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Artemis Gallery is bringing the season to a close with its Timed End of Summer Marketplace Auction, offering 495 lots spanning antiquities, ethnographic and Indigenous artifacts, Asian art, fine art, collectibles, jewelry, furniture, and more. Closing August 31, the wide-ranging sale presents collectors with works and objects from cultures and periods across the globe, from ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman material to Asian antiques and modern and contemporary art. Large Italian Deruta Maiolica Tureen & Gravy Boat. Estimate: $600 - $900.

Early 20th C. U.S. Stamp Album, ~150 Stamps & Covers. United States, ca. early to mid-20th century. A three-ring binder album containing several pages of collected United States postage stamps, including assorted early issues with cancellation marks and used examples, arranged in glassine envelopes and album pages. Approximately 150 stamps total. The group also includes several postmarked envelopes dating to 1918 and later, addressed and mailed within the United States. Size: 11.5" L x 10" W (29.2 cm x 25.4 cm) Estimate: $700 - $1,050.

Alena Vavilina Painting - "Golden Cherry". Alena Vavilina (b. Russia, b. 1986). "Golden Cherry" mixed media: gold foil and acrylic on paper, n.d. Signed "A.V." at lower right. A beautiful composition by award winning contemporary artist Alena Vavilina depicting 9 scarlet-red cherries, painstakingly outlines in gold leaf atop black paper. Estimate: $600 - $900.

Five Ancient Hopewell Culture Cached Chert Blade Tools. Native American, Midwestern United States, likely Ohio, Hopewell / Mound Builder culture, ca. 100 to 400 CE. A group of five chert blade tools knapped from cream and pale pink stones. Each presents a broad, bifacially worked form with visible flake scars and carefully shaped cutting edges. Size: 4.8" L x 2.5" W (12.2 cm x 6.4 cm) Estimate: $600 - $900.

Afghan Pillowcase & Swat Valley Silk Embroidery Textile. Central Asia, Afghanistan & Pakistan, Swat Valley, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A pair of colorful embroidered textiles consisting of one elongated pillow case and one square tapestry panel. Estimate: $500 - $750.

Cheryl Browder Painting - "Ohio Valley". Cheryl Browder (American, active XX-XXI). "Ohio Valley" oil on canvas board, 2000. Signed at lower right and titled and dated on verso. In "Ohio Valley," Cheryl Browder captures the expansive calm of the Gunnison County landscape with a clarity that mirrors her deep connection to Colorado's open spaces. Under a sky filled with drifting clouds, the distant blue mountains rise gently beyond fields of amber and green, where the late-summer light spreads in soft gradations across the land. Estimate: $500 - $750.

Mid-19th C. Swiss Tabletop 8-Airs Music Box. Western Europe, Switzerland, ca. mid-19th century CE. A wonderful 8-tune brass cylinder music box constructed from rosewood with 35 steel teeth, on/off and change/repeat switches, and an original tune card on the underside of the lid. Wound via crank lever. Estimate: $450 - $675.

Framed African Kirdi Beaded Modesty Apron Cowrie Fringe. West Africa, Cameroon, Bana Guili (Kirdi) peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A vibrant beaded modesty apron (dibul kouana), composed of multicolored glass seed beads strung on cotton fiber, with strands of cowrie shells suspended from the lower edge. Each shell dangles from a hand-twisted cord topped with a small glass barrel bead. Estimate: $600 - $900.

Mississippian Caddo Pottery Bowl - Incised Band. Native American, North America, Mississippian, Caddo culture, ca. 900 to 1400 CE. A finely balanced and impressively intact Caddo pottery bowl of rounded form, its burnished surface encircled by a continuous band of softly incised geometric motifs that rhythmically articulate the vessel's shoulder and reflect the refined ceramic traditions of the Mississippian world. Size: 8.5" Diameter x 4" H (21.6 cm x 10.2 cm) Estimate: $700 - $1,050.

Chinese Nephrite Jade Huang Pendant w/ Abstact Animals. East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th century CE. This nephrite jade huang pendant features a thick, slightly curved band with notches at each end for suspension. The ends are intricately carved into abstract animal heads, and the surface is adorned with scrolling motifs. Estimate: $500 - $750.