Prehistoric and Historic Artifact Auction 2017-02-25 Auction - 397 Price Results - Tony Putty Artifacts in IN
6" Greenstone Spatulate. GA.  Pictured.  Museum quality2 13/16" Decatur.  OH.  Carter.  Flawless.  Davis COAArchie Diller's Topknot Birdstone (4").  Ex-Townsend
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Shelbyville, IN, United States
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Prehistoric and Historic Artifact Auction

We are pleased to introduce the Dr. Joe Otten Artifact Collection. Joe collected for decades before retiring from his practice in Batavia, NY. This auction will also contain a nice variety of artifacts from the Kevin Pipes Collection. A very fine grouping of relics from the Clem Caldwell and Chalmer Lynch Collections round out this varied auction. There are 11 Birdstones, 7 being from the Earl Townsend Collection. This flock contains the 9 inch plus Millersburg Birdstone and the Topknot Birdstone. We will also be selling a group of Duck River Artifacts once in the Dr. Cushman Collection, the 6 piece Adena Blade Cache known as the Bennett Young Cache and a group of fine Clovis points from the Buddy Scheidegger Collection. This sale includes a fine Quartz Curved Pick Bannerstone and a large Hardstone Tube Pipe that once graced Clem Caldwell's shelf. There are 15 fine Bannerstones in this auction. Joe Otten's relics include some of the finest midwestern Early Archaic points; Decaturs, Hardins, Dovetails. You'll also see some nice Texas relics along with several top shelf Etleys. Many of the artifacts have been pictured in books and journals dating back to the 1930's. 200 of the artifacts being offered have independent certificates of authenticity from the country's finest authenticators. Wonderful variety. Something for everyone.
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2 7/8" Allen. Meador & Rogers COA. Kay Co, OK: 2 7/8" Allen. Kay Co, OK (near Bohemian). Vivid Niobrara Jasper. Meador and Rogers COA
0004: 2 7/8" Allen. Meador & Rogers COA. Kay Co, OKEst. $200-$300
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2 7/8" Plainview. AR. Davis G8+ COA. Pronounced: 2 7/8" Plainview. AR. Pronounced medial ridge. Nicely patinated. Davis G8+ COA
0005: 2 7/8" Plainview. AR. Davis G8+ COA. PronouncedEst. $200-$300
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3 1/2" Agate Basin. Saline Co, MO. Striped: 3 1/2" Agate Basin. Saline Co, MO. Striped Burlington, very well made. Ryan Keele COA
0010: 3 1/2" Agate Basin. Saline Co, MO. StripedEst. $250-$350
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3 1/2" Agate Basin. Hull, IL. Ex-Lee Evans. Tip: 3 1/2" Agate Basin. Hull, IL. Ex-Lee Evans. Tip ding. Glossy white flint. Meador COA
0011: 3 1/2" Agate Basin. Hull, IL. Ex-Lee Evans. TipEst. $150-$250
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3 1/4" Hematite Gorget. Hancock Co, IL (Nauvoo).: 3 1/4" Hematite Gorget. Hancock Co, IL (Nauvoo). Finely made, Hematite. Ex-BW Stephens (G136, acquired 1956 from Paul Malloy
0012: 3 1/4" Hematite Gorget. Hancock Co, IL (Nauvoo).Est. $350-$500
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4 1/2" Cup. Tiahuanaco. Peru. A work of art.: 4 1/2" Cup. Tiahuanaco. Peru. A work of art. Excellent condition with ample amounts of original pigment on buff finish. Designs extend inside cup. Pre-Incan (400 BC to 200 AD. Pre-Columbian.
0013: 4 1/2" Cup. Tiahuanaco. Peru. A work of art.Est. $600-$900
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3 3/8" Double Cupped Discoidal. Brown Co, IL. Cream: 3 3/8" Double Cupped Discoidal. Brown Co, IL. Cream Quartz. Ex-George Hoke. Found in 1971. Well made, symmetrical. Can be seen on Hoke's shelf in WW#5, P91 (far right). Putty G10 COA
0014: 3 3/8" Double Cupped Discoidal. Brown Co, IL. CreamEst. $700-$1,100
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2 5/8" Double Cupped Hardstone Discoidal. OH.: 2 5/8" Double Cupped Hardstone Discoidal. OH. Granite. Well made. Bennett COA
0015: 2 5/8" Double Cupped Hardstone Discoidal. OH.Est. $400-$500
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3 1/8" Cahokia style Discoidal. St Clair Co, IL.: 3 1/8" Cahokia style Discoidal. St Clair Co, IL. Made of Fossil Coral (a testament to the wide spread trading spheres of the Mississippian peoples). Very well made, fine condition with just a few
0016: 3 1/8" Cahokia style Discoidal. St Clair Co, IL.Est. $1,300-$1,800
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6 1/4" Etley. Brown Co, IL. Pictured. Davis G10 COA: 6 1/4" Etley. Brown Co, IL. Ex-Curt Grimmer, Fred Marsh. Pictured in Prehistoric American (1991 #4, p15) & WW#8, p143. Davis G10 COA
0019: 6 1/4" Etley. Brown Co, IL. Pictured. Davis G10 COAEst. $800-$1,000
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2 Dovetails. 2 5/8" & 2 3/4". Meade Co, KY. Nice: 2 Dovetails. 2 5/8" & 2 3/4". Meade Co, KY. Nice examples. Ex-Rocky Hall, Horace Dunham
0020: 2 Dovetails. 2 5/8" & 2 3/4". Meade Co, KY. NiceEst. $200-$350
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2 Grooved Boatstones. IN & KY. Ex-Brockman: 2 Grooved Boatstones, 2 1/8" (Meade Co, KY) & 1 3/4" (Harrison Co, IN). Ex-Bill Brockman
0021: 2 Grooved Boatstones. IN & KY. Ex-BrockmanEst. $200-$300