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Rare Fossilized Dinocrocuta Skull, Terrible Hyena

Plateau Monolithic Stone Wolf Ceremonial Axe

Nayarit Seated Bichrome Semi-Nude Male & Female

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Louisville, CO, United States

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Artemis Fine Arts

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Lot of 2 Fossilized Megalodon Teeth: Ancient Seas, Middle Miocene to end of Pliocene eras, ca. 28 to 1.5 million years ago. Two impressive fossilized megalodon teeth from a prehistoric shark. These teeth both have matte roots with gray

0021: Lot of 2 Fossilized Megalodon TeethEst.

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$514.00

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0022: Three Meteorites with Widmanstatten PatternsEst.

$400

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Nanotyrannus Tooth, Fern Fossil, & Chocolate Opal: Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, ca. millions of years ago; North America, United States, Montana, Hell Creek Formation, Late Cretaceous, ca. 100 to 66 million years ago; Missouri, Pennsylvanian, ca. 323

0023: Nanotyrannus Tooth, Fern Fossil, & Chocolate OpalEst.

$600

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$385.50

Green River Formation Fossilized Fish in Matrices: North America, Western United States, Green River Formation, Eocene, ca. 53.5 to 48.5 million years ago. A collection of stone matrices each preserving one or more fossilized fish, including multiple

0023A: Green River Formation Fossilized Fish in MatricesEst.

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Prehistoric Complete Oreodont Femur Bone Fossil: North America, United States, South Dakota, Brule Formation, Oligocene epoch, ca. 30 million years ago. A complete fossil femur of Merycoidodon culbertsoni, an oreodont, presented on a custom display

0024: Prehistoric Complete Oreodont Femur Bone FossilEst.

$450

$675

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$289.12

Crystal Mineral Specimen: Central Asia, ca. millions of years ago. A substantial aquamarine and muscovite mica association specimen, featuring pale blue-green aquamarine crystals clustered across a dense matrix of warm bronze

0025: Crystal Mineral SpecimenEst.

$2,000

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$1,285.00

Crystal & Mineral Specimen Collection: North America & Asia, India, ca. millions of years ago. A collection of eight crystal and mineral specimens representing some of the most collectible forms in the natural world. The group includes an

0026: Crystal & Mineral Specimen CollectionEst.

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Prehistoric Mammoth Hair & Molar Tooth Fragment: Asia, Siberia & North America, Southeastern United States, Pleistocene Epoch, ca. 40,000 to 10,000 years ago. Two specimens from iconic Ice Age megafauna, each presented in a labeled display case. A

0027: Prehistoric Mammoth Hair & Molar Tooth FragmentEst.

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$321.25

Hundreds of Prehistoric Moroccan Sand Shark Teeth: North Africa, Western Sahara & Morocco, Eocene era, ca. 56 to 33 million years ago. A collection of slender prehistoric shark teeth, primarily from sand sharks of the Tethys Sea - the ancient

0027A: Hundreds of Prehistoric Moroccan Sand Shark TeethEst.

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$385.50

Large Polished Indonesian Amber, 7.2 lb!: Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, ca. 20th century CE. A massive polished amber nugget weighing 7.2 lb (3.2 kg). When viewed under normal illumination, the piece appears as a lustrous, nearly

0028: Large Polished Indonesian Amber, 7.2 lb!Est.

$1,000

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$642.50

Fifteen Baltic Amber Pieces with Insect Inclusions: Eastern Europe, Baltic region, ca. millions of years ago. Fifteen loose amber pieces in varied shapes and sizes, ranging from warm honey to deep cognac tones, some polished to a clear finish with

0029: Fifteen Baltic Amber Pieces with Insect InclusionsEst.

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Petrified Wood Collection, Polished & Raw: North America, Africa, & Asia, Triassic to Miocene era, ca, 250 to 5 million years ago. This collection of petrified wood specimens showcases the remarkable variety of the fossilization process,

0029A: Petrified Wood Collection, Polished & RawEst.

$250

$375

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$160.62

8 Meteorite Micro Specimens from Egypt & Arizona: Egypt & United States, Arizona, found 20th to 21st century CE. A collection of eight small meteorite fragments, each individually housed in a sleeve with handwritten provenance notations referencing

0030: 8 Meteorite Micro Specimens from Egypt & ArizonaEst.

$500

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$321.25

Prehistoric Marine Fossilized Shell Collection: North America & Africa, ca. Cambrian to Miocene era, ca. 500 to 5 million years ago. A collection of fossilized marine invertebrates spanning hundreds of millions of years of ocean life, including

0030A: Prehistoric Marine Fossilized Shell CollectionEst.

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$321.25

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Carved Petrified Wood Bowl, Black & Gray Striations: Southeast Asia, Indonesia, ca. 21st century CE. This large petrified wood bowl has a dense, weighty feel and a thick-walled form with a smooth, high polish that highlights its natural colors. The

0031: Carved Petrified Wood Bowl, Black & Gray StriationsEst.

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Large Woodland Period Steatite Platform Pipe: Native American, Woodland period, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A large steatite platform pipe of spare, architectural form, its long flat stem tapering to a hollow mouthpiece and rising at the proximal end

0032: Large Woodland Period Steatite Platform PipeEst.

$2,250

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$1,542.00

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Mississippian Ceramic Bottle - Ex-Andy Warhol: Native American, Middle Mississippian, ca. 1450 to 1500 CE. A fine ceramic bottle of nearly perfect globular form, its dark brown-to-charcoal surface unadorned and unashamed, stands as one of the

0033: Mississippian Ceramic Bottle - Ex-Andy WarholEst.

$1,200

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Native American Caddo Culture Incised Bottle: Native American, Southeastern / Midwestern United States, Arkansas, Caddo culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A long-necked bottle with a globular body, burnished and accented by incised decoration in the

0034: Native American Caddo Culture Incised BottleEst.

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Plateau Monolithic Stone Wolf Ceremonial Axe: Native American, Columbia Plateau, Nez Perce or related culture, ca. 1000 to 1800 CE. A wolf rendered in stone at the precise scale where sculpture and weapon become the same object: the long

0035: Plateau Monolithic Stone Wolf Ceremonial AxeEst.

$3,000

$4,500

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Mississippian Ceremonial Stone Mace - Crown Form: Native American, Mississippi Valley, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000 to 1600 CE. A stone mace carved to look like authority feels: the four-pointed crown head rises to a central apex above four

0036: Mississippian Ceremonial Stone Mace - Crown FormEst.

$1,200

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Late Mississippian Nodena Red & White Tripod Jar: Native American, Arkansas-Mississippi region, Nodena culture, ca. 1400 to 1650 CE. A terracotta bottle that moves: the bold red and white spiral unwinding across its globular body gives the vessel a

0037: Late Mississippian Nodena Red & White Tripod JarEst.

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0038: Mississippian Black Stone Pipe - Square BowlEst.

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$771.00

Mississippian Fish Effigy Helmet Bowl - Incised: A fish emerges in three-dimensional increments from the walls of this Mississippian effigy bowl, its head thrust forward from the upper shoulder, its paired fins projecting laterally at mid-body, and

0039: Mississippian Fish Effigy Helmet Bowl - IncisedEst.

$1,000

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$642.50

Mississippian Gray Ware Short-Neck Vessel: A hand-built jar of dark gray-brown ware, its body flattened into a broad discoid form and surmounted by a short, straight-sided neck with everted rim, distills the Mississippian ceramic tradition to

0040: Mississippian Gray Ware Short-Neck VesselEst.

$700

$1,050

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Artemis Fine Arts

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