SELLS BROTHERS ENORMOUS RAILROAD SHOWS.SellsBrothers Enormous Railroad Shows. Cincinnati: Russell & Morgan Printing Co., 1885. Two-sided herald for the Sells Brothers' Enormous Railroad Shows, "now united into one vast...
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SELLS BROTHERS ENORMOUS RAILROAD SHOWSCOURIER.Sells Brothers Enormous Railroad Shows Courier. Buffalo: The Courier Company, ca. 1877. Illustrated courier from the early merger of the Sells Brothers Railroad traveling...
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SELLS BROTHERS UNITED ENORMOUS SHOWS.POLLY LEE. UNDISP...Sells Brothers United Enormous Shows. Polly Lee. Undisputed and Unquestionable Leading Premiere Equestrienne. Cincinnati: Strobridge Litho, ca. 1883. One...
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SELLS BROTHERS ENORMOUS UNITED SHOWS.FOUR HORSE CHARIO...Sells Brothers Enormous United Shows. Four Horse Chariot Race. Cincinnati: Strobridge Litho, 1893. Featuring two female charioteers in the heat of the...
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FOREPAUGH & SELLS BROTHERS ENORMOUSSHOWS UNITED.Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Enormous Shows United. Cincinnati: Strobridge Lithography Co., 1902. One sheet (41 x 27"). Linen backed, with center fold faults....
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FOSSILIZED MEGALODON TOOTH W/ POLISHEDTIPAncient Seas, North America, Middle Miocene to end of Pliocene eras, ca. 28 to 1.5 million years ago. This is a pretty, fossilized tooth from a prehistoric megalodon shark....
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INDUS VALLEY HARAPPAN POTTERY BOWL W/ZEBU BULLSAncient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan / Mohenjo-Daro Civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery bowl with a petite foot, squat walls, and...
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INDUS VALLEY POTTERY JAR W/ ZOOMORPHICMOTIFSCentral Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan / Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A fine wheel-thrown pottery jar with a petite base, wide walls which curve gently...
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SIGNED SIMON BULL PAINTING - SONGBIRD(2016)Simon Bull (British-born in 1958, became American citizen in 2011). "Songbird" - acrylic painting on canvas, 2016. Hand-signed "Simon Bull" followed by a heart in red...
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ENORMOUS 20TH C. SHIPIBO POLYCHROMEPORTRAIT JARSouth American, Upper / Western Amazon Basin, Ucayali River, Peru, Shipibo people, ca. mid-20th century CE. Wow! A marvelous pottery portrait jar of a tremendous...
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TEOTIHUACAN POTTERY FIGURAL LEG OF VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 150 to 650 CE. A stunning openwork pottery leg of a vessel of rectangular form featuring a central figure, perhaps...
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FINE COLIMA POTTERY SEATED ITHYPHALLICFIGURAL VESSELPre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel in the form of a seated ithyphallic figure. Highly...
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EGYPTIAN WOOD & PAINTED GESSO SARCOPHAGUSMASKEgypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. An attractive sarcophagus mask that is hand-carved from hardwood and perhaps depicts a high-class...
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DELIGHTFUL ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP - EROTICSATYRRoman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A delightfully well-endowed bronze oil lamp in the form of a squatting satyr. His faun's lower body is crouched, with...
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CHANCAY POLYCHROME FIGURAL JAR - SHAMANFORMPre-Columbian, Central Coast of Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 800 to 1400 CE. An intriguing figural vessel of a sizable form with red, black, and cream pigment, all displayed...
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IMPORTANT TAINO MARBLE DUHO / CEREMONIALSTOOLPre-Columbian, Caribbean area, perhaps Dominican Republic, Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. What a find! A magnificent marble ceremonial stool known as a...
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SUPERB AZTEC STONE COILED SERPENT /QUETZALCOATLPre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1325 to 1475 CE. An incredible stone carving of a serpent with the coils interlacing, forming a large and solid ball,...
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MASSIVE FOSSILIZED MEGALODON TOOTH -6.1" LONG!Ancient Seas, Middle Miocene to end of Pliocene eras, ca. 28 to 2.6 million years ago. An enormous Megalodon tooth that has formed lustrous beige, gray, and brown...
