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The Summer Marketplace | Ancient & Ethnographic auction hosted by Artemis Fine Arts features legally acquired artifacts spanning Pre-Columbian, Native American, tribal, and classical ancient art. Curated by Bob Dodge, the sale highlights pieces such as a Panamanian Coclé polychrome frutera, a Nayarit terracotta bedded figure, Maya ceremonial chert blades, and ancient fossils. In this image: Jean-Claude Picot Ceramic Plaque "Embarcadero…" (1984). Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000.

Two 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle Woodcut Leaves - Florence & Bamberg Views. Northern Europe, Holy Roman Empire, Germany, Nuremberg, ca. 1493 CE. A pair of incunable laid paper leaves from Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum, the celebrated Nuremberg Chronicle printed by Anton Koberger in 1493. One sheet unfurls a sweeping panorama of Florence, the Arno threading past walled quarters bristling with campaniles and the unmistakable swell of Brunelleschi's dome rising above terracotta rooftops, a small boat gliding in the foreground. Estimate: $1,600 - $2,250.

Lynn Heitler Painting - Abstraction (1979). Lynn Heitler (American, b. 1948). Oil on canvas, 1979. Signed and dated at lower right. A large-scale abstract painting by Lynn Heitler. This piece exemplifies Heitler's deep dive into abstraction that invites viewers to partake in pareidolia, a psychological phenomenon in which we humans perceive recognizable images in non-representational forms. Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000.

Two Ancient Costa Rican Terracotta Tripod Rattle Bowls - Zoomorphic Supports. Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 300–800 CE. A pair of pottery tripod rattle bowls, each raised on three hollow zoomorphic supports containing clay pellets that sound when the vessel is moved. The larger bowl stands on fish-form legs, each surmounted by a modeled armadillo-like creature, with applied decoration around the rim and twisted loop handles at the shoulder. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.

"Contemporary Art from Cuba" Exhibition Proofs (1998). 7 Hand-Signed Printers Proofs by Various Contemporary Cuban Artists - Pedro Alvarez, Carlos Estevez, Luis Gomez, Malaquias Montoya (Mujer Zapatista), Fernando Rodriguez (phones), Jose Angel Toirac (Fidel), Tonel (Antonio Eligio Fernandez). Original, hand-signed printer's proofs printed in conjunction with "Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island" at Arizona State University Museum. Estimate: $7,000 - $10,500.

Costa Rica Stone Metate & Mano - Corn Grinder. Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 300–1500 CE. A robust grinding set carved from dense volcanic stone, comprising an ovoid metate and its companion mano. The metate presents a broad, gently dished platform, its working surface worn smooth by generations of use, raised on sturdy legs that lift the tray at a comfortable slope. Estimate: $800 - $1,200.

Two 19th C. Russian Orthodox Icons - St. Panteleimon & Entry of the Theotokos. Eastern Europe, Russia, Russian Orthodox, ca. 1800–1899 CE. A pair of hand-painted devotional panels worked in egg tempera and gesso over wood, each preserving a distinct chapter of Orthodox veneration. Estimate: $800 - $1,200.

Mexican Full Dance Costume - Carved Wood Caiman Mask & Spiked Canvas Suit. Mexico, Nahua, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A full-body costume featuring a carved and painted wooden mask and a green painted canvas suit with carved wooden spikes attached across the back, torso, and limbs. The mask is boldly painted in green, red, and yellow, and rows of horn-like spikes matching those of the suit. Estimate: $800 - $1,200.

19th C. Native American Beaded Hide Moccasins - Zigzag Lane-Stitched. Native American, Western Plains, Sioux (Lakota), ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A pair of soft-sole hide moccasins, their toes and forefeet densely worked in lane-stitch glass seed beads arranged in cascading zigzag bands of green, white, cobalt, red, yellow, and sky blue.

Ancient Near Eastern Bronze Spearhead and Javelin Point. Near East, ca. 1200–800 BCE. Two ancient copper alloy implements. The first is a spearhead with a leaf-shaped blade, a raised central midrib, and a rounded shank for hafting. The second is a long, narrow projectile point of thick square section, tapering to a fine tip, with its tang bent into a hook at the end. Estimate: $600 - $900.