A few examples of appraisal values for
HAND AXE

• PRIMITIVE STONE AXE - Basalt Head
  PRIMITIVE STONE AXE - Basalt Head Axe with loose hafted large shaped handle Highland of Arian Jaya Western New Guinea for splitting wood 11 1/4'' long stone head 29'' long handle wear from use.
• Three hand axes, two likely
  Three hand axes, two likely Neolithic; multiple chips and flaws, as-is condition; largest item measuring L 5" x 2"Provenance: Collected between 1945-1960 by Carl O. Winberg, former United States Government diplomat, agricultural attache and Foreign Service officer serving across Indonesia, India Burma, Bangladesh and Australia; thence by descent to the present owner.
• African carved wood axe pair,
  African carved wood axe pair, 21-1/2"L
• A flint axe head, possibly
  A flint axe head, possibly Neolithic, 13cm long, a flint hand axe, 6cm and a mounted card of flint, possible arrows, labelled to the card 'from a Mesolithic site at Foxbury, Hambledon, Surrey, 1937'I/Provenance: The Estate of the late Diana & Gospatric Home, Lily Farm, Bucks
• A collection of Neolithic tools,
  A collection of Neolithic tools, comprising a polished trapezoid axe head, probably Danish, 8.5cm, another axe head in basalt, 13.8cm, a Mesolithic axe head, 10.5cm, a flat blade or scraper, 11cm, and a large Neolithic flint core, 5000-2500 BC, probably from Le Grand-Pressigny, worked all over with the removal of numerous flakes, 22.5cm long, together with a Bronze Age style pottery beaker, 10.5cm, origin unknown although said to be from Shropshire (6)/Provenance: from the Henry Sandon Study Col
• PALEOLITHIC MAURITANIAN ACHEULEAN
  PALEOLITHIC MAURITANIAN ACHEULEAN STONE HAND AXEWestern Africa, Mauritania, Lower Paleolithic, Acheulean period, ca. 700,000 to 130,000 years ago. This is a large hand axe made and used by early humans of the species Homo erectus (ergaster) of a bifacial and convex form, hand-knapped from a desert red quartzite. The tool is defined by a thick handle end, sharpened edges, and a broad curved cutting tip. Acheulean hand axes represent some of the earliest tools made by our ancestors, and this example has a surface that is polished to a smooth, almost silky surface from exposure, attesting to the tool's great age. During the time of this axe, there were large elephant and hippopotamus species as well as giraffe species in Africa that primitive humans would have hunted. An axe like this was necessary for butchering such large kills and scraping hides. Size: 6" L x 3" W (15.2 cm x 7.6 cm) Provenance: Whisnant Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA acquired prior to 2000 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #169682 Condition: Great weathered patina and smooth edges. Intact and excellent. Inventory and description label on one face.
• A Black Stone Hand Axe (Ben),
  A Black Stone Hand Axe (Ben), Neolithic Period, Circa 3000 BCE ??????? ?? The smooth polished stone beveled on both ends length 5.2 in — 13.3 cm
• FRENCH NEOLITHIC STONE HAND
  FRENCH NEOLITHIC STONE HAND AXEWestern Europe, northern France, Oise department, Hardivillers, Neolithic period, ca. 7000 to 2000 BCE. A lovely hand-knapped chert stone hand axe from the Neolithic period. The axe has a thick butt end which bears a rounded profile and tapers gently towards a sharpened tip. Deep grooves form the rocky yet smooth texture of the implement as the chert displays hues of chalky and ash gray with white and aubergine inclusions. Stone axes like this one would have been used for woodworking or tilling the soil. This knapped axe is part of the technology that marked Neolithic life in northwestern Europe, alongside farming, pottery, and longhouses. Examples of this sort are often found inside of dolmens, large granite blocks that form tombs. Size: 7.6" L x 3.8" W (19.3 cm x 9.7 cm) Provenance: private Lemont, Illinois, USA collection, acquired in the 1980's; ex-J.L. Gasiner collection All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #176027 Condition: Some nicks and chips to stone, all commensurate with age, but otherwise intact and excellent. Inscription with find site on side as shown.
