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This Variety Sale hosted by Artemis Fine Arts on November 21, 2025, presents a truly global collecting opportunity spanning millennia of human history and art. The Louisville, Colorado, auction house is offering a vast array of genres, including rare Pre-Columbian, Native American, and Tribal works alongside significant Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman antiquities. The sale further expands into Near Eastern and Asian Fine Art, creating a single, wide-ranging catalog that appeals to diverse collectors. In this image: 2nd C. Gandharan Schist Relief - Buddha's Conversion of Nanda. Estimate $4,500-$6,500.

French Chambly Arlequin Sterling Silver Flatware 69 pcs. Western Europe, France, ca. late 20th to 21st century CE. This collection features 69 pieces of sterling silver-plated flatware and cutlery from the renowned French Chambly Arlequin Silver Tableware, a perfect addition for collectors and those seeking quality craftsmanship. Estimate $7,500-$11,250.

1875-S $20 Liberty Head Double Eagle Coin, 90% Gold. United States, ca. 1875 CE. An impressive $20 Liberty Head double eagle reeded edge gold coin, struck in 90% gold, equivalent to over 21K! The obverse displays Liberty facing left, her hair bound with pearls and a coronet inscribed LIBERTY, surrounded by thirteen stars representing the original colonies and the date 1875 below. Estimate $4,500-$5,500.

Thelma Weresh Bronze Sculptures - "Man" & "Woman". Thelma Weresh (American, 1919-2016). "Man" bronze, n.d. Edition 1 of 6, signed & numbered on right foot. "Woman" bronze, n.d. Edition 1 of 6, signed & numbered on back hemline. An extraordinary pair of bronze sculptures by Thelma Weresh, co-founder of the Loveland Invitational Sculpture Show. Estimate $7,500-$10,750.

Chinese Mammoth Ivory Zodiac Animals Sculpture. East Asia, China, ca. mid to late-20th century CE. A striking mammoth ivory tusk fragment intricately carved with the full cycle of zodiac animals, each figure rendered in lively detail including the dragon, horse, rabbit, and rat among others. Estimate $5,500-$11,250.

Gordon Coutts Painting - Two Tethered Horses. Gordon Coutts (Scottish, 1868-1937). Oil on canvas, n.d. A beautiful painting by Scottish artist Gordon Coutts featuring a charming view of two horses tethered before a colonnaded edifice furnished with a Spanish tile roof in the evening hours. Warm lamplight glows through a lattice window to the right, and a vermilion glow radiates from an archway to the left that houses a pair of pottery vessels on a low stoop. Estimate $5,000-$7,500.

1890s Belgian Ottoman Export Clement 'Colt' Revolver. Western Europe / Ottoman Empire, Belgium, ca. 1890s. A fascinating intersection of Belgian firearms manufacture and Ottoman customization - a fine carbon steel Colt-type revolver made for export and displaying multiple Belgian proof marks. The pistol's six-shot cylinder and frame are etched with scrolling motifs, and the grip is mounted with bone panels incised with circles. Estimate $4,000-$6,000.

Wearable Viking Electrum 17K Gold Ring, Triangle Motifs. Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Viking or Norse Culture, ca. 8th to 10th century CE. A lovely electrum ring, crafted from a high-purity gold and silver alloy with a gold content of 70.4% (equivalent to 17K) and over 20% silver. The surface is decorated with stamped triangular and raised pellet motifs arranged along a central raised ridge. Estimate $3,600-$5,400.

Rare Egyptian Pottery Hippopotamus, ex-Bonhams. Ancient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 13th Dynasty, ca. 2130 to 1650 BCE. An exceedingly rare, hand-built pottery hippopotamus figure standing upon a quartet of sturdy legs atop an integral rectangular plinth. The stocky body leans just slightly over the front feet while a tapered, conical head exhibits minimalist facial features and the bases of both ears. Size: 4.8" L x 2.2" W x 3.2" H (12.2 cm x 5.6 cm x 8.1 cm) Estimate $3,200-$4,800.

6th C. Merovingian Gold Ring w/ Crown Head - 21K+. Western Europe, Merovingian Kingdom, ca. 6th century CE. A gold ring like a sun caught in a coronet, this early medieval treasure dazzles with the quiet confidence of a kingdom on the rise. Its head rises in a domed, almost crown-like form, as if made to signal power in an age of shifting fortunes and ambitious chieftains. Estimate $3,000-$4,500.