Artemis Gallery will hold its
Fauna, Flora, Stones & Bones
sale on Jul 05, 2022 11:00 AM CDT. Join them for a very special auction featuring fabulous fossils, rare and unique depictions of fauna and flora, and everything in between! From petrified wood, and marble to Victorian era jewelry and Fine Art, this is one you won't want to miss! Rare Dinosaur Nursery w/ 5 Juvenile Psittocosaurs. Estimate $27,000 - $40,500.
Olmec Volcanic Stone Tenon - Cuboid Form w/ Face
. Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 600 BCE. An impressive tenon of sizable form, skillfully hand-carved from porous volcanic stone of any earthy gray hue. Estimate $25,000 - $37,500.
Fossilized Saber Cat Skull - Amphimachairodus Giganteus
. Eurasia, Late Miocene, ca. 9.5 to 5.3 million years ago. Meow, wow! This is an incredible fossilized skull from a gigantic prehistoric sabretooth feline fittingly known as Amphimachairodus giganteus! Estimate $17,000 - $25,000.
Massive Teotihuacan Aztec Stone Zoomorph Water Spout
. Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan to early Aztec culture, ca. 600 to 1400 CE. This is a superb volcanic rock carving of a recumbent dog-like or jaguar creature, with a shallow groove or water channel down its spine and an opening spout in the mouth. Estimate $11,000 - $16,500.
Amazing Fossilized Indiana Crinoids & Stems in Matrix
. North America, Midwestern United States, Indiana, Crawfordsville, lower Mississippian, ca. 345 million years ago. This is an outstanding fossil formation on a gray stone containing approximately 11 different crinoid crowns and several pieces of stems! Estimate $6,000 - $9,000.
18th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Garamut Drum, C-14 Tested
. Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik region, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A large hand-carved wooden section from a garamut drum with intricate patterns on the exterior face. Estimate $6,000 - $9,000.
Fossilized Apatosaurus Dinosaur Coracoid Bones (pr)
. North America, Western United States, Morrison Formation, Late Jurassic Period, ca. 152 to 145 million years ago. This is an incredible pair of fossilized bones from a massive Apatosaurus, an herbivorous dinosaur! Estimate $6,000 - $9,000.
Rare Egyptian Faience Hippopotamus Pendant
. Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 664 BCE. An extremely rare and desirable pendant depicting a hippopotamus as it grazes on the lush vegetation beneath it. Estimate $5,000 - $7,500.
Huari Polychrome Camelid Four Corner Hat
. Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Huari (Wari), ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A beautiful four cornered hat from the Huari culture made of low pile camelid (llama or alpaca) fiber that is brightly dyed. Estimate $4,500 - $6,750
Mississippian Pottery Bowl Two Zoomorphic Heads TL'd
. Native American, Tennessee, Mississippian, ca. 1160 to 1400 CE. A lovely pottery vessel in a hue of deep grey with a flat, circular base and thick walls that rise to an annular rim. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
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