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On June 25, 2026, Artemis Fine Arts invites collectors to step into the past with an extraordinary auction of globally sourced artifacts and fine art. Broadcasting live from Boulder, Colorado, this curated sale features exceptional masterpieces from Pre-Columbian, Native American, and Tribal traditions, alongside rare fossils and foundational works from classical Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, and Asia. Taino Stone Ceremonial Axe - Monkey Effigy, Dominican Republic. Estimate: $1,300 - $1,900.

Colonial Andean Silver Tupu Pins - Set of Three. South America, Andean region, post-Conquest period, ca. 16th century CE. A refined trio of silver tupu pins, each forged with broad, paddle-shaped heads and slender shafts, like flattened spoons, and pierced near the center to accommodate suspended charms or ornaments. Estimate: $1,600 - $2,400.

Chinese Ming Wooden Sculpture of Taoist Attendant. East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 16th to 17th century CE. A large and finely carved wooden sculpture depicting a Taoist attendant, seated regally atop a high, backless pedestal. With both hands positioned at the center of the chest - symbolically at the heart - suggesting her role as an attendant to a Taoist priest or official. Estimate: $1,600 - $2,400.

Pre-Columbian Taino Carved Speleothem Zemi - Conical Cemi Idol. Pre-Columbian, Caribbean, Taino, ca. 1000–1500 CE. A tapering conical zemi worked from a pale calcite speleothem, its surface drawn from the slow drip of cave waters and then disciplined by the hand of a Taino carver. Estimate: $1,400 - $2,000.

Group of 15 Ancient Holy Land Pottery Vessels. Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Iron Age to Roman Period, ca. 1200 BCE to 300 CE. A diverse group of fifteen pottery vessels from the Holy Land, spanning centuries of daily use and cultural continuity across the ancient Near East. This assemblage comprises a variety of pitcher and jug forms, ranging from slender, elongated bodies with sharply pointed bases to broad, globular examples with short necks and sturdy handles. Estimate: $2,000 - $3,500.

Hadrosaur Fossil Vertebra, Hell Creek Formation — Late Cretaceous. United States, Montana or Wyoming, Hell Creek Formation, Late Cretaceous. Ca. 100,000,000 - 66,000,000 BCE. Huge fossilized vertebrae of a equally massive beast. Deep brown spool-shaped spinal bone with flanges to each side. This was certainly a creature like Edmontosaur or other huge herbivore. Size: 12" W x 10" H x 11" D (30.5 cm W x 25.4 cm H x 27.9 cm D). Estimate: $1,600 - $2,250.

20th C. Indonesian Brass Buddha Grouping - 16 Figures on Tiered Stand. Southeast Asia, Indonesia, ca. 1900–1999 CE. A congregation of sixteen cast brass Buddhas ascends a stepped wooden platform, each figure seated in meditative repose upon its own pedestal block. Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800.

Taino Greenstone Serpent Vomit Spatula. Pre-Columbian, Dominican Republic, Taino, ca. 1000–1500 CE. A finely worked greenstone implement carved into the sinuous form of a serpent, its tapered body polished to a deep mottled green and its head modeled with rounded snout, parted lips, and lentoid eyes that gaze forward in serene alertness. Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800.

17th C. Spanish Walnut Coffer - Mudejar Lid & Plateresque Body. Western Europe, Iberian Peninsula, Spain, Mudejar and Plateresque traditions, ca. 1575–1699 CE. A lid of compass-drawn lacery crowns this walnut coffer, its surface a close lattice of interlocking circles resolving into six-petaled rosettes and quatrefoils, the whole bound within a beaded border set with carved roundels. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.

1864 Civil War Union Army Double Bag Knapsack, Inspector Marked. Ca. 1850 - 1900 CE. United States, northeastern US, Union Army, Civil War era. Great example of the standard issue double bag knapsack constructed of painted canvas and retaining all original buckles and straps. Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800.