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Step into a world of ancient history and cross-cultural artistry with Artemis Fine Arts' upcoming sale, curated by expert Bob Dodge. Bidding opens live on September 4, 2026, at 9:00 AM GMT-6 from Louisville, Colorado, featuring an exceptional selection of legally acquired Native American, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Oceanic, and Classical antiquities, alongside rare fossils and fine ethnographic art. Every piece carries verified provenance, offering collectors a secure, vetted opportunity to own a tangible piece of human and natural history. Saber-Toothed Tiger Fossil Skull, Late Miocene Estimate: $37,500 - $55,000.

Louis Vuitton Capucines BB Navy Blue Crocodile Full Set. Europe, France, Louis Vuitton, ca. 2021 CE or later. A compact Capucines Mini handbag crafted in lustrous crocodilien (alligator) leather, distinguished by the natural sheen and pattern of its deep navy hide. The structured silhouette features a single top handle, detachable shoulder strap, and a flap that can be styled two ways - folded inward to reveal the LV initials or outward to display the Monogram Flower. Estimate: $18,000 - $27,000.

Mimbres Black-on-White Pottery Bowl - Standing Woman, Kill Hole. Native American, Southwestern United States, New Mexico, Mimbres Valley. A rare and important hemispherical black-on-white pottery bowl featuring a finely painted figural composition centered within the interior basin. The bowl is slipped in a soft white and bordered by two thin black bands encircling the rim, while the exterior is left plain, emphasizing the interior imagery. Estimate: $19,000 - $28,500.

Supreme Mini Bike Box Logo Red Coleman CT200U SS17 Gas-Powered Collectible. North America, United States, Supreme (streetwear brand); manufactured China, Chongqing Huansong. A gas-powered mini bike finished in Supreme's signature red, a collaborative object that drags the box-logo grammar of skate-culture streetwear into the realm of the internal-combustion engine. Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000.

Rare Anasazi Mimbres Coral Animal Effigy Carving. Native American / Pre-Columbian, Southwestern United States / Northern Mexico, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A carved fossil coral figure depicting a rotund animal form with a compact body and short legs. Estimate: $7,000 - $10,500.

Huari Feathered False Head for Mummy Bundle. Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari (Wari). A face assembled entirely from feathers gazes out from beneath a gauze veil: this is a falsa cabeza, the false head that crowned an Andean mummy bundle. Bands of scarlet, cream, and gold plumage form the cheeks and brow, black feather lozenges mark the eyes, and a separately stuffed bundle sheathed in iridescent blue feathers is sewn on as the nose. Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000.

Salado Tonto Polychrome Olla w/ Scrolls & Interlocking Frets. Native American, Salado, Tonto Polychrome. A broad-shouldered earthenware olla whose painted architecture wraps the vessel in two registers: a shoulder band of bold interlocking frets in black and red on a white slip, and a lower frieze of running scrolls punctuated by solid diamonds and framed by sawtooth borders. Estimate: $3,500 - $5,000.

1683 Armorial Chest, Stuart Royal Arms, Iron-Mounted Hide. Western Europe, ca. 17th century CE. armorial chest, its wooden body covered in hide and mounted with wrought-iron strap hinges, side ring handles, and corner reinforcements. The arched lid and front are bordered with rows of domed brass tacks forming the date "1683." The slanted body profile was designed to display the interior painting when opened. Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000.

Mojave Netted Beadwork Collar, Glass Beads. Native American, Southwestern United States, Mojave. Native American, Southwestern United States, Mojave, ca. mid-20th century CE. A netted beadwork collar worked in cobalt-blue and opaque white glass seed beads, fanning from a fitted neckline into a wide capelet. Estimate: $3,000 - $4,500.

Brian Hamill (American, XX-XXI). Arms Folded John Lennon, The Dakota Rooftop, New York. Pigment print, February 1975. Edition 9 of 25. Signed and numbered in pencil at lower right, also on verso. This limited-edition photograph of John Lennon on the rooftop of the Dakota, where he lived with Yoko Ono, was taken by photographer Brian Hamill—brother of actor Mark Hamill—in 1975.