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Artemis Fine Arts is set to host an expansive Variety Sale starting on May 1, 2026, in Louisville, Colorado. This auction offers a wide-reaching selection of Pre-Columbian, Ethnographic, and Tribal art, alongside a diverse array of antiquities from Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, and Asian cultures. Collectors can also expect to find notable fossils and fine visual art throughout the catalog. In this image: Large Ordovician Trilobite (Burmeisterella), Morocco. Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000.

18th C. Russian Silvered Icon - "The Unexpected Joy". Eastern Europe, Russia, Orthodox Church, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A compelling Russian Orthodox icon depicting the miracle of "The Unexpected Joy," rendered in egg tempera and gesso on wood with areas of silvered and coppered decoration. The composition presents the well known devotional narrative in which a sinful man kneels in prayer before an icon of the Virgin and Child, only to witness the Christ Child bearing visible wounds. Estimate: $1,500 - $2,250.

Dinosaur Edmontosaurus Jaw Segment & Tooth Structure. North America, Western United states, Wyoming, Lance Formation, Late Cretaceous 69 to 66 million years ago. A fossilized Edmontosaurus dinosaur jaw section displaying tightly packed vertical tooth batteries, with worn grinding surfaces characteristic of herbivorous feeding. Edmontosaurus was a large hadrosaur, or "duck-billed" dinosaur, known for its broad snout and highly efficient plant-processing teeth. Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800.

Two Large Maya Knapped Chert Ceremonial Blades. Pre-Columbian, Belize, Maya culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A pair of large chert ceremonial blades, each flaked in uniface form with broad triangular profiles and tapered points. Both show bold percussion scars and intentional shaping along the edges, with narrowed necks suited for hafting or gripping. Size: 8.6" L x 2.8" W (21.8 cm x 7.1 cm) Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800.

2 Yuan & Ming Celadon Bowls - Twin Fish & Lotus Motifs. East Asia, China, Longquan kilns, Yuan Dynasty, ca. 13th to 14th century CE; Ming Dynasty, ca. 14th to 17th century CE. A scholarly pair of celadon-glazed bowls: the larger a Ming dish with an elegant lotus-barbed rim and a soft underglaze floral scroll, the smaller a Yuan example centered by the classic molded twin-fish medallion, each bathed in the spectrum of Longquan greens from cool sea-green to brownish-olive, their raised motifs subtly revealed where the glaze thins to produce a gentle relief. Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800.

Mississippian Pottery Duck Effigy Bow. Native American, Southeastern United States, Mississippian culture, ca. 900 to 1500 CE. A charming and sculptural pottery bowl shaped in the form of a waterfowl captures the quiet elegance of Mississippian ceramic artistry. The vessel is modeled as a rounded duck body, its curved neck and head rising gracefully from the rim to serve as a natural handle or sculptural accent, while a small projecting tail balances the composition on the opposite side. Estimate: $1,100 - $1,650.

"Fort Ancient" Chlorite Human Effigy Pipe - Shell Inlay. Native American, Midwestern United States, Ohio Valley, Fort Ancient Culture, ca. 1000 to 1600 CE. Carved from chlorite schist in the compact vertical-bowl form characteristic of Late Prehistoric Ohio Valley pipe-making, this diminutive effigy presents a boldly abstracted human face, its planar geometry anchored by three drilled sockets, two of which retain their original shell inlays while the third sits vacant, a small lacuna that only deepens the object's sense of accumulated time. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.

Mississippian Stone Effigy Pipe - Fish Form. Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 900 to 1500 CE. A finely carved stone effigy pipe in the form of a fish, its elongated body tapering to a blunt tail while the head is rendered with a rounded snout and incised eye, the surface animated by lightly engraved motifs that may suggest fins or scales. Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000.

Maps & Pages from 1812 Napoleon Russia Campaign Book. Western Europe, England & France, ca. early to mid 19th century CE. A collection of paper documents relating to Napoleon's 1812 campaign and the dramatic advance to and retreat from Moscow. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.

Large Jalisco Polychrome Bound Figural Bed Scene. Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A rare and quietly unsettling figural composition, this Jalisco ceramic sculpture captures an intimate and possibly ritualized moment rendered in the region's distinctive shaft tomb tradition. The terracotta group is formed as a low rectangular bed supported by four stout legs, its surface enclosed at either end by two thick, arched structures that rise like protective canopies. Estimate: $900 - $1,350.