Sold20165 7/8" Slate Birdstone with Noded Eyes. Ex-Townsend5 7/8" Slate Birdstone with Noded Eyes. Lenawee Co, MI. Ex-Earl Townsend (T-5296), C. Robinson. Rear hole worn through. Head has been restored. Vivid banding. Featured in Earl Townsend's January 2015See Sold Price
Sold2021Contemporary 3 1/2" Noded Eye Birdstone made of veryContemporary 3 1/2" Noded Eye Birdstone made of very colorful AgateSee Sold Price
Sold2021Contemporary 3 5/8" Noded Eye Birdstone on pedestalContemporary 3 5/8" Noded Eye Birdstone on pedestal legs. Colorful QuartziteSee Sold Price
Sold20214 3/8" Birdstone Preform from Florida. Noded eyes. Rare4 3/8" Birdstone Preform from Florida. Found in the late 1960's in Jefferson Co, FL. Undrilled. Slate. Some damage to side of tail. Noded eyes. Rare Florida BirdSee Sold Price
Sold2021Rare 2 1/2" Platform Birdstone. OH. Highly polishedRare 2 1/2" Platform Birdstone. OH. Highly polished Pipestone. Noded eyes, very well made. Front hole breakout. Old restoration has been removedSee Sold Price
20172 7/8" Bust Birdstone. TN. Ex-Townsend2 7/8" Bust Birdstone. Tennessee. Glossy white calcified material. Noded eyes. Eyes may have been anciently salvaged. Very nice. Ex-Thomas Franchino, Earl Townsend. Undrilled (drilling started on oneSee Sold Price
Sold20172 3/8" Slate Birdstone. Pictured Birdstone Book2 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 onSee Sold Price
Sold20183 3/16" Birdstone. Pictured in the Birdstone Book.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.See Sold Price
Sold20193 3/4" Brown Popeyed Birdstone. Well pictured in the3 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 theSee Sold Price
Sold2016Sale Highlight - 3 3/4" Slate Birdstone. Pictured 19173 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 andSee Sold Price
20184 1/2" Birdstone. Pictured in the Birdstone Book,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. PictuSee Sold Price
Sold20184 3/8" Slate Birdstone. Pictured in Townsend's 20134 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 SaleSee Sold Price
Sold2016Porphyry Birdstone4 1/4" Porphyry Birdstone - Delaware Co. IN. - Baker Grade 9 C.O.A. - Ex. Edward Messer CollectionSee Sold Price
Sold20193 1/8" Salvaged Birdstone. Pictured Legends ( old3 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 (See Sold Price
Sold20183 7/8" Porphyry Birdstone tabled IndianaOut of the Robert Warrenberg Collection Collected from the mid to late 1900’sSee Sold Price
Sold2023Outstanding Porphyry Birdstone made by Billy Guthrie Mid to late 1900'sPorphyry Birdstone made by Billy Guthrie Mid to late 1900's. Billy made a good number of these throughout his life. We see them scattered in collections, books and on display here and there at shows.See Sold Price
Sold20224 7/16" L Popeyed Porphyry Birdstone, Calhoun Co., IL4 7/16" L Popeyed Porphyry Birdstone, Calhoun Co., ILSee Sold Price
Sold20211 15/16"L x 1 5/8"W x 2 3/8"H Porphyry Birdstone,1 15/16"L x 1 5/8"W x 2 3/8"H Porphyry Birdstone, Porter Co., INSee Sold Price
Sold20233 1/4" Popeyed Porphyry Birdstone. Reproduction. Excellent condition, fine display3 1/4" Popeyed Porphyry Birdstone. Reproduction. Excellent condition, fine displaySee Sold Price
Sold20224 7/16" L x 1 1/8" H Porphyry Birdstone, Hancock Co.,4 7/16" L x 1 1/8" H Porphyry Birdstone, Hancock Co., OHSee Sold Price
Sold20214 1/2" L x 1 1/14" H Porphyry Birdstone, MI4 1/2" L x 1 1/14" H Porphyry Birdstone, MISee Sold Price
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