This page of Native American Artifacts (MAB 167-178) introduces the next major grouping of collectibles to be added to our catalog from the extensive MAB collection...and it's long from being over folks! Stone artifacts from Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Texas and New Mexico; a copper money trade item found in Alaska; and an assortment of bone artifacts the historic old camps on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. Each photo in this group shows first our inventory numb... Click for details
Here's the last of the five points we have on consignment from the Rhonda Beck collection (RXB16). Although an attached tag has the notation "Cobb's" (and the inked words "Pope Co ILL" on the side of the blade itself), I believe this is an un-notched pre-form of the Tennessee River type due to the absence of the Cobb's characteristically beveled edges. The Tennessee River is an Early Archaic point dating c.7000-4000BC. Measuring 7" in length and, again, a Beck point that is virtually without dam... Click for details
After looking at this brown chert beauty (RXB.9), you may have already guessed that it indeed is another from the Rhonda Beck collection! Typed as a Dalton-Hemphill dating into the Early Archaic period, c.8000-7200BC, it measures 5 5/8" in length and is virtually flawless with an old, lightly inked notation on one side that reads "Hardin Co, ILL". Our fourth listed point from that collection (with one more to go), it comes with a certificate of authenticity by Calvin Howard, well known in the fi... Click for details
This is the second EB collection point (EB.1012) being newly offered and the last one before the entire remaining EB collection may be offered for sale. A classic semi-translucent (along its edge) to opaque gray agate Scott's Bluff I point, it measures 1 7/8" in length and dates into the Plains Paleo Period, c.10,000-8000 B.P. The point came from the old Scott collection that was assembled in the Wamsutter area of the Great Divide Basin in Sweetwater County of south central Wyoming during the mi... Click for details
Remember the fine points from the old Colorado collection prefixed with the letters EB? Well, here's the first of two additional pieces that are being offered from the same collection. This 4 5/8" long x 1" wide Agate Basin point (EB.1011) found in Kansas is the equal to another Agate Basin (RXB.1) that we have just listed. The pair are two of the finest of the type we've ever presented and this one comes with Cal Howard's certificate of authenticity also. Dating from the Transitional Paleo Peri... Click for details
The third great point (RXB.1) from the Rhonda Beck collection, this is a 4 1/2" long x 1 1/8" wide Agate Basin point in top condition. Dating into the Transitional Paleo to the Early Archaic Period, c.10,500-8000 B.P., it comes without specific provenance, but the stone type has been identified as High Ridge Burlington Chert by well known authenticator Calvin Howard. A stunning example of early man's stone knapping ability, it is presented in a Riker-style frame and comes with Howard's certifica... Click for details
Measuring 3 13/16" in length and 1 5/16" at its widest, this Paleo-Indian Clovis Point (RXB.6) dates c.18,000-10,600 B.P. and is the second top quality artifact we are offering from the Rhonda Beck collection. With a paper tag marked "Obion Co., TN" (located in the extreme northwest county of the state), this black beauty exhibits a subtle brownish-red variegation on its tagged side. In excellent condition, and the second Beck collection point we'd grade at the top, the rock type from which the... Click for details
This dynamite blade (RXB.4) is from the Rhonda Beck collection. The banded rock has been identified as Harrison County chert, a stone type used in Adena blade production in the Ohio Valley area in the northeastern quadrant of the U.S. Dating c.4000-2500 B.P., and measuring 6 1/2" in length and 1 15/16" at its maximum width, the gracefully shaped knife is intact with virtually no damage....as close to a 10 as one would hope to find. Cal Howard, who authenticated the blade, said it was one of the ... Click for details
This large collection of authentic Native American artifacts (CP series) was assembled by Conrad Preston and his father through many decades of dedicated hunting while working on the family farm in the eastern part of South Dakota. Ranging in age from Paleo-Indian into the Historic, all of those shown in the photos numbered 1-48 are Elmer-glued to new glass-fronted picture frames that range in size from 6 "x 8" to 10" x 12". A traditional ruler shown on the left side of each frame provides a gui... Click for details
This 2 5/8” long, edge-translucent tan chalcedony Paleo-Indian dart point (CAH100), typed as a Hell Gap dating c.10,300-9,500BP, was found near Driftwood Creek, a tributary of the Republican River in Hitchcock County, Nebraska. From the collection of Cal Howard, highly respected and nationally recognized authenticator, the point is in overall very good condition with a few small usage nicks along its forward edges and a small ding on one basal corner. With an excellent patina on the surface that... Click for details
