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
Sold20184 3/4" Popeyed Slate Birdstone. Calhoun Co, MI.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)See Sold Price
Sold20172 3/4" Popeyed Slate Birdstone. Ex-Kevin Pipes, Byron2 3/4" Popeyed Slate Birdstone. Highly developed example, exact provenance unknown. Ex-Kevin Pipes, Byron Knoblock. Fine conditionSee 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
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
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
Sold2022Cameron Park's 3 7/8" Slate Birdstone. Summit Co, OH. Good condition, undrilled.3 7/8" Slate Birdstone. Summit Co, OH. Good condition, undrilled. Ex-Cameron Parks (has his moniker). Well Pictured in Parks' collection in Who's Who #3 (p99). Also can be seen in #2 (p142)See Sold Price
Sold20223 1/2” Banded Slate Birdstone. Davis COA.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 auctiSee Sold Price
Sold20233" Red Slate Boatstone from the William Tiell Collection. Single hole construction.3" Red Slate Boatstone from the William Tiell Collection. Single hole construction. Fine condition. Pictured on the cover of 1977 #2 Ohio Archaeologist, Who's Who #4 (p301, 1976) and July 1991 CentralSee Sold Price
Sold2016Banded Slate Bug Eyed Birdstone3 ½” Banded Slate Bug Eyed Birdstone listed as Indiana, Lane Co.? The Judge Claude Stone Collection, Some of these items are pictured on page 397 Who’s Who #4 in a 1949 PictureSee Sold Price
Sold20174 3/4" Birdstone. An elaborate Popeyed Birdstone4 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 atteSee Sold Price
20172 5/16" Popeyed Birdstone. Kalamazoo Co, MI. Slate.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 pageSee Sold Price
Sold20175" Pop Eyed Birdstone. Very well pictured in5" Pop Eyed Birdstone. Ingham Co, MI. Banded Slate. Front hole break out., 2 small spots of repair. Very well pictured in Birdstone Book (p479, A) and on the cover of January 1949 Illinois ArchaeologiSee Sold Price
Sold20192 3/8" Bust Birdstone. Miami Co, OH. Pictured in2 3/8" Bust Birdstone. Miami Co, OH. Nicely banded Slate. Holes intact. Surface has some mineralization present. Ex-Lyle Guckert, Skip Bower. Pictured in Collectors II (CHAPA, p64). Putty and PartainSee Sold Price
20185" Pop-Eyed Slate Birdstone. Chenango Co, NY.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)See Sold Price
Sold20183" Popeyed Birdstone. Branch Co, MI. Granite.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 COAsSee Sold Price
Sold20224 11/16" Popeyed Birdstone, Adams Co., IL4 11/16" Popeyed Birdstone, Adams Co., ILSee Sold Price
Sold2016Banded Slate Birdstone5” 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 aSee Sold Price
Sold2016Banded Slate Birdstone5” Banded Slate Birdstone, Pictured page 397, Who’s Who #4 – no provenance, Nice! The Judge Claude Stone Collection, Some of these items are pictured on page 397 Who’s Who #4 in a 1949 PictureSee 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
Sold20163 1/8" Slate Birdstone. Ex-Townsend. Birdstone Book3 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. PiSee Sold Price
Sold20162 7/8" Slate Birdstone. Ex-Townsend. Pictured2 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). FeaturSee Sold Price
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