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7:00 AM PT - May 1st, 2010

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Virgil Y. Russell Indian Artifact Auction

397 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
6 1/4" Adena Knife


Incredibly thin large knife from Carmine, Ohio. Beautifully...

1,000
-
2,000
2
Lot 2
4 7/8" Smith


Belle Rive, Jefferson Co., Illinois. Hixton Silicified Sandstone.

400
-
800
3
Lot 3
4 5/8" Dovetail


Large piece of Fort Payne chert from Kentucky. Davis G-9 COA.

800
-
1,600
4
Lot 4
3 7/8" Dovetail


Found by Patrick Wilson near Carlisle in Nicholas Co., Kentucky...

500
-
1,000
5
Lot 5
4" Cache Blade


Fleming Co., Kentucky. Sonora flint.

150
-
300
6
Lot 6
3 3/4" Lost Lake


Beautifully made example from Kentucky in a Brassfield Chert...

1,500
-
2,500
7
Lot 7
3 15/16" Lost Lake


Great Olive Fort Payne Chert. From Mercer Co., Kentucky. Ex - Gary...

500
-
1,000
8
Lot 8
4 5/8" Smith


Very pretty multicolor example in Burlington from Southern...

500
-
1,000
9
Lot 9
4 13/16" Stanfield Knife


Large example in Fort Payne Chert from Pike Co., Illinois. Ex...

200
-
400
10
Lot 10
2 3/4" Midland


Found near Liberal Kansas, this exceptionally thin example is made...

1,500
-
2,500
11
Lot 11
2 5/8" Meserve


Pink and Gray Fossil Chert from Wyoming. Ex - Virgil Russell...

400
-
800
12
Lot 12
2 15/16" Big Sandy


Very pretty Two (2)-tone fossil chert example from Kentucky. Ex...

125
-
250
13
Lot 13
1 13/16" Big Creek


Translucent gray chert. Oklahoma. Ex - Virgil Russell Collection...

125
-
250
14
Lot 14
2 1/8" Stemmed Dart


Gray chert example reported from Wyoming. Ex - Virgil Russell...

75
-
150
15
Lot 15
3 7/16" Hardin


Completely translucent beauty in Hixton Silicified Sandstone. Sauk...

500
-
1,000
16
Lot 16
2 3/4" Dalton


Arkansas example in Pitkin Chert. Ex - Virgil Russell Collection...

200
-
400
17
Lot 17
2 11/16" Cumberland


Fluted to the tip on both sides, this Ex - Virgil Russell piece...

1,000
-
2,000
18
Lot 18
2 5/16" Eccentric


Rare exotic form from Wyoming in a red chert. Baker COA. Ex...

150
-
300
19
Lot 19
2 1/8" Scottsbluff


Highly translucent agate example from Wyoming. Ex - Virgil Russell...

300
-
600
20
Lot 20
4 1/2" Cache Blade


Fleming Co., Kentucky. Sonora Flint.

250
-
500
21
Lot 21
4 5/8" Dovetail


Glossy Flint Ridge from Summit Co., Ohio. Ex - Jim Dresslar...

500
-
1,000
22
Lot 22
3 7/8" Beaver Lake


Nice long and well made example from Tennessee made from Camden...

800
-
1,600
23
Lot 23
5 3/8" Cache Blade


Fleming Co., Kentucky. Large piece of Sonora Flint.

400
-
800
24
Lot 24
3 13/16" Clovis


Very pretty piece of high grade Hornstone from Trumbull Co., Ohio...

2,000
-
3,500
25
Lot 25
4 3/4" Paleo Lanceolate


Pretty Dover example from Scott Co., Kentucky. Ex - Marlin Mercer...

400
-
800
26
Lot 26
4 5/16" Cache Blade


Fleming Co., Kentucky. Sonora.

300
-
500
27
Lot 27
4 5/8" Roundback Knife


Found near Yuma, Colorado. This tan & cream banded chert (Kay...

400
-
800
28
Lot 28
5 1/8" Alberta


Tan Fossil chert example from Goshen Co., Wyoming. Ex - Virgil...

600
-
1,200
29
Lot 29
4" Alberta


Found near Yuma, Colorado. Ex - Virgil Russell Collection. Black...

400
-
800
30
Lot 30
6 1/2" Nebo Hill


Beautiful piece of Avon chert from Boone Co., Missouri. Ex - R...

400
-
800
31
Lot 31
3 15/16" Plainview


From Goshen Co., Wyoming. Pink, Purple and Cream Chert. Wind...

1,000
-
2,200
32
Lot 32
8 15/16" Blade


Large, highly translucent Hixton Silicified Sandstone piece from...

1,000
-
2,000
33
Lot 33
3 9/16" Plainview


Nicely made example from Lusk Co., Wyoming. Cream Fossil Chert. Ex...

750
-
1,500
34
Lot 34
5 1/2" Cobbs Triangle


Large example from Nelson Co., Kentucky. Ex - Quinn Lawson...

500
-
1,000
35
Lot 35
4 3/4" G-10 Adena


Benton Co., Tennessee. Dover Chert. Also features a Davis G-10 COA

400
-
800
36
Lot 36
4 3/4" Archaic Stemmed Point


Found near Brushy, Colorado. Gray chert. Ex - Virgil Russell...

300
-
500
37
Lot 37
4 1/2" Benton Blade


River stained Horse Creek Chert piece from the Green River in Hart...

200
-
400
38
Lot 38
2 13/16" Agate Basin


Gray Chert example from Colorado. Ex - Virgil Russell Collection...

400
-
800
39
Lot 39
2 7/8" Cobbs Drill


Beauty of a drill from Hart Co., Kentucky along the Green River...

125
-
250
40
Lot 40
3 1/4" Clovis


Well fluted example from Williamson Co., Tennessee. Ex - Ed...

1,500
-
2,500
41
Lot 41
4 9/16" Harahey


Gray Chert example from Wyoming. Ex - Virgil Russell Collection...

300
-
600
42
Lot 42
4 3/8" Graham Cave


Highly desirable Crescent Quarry (high grade) flint from Jay Co...

600
-
1,200
43
Lot 43
5" Harahey


Excellent piece of high grade Hornstone from Pike Co., Illinois...

300
-
600
44
Lot 44
3 3/8" Robbins


Hixton Silicified Sandstone from Jackson Co., Wisconsin. Rogers COA.

300
-
600
45
Lot 45
4 5/16" Decatur Blade


Extremely thin and well flaked Archaic beauty. Wayne Co., Kentucky...

400
-
800
46
Lot 46
2 7/8" Decatur


Very pretty piece of Flint Ridge from Darke Co., Ohio. Davis COA.

300
-
600
47
Lot 47
4 3/8" Clovis


Excellent piece of Bisher chert from Clermont Co., Ohio. Ex...

1,500
-
2,500
48
Lot 48
4 1/4" Drill


Long drill from Illinois in a tan fossil chert. Davis G-10 COA.

400
-
800
49
Lot 49
2 7/8" Plainview


Nice example from Oklahoma. Winterset chert. Jackson and...

1,000
-
2,000
50
Lot 50
4 1/16" Cobbs Knife


Beautifully colored Crab Orchard flint from Bath Co., Kentucky...

200
-
400
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