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ORNATE 8TH C. JAVANESE GOLD LEAF MASKOF KALASoutheast Asia, Indonesia, East Java, Classic Period, ca. 8th to 11th century CE. Stunningly detailed and brimming with sophistication, an ornate funerary mask made...
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ANCIENT ACHAEMENID GILDED SILVER PHIALE(FOR WINE)Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 500 to 330 BCE. A thick 94.96% to 95.78% silver basin or phiale, a special libation bowl used for holding wine,...
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HUGE INDUS VALLEY POTTERY VESSEL BULLS,FISH TL TESTEDAncient Central Asia, Indus Valley, ca. 3rd millennium BCE. An enormous example of some of the earliest decorated pottery in Central Asia, a broad pottery vessel...
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ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA ITHYPHALLICFIGUREEgypt, Romano-Egyptian, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. What an amusing and quite naught "little" fellow we have here. Small figure of a man striding his enormous...
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SUPERB PERSIAN ACHAEMENID 23K+ GOLDLION APPLIQUES**Originally Listed At $5000**
Near East, Iran, Achaemenid Empire, ca. 6th to 4th century BCE. A pair of 99% gold (equivalent to 23K+ to 24K) applique ornaments...
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19TH C. SOLOMON ISLANDS SHELL KAPKAP(HEAD / PECTORAL)**Originally Listed At $1000**
Oceania, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful example of a kapkap, a head or pectoral...
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CHINESE NEOLITHIC LIANGZHU STONE CONGW/ ABSTRACT FACES...**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, China, Neolithic, Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300 to 2250 BCE. A stunning and finely-formed ritual funerary item known...
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VIKING JELLING GILT SILVER BROOCH W/GRIPPING BEAST**Originally Listed At $4000**
Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Viking or Norse culture, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A beautiful 65% to 98.6% silver brooch or...
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ZAPOTEC POTTERY SEATED GOD COCIJO VESSEL,TL TESTEDPre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban III, ca. 600 to 800 CE. A magnificent ceramic vessel in the form of a seated god, Cocijo or Cociyo, the...
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NAZCA POLYCHROME POTTERY BOWL W/ ABSTRACTFACEPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 2nd to 5th century CE. A hand-built pottery bowl of shallow form with a round but stable base, squat walls, and a thick rim....
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EGYPTIAN LATE DYNASTIC FAIENCE USHABTI**OriginallyListed At $600**
Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A wonderful faience ushabti standing in mummiform position atop an integral plinth with a dorsal...
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HUGE NAYARIT SEATED NUDE FEMALEPre-Columbian,West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A fabulous and quite massive clay sculpture of a seated female depicted nude with a long, rectangular torso,...
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SIGNED 20TH C. INUIT SOAPSTONE OWL BYJOE TALIRUNILINative American, Canada, northern Quebec, Nunavik, Puvirnituq, ca. 1960s to 1970s CE. Signed by Joe Talirunili (Inuit, 1893-1976) in English and syllabics. An...
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SIGNED 20TH C. INUIT SOAPSTONE SQUIRREL,JOE TALIRUNILI...Native American, Canada, northern Quebec, Nunavik, Puvirnituq, ca. 1960s to 1970s CE. Signed by Joe Talirunili (Inuit, 1893-1976) in English and syllabics....
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1930S IROQUOIS BASSWOOD FALSE FACE SOCIETYMASKNative American / First Nations, Canada, Ontario / United States, New York, Iroquois, ca. early-20th century CE. A hand carved basswood "False Face Society" mask with...
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COSTA RICAN CEREMONIAL ZOOMORPHIC MACEHEADPre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya or Atlantic Watershed, Period IV, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A hand-carved stone mace head of bulbous form with a protruding...
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RARE ANCIENT CHINESE ZHOU DYNASTY MARBLECONGEast Asia, China, Zhou Dynasty, ca. 1046 to 256 BCE. A rare example of a Zhou Dynasty cong carved from solid marble exhibiting creamy hues of white, cream, brown, and...
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1ST C. ROMAN BRONZE CHARIOT ATTACHMENTRoman,Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A cast-bronze chariot attachment, likely an axle cap, formed with a pair of enormous rod-form spikes emanating from each side of...
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