August Timed Marketplace Auction

South American Trio - Spoon, Bowl, Stirrup Vessel

20th C. Six Vintage Mexico Silver Necklaces & Pendant

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Louisville, CO, United States

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August Timed Marketplace Auction

Artemis Gallery

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Join us for our August Timed Marketplace auction, featuring fabulously priced clearance items and newly listed items at pricing perfect for dealers or collectors. Shop the Marketplace the last Monday of every month - you never know what you'll find next! please note, this is a timed auction. Live phone bidding is not available.

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Trio of Fine Mayan Dark Green Stone Celts: **Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, Mexico and Guatemala, Mayan Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. Three dark greenstone, hand-carved and hand-polished stone hand axes, also

0223: Trio of Fine Mayan Dark Green Stone CeltsEst. $350-$700Lot Passed

Miniature Jamacoaque Pottery Seated Figure: **Originally Listed At $150** Manabi Province, Ecuador, Jama-Coaque, ca 500 CE. A seated mold-made terracotta figure, highly decorated with an elaborate feather-fringed mantle, triple-strand beaded

0224: Miniature Jamacoaque Pottery Seated FigureEst. $150-$250Lot Passed

Mayan Copador Pottery Cylinder w/ Monkeys: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Maya, Classic Period, ca. 700 to 900 CE. A tall ceramic cylinder, painted inside and out in red, orange, and ochre, with a register of stylized monkeys and

0225: Mayan Copador Pottery Cylinder w/ MonkeysEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Mayan Pottery Cylinder - Monkeys & Feathered Serpent: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Mexico and Guatemala, Mayan Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A tall, wide, pottery cylinder, with incredible iconography in low relief around

0226: Mayan Pottery Cylinder - Monkeys & Feathered SerpentEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Costa Rican Jade Avian Axe Celt - Abstract Motif: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. An axe god pendant finely carved from a smoky green jade, with specks of black, grey, and white,

0227: Costa Rican Jade Avian Axe Celt - Abstract MotifEst. $300-$450Lot Passed

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Lovely Costa Rican Jade Celt Pendant: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 1 to 800 CE. This jadeite celt (hand axe) has an incredible color - such a dark green it is almost black, with tiny dark

0228: Lovely Costa Rican Jade Celt PendantEst. $500-$750

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Pair of Mayan Jade Ear Spools / Flares: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Maya Territories, ca. 200 to 900 CE. A pair of fine jadeite ear spools/plugs, each with an elongated trumpet shape that, based on size, may have been for

0230: Pair of Mayan Jade Ear Spools / FlaresEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

Unusual Mayan Pottery Jar w/ Scraffito Decorations: **Originally Listed At $800** Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A tall, thin-walled terracotta vessel with an incised series of pseudo-glyphs in a register below its rim. Both

0231: Unusual Mayan Pottery Jar w/ Scraffito DecorationsEst. $1,500-$2,500Lot Passed

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Desirable Huari Textile Panel w/ Warrior: **Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. This earthtone textile is comprised of tightly-woven fibers in red, orange, teal, brown,

0232: Desirable Huari Textile Panel w/ WarriorEst. $400-$600

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Chorotega Brownware Pottery Olla Vessel: **Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. A beautiful, handbuilt bichrome pottery olla, its form with a dramatically corseted body, four

0233: Chorotega Brownware Pottery Olla VesselEst. $250-$500Lot Passed

Costa Rican Stone Metate w/ Jaguar Heads: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A jaguar metate, hand-carved from a single piece of volcanic stone with delightful details. Three (four

0234: Costa Rican Stone Metate w/ Jaguar HeadsEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

Museum Exhibited Chancay Whistling Bird Pottery Vessel: **Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, central coast of Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1250 CE. A double-chambered bichrome black and cream whistling stirrup vessel, each chamber a near-spherical

0235: Museum Exhibited Chancay Whistling Bird Pottery VesselEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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Narino Negative Resist Pottery Jar w/ Frog: **Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, Colombia to Ecuador regions, Narino Highlands, Narino-Carchi, ca. 800 to 1500 CE. A very fine and intricately decorated pottery vessel of a rounded form

0236: Narino Negative Resist Pottery Jar w/ FrogEst. $250-$400

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Pre-Columbian Chancay Handled Pottery Vessel: **Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 1000 to 1470 CE. This bulbous, round-bottomed black-and-cream-hued terracotta vessel features a spherical body,

0237: Pre-Columbian Chancay Handled Pottery VesselEst. $100-$150Lot Passed

Pre-Columbian Inca Textile Strap - Colorful Zoomorphs: **Originally Listed At $100** Pre-Columbian, North / Central Peru, Inca culture, ca. 1100 to 1400 CE. This vibrantly-colored textile fragment is comprised of tightly-woven camelid (alpaca) fibers in

