High-End Native American & Pre-Columbian Artifact Auction

Updated July 30, 2026

This compelling auction presents a remarkable collection of prehistoric and indigenous artifacts, inviting bidders to explore a rich tapestry of ancient cultures. Leading the offerings is the extraordinary Cahokia tablet, a significant piece from the Mississippian culture, alongside a rare opportunity to acquire the complete three volumes of McKenney & Hall’s *Indian Tribes of North America* books, offering invaluable historical and artistic insight. Another standout is the distinctive Tularosa Duck Bowl, a charming example of Southwestern pottery. The sale also features an impressive array of lithic tools and points, including numerous examples of Cortaro Concave, Meserve, Shumla, Nodena, Midland, Tortugas, Montell, Cossatot River Notched, Hemphill, Langtry, Darl Stemmed, San Pedro, and Clovis points, as well as Archaic knives and blades. Further highlights include various axes, such as a Full Grooved Limestone Axe and a Danish Axe, along with diverse pre-Columbian pieces like an 8-inch Mayan Blade and a Teotihuacan/Olmec Style Onyx Pendant. Collectors will also find intriguing items such as a Tube Pipe, Mississippian Water Bottle, bone beads and awls, miniature adzes, and a Quartz Neolithic Bead from the Sahara Desert, making this a truly comprehensive and captivating event for enthusiasts of ancient history and indigenous artistry.

In this auction (494 lots)

Categories: Comics & Books · Jewelry & Watches · Firearms & Militaria · Pottery, China & Glass

• Lot 1 — Announcements
• Lot 1a — 1 1/4" Cortaro Concave, New Mexico
• Lot 2 — 1 5/8" Cortaro Concave, New Mexico
• Lot 3 — 2" Meserve, Texas
• Lot 4 — 1 1/4" Shumla, Texas
• Lot 5 — 2 1/2" Nodena, New Mexico
• Lot 6 — 1 3/8" Midland, Colorado
• Lot 7 — 2 1/8" Tortugas, Purple Flint, New Mexico
• Lot 8 — 2" Montell, Central Texas
• Lot 9 — 2 1/8" Cossatot River Notched, North Central Texas
• Lot 10 — 1 3/8" Shumla, Texas
• Lot 11 — 3 1/4" San Pedro, Southern New Mexico
• Lot 12 — 2 5/8" Shumla, Texas
• Lot 13 — 2 1/8" Tortugas, Colorful Flint, New Mexico
• Lot 14 — 1 5/8" Hemphill, Texas
• Lot 15 — 1 3/4" Langtry, Texas
• Lot 16 — 1 7/8" Darl Stemmed, Comanche County, Texas
• Lot 17 — 2" Midland/Possible Folsom Type, New Mexico
• Lot 18 — 1 3/8" Midland, New Mexico
• Lot 19 — Lot of 23 Arrowheads, Southern New Mexico
• Lot 20 — Lot of 22 Arrowheads, Southern New Mexico
• Lot 21 — Lot of 10 Miscellaneous Arrowheads, New Mexico
• Lot 22 — 1 3/8" Acatita, Stermer COA, Southwestern Texas, Stem and One Barb Restored
• Lot 23 — 2 1/8" Arenosa, Stermer COA, Southwestern Texas, Tip Restoration
• Lot 24 — 1 1/4" Arenosa, Stermer COA, Southwestern Texas, Both Barbs Restored
• Lot 25 — 2" Archaic Knife, Stermer COA, Found in Otero County, New Mexico
• Lot 26 — 3" North Blade, Gray Chert, St. Francis Co., Missouri
• Lot 27 — 2 7/8" Thebes Point, Burlington Chert, St. Francis Co., Missouri
• Lot 28 — 1 1/2" Robinson Blunt, Colorful Heat-Treated Chert, St. Francis Co., Missouri
• Lot 29 — 1 3/16" Gary Point, Gray Chert, St. Francis Co., Missouri
• Lot 30 — 2 3/8" Bayou Goula Point, Crowley Ridge Chert, Butler Co., Missouri
• Lot 31 — 2" Packard Point, Local Chert, St. Francis Co., Missouri
• Lot 32 — 2 5/8" Hardin Point, Local Chert, St. Francis Co., Missouri
• Lot 33 — 1 1/2" Scallorn Point, Light Gray Chert, Butler Co., Missouri
• Lot 34 — 1 7/8" Snyder Point, Heat-Treated Pink Chert, St. Francis Co., Missouri
• Lot 35 — 2" Motley Point, Gray and Red Chert, St. Francis Co., Missouri
