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Indian Collections of J. Sears & R. Webb
7:00 AM PT - Oct 31st, 2009

offered by
The Artifact Company

324 West High Street
Mount Sterling, KY 40353
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332 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1 Lot 1

3" Fractured Base Decatur
Incredible piece of translucent Carter Cave flint. Estill Co...

400
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800
2 Lot 2

3 3/8" Heavy Duty
Very pretty example of this Early Archaic type in a silvery-...

200
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400
3 Lot 3

3 1/16" Gary
Found by Larry Roachelle in Cross Co., Arkansas. Gray Novacu...

150
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250
4 Lot 4

2 7/16" Dalton Variant
Nice long ears on thisexceptional river polished piece from ...

200
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400
5 Lot 5

2 1/4" Stilwell
Highly translucent nicely serrated example from Livingston C...

150
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250
6 Lot 6

2 5/16" Greenbrier
Excellent example in multicolor Buffalo River Chert. Maroons...

200
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400
7 Lot 7

3 9/16" Hillsborough
Pretty example from Alachua Co., Florida. Fossil Chert. Jack...

200
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400
8 Lot 8

2 1/2" Rabbit Island
Gorgeous agate example from Yakima Co., Washington. Ex- Hamm...

200
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400
9 Lot 9

1 15/16" Tube Pipe
Miami Co., Ohio. Ex - Eric Wagner Collection (VP AACA). Jack...

200
-
400
10 Lot 10

3 nice KY Bottlenecks
Gorgeous Green, Blue and Gray Sonora along with Pink & Cream...

200
-
300
11 Lot 11

6 9/16" G-10 Flared Bit Celt
Excellent example from Hendricks Co., Indiana. This piece wa...

800
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1,200
12 Lot 12

3 5/16" Ohio Lost Lake/Deep Notch
G-10 example from Franklin Co., Ohio. Ex - Gilbert Dilley Co...

400
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800
13 Lot 13

Pair of nice KY Celts
Nicely made pair of diorite celts from Nelson Co., Kentucky ...

100
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150
14 Lot 14

2 1/4" Steatite Pipe
Beautifully made piece of rock-hard Green Steatite. If you c...

400
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800
15 Lot 15

3 7/8" Sperm Whale Pipe Tamp
Extremely well made pipe tamp of bone featuring a Sperm Whal...

400
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800
16 Lot 16

5 3/8" Ivory Comb
Very nice Ivory Comb used for net or cord making. Alaska Cir...

125
-
250
17 Lot 17

Pair of Adena Blades
Nice examples made from Fort Payne and Holland Chert. KY/IN ...

200
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400
18 Lot 18

3 7/16" Quadriconcave Gorget
Found in Michigan. This excellent Green Banded Slate example...

400
-
800
19 Lot 19

1 7/8" Unusual Fort Ancient Double Pipe
Unsual double-bowl form found at the Goldcamp site on the Go...

400
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800
20 Lot 20

1 11/16" Fort Ancient Pipe
'Tooth' effigy pipe found at the Goldcamp site on the Goldca...

250
-
500
21 Lot 21

3 5/8" Ivory Fish
Very nice Ivory fish, perhaps used as an adornment. Alaska C...

200
-
300
22 Lot 22

3" Plummet
Gorgeous example of a plummet in fine grained diorite. Nelso...

200
-
400
23 Lot 23

2 7/8" Hourglass Bannerstone
A 'no-brainer' authentic relic with a great deal of minerali...

2,000
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4,000
24 Lot 24

3 Excellent Adenas
Very pretty grouping in Hornstone, Fort Payne & Burlington C...

200
-
300
25 Lot 25

4 3/4" Etley
Missouri Burlington. Nice example. Jackson COA.

200
-
400
26 Lot 26

2 15/16" Pelican Lake
Gorgeous TRANLUCENT Orange spotted Trout Creek agate. Colora...

750
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1,250
27 Lot 27

2 11/16" Parman
Lake Co., Oregon. Obsidian. Jackson COA.

200
-
400
28 Lot 28

2 7/8" Basketmaker Knife
Found on a private ranch near Creede in Mineral Co., Colorad...

200
-
300
29 Lot 29

3 1/16" Archaic Knife
Found on a private ranch near Creede in Mineral Co., Colorad...

100
-
200
30 Lot 30

5 Drills
2 Pencil Drills and 3 hafted Drills. Nice! Central Kentucky....

75
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125
31 Lot 31

2 3/8" Castroville
Central Texas type from a pretty black mottled chert. Extra ...

150
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250
32 Lot 32

4" Nebo Hill
Gorgeous River stained Fossil chert from Missouri. Jackson C...

200
-
400
33 Lot 33

4 1/2" Haskett
Lake Co., Oregon. Ex - Kirkpatrick Collection. Dacite. Heavi...

300
-
500
34 Lot 34

5 3/4" Cobbs Knife
St. Charles Co., Missouri. Very pretty multi-color Strawberr...

300
-
500
35 Lot 35

2 1/16" Alberta
Northern Plains. Black fossil chert. Jackson COA.

400
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800
36 Lot 36

2 3/4" Agate Basin
Fort Payne Chert. Kentucky. Fractured stem. Very pretty.

100
-
200
37 Lot 37

2 5/16" Agate Basin
Adams Co., Illinois. Cream fossil Chert. Ex - E. Wilcox Coll...

150
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250
38 Lot 38

2 1/2" Paleo Crescent
Gorgeous Purple/Maroon Agate example from California. Very r...

400
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800
39 Lot 39

3 Fort Ancient Triangles
Longest measures in at 2 1/8". Fayette Co., Kentucky. Ex - W...

125
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250
40 Lot 40

2 11/16" Hopewell Knife
Western Kentucky. Hornstone. Jackson COA.

200
-
400
41 Lot 41

Pair of Utah Jasper Knives
Gorgeous pair of maroon jasper knives from a private ranch i...

100
-
200
42 Lot 42

3 Archaic Drills
Dovetail and other Archaic Drill-Forms. Jessamine Co., Kentu...

75
-
150
43 Lot 43

3 Kirk Serrateds
Carter Cave & Fort Payne flints. Jessamine Co., Kentucky. Ex...

125
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250
44 Lot 44

3 7/8" Bi-Pointed Knife
GORGEOUS TRANSLUCENT AGATE! Sweetwater Co., Wyoming. Excelle...

100
-
200
45 Lot 45

Pair of Colorado Knives
Nice pair of very pretty Hartville Uplift Dendritic chert kn...

100
-
200
46 Lot 46

Pair of Excellent 'Feurt' style Fort Ancient point
Very Nice with dozens of serrations.

100
-
200
47 Lot 47

3 Colorado Knives
Beautiful set of 3 knives from a private Colorado Ranch. Tra...

150
-
250
48 Lot 48

Frame of 15 Arizona Birdpoints
15 nice Basalt birdpoints from Arizona.

100
-
200
49 Lot 49

7 1/4" Pestle
Ohio. Diorite.

200
-
300
50 Lot 50

7" First Stage Angostura
Very large and exquisitely constructed blade found by Billy ...

3,000
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5,000
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