• STONE AGE ACHEULEAN HOMO ERECTUS
  STONE AGE ACHEULEAN HOMO ERECTUS FLINT HAND AXENorthwestern Europe, Southeast England, Middlesex, Lower Paleolithic, Acheulean period, ca. 400,000 to 250,000 years ago. A superb flint bifacial hand axe was fashioned by Homo erectus (H. heidelbergensis), the first humans to occupy Europe. It dates back to the Lower Paleolithic Period, made in the Acheulian Tradition, and was the predominant tool technology of the Homo erectus people in Europe from 1 million years ago to possibly as recent as 130,000 years ago. Fine quality English Lower Paleolithic hand axes like this, are legendary among collectors and are harder to find since many were found long ago in the early 20th century and many in the 19th century when open gravel pits were commonly dug during the industrial age of England. Most of the finest known European hand axes in major museums hail from these former English gravel pits. English Lower Paleolithic hand axes often move from one private collection to the next as many sites are now destroyed, built over or protected, and fine specimens such as this axe rarely appear on the market. Size: 7.25" L x 3.75" W (18.4 cm x 9.5 cm) The naturally glossy burial patina and intense golden hue highlight the exceptional flaking. This hand axe features an ingenious, ergonomic grip design, made by extensive flaking and forethought to achieve an ambidextrous design that required a great deal of intelligence and skill to execute. The entire hand axe shows excellent and masterful flaking, a prize of a highly skilled Homo erectus primitive human who once lived in what is now present-day England! Due to the size and heft, it is highly probable this hand axe was used to smash open major bones of all the Ice Age large game animals of the day such as mammoth, bison, horse, and rhino. Provenance: ex-private German collection, formed in the 1970s All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #175611 Condition: Intact with no repair or restoration. Heavy prehistoric patina and mineral deposits.
• PAIR OF AFRICAN WEAPONS Battle Axes
  PAIR OF AFRICAN WEAPONS Battle Axes with wooden club handle having hand forged tapered right-angle blades, flat blade on back, coiled wire hanger. 21" long, 5 1/2" blade.
• Central African Figural Axe
  Central African Figural Axe together with a similar axe handle, possibly Luba, both 20th cenutry both carved wood one with iron blade and woven fiber waistband and necklace height 15.25 in — 38.7 cm
• A Liangzhu Neolithic-Style
  A Liangzhu Neolithic-Style Hardstone Axe ?????? length 8.4 in — 21.4 cm
• A Chinese jade tool possibly an axe
  A Chinese jade tool possibly an axe head sharpened at one end raised Chinese character marks and figure museum or collectors reference ''China (Han Dyn c200BC) IF.C.L.2'' approx. 20.5 cm long.
• STONE AGE ACHEULEAN ARABIAN
  STONE AGE ACHEULEAN ARABIAN PRESTIGE HAND AXEArabian Peninsula, Jordan, Acheulean, ca. 1.2 million to 500,000 years ago. This amazingly rare hand axe was found in an extremely rare location - the Arabian Desert in Jordan in the 1950's by a London collector. Not only is this hand axe in supreme original condition, it shows incredible flaking and form and an extremely thin, bone-piercing pick end that has survived prehistory, unbroken - a true museum-class example! The is unusually bulbous, likely designed as such to allow a firm grip when used, a practical function as it cushioned the blows to the hand when this axe was used in large game butchering tasks. However the workmanship of this tool suggests this was an item of prestige rather than utilitarian. While simple, it represents the first intelligent design type known to science that was made by primitive humans. Prior to these Acheulian tools, only crude pebble tools existed in the human fossil record. Size: 6.5" L x 3.75" W (16.5 cm x 9.5 cm) This is an investment-grade Paleolithic artifact. Specimens like this are one in many, many thousands and are exceptionally rare - this piece is "as found" and original condition. Acheulian hand axes of this quality are rare and recent realized prices at major auction houses are proving what we have been saying for years that authentic high grade tools of primitive man remain one of the most promising investments. Provenance: ex-Bowyer collection, London, UK, found in the 1950s All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #175612 Condition: Intact and complete, without repair or restoration. Choice bi-color patina from long-term surface exposure on one side.
