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Artemis Gallery will hold its Charity Sale To Benefit Community Food Share Auction on Dec 25, 2021 1:00 PM GMT-6. Join them on Christmas Day for a very special fundraising auction to benefit Community Food Share, a Feeding America Food Bank that serves Boulder and Broomfield Counties in Colorado. 100% of the buyer's premium - of all lots sold - will be donated to Community Food Share. $1.00 provides 3 meals, which means that a winning bid of $100 will provide over 70 meals! In this image: Two 18th C. Spanish Colonial Polychrome Wood Cherubs. Estimate $5,000 - $7,500.
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Published Greek Gold Earrings w/ Garnet & Turquoise. Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 2nd to 1st century BCE. A dazzling pair of wearable 77% (equivalent to greater than 18K+) gold earrings with lovely inlays of translucent garnet in a rich hue of dark violet-red and turquoise from ancient Greece. Estimate $9,000 - $13,500.
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Impressive Prehistoric Anasazi Chaco Pottery Olla. Native American, Southwestern United States, Four Corners region, New Mexico, Chaco Canyon area, Pueblo I/II (Anasazi) period, ca. 900 to 1030 CE. A magnificent, massive pottery bowl presenting with a flat, circular base, a bulbous body, a narrow neck, and an annular rim. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000.
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8 Greek, 1 Mesopotamian, & 2 Roman Terracotta Votives. Near East, Mesopotamian (Babylonian or Sumerian), ca. 2200 to 1550 BCE; Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE; Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A wonderful collection of 11 mold-made, pottery votive fragments: 8 Greek Hellenistic, 2 Roman, and 1 Mesopotamian. Estimate $1,600 - $2,400.
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20th C. British 18th Hussars Sable Busby w/ Case. Western Europe, Great Britain, England, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful helmet known as a "busby" given to officers of the British 18th Hussars (also known as "Queen Mary's Own" Hussars). Estimate $1,200 - $1,800.
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16 Roman & Medieval Iron & Copper Tools & Silver Ring. Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE; Western Europe, Medieval to late Medieval period, ca. 11th to 16th century CE. This is a fine collection of 15 projectile points, tools, and other implements made from iron and leaded bronze, and a high-quality silver ring! Estimate $800 - $1,200.
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7 Holy Land Pottery Vessels - Lamps & 1 Jar, ex Bonhams. Ancient Near East, Bronze Age to Islamic period, ca. 2nd millennium BCE to 10th century CE. A beautiful collection of 7 pottery vessels: 3 glazed oil lamps, 3 non-glazed oil lamps, and 1 jar. Estimate $800 - $1,200.
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23 Roman Brass, Bronze, & Silver Spoons, Pins, & Tools. Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A large collection of 23 various tools and utensils made from 91.2% to 95.2% silver, brass, bronze, copper, and a combination of these as leaded alloys. Estimate $800 - $1,200.
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Early 20th C. Burkina Faso Wood Zoomorphic Stool. West Africa, Burkina Faso, Lobi peoples, ca. early 20th century. Skillfully carved from a single piece of hard wood with a deep, lustrous dark brown patina, a zoomorphic stool presenting an animal with a long, curved neck, a knobby head, two conical front legs, a third leg that appears to be bent behind or have a foot, and a tail that extends beyond the legs. Estimate $800 - $1,200.
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Four Viking Silver Temple Rings w/ Triangular Danglers. Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Viking / Viking Rus culture, ca. 800 to 1100 CE. A lovely ensemble of four 93% to 95% silver temple rings, each made from thick hammered silver wire hoops, with threadlike silver wire wrapped in two places and a triangular silver dangler suspended between them. Estimate $700 - $1,050.