Sunday, December 13, 2020
Online December Auction | LOT #144 - Pre-Columbian Hopewell Style Assortment
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LOT #144
Pre-Columbian Hopewell Style Assortment
(5) items including a Hopewell style banded slate “pop-eyed” bird stone accompanied by a note identifying it as being from the collection of Mr. Andrew Weertz, co-owner of the former Ports of Call, Ltd. gallery in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan; a Hopewell style gray slate platform pipe having a plastic display stand; a Mississippian style stone elbow pipe having simple engraved decoration; a Cahokia style knapped chert notched hoe; a fragmentary handle from a Mississippian style stone “spud”; together with a Cherokee effigy pipe
Estimate: $400 - $600
Hammer Price: $550
Dimensions: Height: 1 1/4 inches, Width: 1 inches, Length: 4 inches (bird stone)
Condition: Very Good to Good, spud being fragmentary; gray slate pipe having chip on one end; overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use
Shipping: Quote Shipping
Sales Tax: Pennsylvania (8.000%)
Approximate Sale Time: Pennsylvania (8.000%)