• EUROPEAN/CONTINENTAL RIGHT HAND
  EUROPEAN/CONTINENTAL RIGHT HAND SIDE AXEca. 18th century; cooper's type bearded side hewing axe with narrow blade, upper 1/3 mounted square socket, blade has step-up chip deflector and tool decorated thumbnail strike along beard and shoulder, maker's mark with floral strike in center of mount, 9 1/4" edge, 15" overall; Condition: edge chip, restored for display, good
• Two old rustic hatchets or axes,
  Two old rustic hatchets or axes, each approx 29cm L (2)
• NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE AXE, 20TH/
  NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE AXE, 20TH/ 21ST C.Modern Native American style axe, 20th/ 21st c. with hand-forged head stamped S B, the axe head approx, 3.5"h, 9"w, with wood handle approx. 18.75"h, 3.75lbs
• Papua New Guinea Presentation Stone
  Papua New Guinea Presentation Stone Axe, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, 19th century the large slate head on stylized hardwood haft with ornate rattan basketry wrapping length 29.5 in — 74.9 cm
• THREE HAND FORGED AXES: THE
  THREE HAND FORGED AXES: THE FIRST, AN EUROPEAN FELLING AXE WITH INCISED DESIGN Three hand forged axes: the first, an European felling axe with incised design; the second, a trapper's axe and a fur trade axe, the longest 25"l
• SIX WOOD HANDLED STEEL TOMAHAWKS
  SIX WOOD HANDLED STEEL TOMAHAWKS AND TWO STONE AXE HEADSSix Wood Handled Steel Tomahawks and Two Stone Axe Heads
• GROUP OF NINE SMALL SIZED LATIN
  GROUP OF NINE SMALL SIZED LATIN AMERICAN HAND AXESof varying stone type and size, largest, 4-3/8 x 1-7/8 in. Provenance: The Estate of Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut Condition: some chips and scratches throughout
• LARGE LATIN AMERICAN STONE AXE
  LARGE LATIN AMERICAN STONE AXE HEADpossibly Pre Columbian/Valdivian, T shaped hand axe carved from smooth gray stone with many darker inclusions on one side, with metal stand, 17 x 7 in. Provenance: The Estate of Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut Condition: slight scratching, crack and repair to top on one end, staining and abrasions to one side, wear to stand
• MAORI POLYNESIAN HAND CARVED
  MAORI POLYNESIAN HAND CARVED CEREMONIAL AXEFeatured in this lot is this Maori Polynesian hand carved ceremonial axe. The axe features a wonderfully and professionally crafted wooden and iron construction. The handle is expertly hand carved with texturing throughout with a Maori warrior figure correctly seen at the top half of the handle with a lizard shown on the pommel of the handle. The condition of this Maori axe shows some natural fissures to the carved handle of the axe and the blade shows heavy oxidation due to exposure. The measurements of this axe is 21" x 8" x 2 3/4". The collective weight of this axe is 2lb 6oz.
• "U.S" marked axe, along with "U.S."
