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Artemis Gallery will hold its VARIETY SALE | Ancient, Asian, Ethnographic Auction on Feb 03, 2022 9:00 AM GMT-6. Join them for their first sale of February with a spotlight on two fabulous collections, one from Lumberton, Texas, and the other from Whisnant Gallery in New Orleans. These collections feature items from around the world, including Classical, Chinese, Southeast Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, 20th century North American, European, and more. In this image: 19th C. Chinese Qing Wood Corbels w/ Money Toad. Estimate $4,500 - $6,500.
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Fine Olmec Greenstone Crouching Figure. Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 1000 BCE. An exemplary Olmec figure, finely carved from a rich greenstone of mottled hues of midnight green, viridian, and black with natural inclusions in shades of cream and caramel. Estimate $3,500 - $5,000.
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Large Triassic Petrified Wood Slab (Arizonan). A massive and gorgeous slab of fossilized or petrified tree trunk sliced crossways and highly polished on one of the planar faces to showcase the broad interior rings of the tree - beautiful and astoundingly colorful! Estimate $3,600 - $5,400.
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Rare US 1917 Washington Postal Stamp Sheet Double Error. North America, United States, ca. 1917 CE. A rare block of 100 US issued 2 cent Washington red dye stamps from the #7942 error plate with a perforation gauge of 11. Estimate $3,000 - $4,500.
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Fine / Complete Hallstatt Bronze Age Bronze Belt. Central Europe (Germany, Austria), Hallstatt Culture, ca. 1000 to 700 BCE. A beautiful bronze belt, composed of dozens of identical cast bronze pieces, each with a series of hemispherical forms interspersed with thin bars. Estimate $2,800 - $5,000.
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Large Fossilized North American Oreodont Skull. North America, Western United States, likely Wyoming, White River Formation, late Eocene to early Miocene period, ca. 46 to 16 million years ago. A fossilized skull from an oreodont (Merycoidodon), a prehistoric mammal that roamed across North America. Estimate $2,400 - $3,600.
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Moche Pottery Lizard Stirrup Vessel, TL Tested. Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A delightful bi-chrome stirrup vessel in the form of an iguana. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000.
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Rare & Large Mastodon Rib Bone Fossil. North America, found in New Jersey, early Pliocene to end of the Pleistocene, Ice Age, ca. 5 million to 11,000 years old. A magnificent relic of the prehistoric world: a massive, fossilized rib bone from the extinct mastodon - Mammut americanum. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000.
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Neoclassical Gold Ring w/ Carnelian Intaglio, Othryades. Western Europe, Neoclassical Period, ca. 19th century CE. A spectacular carnelian intaglio of rectangular form skillfully hand-carved with a reclining male soldier, likely Othryades, writing on his shield and set in a gold ring. Estimate $1,600 - $2,500.
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Charming Colima Redware Effigy Dog Vessel. Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished redware pottery vessel in the shape of an adorable dog. Estimate $1,500 - $2,250.