ex - Melvin Parker Collection.

264. 2 5/8" x 2 1/8" Bannerstone - Nice bannerstone from Ohio in Green Banded Slate with drilling about 50% complete. Nice!

265. 2 1/2" Winged Bannerstone - Green Banded Slate example with drilling 80% complete. Ohio. Great mineralization.

266. 3 1/16" Butterfly Bannerstone Preform - FANTASTIC Ferruginous Quartz example with ‘Flying Wings’. Not Drilled. Southern Illinois.

267. 2 1/4" Hourglass Bannerstone - Gneiss (metamorphized granite) with lots of translucency. Truly a G-10 example. Highly polished and really beautiful. Found in 1959 by Willis Coombs in Perry Co., Indiana. Ex- Kilgore an Erdmann Collections. Jackson COA. 268. 2 13/16" x 3 1/2" Notched Wing Bannerstone - Pretty example from Richland Co., Ohio with old collector labels. Green Banded Slate with excellent mineralization.

269. 1 3/4" x 3 5/8" Undrilled Bannerstone - Nice unfinished example with nice polish. Drilling just only started on one side. Red Ferruginous Slate.

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272. 1 1/4" x 1 7/8" Bannerstone - Small green banded slate example from Trigg Co., Kentucky. Ex - Partain Collection.

273A. 14" Olmec Seated Figurine - Large example from Veracruz, Mexico. Displays very well. Heavily restored. 1400-400 B.C. 273B. 4 3/4” Plainview - Long slender example in Spanish Diggings Quartzite.

Colorado. Davis, Stermer, Jackson COA’s. Very nice.

274. 8 7/8" Chinesco Seated Figure - Polychrome seated female figurine featuring earrings and face-paint. Restored but with good mineralization denoting original surfaces. Displays extremely well.

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277. 4" Dovetail - Great Ft. Payne with exceptional form and flaking. Found in Stewart Co., Tennessee. Rogers COA. 278. 4 1/16" Motley - Hornstone example from Kentucky. Davis COA. All there.

279. 4 1/2" Etley - Blushes of color in this Burlington example from Callaway Co., Missouri. Ex - Zimmerman Collection. Motley COA. 280. 4 5/8" Meadowwood - Ohio example. Ex - Son Anderson Collection.

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281. 4 1/4" Dovetail - Splendid light gray Hornstone with cream colored streaks. Ex- Malcolm Parker Collection. Sumner Co., Tennessee. Jackson COA. Minor restoration to one corner of the base.

282. 4 1/2" Hardin Barbed - Hornstone. Tremendous flaking with a great bevel. From Benton Co., Tennessee. Rogers COA. 283. 4 3/8" Agate Basin - Exceptional colorful example with precise flaking. Cobden Chert. Southern Illinois.

284. 4 1/2" Roundback Knife - Totally translucent example with white clouds.

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285. 3 15/16" Roundback Knife - Beautifully translucent piece of well patinated Knife River Flint. This North Dakota example is in perfect condition and thin with a maximum thickness of approx. 1/4".

286. 3 3/4" Redstone - What can we say? The rock speaks for itself. Fluted 80% on one side and 60% on the oteher. Identified as found by Brian Johnston in Baxter Co., Arkansas and made of Burlington by Davis on his G-9 COA. 287. 4 1/4" Sedalia - Great color. Glossy cream, mocha, and light brown.

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288. 3 15/16" Dovetail - Extra pretty Flint Ridge from Licking Co., Ohio. A true Classic in form and the condition is superb. Rogers COA. 289. 5 5/8" Paleo Knife - Prettiest piece of true Strawberry Chert we have seen a long while. Great flaking. Found in Lincoln Co., Missouri.

290. 5 1/8" Gary - Large and intact Shimmering gray Ouachita Quartzite.

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291. 4 3/4" Adena - Tremendous form and condition. Made of extra pretty Red and Cream Buffalo River Chert. From Trigg Co., Kentucky. Rogers COA.

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295. 4 1/4" Early Stemmed Knife - Waxy high grade brown chert from Texas. Heavily ground base and flaked to medium ridge on both sides. Could be a real sleeper.

296. 4 3/8" Stilwell - Gray Hornstone. Amazing craftsmanship and thinness with minute serrations. Logan Co., Kentucky.

297. 4 5/8" Pickwick - Fabulous example. Striped light gray in charcoal gray Rhyolite. North Carolina Classic.

298A. 5 1/8" Dickson - Very thin. Nice symmetry. Creamy beige Burlington.

Ex- Charles Dodds. Des Moines Co., Iowa.

