Fine Fossils, Native American, Asian, Ethno
Updated August 10, 2026
This auction ended on August 6, 2026.
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| Date | August 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | Artemis Fine Arts |
| Location | Louisville, Colorado, 80027 · more auctions in Louisville |
| Lots | 217 |
| Estimates | $400 – $90,000 |
What's in this auction
217 lots, mostly pottery, china & glass (39), fine art & prints (24), jewelry & watches (11), sporting goods & outdoors (4). 217 lots have photos and 217 have full descriptions. Pre-sale estimates $400–$90,000 across 217 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog.
Highest-estimated lots
- T. Rex Fossil Pelvis, Late Cretaceous Western USA 49"L — Custom Display — est. $60,000–$90,000
- Kentrosaurus Fossil Shoulder Spike, Late Jurassic Tanzania 24" inches — est. $40,000–$60,000
- Saber-Toothed Tiger Fossil Skull, Late Miocene — Complete Dentition — est. $37,500–$55,000
- Rare Nimravus Fossil Skull — False Saber-Toothed Cat, Oligocene — est. $30,000–$45,000
- Mimbres Black-on-White Pottery Bowl - Standing Woman, Kill Hole — est. $19,000–$28,500
From the auction house
Featuring an extraordinary collection spanning fossils, Native American artifacts, and Asian art and antiquities ? alongside Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, and fine/visual arts. All items are ethically sourced and legal to sell. Full catalog and bidding: view on liveauctioneers .
In this auction (217 lots)
Categories: Pottery, China & Glass (39) · Fine Art & Prints (24) · Jewelry & Watches (11) · Sporting Goods & Outdoors (4) · Stamps & Philately (3) · Antiques & Furniture (2)
- Lot 0001 — Saber-Toothed Tiger Fossil Skull, Late Miocene — Complete Dentition
- Lot 0002 — T. Rex Fossil Pelvis, Late Cretaceous Western USA 49"L — Custom Display
- Lot 0003 — Rare Nimravus Fossil Skull — False Saber-Toothed Cat, Oligocene
- Lot 0004 — Kentrosaurus Fossil Shoulder Spike, Late Jurassic Tanzania 24" inches
- Lot 0005 — Pleistocene Fossil Hyena Skull and Mandible
- Lot 0006 — Monster 6.1" Megalodon Fossil Tooth — Otodus megalodon
- Lot 0007 — Fossilized Mammoth Tusk on Wood Base
- Lot 0008 — Prehistoric "Trilobite Highway" Fossils in Stone Matrix
- Lot 0009 — Massive Prehistoric Fossilized Dinosaur Vertebra Bone
- Lot 0010 — Large Cretaceous Hadrosaur Dinosaur Coal Mine Footprint Cast
- Lot 0011 — Fossilized Crab Potamon potamios in Travertine Matrix
- Lot 0012 — Devonian Fossil Slab Table Top - Orthoceras & Ammonite, Morocco
- Lot 0013 — Fossil Whale Vertebra Cetacean, Miocene, Complete Centrum
- Lot 0014 — Devonian Trilobite Fossils - Six in Matrices
- Lot 0015 — Large Metacanthina Trilobite Fossil in Stone Matrix
- Lot 0016 — Fossilized Stegodon Bone Fragment - Pleistocene Era
- Lot 0017 — Jurassic Period Giant Fossil Ammonite | Southern France | 31" Intact Spiral
- Lot 0018 — Massive 6.1" Megalodon Fossil Tooth, Miocene–Pliocene
- Lot 0019 — Mammoth Tusk Fragment with Exposed Core on Wood Stand
- Lot 0020 — Aquamarine & Muscovite Mica Mineral Specimen
- Lot 0021 — 3 Unmounted Diamonds Round Brilliant Cuts
- Lot 0021A — Baltic Amber w/ Insect Inclusions - Sixteen Polished Pieces
- Lot 0022 — Olmec & Olmecoid Proto-Maya Terracotta Figures - Group of Three
- Lot 0023 — Tlatilco Pottery Rattle Figure - Seated Nude Female, Possible Birthing Pose
- Lot 0024 — Pre-Columbian & Greek Terracotta Heads, Figures & Ocarina - Lot of 12
- Lot 0025 — Two Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God Figures
- Lot 0026 — Pre-Columbian Pottery Group of 4 - Tlatilco, Zapotec, Nayarit & Teotihuacan
- Lot 0027 — Colima & Jalisco Pottery Nude Female Figures, Group of 3
