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Two Grey Hills rugs, named for a former trading post in northwest New Mexico, are typically woven with handspun wool in natural colors. This example is 39 1/2 inches wide by 51 1/2 inches long. Image courtesy Old Barn Auction.

Relics rain from seasoned collections at Old Barn Auction, Sept. 19

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

Two Grey Hills rugs, named for a former trading post in northwest New Mexico, are typically woven with handspun wool in natural colors. This example is 39 1/2 inches wide by 51 1/2 inches long. Image courtesy Old Barn Auction.
Two Grey Hills rugs, named for a former trading post in northwest New Mexico, are typically woven with handspun wool in natural colors. This example is 39 1/2 inches wide by 51 1/2 inches long. Image courtesy Old Barn Auction.
FINDLAY, Ohio – Old Barn Auction will present a Prehistoric and Historic Artifact Auction on Sept. 19 that will feature items from many prominent collections. The 668-lot sale will contain pieces of interest to both advanced and novice collectors, notes auctioneer Jan Sorgenfrei. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

The auction will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern. Crossing the auction block during the first hour of the sale will be a 5 1/4-inch banded slate winged bannerstone, ex Stevens Knoblock Collection. This fine specimen is pictured in Byron W. Knoblock’s book Banner-Stones of the North American Indian and has an old tag that reads, “Clinton Co., Kentucky, found 5-7-28.”

A 5 1/8-inch thin slate butterfly bannerstone found in adjacent Wyandot County, Ohio, will be sold during the second hour of the auction.

Another fine example is a 2 1/4-inch rose quartz bannerstone, ex Meuser Collection, which was found along the Tuscarawas River, three miles north of Bolivar, in Stark County, Ohio. Preliminary bidding has been active on this rare item.

Bidding has also been active on a 4 5/8-inch Glacial Kame birdstone found in the 1940s in Lorain County, Ohio. This fine piece is comes from the auctioneer’s collection.

Paleo fluted points include a 3 7/8-inch-long example with traces of red ochre, ex Wachtel Collection, which was reportedly found along the Ohio River in Clermont County, Ohio, in the early 1900s. A 3 1/4-inch copper fluted Paleo point, which was discovered in a box of common arrowheads in Wisconsin, has attracted multiple preliminary bids.

A Great Lakes spontoon head, a pike-like instrument, with its original 20-inch-long wooden handle is definitely a sale highlight, said Sorgenfrei. It dates to the 1870s.

Numerous Navajo rugs are offered in the auction. Preliminary bidding has been active for a Crystal Navajo rug measuring 39 1/2 by 51 1/2 inches and a Two Grey Hills rug measuring 84 by 54 inches.

For details on these and other lots phone 419-422-8531.

View the fully illustrated catalogs and sign up to bid absentee or live via the Internet during the sale at www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

Click here to view Old Barn Auction’s complete catalog.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

A row of small brass tacks decorates the handle of this 19th-century Great Lakes spontoon. The head is 9 1/4 inches long. Image courtesy Old Barn Auction.
A row of small brass tacks decorates the handle of this 19th-century Great Lakes spontoon. The head is 9 1/4 inches long. Image courtesy Old Barn Auction.

The old label on this banded slate winged bannerstone indicates it was discovered July 7, 1928 in Clinton County, Ky. Image courtesy Old Barn Auction.
The old label on this banded slate winged bannerstone indicates it was discovered July 7, 1928 in Clinton County, Ky. Image courtesy Old Barn Auction.

Found in Wyandot County in northern Ohio, this exceptionally thin slate butterfly bannerstone is in excellent condition . Image courtesy Old Barn Auction.
Found in Wyandot County in northern Ohio, this exceptionally thin slate butterfly bannerstone is in excellent condition . Image courtesy Old Barn Auction.

A Wakefield, Ohio, man found this 4 5/8-inch Glacial Kame birdstone in the 1940s. It will be featured in an upcoming issue of ‘Prehistoric American,' the journal of the Genuine Indian Relic Society. Image courtesy Old Barn Auction.
A Wakefield, Ohio, man found this 4 5/8-inch Glacial Kame birdstone in the 1940s. It will be featured in an upcoming issue of ‘Prehistoric American,’ the journal of the Genuine Indian Relic Society. Image courtesy Old Barn Auction.

Bidding has been heavy on this 5 3/8-inch Burlington chert Gary point, ex Ollie Skrivanie Collection. It comes with a certificate of authenticity from Tom Davis, a leading authenticator from Stanton, Ky. Image courtesy Old Barn Auction.
Bidding has been heavy on this 5 3/8-inch Burlington chert Gary point, ex Ollie Skrivanie Collection. It comes with a certificate of authenticity from Tom Davis, a leading authenticator from Stanton, Ky. Image courtesy Old Barn Auction.