• Lot 36 — 2 1/4" Johnson Point, Quartz, Butler Co., Missouri
• Lot 37 — 3 1/4" Grand Point, Perino COA, Local Chert, Found in Geier Cave Near Lebanon, Missouri
• Lot 38 — 3 1/2" Pulaski Point, Burlington Chert, Schuyler Co., Illinois
• Lot 39 — 2" Clovis Point, Perino COA, Burlington Chert, Tips Re-Chipped 4 mm, Grundy Co., Illinois
• Lot 40 — 5 1/4" Full Grooved Limestone Axe, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 41 — 3 15/16" Granite Celt, Fine Bit, Found by Tim Ray, Lawrence Co., Arkansas
• Lot 42 — 7 1/4" Granite Adze, Motley COA, Well Polished, Johnson Co., Iowa
• Lot 43 — 4 1/2" Morrow Mountain, Burlington Chert, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 44 — 2 13/16" Smith Point, Quartz with Flint Portion, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 45 — 2 1/2" Hardin, High Quality Local Chert, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 46 — 1 3/4" Ocala, Crowley Ridge Chert, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 47 — 2 1/2" Hopewell Point, Pitkin Chert, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 48 — 2 7/8" Kirk Snapped Base, Local Chert, Fine Workmanship, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 49 — 2 1/4" Big Creek, Prenters Chert, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 50 — 2 5/8" Hidden Valley, Burlington Chert, Butler Co., Arkansas
• Lot 51 — 2" Big Sandy, Pitkin Chert, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 52 — 2 5/8" Hopewell, Local Chert, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 53 — 2 1/4" Big Creek, Burlington Chert, Butler Co., Missouri
• Lot 54 — 2 1/4" Hardin, Crowley Ridge Chert, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 55 — 2 1/2" Johnson, Crowley Ridge Chert, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 56 — 3" Pickwick, Encrusted Chert, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 57 — 3 1/8" Johnson, Quartz, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 58 — 2 1/2" Pickwick, Crowley Ridge Chert, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 59 — 2 1/2" Ferry, Burlington Chert, Butler Co., Missouri
• Lot 60 — 1 9/16" Scallorn, Gray Chert, Butler Co., Missouri
• Lot 61 — 3 1/16" Stanfield Knife, Burlington Chert, St. Francis Co., Arkansas
• Lot 62 — 1 3/4" Big Sandy, Burlington Chert, Clay Co., Arkansas
• Lot 63 — 2 7/8" Matanzas Bullet, Burlington Chert, St. Francois Co., Missouri
• Lot 64 — 3 1/2" Adena, Heat-Treated Burlington Chert, St. Francis Co., Missouri
• Lot 65 — 3 1/16" Greenbrier Dalton, Burlington Chert, St. Francis Co., Missouri
• Lot 66 — 3 1/4" Gary Point, White Novaculite with Red and Black Inclusions, The Westbrook Collection, Southwest Arkansas, Ex. Caddo Trading Company
• Lot 67 — 3 15/16" Clovis, Butler COA, Byron Anderson COA, Dark Gray Hornstone, Perry Co., Tennessee, Ex. Lester Edwards
• Lot 68 — 2 15/16" Clovis, Tony Putty COA, Buffalo River Chert with Brown and Red Linear Stripes, Buffalo River, Tennessee
• Lot 69 — 4" Cumberland, Tony Putty COA, Butler COA, Dark Gray Hornstone, Giles Co., Tennessee, Ex. Robert Klan
• Lot 70 — 3 15/16" Dalton, Tony Putty COA, Strawberry Flint, Illinois, Ex. Ted Walter
• Lot 71 — 3 3/16" Unfluted Clovis, Motley COA, Creek-Stained Burlington Chert, Johnson Co., Missouri, Ex. Jared Statler, Ex. Ryan Keele
• Lot 72 — 5 1/16" Sloan Dalton, Tony Putty COA, Burlington Chert, Kane Co., Illinois
• Lot 73 — 2 11/16" Pinetree, Jackson COA, Fort Payne Chert, Fentress Co., Tennessee, Ex. Rocky Hall, Ex. J. Duncan, Ex. G. Rodgers Jr.
