Slate Popeyed Birdstone

5" Pop-Eyed Slate Birdstone. Chenango Co, NY. Large, brown slate example. Well made. Front hole breakout with ancient salvage. Ex-BW Stephens (1962, Bi-64)

4 3/4" Popeyed Slate Birdstone. Calhoun Co, MI. Excellent condition, holes intact. Mouth incising appears to have been added in modern times. Ex-BW Stephens (Bi-32)

2 3/4" Popeyed Slate Birdstone. Highly developed example, exact provenance unknown. Ex-Kevin Pipes, Byron Knoblock. Fine condition

2 15/16" Slate Birdstone, Pop-eyed, Writing on bottom is illegible, Ex. Thunderbird Native American Museum NJ Dorothy Middleton Nelson was the founder, curator and proprietor of the Thunderbird Museum

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 3/4" Birdstone. An elaborate Popeyed Birdstone made of banded slate. The vivid banding and unusual shape made it visible in an 1949 photo of Judge Stone (WW#4, p397). Despite many features that atte

Black banded slate, Ohio River Valley. Provenance: The Collection of Stanley H. Rae & Ruth A. Rae. H: 1.5 in., W: 7.375 in., D: 1 in.

Please see picture for measurement. It is from Ross County Ohio. ex- Matt Moeller, Kraig Phillips Collection. It comes with a Tony Putty Certificate of Authenticity. These artifacts are from multiple

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

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

Please see picture for measurement.It is from Delaware County Ohio. It comes with a Gregory Perino Certificate of Authenticity. These artifacts are from multiple collections from around the United Sta

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

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

2 7/8" Slate Birdstone. Crawford Co, OH (near Bucyrus. Ex-Earl Townsend (T-5219), Stan Copeland, Dr. TH Young. Holes worn but intact. Pictured in Townsend's January 2015 Sale Catalog (lot 267). Featur

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, Found 1903 in Wood Co Ohio. Collected by Ladow Johnston, Toledo Attorney in 1933. Sold at an auction of Johnston’s collection in about 1968 to Menard Wilson of Derby Ohio.

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

4 1/8" Slate Birdstone. Randolph Co, IN. Front hole intact, back anciently salvaged. Neat example. Well made, nice polish. Ex-B.W. Stephens (Bi-70)

3 1/2” Banded Slate Birdstone. Wood Co, WV. (rare West Virginia Bird!) Anciently salvaged head. Very well made. Holes intact. Pictured in Who's Who #11 (p319) and in Kevin Pipes' Oct. 2012 aucti

3" Popeyed Birdstone. Branch Co, MI. Granite. Highly developed. Ex-Duane "Beanie" Johnson. Johnson acquired a the Olin Stugard farm sale (Northern IN) in 1981. Putty G10 and Partain COAs

3 3/4" Slate Birdstone. Mercer Co, OH. Ex-Duane (Beanie) Johnson, Billy Hillen. "Worm Mark" decorates back side. Dickey & Jackson G9+ COAs

5 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 2015

7 1/2" Elongated Popeyed Birdstone. NY/Canadian Type. Cannel Coal. Large and very well made.. Some cracking in material, none severe. Highly polished. Excellent condition with holes intact. Ex-Ruth Ra