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Artemis Fine Arts is set to host an expansive Variety Sale starting on May 1, 2026, in Louisville, Colorado. This auction offers a wide-reaching selection of Pre-Columbian, Ethnographic, and Tribal art, alongside a diverse array of antiquities from Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, and Asian cultures. Collectors can also expect to find notable fossils and fine visual art throughout the catalog. Spanish Colonial Marquetry Box, Silver + Ivory Inlays. Estimate: $3,200 - $4,800.

Rare Ornithomimus Claw Fossil, Theropod Dinosaur. North America, Cretaceous period, ca. 75 million years ago. A fossilized claw from an Ornithomimus dinosaur, a feathered, winged dinosaur said to have resembled an ostrich recovered from the Cretaceous deposits of North America, that has provided new insights into dinosaur plumage as well as the origin of the avian wing. Estimate: $3,200 - $4,800.

Huge Gandharan Pottery Zoomorph Jar, TL Tested. Ancient Central Asia, Pakistan / Afghanistan, Indus Valley, Kushan Empire / Gandhara, ca. 410 CE. A wheel-formed pottery pot of an exceptionally large size that was used as a storage vessel. Painted on the surface are stylized horses, boars, and birds in hues of umber and black. Estimate: $3,200 - $4,800.

Large Knightia Fish Fossils 'Mass Mortality' Stone Slab. North America, United States, Wyoming, Green River Formation, Eocene Epoch, ca. 53.5 to 48.5 million years ago. A large limestone slab preserving a dense concentration of Knightia fish fossils, representing what is known as either a life assemblage or a mass mortality event. Such groupings occur when a school of fish died suddenly - often from events such as oxygen depletion or rapid environmental change - and were quickly buried in fine sediment. Estimate: $3,000 - $4,500.

Mexico Spanish Colonial Bronze Signal Cannon Thundermug. Mexico, Spanish Colonial culture, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. A cast bronze signal cannon or "thundermug" with a short cylindrical form and slightly flared base, its hollow chamber designed to hold small powder charges with a touch hole for ignition. The broad base provides stability, while the compact scale suggests portability. Estimate: $2,600 - $3,900.

Two Fossilized Hadrosaur Dinosaur Eggs. Eastern Asia, China, Henan Province, Late Cretaceous, ca. 100 to 65 million years ago. A pair of fossilized dinosaur eggs attributed to the Hadrosauridae family, commonly known as duck-billed dinosaurs. Estimate: $2,200 - $3,300.

Neoclassical 20kt Gold Cross with Inset Garnet. Western Europe, ca. 20th century CE. Lovely high karat gold cross in the Byzantine style. Equal-sized cross sections, a classic style used by early Greek and Byzantine artisans, each with scrolling motifs and deep red garnet set into center. Size: 1.125" W x 1.25" H (2.9 cm x 3.2 cm). Weighs 10.4 grams. Estimate: $2,200 - $3,300.

Fossilized Juvenile Oreodont Merycoidodontoidea Skull. North America, United States, Wyoming, White River Formation, ca. late Eocene to early Miocene period, ca. 35 to 5 million years ago. A fantastic, fossilized skull from a juvenile oreodont (Merycoidodontoidea) a prehistoric mammal that roamed across North America. This skull is beautifully preserved with white plaster on the interior cavities. Estimate: $1,800 - $2,700.

Two 19th C Italian Silver Devotional Feathers. Western Europe, southern Italy, ca. 19th century CE. A striking pair of hand-wrought silver feather appliques, the larger an elongated palm frond of sculptural presence and the smaller a curling plume, both crisply modeled with chased veins along a raised rachis. Estimate: $1,800 - $2,700.

2 Huari Humaya Style Polychrome Pottery Cups, TL Tested. Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A pair of hand-built Humaya style pottery cups, each formed with a broad flaring body rising from a small ring base. Both are decorated in red, white, and black slip pigments, creating bold vertical panels adorned with dotted and linear motifs. Estimate: $1,400 - $2,100.