  "U.S" marked axe, along with "U.S." pic-axe, in sheath, dated 1942 & 1944. Estimate $100-150
• ARCHAIC STYLE CHINESE HARDSTONE
  ARCHAIC STYLE CHINESE HARDSTONE RITUAL OBJECT Possibly c. 2000 BCE, axe shaped ceremonial object with saw-tooth edge and central circular opening, on museum mount, 9.25"h x 5.5"w (stone), 10.5"h (with stand)
• ASSORTED ETHNOGRAPHIC ARTICLES
  ASSORTED ETHNOGRAPHIC ARTICLES Including a ceremonial hammer, a carved bone axe head, a jade and wood agricultural tool, three wood articles, a Christian themed folding blade knife, a betel chopper with bone handle and stand, a coin purse, and a small cutting board.
• PLAINS INDIAN STONE AND WOOD HANDLE
  PLAINS INDIAN STONE AND WOOD HANDLE AXE, 19TH CENTURYPlains Indian Stone and Wood Handle Axe, 19th Century
• NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE AXE, 20TH/
  NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE AXE, 20TH/ 21ST C.Modern Native American style axe, 20th/ 21st c., the axe head with four cutouts including a cross, the handle decorated with brass tacks and apparent darkened filed squares on the handles three sixes, axe head approx. 5"h, 9"w, overall with handle: approx. 28"h, 1.75lbs
• European And US Early Wrought
  European And US Early Wrought Iron Axes Two early wrought iron axes including one European peasant axe with a hickory handle marked 17th century. The second is an late 18th or early 19th hand forged American utility wilderness axe; longest lg. 32.5 wd. 7.75 in. Condition: Very good. Second axe has a replaced haft.
• INDIO PERSIAN BATTLE AXE An
  INDIO PERSIAN BATTLE AXE An Indo-Persian battle axe, the square pommel with inset leafy ground the semicircular blade headed by cast human figure and animal, fitted with turned wood handle, overall length 16"l
• NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE TOMAHAWK AXE,
  NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE TOMAHAWK AXE, 20TH/ 21ST C.Modern Native American style pipe tomahawk axe, 20th/ 21st c. walnut handle, the iron axe head approx. 2.5"h, 5.5"w, the handle with some carving, overall: 18.25"l, .95lb
• Four 19th century style axes:
  Four 19th century style axes: pipe tomahawk, head with heart shaped cutout, applied silver bands on shaft with brass tack decoration, metal marked "Medicine Crowe", 20-1/2 in., head with moderate rust and pitting ; one with fancy Damascus head, curly maple shaft marked "Knife Maker's Guild 25 Years" (blade very sharp, handle carefully), 18-1/2 in.; axe head converted to walking stick, blade marked "R.A. Frazier Maker", rosewood handle, modern, 37 in.; pipe tomahawk, head with engraved decoration with head of George Washington, shaft with white metal inlay, 21-1/2 in., all 20th century. Minor scuffs and abrasions. Collection of Courtney Smith, Sr., Highland Springs, Virginia.
• PRE-COLUMBIAN FLINT DOUBLE-AXE
  PRE-COLUMBIAN FLINT DOUBLE-AXE HEADPre-Columbian Flint Double-Axe Head , pre 1500 A.D., h. 4 in., w. 9 in., d. 1 in Provenance: Collection of Brooke and Maria Fox, Metairie, LA
• Large Chinese carved archaistic
  Large Chinese carved archaistic hardstone axe head; overall good condition; H 11" x W 6" (approx.)
• UNSIGNED HAND WROUGHT LEFT HAND
  UNSIGNED HAND WROUGHT LEFT HAND GOOSEWING AXEca. early 19th century; side smoothing bearded axe with oval tapered off-set socket with tapered butt-plate and hook edge beard with key and heavy socket mounted hickory handle, 13 1/2" edge, 21"l; Condition: early pin rivet repair to overlap weld, some pitting, unknown origin
• FINE TOOL DECORATED LEFT HANDED
  FINE TOOL DECORATED LEFT HANDED LOPPING/HEWING HATca. 19th century; continental form hatchet with off-set flat back socket and extensive tool decoration over entire face of hatchet, the handle curved and appears to be maple, 8" edge, 15"l; Condition: very good