298B. 3 Old Copper Culture Points - Glacial Copper from Wisconsin. We rarely see these, so don’t pass up this chance to acquire these!

298C. 3 Old Copper Culture Artifacts - Bracelet, Curved Knife (formerly a twist-top?) and Awl. Wisconsin Glacial Copper.

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300. 4 5/16" Drill - Nice Burlington Chert example from Missouri.

301. 3 7/8" Hardin - Pretty Boone Chert. Ex- Terry Allen Collection.

Scottsbluff type resharpening with no bevel. Wired to a board at one time.

Baker G-9 COA. 302. 4" Sloan Dalton - Tan Burlington chert example from Alexander Co., Illinois. Ex - Trudell Collection. Meadows COA. 303. 4 3/4" Agate Basin - Fantastic beautifully made example from Dallas Co., Iowa. Burlington Chert. Textbook flaking. Jackson COA. 304. 4 1/16" Dickson - Burlington chert example from Pike Co., Illinois.

Nicely flaked. Ex - Phillips Collection. Berner COA. 305. 4 1/8" Benton - Nice example in Dover Chert from Warren Co., Kentucky. Ex - Dr. J. David Blalock and Alton Martin.

306. 4 3/16" Early-Stage Newnan - MASSIVE example in translucent Banana and Butterscotch Oolitic chert. Florida. THIN! 307. 4 1/16" Dickson - ‘Show Stopper’ color and form. Boone Co., Missouri Classic.

308. 4 1/4" Harahey - Classic 4-bevel form. Multi-toned gray chert. Oklahoma.

309. 4 1/2" Adena - Exceptional example in striped Dover Chert. High quality flaking. Tennessee.

310. 3 3/4" Dalton - Described by Rogers as prehistorically rebased. This example in waxy Burlington Chert. Is from Madison Co., Illinois. Ex - Jim Crawford Collection. Rogers COA. 311. 4 1/4" Apple Creek - Found by Tim Braden Jr. in Warren Co., Missouri.

Acquired from the finder by Gregory Perino (original Perino collection label #2799 intact). Ex - Rick Fitzgerald Collection. Fine Museum grade example in a tan oolitic chert. Perino and Jackson COA’s.

312. 4 1/4" Dovetail - Heavily patinated and mineralized blue and cream Coshocton. Acquired from the estate auction of the late Paul and Ruth Burton of Sardinia, Ohio by Dr. Joseph Moran. Had been in storage for 40 years. Big and impressive example.

313. 3 1/8" Motley - World Class example. Super thin with great symmetry and color. Multi-toned gray Ft. Payne. Kentucky. Ex- John Delime Collection.

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314. 3 9/16" Hopewell - Great multi-colored Jasper. Super thin for the type with perfect symmetry. Found by Charles Burkhart at the Allen Creek Site in Adams Co., Ohio. Davis G-9 COA. 315. 4 7/16" Adena - Nice example in Sonora Flint. Kentucky Type. Big! 316. 4 1/2" Peisker Diamond - Awesome example of this type. The best in our memory. Thin and meticulous. Extremely pretty heat altered chert. Illinois.

317. 4" Adena Robbins - Pretty cream and gray Coshocton. Thin with virtually perfect symmetry. Central Ohio.

318. 4 3/4" Covington Blade - Slender and thin example with a restored tip. Edwards Plateau Chert.

319. 4 7/8" Cobbs - Long and slender with a terrific bevel. Ex- Tom Nolan.

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320. 4 3/16" Hopewell - Large example from Van Buren Co., Iowa. Ex Terry Allen Collection. Jackson COA. 321. 4 1/4" Sedalia - Nice point made of a pretty mottled Mozarkite. Missouri.

322. 4 5/8" Harahey - First Stage example in a highly translucent highgrade material. Oklahoma.

323. 3 15/16" Base Tang Knife - Translucent pinkish chert. Thin and extremely well made. Ex- Al Kennedy. Central Texas. Rogers COA .

324A. 4 13/16" Tennessee River - Large blade in Dover Chert from Central Tennessee.

324B. 3 Excellent Great Basin Points - Obsidian. CA/OR. Very nice!

324C. 4 Nice Great Basin Points - Obsidian examples from CA/OR. Nice!

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346A 325. 3 5/16" Marshall - Pretty pink and cream Edwards Plateau Flint. Central Texas. Ex - Roy Pohler Collection.

326. 3 1/8" Marshall - Central Texas piece with a needle tip. Ex - Roy Pohler Collection. Edwards Plateau Chert.

327. 3 1/16" Castroville - Central Texas example. Ex - Roy Pohler 328. 3 1/2" Pickwick - Killer multicolored Mozarkite. Loads of mineralization. Very handsome damage free piece for a Mozarkite frame. Missouri.

