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6:00 AM PT - Oct 31st, 2009

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The Artifact Company
324 West High Street
Mount Sterling, KY 40353
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Indian Collections of J. Sears & R. Webb

332 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
3" Fractured Base Decatur


Incredible piece of translucent Carter Cave flint. Estill Co...

400
-
800
2
Lot 2
3 3/8" Heavy Duty


Very pretty example of this Early Archaic type in a silvery-gray...

200
-
400
3
Lot 3
3 1/16" Gary


Found by Larry Roachelle in Cross Co., Arkansas. Gray Novaculite...

150
-
250
4
Lot 4
2 7/16" Dalton Variant


Nice long ears on thisexceptional river polished piece from...

200
-
400
5
Lot 5
2 1/4" Stilwell


Highly translucent nicely serrated example from Livingston Co...

150
-
250
6
Lot 6
2 5/16" Greenbrier


Excellent example in multicolor Buffalo River Chert. Maroons...

200
-
400
7
Lot 7
3 9/16" Hillsborough


Pretty example from Alachua Co., Florida. Fossil Chert. Jackson COA.

200
-
400
8
Lot 8
2 1/2" Rabbit Island


Gorgeous agate example from Yakima Co., Washington. Ex- Hammond...

200
-
400
9
Lot 9
1 15/16" Tube Pipe


Miami Co., Ohio. Ex - Eric Wagner Collection (VP AACA). Jackson COA.

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 was...

800
-
1,200
12
Lot 12
3 5/16" Ohio Lost Lake/Deep Notch


G-10 example from Franklin Co., Ohio. Ex - Gilbert Dilley...

400
-
800
13
Lot 13
Pair of nice KY Celts


Nicely made pair of diorite celts from Nelson Co., Kentucky Ex...

100
-
150
14
Lot 14
2 1/4" Steatite Pipe


Beautifully made piece of rock-hard Green Steatite. If you collect...

400
-
800
15
Lot 15
3 7/8" Sperm Whale Pipe Tamp


Extremely well made pipe tamp of bone featuring a Sperm Whale...

400
-
800
16
Lot 16
5 3/8" Ivory Comb


Very nice Ivory Comb used for net or cord making. Alaska Circa...

125
-
250
17
Lot 17
Pair of Adena Blades


Nice examples made from Fort Payne and Holland Chert. KY/IN Ex...

200
-
400
18
Lot 18
3 7/16" Quadriconcave Gorget


Found in Michigan. This excellent Green Banded Slate example is Ex...

400
-
800
19
Lot 19
1 7/8" Unusual Fort Ancient Double Pipe


Unsual double-bowl form found at the Goldcamp site on the Goldcamp...

400
-
800
20
Lot 20
1 11/16" Fort Ancient Pipe


'Tooth' effigy pipe found at the Goldcamp site on the Goldcamp...

250
-
500
21
Lot 21
3 5/8" Ivory Fish


Very nice Ivory fish, perhaps used as an adornment. Alaska Circa...

200
-
300
22
Lot 22
3" Plummet


Gorgeous example of a plummet in fine grained diorite. Nelson Co...

200
-
400
23
Lot 23
2 7/8" Hourglass Bannerstone


A 'no-brainer' authentic relic with a great deal of mineralization...

2,000
-
4,000
24
Lot 24
3 Excellent Adenas


Very pretty grouping in Hornstone, Fort Payne & Burlington Cherts...

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. Colorado...

750
-
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., Colorado...

200
-
300
29
Lot 29
3 1/16" Archaic Knife


Found on a private ranch near Creede in Mineral Co., Colorado...

100
-
200
30
Lot 30
5 Drills


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

75
-
125
31
Lot 31
2 3/8" Castroville


Central Texas type from a pretty black mottled chert. Extra thin...

150
-
250
32
Lot 32
4" Nebo Hill


Gorgeous River stained Fossil chert from Missouri. Jackson COA.

200
-
400
33
Lot 33
4 1/2" Haskett


Lake Co., Oregon. Ex - Kirkpatrick Collection. Dacite. Heavily...

300
-
500
34
Lot 34
5 3/4" Cobbs Knife


St. Charles Co., Missouri. Very pretty multi-color Strawberry...

300
-
500
35
Lot 35
2 1/16" Alberta


Northern Plains. Black fossil chert. Jackson COA.

400
-
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 Collection...

150
-
250
38
Lot 38
2 1/2" Paleo Crescent


Gorgeous Purple/Maroon Agate example from California. Very rare...

400
-
800
39
Lot 39
3 Fort Ancient Triangles


Longest measures in at 2 1/8". Fayette Co., Kentucky. Ex - Webb...

125
-
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 in Utah...

100
-
200
42
Lot 42
3 Archaic Drills


Dovetail and other Archaic Drill-Forms. Jessamine Co., Kentucky...

75
-
150
43
Lot 43
3 Kirk Serrateds


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

125
-
250
44
Lot 44
3 7/8" Bi-Pointed Knife


GORGEOUS TRANSLUCENT AGATE! Sweetwater Co., Wyoming. Excellent...

100
-
200
45
Lot 45
Pair of Colorado Knives


Nice pair of very pretty Hartville Uplift Dendritic chert knives...

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...

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 Winn...

3,000
-
5,000
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