• Lot 74 — 1 7/8" Brewerton Corner Notch, J. Baker COA, Crowley Ridge Cobble, Jefferson Co., Missouri, Ex. Terry Allen
• Lot 75 — 3" Clovis, Tony Putty COA, Striped Chert, One-Sided Fluting, Illinois
• Lot 76 — 3 13/16" St. Charles Dovetail, Sam Johnson COA, Tannish Pink Chert, Missouri
• Lot 77 — 5 1/2" Lost Lake, Tom Davis COA, White Burlington Chert, Howard Co., Missouri
• Lot 78 — 2 1/8" Calf Creek, Jeff Baker COA, Pitkin Chert, Arkansas
• Lot 79 — 6 5/8" Osceola Hemphill, Perino COA, Dickey COA, Burlington Chert, Stone Co., Missouri, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 80 — 4 1/4" Dalton, Jeff Baker COA, Tony Putty COA, Boone Chert/Crowley Ridge Cobble, Missouri
• Lot 81 — 3 5/16" Adena Robbins, Tom Davis COA, Kanawha Black, Ross Co., Ohio
• Lot 82 — 2 1/8" Dalton, Jeff Baker COA, Tan Chert, Crowley Ridge Cobble, Arkansas
• Lot 83 — 3 1/4" Pickwick, Jeff Baker COA, Fort Payne Chert, Tennessee, Ex. Terry Barker
• Lot 84 — 3 11/16" Dalton, White Chert, Missouri, Ex. Karl Parchert
• Lot 85 — 3 11/16" Hardin, White Beveled and Serrated Burlington Chert with Fossils, Pike Co., Illinois
• Lot 86 — 3 5/16" Dalton, Gray Hornstone, Mineralized, Kentucky, Ex. Karl Parchert
• Lot 87 — 3 1/2" Hardin, Gray Flint, Midwest Area
• Lot 88 — 4" Hardin, White Burlington Chert
• Lot 89 — 3 1/4" Hardin, Apple Creek, Whitish Red Heat-Treated Chert, Southeast Iowa, Ex. Ralph Kemp
• Lot 90 — 3 9/16" Dovetail, Beveled Burlington Chert, Missouri/Illinois Area
• Lot 91 — 2 5/8" Archaic, Fluted and Beveled Brown Chert, Tennessee
• Lot 92 — 3 3/8" Holland, White Burlington Chert, Missouri/Illinois Area
• Lot 93 — 4 1/16" Dovetail, Gray Flint Ridge Flint, Butler Co., Ohio
• Lot 94 — 1995 Richardson Auction Catalogs, Dr. James R. Reed Collection, Part 1 and Part 2, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 95 — 2 9/16" Neuberger Point, Motley COA, Burlington Chert, Adams Co., Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 96 — 4" Hardin Point, Motley COA, Perino COA, Burlington Chert, Greene Co., Illinois, Ex. G. Snellings III, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 97 — 4 7/8" Celt, Motley COA, Light Gray Hardstone, Schuyler Co., Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 98 — 3 1/2" Hardin, John Cianfarani Jr. COA, Burlington Chert, Fayette Co., Illinois, Found by Chuck Evans, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 99 — 3 11/16" Neuberger Point, Motley COA, Burlington Chert, St. Louis County, Missouri, Ex. Ed Zimmerman, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 100 — 3 3/4" Holland Point, Motley COA, Perino COA, Burlington/Avon Chert, Pike Co., Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 101 — 8" Celt, Motley COA, Black Diorite with Porphyry, Adams Co., Illinois, Ex. Roy Motley, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 102 — 3 1/16" Hardin Point, Motley COA, Burlington Chert, Pike Co., Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 103 — 4 1/4" Dickson Point, Motley COA, Burlington Chert, Cooper Co., Missouri, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 104 — 2 3/8" Pulaski Point, Motley COA, Burlington Chert, Adams Co., Illinois, Ex. Dennis DeRosear, Found by Dan Ramsey, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 105 — 6 3/4" Celt, Motley COA, Black Hardstone, Boone Co., Missouri, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 106 — 6 3/4" Nebo Hill Preform, American Antiquities COA, Tan Burlington Chert, Adams Co., Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 107 — 3 3/4" Dalton/Holland, American Antiquities COA, Gloss White Burlington Chert, Hancock Co., Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 108 — 3 7/8" Angostura Point, Motley COA, Burlington Chert, Adams Co., Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 109 — 3 5/8" Hardin Point, Motley COA, Burlington Chert, Schuyler Co., Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 110 — 6 15/16" Celt, Motley COA, Dark