329. 3 3/8" Dovetail - Particularly nice Dovetail. Multi-toned Ft. Payne.

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330. 3 3/8" Hopewell - Highly translucent honey colored Flint Ridge. Found in Adams Co., Ohio. Ex- Virginia Johnson and Dr. Mike Moran.

331. 3 1/4" Buck Creek - Nicely patterned piece of Buffalo River flint from Tennessee. Ex - Alton Martin Collection.

332. 3 1/8" Darl - Central Texas piece in Edwards Plateau Chert. Ex - Roy Pohler Collection.

333. 2 7/8" Stilwell - Beautifully patterned purple Horse Creek Chert example from Wayne Co., Tennessee. Ex - Alton Martin.

334. 2 3/4" Pinetree - Outstanding example. Squared off wings, lethal serrations, and in tremendous condition. Dover Chert from Henry Co., Tennessee. Jackson COA. 335. 2 7/8" Snyders - Excruciatingly thin. Perfect symmetry. Howard Co., Missouri.

336. 2 11/16" Hopewell - Beautifully flaked example in a variegated Flint Ridge material. Pickaway Co., Ohio and from the Frank Morast Collection.

337. 2 5/8" Dovetail - Classic light gray Kentucky Hornstone. Nice serrations and heavily ground base.

338. 3 5/16" Gary - Totally translucent stemmed example from Arkansas.

Excellent mineralization on this well flaked example.

339. 2 3/8" G-10 Big Sandy E-Notch - Perfect G-10 Textbook example from near Dover, Tennessee in Camden Chert. Jackson COA. 340. 3 1/2" Clovis Preform - McCurtain Co., Oklahoma example in a semigloss brown flint. Ex - Charles Crowell. Jackson COA. 341. 3 1/16" Evans - Large example from the Moore Collection in a multicolor translucent Novaculite. Very pretty with extra eye-appeal! Arkansas.

342. 3 3/8" Lost Lake - Exquisite example. Perfect form, symmetry, and condition. Dozens of minute serrations with each and every flake meticulous.

Made of a beautiful Sonora from Barren Co., KY. Ex- Col. Bud Patton Collection. Jackson and Perino COA’s.

343. 3 11/16" Ovate Blade - Beautiful colora- 346B tion with orange stripes running diagonally across green quartzite with nice translucency. Thin and very well made. Pennsylvania. Jackson COA. 344. 3 3/8" Dickson - Nice Missouri example in a cream and blue Jefferson City Chert. Excellent Mineralization.

345. 3" Clovis - Nicely fluted example from Jersey Co., Illinois. Ex - Dr. Harold Becks Collection.

Burlington. Jackson COA. 346A. 3 3/4" Dickson - Excellent Dickson from Lincoln Co., Missouri in Jefferson City Chert. Well proportioned and very thin at the tip with super mineralization.

346B. 1 1/4" Frederick - Beautifully flaked to a median ridge with a diamond cross-section.

Found by George Green in Lincoln Co., Nebraska.

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347. 3 9/16" Pipe - Highly developed form in excellent condition with lots of history. Ex- Edward 360A Payne and D. Braun Collections with old Braun tag #11. Made of steatite. Proto-Historic Era ca.

1650 A.D. Putty COA. 348. 2 7/8" Plummet - Highly polished and pretty hardstone. Illinois. Jackson COA. 349. 12" Shell Necklace - Nice small necklace from Fox Fields, Mason Co., Kentucky. Shell. Ex - Dr. Glass Collection.

350. 2 3/4" Ft. Ancient Effigy Pipe - Very pretty highly polished Pipestone example from Lawrence Co., Ohio. Super condition. Earthworks and Jackson COA’s.

351. 2 1/8" Ft. Ancient Engraved Pipe - This pipe was obviously very special to its owner.

Vase-shaped sandstone with intricate engraving and unique nods on sides. Excellent condition.

Found by Betty Jodrey in her garden in Mason Co., Kentucky. Ex-Crawford. Perino, Partain, and Jackson COA’s.

352. 2 1/2" Mississippian Pipe - Nice semi-platform example in clay from OH/KY. Ex Titterington Collection #10050.

353. 6 1/2" x 4" ‘Carolina Parakeet’ Great Pipe - A rather unique pipe made in chlorite in the form of the now extinct Carolina Parakeet. Morganton, North Carolina.

354. 3 9/16" Hopewell Pipe - Classic example. Rare type in excellent 360B condition.Made of high grade brown / purple Pipestone with a high polish.

