Fall 2023 Premier Auction

KNIFE. 9.5" x 3", sinew sewn, full coverage one side & 40% on other with blue, green, black, red, pink, purple, & orange/brown bea...

KNIFE SHEATH & KNIFE. 5.5" x 2", sinew sewn, full coverage both sides with dark blue, greasy yellow, green, and white-heart red beads ...

SCRAPERS. Measuring from about 12 inches to 15 inches overall, most still have rawhide attached iron blades, several have wonderful age patina. Every

BEADED DECORATED TIPI BAGS. Each about 18" x 10" x 5" tanned leather, totally beaded faces, and sides made with geometric design of w...

RIFLE SHEATH. 40" x 7" leather sleeve with 3" beaded panels around throat and tip. Whiteheart red, greasy yellow, white, dark blue, &...

ORIGINAL CARVED WOOD STEM. Pictured on page 26 of John Baldwin's 2007 book, "RED PIPES", 19.5" overall with attached stem which i...

55" x 6" leather sleeve with beaded design at mouth & tip in blue, whiteheart red, white, black, and yellows. Mr. Mattox's tag sta...

AMERICAN NECKLACE. This extraordinary necklace consists of the excavated remains of a pre contact, native copper, beaded necklace found many years ago

MOCCASINS.10" overall length, thread & sinew-sewn, geometric red, light blue, dark blue, black, green, & white beaded full coverage, tr...

TOBACCO BAG. 17" x 6.25" overall including rawhide fringe, whiteheart red, dark blue, sky blue, white, & metallic silver sinew sewn be...

17TH & 18TH CENTURIES. 12 Strands of Native American trade beads mostly of glass and ranging in size from small seed beads to much larger "...

34" x 3.25" beaded panel with 20" woven purple fringed ends. All thread sewn beads mounted in shadowbox. Beads are whiteheart red, bl...

Bow 38" overall, twisted sinew bow string, six arrows are similar with variable lengths, about 25" each overall, sinew tied feathers &...

Breech loading deck cannon 13" bbl. appearing cast bronze (or brass) & nonmagnetic stainless. Pin latched breech block. Rear of chamber &am...

Cal. 10 Ga. NSN. Bbl. 21 1/8" smoothbore. Overall: 36". Unmarked bronze signal cannon w/ Strong style locking mechanism. Black painted iro...

Cal. 2.5". S# 1560. 28" steel tapered barrel attached to iron sled with large bronze collar. Brass maker's plaque rear of threaded cap...

Cal. 10 Ga., 2 7/8" blank loads. NSN. Bbl. 12". Bbl. & breech are blued. Cast iron carriage & wheels have Japan black finish. Near...

Cal. 10 Ga. Blanks. Assembly S# 396A. Bbl. 12" w/ 1 1/4" diameter at muzzle. Black painted iron carriage & wheels. Black nylon cord Mf...

This bear trap may date from 1893-1911 and was possibly made by Sewell Newhouse himself. It measures over 34" in length and comes complete with...

BATTLE" BY GENERAL ROE. A scarce large format booklet with soft covers measuring 12" x 9". The full title of the two works included i...

7.5" x 10" framed vellum discharge of Thomas Lally who finished 5 years service in the West during height of Indian Wars. Discharge dated ...

MORE. This lot includes 1 clear 10 1/2" bottle, likely for whiskey, with a label under glass depicting the bust of a woman. / 1 Amber whiskey b...

FORMATION, SOUTH DAKOTA. 5" x 3" x 2", Interesting fossil showing fierce looking teeth, but Oreodont was herbivore, distant relative ...

Both apparently excavated from the same site in China. One is elongated Raptor egg, the other identified by tag as "Hadrosaur 70 to 100 million...