Hardstone, Warren Co., Missouri, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 111 — 3 1/2" Thebes, American Antiquities COA, Gray Burlington Chert, Adams Co., Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 112 — 3 7/8" Hardin Point, Motley COA, Burlington Chert, Pettis Co., Missouri, Ex. Bruce Barnhart, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 113 — 4" Dovetail Point, Motley COA, Burlington Chert, Pike Co., Missouri, Ex. Tracy Allen, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 114 — 6 1/2" Nebo Hill, Ex. James Reed, Pictured in 1995 Auction Catalog, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 115 — 3 5/8" Hardin, Found in Lee Co., Iowa, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 116 — 3 5/8" Dalton, Ex. James Reed, Pictured in Reed’s Sale Catalog, 1995, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 117 — 5 3/4" Celt, Pike Co., Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 118 — 2 1/4" Hardin, Found Near Hall, Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 119 — 2 5/8" Dalton, Ralls Co., Missouri, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 120 — 2 1/4" Afton, Found in Greene County, Missouri, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 121 — 3 3/4" Celt, Restoration on Bit, Ralls Co., Missouri, Ex. Earie Chambers Collection, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 122 — 3 3/8" Etley, Adams Co., Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 123 — 4 1/4" Nebo Hill, Pictured in James Reed Auction Catalog, 1995, Adams Co. IL, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 124 — 3 1/2" Celt, Sangamon Co., Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 125 — 3 5/8" Celt, Adams Co., Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 126 — 2 1/8" Afton, Pettis Co., Missouri, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 127 — 3" Apple Creek, Pike Co., Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 128 — 3 1/2" Three Quarter Grooved Axe, Winnebago County, Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 129 — 4 1/8" Celt, Crawford Co., Illinois, Ex. Herbert Mangold
• Lot 130 — 3 3/8” Hardin, Peoria Co., Illinois, Ex. John Grotty
• Lot 131 — 8 1/2” Pre-Columbian Mayan Blade, Found in Belize, Made of Great Colorful Material
• Lot 136 — 3 1/4" Dalton, Hardin Co., Tennessee, Ex. Jerry Dickey, Ex. Bill Pettit, One Ear Restored
• Lot 137 — 5 5/16" Stanfield, Motley COA, High Ridge Chert, Lincoln Co., Missouri, Ex. Gary Reif, Ex. Tim Crawford
• Lot 138 — 3 1/8" Hardin, Midwest, Ex. Tim Crawford
• Lot 139 — 3 1/2" Debert, Stermer COA, Fluted, Indiana Hornstone, Found in Kentucky, Ex. Walt McIntire Collection
• Lot 140 — 4 1/2" Smith, St. Charles Co., Missouri
• Lot 141 — 3 7/8" Pickwick, Carlisle, Kentucky, Found by Aron Ellegove
• Lot 142 — 10 1/4" Three Quarter Grooved Axe, Great Color, Van Buren County, Iowa, Sits up on end for displaying
• Lot 143 — 8” Pre-Columbian Mayan Blade, Found in Belize, Made of a Very Colorful Material
• Lot 144 — 6” Holland, Pike Co., Missouri, Ex. William Walters, Ex. Bob Morast
• Lot 146 — 4 13/16" Agate Basin, Stermer COA, Found in Milan, Sullivan Co., Missouri, Ex. Steve McCabe
• Lot 147 — 5 7/16" Sedalia, Stermer COA, Found in Milan, Sullivan Co., Missouri, Ex. Steve McCabe
• Lot 148 — 6 1/8" Dovetail, Rogers COA, Madison County, Kentucky, Ex. Don Tyler
• Lot 149 — 3 3/4" Clovis, Stermer COA, Found in Milan, Sullivan Co., Missouri, Ex. Steve McCabe
• Lot 149a — 4 3/4” Thebes, Strawberry Flint, Found in Massac County, Illinois, Ex. Glen Leesman Collection, Ex. Bill Holt Collection
• Lot 149b — 7 1/8” Pre-Colmbian Blade, Tikal, Guatemala
• Lot 150 — 5 3/4" Three Quarter Grooved Axe, Motley & Meadows COA, Saline Co., Missouri, Ex. Jim Crawford
• Lot 151 — 4 7/8" Dovetail, Found in 1995 in Ford Co., Illinois, Near Gibson City
• Lot 152 — 4 3/4" Ashtabula, Ohio Flint Ridge Chert, Knox Co., Ohio
• … and 344 more lots

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