Found in Knox Co., Ohio. Ex- Walter Johnson Collection. Partain, Jackson, and Putty COA’s. 355. 2 5/16" Mayan Celt - Highly polished example in a dark green diopside-‘jade’. Guatemala. Grandfathered.

356. 2 1/8" Ft. Ancient Pipe - Reported found near Farmersville in Caldwell Co., Kentucky. Davis and Putty COA’s.

357. 8 7/8" Flying Eagle Great Pipe (Contemporary) - Nicely crafted contemporary example in steatite with label stating ‘Lincoln Co., Tennessee P-60-NEGNO-140 Hubbs’.

358. 2 1/2" Pipe - Rare form and material. Highly polished and highly translucent Cave Onyx. Found in Georgia. Ex- G. R. Knowles and Dan Sherman UPCOMING AUCTIONS Collections. Mississippian Era. Ca. 1500 A.D. Jackson COA. The Artifact Company holds between 6-10 auctions per year.

359A. 15/16" Fort Ancient Effigy Pipe - Human face carved into this If you are interested in consigning items for an upcoming small piece from Ohio. Ex - Gonyer Collection. auction, do not hesitate to call us at 1-800-466-3836 for details.

359B. 8 1/8" Taino Vomit Spatula - Santo Domingo. Made from a ManaSome upcoming auction dates are listed below. We accept most tee Rib. Used during ritual ceremony with Zemis and hallucinogenic snuff to types of authentic collectible artifacts. Papered pieces a plus! commune with the deities in the Zemi. Davis COA. 1000-1500 A.D. 360A. 1 7/8" Ft. Ancient Pipe - Nicely developed vase shaped pipe with Sale Date Consignment Deadline high polish. Well executed in steatite. Trigg Co., Kentucky. Jackson COA. April 2, 2011 February 15, 2011 360B. 1 5/8" Paleo Crescent - Excellent example in Yellow Agate. Found May, 2011 March 15, 2011 on the Bodle Ranch in Klamath Co., Oregon. Translucent. . Jackson COA.

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361. 8 1/4" x 9 1/4" Zapotec Tripod Vessel of Tlaloc - Excellent gray and beige fired terra-cotta tripod effigy vessel featuring the Rain God Tlaloc.

Oaxaca, Mexico. Circa 900-1350 A.D. 362. 6 1/8" Quapaw Frog Effigy Bottle - Tremendous vessel. Truly ‘High Art’ for the ancients. Circa 700 BP. Arkansas. Jackson COA. 363. 6 1/2" x 2 5/8" Mayan Polychrome Bowl with Glyphs - Several glyphs present and translatable around the rim of this example from the Yucatan in Mexico. Interesting Scalloped Lobes around midsection. 100% original with one repair. Late Classic Period 600-900 AD 364. 9 7/16" Caddo ‘Swirl” Painted Bottle - Large and beautiful. Very stately on a shelf. Jackson and Davis COA’s. Both COA’s mention minor restoration.

365. 6 1/2" x 8 7/16" Chimu Erotic Stirrup Vessel - Nice stirrup bottle with erotic scene from Peru. Chimu culture, circa 1100-1450 A.D. Superb mineralization and solid with no restoration.

366. 4 3/8" Mayan Effigy Eccentric - Nicely patinated example of a Squirrel or Lizard. Grandfathered from Honduras.

367. 10 1/2" Hoe - Tremendous virtually first stage form and condition.

Labeled ’22T’ from the famous Titterington Collection.

368. 9 3/4" Hoe - Mill Creek Chert with nice polish. Labeled St., Clair Co., Illinois in old script. Ex-Titterington.

369A. 1 13/16" Mayan Effigy Eccentric - Heavily patinated chert from Honduras. Grandfathered.

369B. 2 11/16" Mayan Eccentric - Nice Scorpion effigy example grandfathered from Honduras. Heavily patinated example.

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370A. 5 Nice Jasper Points - 5 really nice river polished Jasper artifacts from Mississippi. Would make an excellent display!

370B. 7 Piece Nodena Cache - Longest 1 1/4". All different colors of Crowley's Ridge Cobble Chert. Nice edgework. Quapaw Culture. Found in Lee Co., Arkansas. Partain COA.

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371. 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" Colima Maskette - Nice PreColumbian example in a gray volcanic stone from Colima, West Mexico. Ex - Knox collection. Restored.

372. 5 3/4" x 5 3/4" Pre-Columbian Maskette - Greenstone Maskette from Central America. Grandfathered prior to 1968.

373. 3 3/4" x 3 5/16" PreColumbian Mask - Nice calcified jade example from Mexico.

Tag labels it as ‘Guererro’ and features old collector label ‘H.NN’.

