Green glass flask is Roman and dates to about 200 BC to 200 AD. The piece appears to be perfect. 1 ½” by 4 5/8” high. $275.

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Excellent Northwest Coast maul of green basalt is 3” by 9 ¼.” Formerly in the Frank Morast collection, it bears his number: 1980-158. I bought it from Gene Johns about 1990, and he said it was from the Columbia River basin. Well-balanced mauls like this one are seldom offered. $3,500.

A large, fine unifacial scraper or knife from France that measures 1 5/8” by 3.” Light gray flint. Serrated edge on one side. On the flat side, in ink, are “AU-70 20/161” and the word “France.” $30.

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Group of 13 scrapers, mostly unifacial, with some of gem material, from South Dakota. $10 for all.

This Mayan eccentric of light and dark gray agate may represent a sun disk. 2 1/2” across. Translucent. Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala. $200.

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This Mayan starfish or star is the only one I’ve ever seen. Appears to be heavily patinated chert. 3 1/2” Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala. $275.

Deeply scooped undrilled boatstone or “shot cup” of green steatite is a very scarce relic. Unlike those pictured in Lutz’s bannerstone book, this one has a curved bottom. Amazingly thin walled, this piece is 2” by 1 5/8” deep. Old tag says it was found in Cherokee Co., N.C. $1,250.

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A fine polished bone hairpin found in Indiana many years ago. $1,000. Very rare relic. Appears to be perfect but may have light restoration.

This heavy strand of Dutch trade beads likely hails from New York State. The strand is 26” long and the beads, mostly clear and dark blue, are in very good condition. $375.

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Effigy mace head of pale green quartzite is fashioned into a parrot ‘s head atop a ball. Very showy and rare. 4 ¼.” Costa Rica. $1,200.

Pictured are two baccula from the Feurt site in Scioto County , OH , one grooved and the other drilled. The grooved one is 3,” the drilled one 2 ½.” These penis bones apparently were worn as talismans around the neck. The grooved one is $75, the drilled one $100.

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Orange alabaster stone vessel from Egypt’s Third Intermediate Period, 1085 – 715 BC, is 3 ¾” high and 3 1/8” across the flared lip. Wonderfully translucent. Some restoration but the piece is substantially intact. Comes with a COA from the Sadigh Gallery in New York. $485.

I have four strands of white glass seed beads traded to the Indians and found in Stokes Co., N.C. Strands, restrung on fishing line, are approx. 24’’ long. These make great borders for frames of points. $65 a strand.

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Group of five antler flaking tools at a rock shelter in Robertson County, TN. Ex-Olie Miller. You can have all five for $100 or take your choice at $25 apiece.

Basalt implement of unfamiliar use to me, but the picture should help give you ideas. Found in Hawaii, according to my notes, and pre-1700. Base is rocker shape, and there is a groove the length of the piece. The “top” also is grooved. For those of you attempting to collect a relic from every state, you know this is a tough one. $90.

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I have several strands of colorful glass seed beads found by a friend in the late 1960s on the old Macadoo Weisner property on the Lee/Macon County border in Alabama. It’s the Old Talasi or Townhouse Hill site. The beads likely were traded to Indian refugees who settled at Townhouse Hill after the Red Sticks War, dating them to about 1814. $60 per 24” strand.

This lengthy (42”) strand of pierced squirrel scapulae is in wonderful condition. Rarely seen this fine, this necklace must have belonged to a high-status Indian. Wythe Co., Va. In my collection for some 20 years. $900.

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This pretty boatstone is of the flat-bottomed variety, with no crease or groove across the top. 1 ¼” by 2 7/8.” Gray gabbro. I believe. This has been in my collection since 1993. Also collected by Sam Wasion and B.W. Stephens (BO-20). Yell Co. , AR. $1,000.

Large Scorpion effigy knapped by
the Maya for ritualistic use. Large one at 4 ¼.” Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala. $300.

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Large, highly polished limestone grooved plummet is 3 1/8” long, and the old writing on the piece says it was found in Portage Co., OH. Various other writing suggest it was in a few old time collections. Ex-Ervin Perin. $975.

Mayan effigy of a cave entrance to the underworld – looks like the letter C – was found in Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala. Off-white, translucent agate. 2 ½” by 2 ¾.” Well made. $325.

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Double-cupped Tennessee type discoidals don’t come much better than this one, a solid grade 10. This, at 5 ¼” in diameter, was in the Herschel/Joe Love collection and more recently in the Bruce Butts and Lynn Mills collections. Light tan or off-white quartz with wonderfully translucent center. Davidson Co., TN. Price on request.

Excellent black slate roller pestle was found just north of Columbus , OH , and measures 15” in length. No damage. Ex-Dave Kilander. $300.

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This red slate piece appears to be a very delicate double-ended lizard effigy. 3 ½.” A similar one sold recently at Old Barn Auction for $1,500 plus the premium. Ex-Bobby Talbert. $625

This wonderful polished bone needle was found near Mound Bottom outside Burns, TN. At just over 7,” this is a showy piece. One break, just below the hole, with the two pieces glued back tight; otherwise, good solid blond bone. Ex-Philip Helms. $365.

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I call this a salmon sap. The Northwest Coast Indians used this short club to dispatch large fish. Found in the same area as the “slave killers.” $1,800. Read more by clicking picture.

Trade silver arm band was found along the Tallapoosa River in Alabama . Unlike most relics, this shows process: the Indians had begun to cut the band up to fashion trinkets. 2 3/8” by 3 ½.” Ex-Bob Morast. $165.

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Neolithic bracelets made of a deep black and brown stone striped with white quartz or marble. These are from a Mali, West Africa site and are thousands of years old. 4” to 4 ½” in diameter. Capsian Tradition. $75 each.

Pair of shell arm bands with good patina. Each is drilled in the four corners. They bear stickers and old tags that say they were found in Madisonville, Ohio, in 1898 and that they were A15 and A16 in the Earl Townsend collection. They measure 3” by 4.” I’ve never seen another set for sale, although Dr. Kent Westbrook told me two years ago that he has a pair from Arkansas in his collection.$2,500 for both. Shell is in excellent condition.

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The well-known Akron, OH, collector Gilbert Dilley called this plummet “The Brain,” as it is fashioned from brain coral. It was a Christmas gift of Henry Clyde Shetrone, who excavated the Hopewell mounds in Ross County, OH., where it was found. Large at 3 3/8” by 1 ¾.” “Very rare and fine,” Dilley noted. $1,200.