0238: Pre-Columbian Inca Textile Strap - Colorful ZoomorphsEst. $200-$300Lot Passed

Narino Polychrome Bowl - Crane Birds: **Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Colombia to Ecuador (Carchi) region, Narino Highlands, ca. 1250 CE. A beautiful polychrome pottery, deep walled flared bowl on a concave foot, decorated

0239: Narino Polychrome Bowl - Crane BirdsEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Colombia Muisca Spouted Jar w/ Dignitary (Cacique): **Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Muisca culture, ca. 1200 to 1538 CE. A cream-colored spouted jar with dark red pigment details over the terracotta. The spout is in the form of

0240: Colombia Muisca Spouted Jar w/ Dignitary (Cacique)Est. $800-$1,200

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Pre-Columbian Casas Grandes Polychrome Pottery Olla: **Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Northwest Chihuahua, Casas Grandes, Babicora, ca. 1250 to 1475 CE. A lovely terracotta polychrome vessel, of the Babicora stylistic

0241: Pre-Columbian Casas Grandes Polychrome Pottery OllaEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

Mixtec Stone Head of a Penate: **Originally Listed At $100** Pre-Columbian, Oaxaca, Guerrero, or Puebla, Mixtec, Post Classic, ca. 1200 to 1520 CE. Finely carved and string cut from an attractive greenstone, the head of a penate

0242: Mixtec Stone Head of a PenateEst. $150-$225Lot Passed

Chimu Blackware Vessel - Were Jaguar: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A fantastical blackware vessel in the form of a human-headed were-jaguar seated atop a large half-cob of corn. The conical

0243: Chimu Blackware Vessel - Were JaguarEst. $300-$450Lot Passed

17th C. Spanish Colonial Silver Coin - Shipwrecked: **First Time At Auction** New World, coin is Spanish colonial, minted in Bolivia and found off the Florida Keys (USA), minted ca. 1598 to 1621 CE and lost at sea ca. September 6, 1622 CE. A silver

0244: 17th C. Spanish Colonial Silver Coin - ShipwreckedEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

19th C. Mexican Spanish Colonial Silver Cristo Pendant: **Originally Listed At $500** Mexico, 19th century CE. A large silver Cristo, made in two pieces, with a very simplistic representation of Christ on a cross with incised floral designs. Modern

0245: 19th C. Mexican Spanish Colonial Silver Cristo PendantEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

Lot of 12 Coins, 19th C. Dime, Pennies, ex Historia: **Originally Listed At $150** United States, 19th century CE. Nine are 19th century USA pennies, four of which have been drilled or pierced through to make buttons or pendants. The other three coins

0246: Lot of 12 Coins, 19th C. Dime, Pennies, ex HistoriaEst. $250-$350Lot Passed

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19th C. Medical Slides w/ Original Box, ex Historia: **Originally Listed At $100** North America, United States or Canada, ca. 19th century or early 20th century CE. A finely made wooden specimen box containing a collection of sixty empty slides

0247: 19th C. Medical Slides w/ Original Box, ex HistoriaEst. $300-$500

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Artemis Gallery

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The following are the TERMS OF SALE for bidding in our Live Online Auction, Thursday, August 31, 2017: AUCTION will start at 9 a.m. MT, 11 a.m. EST, 8 a.m. PST - Online Automated (Timed) Bidding only. Please read the following "Terms of Sale" carefully. These terms are applicable to all bidders in this auction, collectors and dealers alike. Please do not bid in this auction if you do not agree to all the terms listed below. Your submission of bids in this auction constitutes your acceptance of these "Terms of Sale." 1. All items in this auction have been legally acquired, are legal to sell, and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. 2. This is an auction sale, not an approval sale. By bidding in this auction, the bidder personally guarantees payment. The auctioneer has final discretion in all matters. In case of dispute, the lot(s) in question may be resold. Lots will be sold in their numerical sequence unless the auctioneer directs otherwise. 3. 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RETURN POLICY: If our description of the item is not as described, we will accept return of the item; however, WE MUST HAVE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF RETURN WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS FROM RECEIPT OF ITEM BY BIDDER, as shown by FedEx, UPS or USPS tracking data, and the item must be received by us within ten days in the condition received. A written letter from a recognized expert in the field pertaining to the item in dispute must be presented for refund. No lots may be returned without prior written consent. Return shipping is at the bidder's expense. In no event may any lot(s) be returned after fifteen (15) days from the date of the auction. As of September 15, 2017 ALL SALES ARE FINAL. 8. BIDDING will be conducted ONLINE as the auction progresses. Bidders may place their bids LIVE or leave ABSENTEE BIDS via the Live Auctioneers auction catalog. 9. SHIPPING: As a convenience to our buyers, shipping is handled in-house. 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