374. 2 3/8" Shell Mask - Classic ‘Weeping Eye’ motif with drilled hairline, eyes, and mouth. 10 holes in total. Completely stable and in superb condition. From the famous MS51 Site (old label intact) in Smythe Co., Virginia. Good as they get. Jackson COA. 375. 2 11/16" Taino Figurine - Figural Deity carving from Santo Domingo. Cleaned in modern times.

376. 10 1/2” Carolina Parakeet Effigy Bowl - Excellent example formerly of the Dr. Kent Westbrook Collection. St. Francis Co., Arkansas. Excellent mineralization. Broken but repaired. Appears to be 100% original with no restoration. Pictured in the Westbrook Collection Book, Figs. 1330 & 1331. Johnson & Jackson COA’s .

377. 3 7/8" Bird Effigy Ocarina - Unique Duck Effigy piece from along the Mississippi River. Restoration to distal end. Animal features original.

378. 2 1/8" x 1 3/16" Mayan Ear Flare - Perfect example with thin-walls in a green/ cream jadeite from Guatemala. Grandfathered prior to 1968.

379. 1 7/16" x 1 1/16" Mayan Ear Flare - Nicely crafted example with good polish in a green/cream jadeite from Guatemala. Grandfathered prior to 1968.

380. 2 5/8"x1 1/4" Hohokam Stone Offering Bowl - Used for Ceremonial offerings, this small bowl is from Arizona. Marked ‘V-79-02’.

381. 3 1/2" x 2 7/8" PreColumbian Inlaid Plaque - Unusual plaque inlaid with shell with human figural at center. Base of a very light wood.

382. 5 11/16" Blade - Large THIN blade from near Kerrville, Texas. Edwards Plateau chert.

383. 8 5/16" Kerrville Blade - MASSIVE example found outside Kerrville, Texas. Edwards Plateau Chert.

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384. 1 3/8" Folsom - Highly translucent Spanish Diggings champagne colored Quartzite. Thin with great eye appeal. Wyoming. 3 COA's. Jackson, Rogers, and Davis G-9.

385. 1 1/2" Clovis - Sweet little Clovis made of colorful Ft. Payne from Crawford Co., Missouri. Ex- Otto Glass Collection. Earthworks COA. 386. 1 1/2" Midland - Cream Alibates Flint. Ex - Brady Collection. Found along the Pecos River Drainage in Chaves and De Baca Co., New Mexico.

387. 1 7/16" Catahoula - Nice jasper example from the Moore collection.

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388. 1 5/8" Samantha - Very nice example in a yellow and tan high grade material found by George Green in Lincoln Co., Nebraska.

389. 1 1/4' Columbia Plateau - One of the finest we have seen in a long time. Completely translucent vaseline/honey colored Agate with every flake meticulous, long wings, and exhibiting awesome symmetry. Washington State.

Jackson COA. 390. 13/16" Billings - Stunning micro-flaked example in totally translucent clear agate found by George Green in Lincoln Co., Nebraska.

391. 1 1/2" Birdpoint - Unique example with one notch. Other one worked off. Bell Co., Texas.

392. Pair of nice Great Basin Points - Mahogany Obsidian set from CA/ NV/OR region. Rare material 393. 6 Nice Great Basin Points - Good assemblage from CA/OR in obsidian.

394. 3 Nice Obsidian Points - Cluster from CA/OR. 2 are translucent.

395. 5pc. Mexican Tool Assemblage - Nice assemblage of tools from Central Mexico. Prehistoric.

396. Pair of Excellent Pedernales Points - Nice set of Pedernales points including one 'Comanche' style example. Central Texas. Edwards Plateau Chert.

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397. 3 Nice Elko Points - Set of 3 from Northern California. Obsidian.

398. 3 Nice Pedernales Points - Grouping of three Central Texas pieces in Edwards Plateau Chert. Good set!

399. Mini-Collection of Mexican Obsidian - Nice artifact assemblage from Central Mexico.

400. 11 Nice CA/OR Birdpoints - Sweet selection of mini-birdpoints in Obsidian.

401. 3 Great Basin Points - Obsidian examples from CA/NV/OR. 402. 5 Nice CA/OR Birdpoints - Obsidian examples from the Great Basin.

Good set with translucents!

403. Mini-Collection of Mexican Obsidian - Excellent assemblage of prehistoric pieces from Central Mexico!

The Artifact Company will return in April and May 2011 with two more great auctions featuring more fantastic artifacts!

We are always seeking new consignments and welcome single pieces or entire collections.

We strive to accept only the most collectible and authentic artifacts to present to YOU! Thank you for making our auctions a success!

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