5 3/8" Birdstone. Pictured in Birdstone Book

2 3/8" Slate Birdstone. McHenry Co, IL (Richmond). Ex-Earl Townsend (#1757), E.K. Petrie, A. B. Cassell. Pictured in the Birdstone Book (p369-E). Banding forms an eye. Excellent Condition. Featured on

5" Pop Eyed Birdstone. Ingham Co, MI. Banded Slate. Front hole break out., 2 small spots of repair. Very well pictured in Birdstone Book (p479, A) and on the cover of January 1949 Illinois Archaeologi

4 3/8" Slate Birdstone. Found in 1903 in Ohio Co, KY. Overly cleaned, but otherwise fine condition. Holes intact. Ex-Earl Townsend, Wilbur Cunningham, Richard Harding. Pictured in Townsend's 2013 Sale

SALE HIGHLIGHT ! Popeyed Birdstone found in Huntington Co., Indiana pictured in Birdstone book, 4 13/16” long x 1 ¼” wide, ex-Don R.S. Galbreath Collection, pictured on page 393 Plate H

5” Banded Slate Birdstone – pictured page 397, Who’s Who #4 listed as Ohio, Van Wert Co., Nice The Judge Claude Stone Collection, Some of these items are pictured on page 397 Who’s Who #4 in a

5” Banded Slate Birdstone, Pictured page 397, Who’s Who #4 – no provenance, Nice! The Judge Claude Stone Collection, Some of these items are pictured on page 397 Who’s Who #4 in a 1949 Picture

3 3/16" Birdstone. Hocking Co, OH. Rare type, chunky body. Incised eyes and mouth. Excellent condition. Ex-Chris Forrest, Earl Townsend, Augustine Wherle (283-W). Pictured in the Birdstone Book, p657.

4 1/2" Birdstone. Gennesse Co, MI. Pictured in the Birdstone Book, p499-E. Townsend identified as "purple slate" Excellent condition, holes intact. Well tallied along back. Ex-Dr. T. Hugh Young. Pictu

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2 3/8" Bust Birdstone. Miami Co, OH. Nicely banded Slate. Holes intact. Surface has some mineralization present. Ex-Lyle Guckert, Skip Bower. Pictured in Collectors II (CHAPA, p64). Putty and Partain

5 3/8" Hardstone Birdstone Preform. IN. Unfinished, not drilled

5 3/8" Black Slate Birdstone, Medina, OH

5 3/8" Green Banded Slate Birdstone. Ex-David Cunningham.

5 5/8" Turkeytail. Bay Co, MI. Found in 1910 by Walter Schmidt at the Great Shore Trail site (1-1). Glued. Found with Birdstones (see Birdstone Book, p458B) Wafer thin.

5 3/4" L x 1 3/8" H Banded Slate Birdstone, IN w/ coa

Group of 38 Artifacts (1 1/8"-5 3/8") recovered by Raymond Vietzen. Glover's Cave. Christian Co, KY. Several pieces are pictured in his book, Saga of Glover's Cave

3 5/16" Birdstone. Licking Co, OH. Polished Gneiss. Holes intact, some weathering to surface. Ex-Lyle Tucker. Pictured in Collectors II (CHAPA, Guckert Collection). Jackson COA. 7/23/19: Added copy of

2 5/16" Popeyed Birdstone. Kalamazoo Co, MI. Slate. Ex-Claude Stone, H.H. Spearman. Can be seen in WW#4 picture with Stone (p397). Also pictured WW#11, p133. Comes with a copy of Stone's log book page

4 5/8" Banded Slate Birdstone. Knox Co, OH. Back half restored. Ex-Earl Townsend, Augustine Wherle (402-W). Pictured in Townsend's January 2015 sale catalog (#294). Can also be seen with Earl's flock

3 3/4" Slate Birdstone. Oregon, IL. Interesting style with elevated legs. Ex-Earl Townsend (T-4943). Well pictured in Moorehead's 1917 Stone Ornaments (p406). Once in the B.A. Cothow, John Douglas and

3 1/8" Slate Birdstone. St. Joseph Co, IN. Brown Slate. Ex-Earl Townsend (#1732), R.K. Meyer, Ed Payne. Purple slate with cut mouth, drilled eyes and tallied tail. Fine condition with holes intact. Pi

3 1/8" Salvaged Birdstone. Crawford Co, OH. Holes intact. Ex-Lyle Guckert, Duane Johnson, Cameron Parks. Pictured in WW#8 (p125) and Legends of Prehistoric Art II (p83, old Parks photo) and CHAPA II (

Framed Oil Painting, Sailboats on the WaterUnsigned, gesso on frame is chipped in several places, as pictured, 38.5"L x 18.5"H.

3 3/4" Brown Popeyed Birdstone. Livingston Co, MI. Restoration to just the top of eyes and small spot on tail. Ex-Gilbert Cooper, Earl Townsend (#1680, purch 1953), Don Boudeman. Well pictured in the