- Lot 0028 — Pre-Columbian West Mexican Pottery Figures - Colima Warriors & Jalisco Female
- Lot 0029 — Four Colima Pottery Vessels - Animal & Gourd Forms
- Lot 0030 — Nayarit San Sebastian Redware Maternity Figure - Nursing Mother
- Lot 0031 — 3 Nayarit Pottery Male & Female Seated Figures
- Lot 0032 — Nayarit Seated Bichrome Semi-Nude Male & Female
- Lot 0033 — Veracruz Terracotta Seated Dignitary Figure - Adorned with Bitumen-Painted Features
- Lot 0034 — Three Maya Greenstone Celts
- Lot 0035A — Maya Copador Bowl + Jalisco/Colima Barrel Rattle Vessel
- Lot 0036 — Three Maya Chert, Flint & Obsidian Eccentric Blades
- Lot 0036A — Pre-Columbian Pottery Group - Maya Polychrome Sherd & Tripod Vessels
- Lot 0038 — Costa Rican Nicoya Polychrome Jar w/ Owl Face
- Lot 0039 — Chancay Bichrome Cuchimilco Pottery Figure - Standing Nude Male
- Lot 0040 — Two Moche High Quality Gold & Silver Tweezers
- Lot 0040A — Large / Intact Chimu Copper Tumis, Preserved Textile Impressions
- Lot 0041 — Greater Nicoya Polychrome Effigy Jar - Modeled Face, Scrolls
- Lot 0042 — Narino Resist-Decorated Pedestal Bowls, Group of Five
- Lot 0043 — Two Traditional South American Aymara Woven Wool Shawls
- Lot 0044 — Mimbres Black-on-White Pottery Bowl - Standing Woman, Kill Hole
- Lot 0045 — Published Mississippian Hooded Owl Effigy, Tripod Legs
- Lot 0046 — Woodland Stone Platform Pipe - Engraved Bowl
- Lot 0047 — Mississippian Black Stone Pipe - Square Bowl
- Lot 0048 — Mississippian Stone Effigy Pipe - Kneeling Human Figure
- Lot 0049 — Mississippian Etched Pottery Jar - Shell Tempered
- Lot 0050 — Caddo Pottery Water Bottle Gourd Form w/ Spiral Motif
- Lot 0050A — Mississippian Caddo Incised Jar, Textile-Impressed Surface Decoration
- Lot 0051 — Mississippian Caddo Friendship Engraved Bottle
- Lot 0052 — Mississippian Large Eel Effigy Pottery Bowl, Firing Clouds
- Lot 0053 — Prehistoric Mississippian / Caddo Pottery Bat Effigy Rim Bowl
- Lot 0054 — Native American Stone Gorget, Bannerstone Preform & Pottery Trowel Group
- Lot 0055 — Mississippian Basalt Pop-Eyed Birdstone Effigy
- Lot 0056 — Native American Mississippian Stone Spud, Flared Bit Rat Tail
- Lot 0057 — Mississippian Carved Conch Shell Maskettes - Weeping Eye, Pair
- Lot 0058 — Mississippian Pottery Bottle - Globular Long-Neck Vessel
- Lot 0059 — Mississippian Pottery Jar - Incised Flared Rim, Utility Vessel
- Lot 0060 — Mississippian Pottery Jar - Ex Andy Warhol Collection, Sotheby's 1988
- Lot 0061 — Mississippian Pottery Effigy Group - Fish, Turtle, Hexagonal Bowl
- Lot 0062 — Mississippian Incised Pottery Jar with Lug Nubs
- Lot 0063 — Caddo Mississippian Pottery Bowls - Engraved, Group of Three
- Lot 0064 — Large Mississippian Pottery Olla - Globular Jar with Short Collar
- Lot 0065 — Mississippian Pottery Bottle - Poinsett Co., Arkansas
- Lot 0066 — Mississippian Pottery Jug with Four Protruding Faces
- Lot 0067 — Caddo Greyware Pottery Jars, Pair
- Lot 0068 — Caddo Engraved Pottery Bowl - Scroll & Punctate Banded Carinated Vessel
- Lot 0069 — Caddo Engraved Pottery Water Bottle
- Lot 0070 — Mississippian Caddo Pottery Bottle - Blakely Engraved
- Lot 0071 — Caddoan Mississippian Means-Haley Engraved Bowl
- Lot 0072 — Mississippian Hume Engraved Bottle
- Lot 0073 — Three Woodland to Mississippian Stone Tools
- Lot 0074 — Chumash Carved Charm Stone - Two-Faced Effigy Totem
- Lot 0075 — Four Acoma Pueblo & Santo Domingo Polychrome Vessels
- Lot 0076 — Santa Clara Blackware Vase with Avanyu Serpent, by Mida Tafoya
- Lot 0077 — Navajo Sandpainting Design Print on Muslin, Thunderbirds & Corn
- Lot 0078 — Larry E. Carnes Pottery Sculpture "Chickasaw Warrior"
- Lot 0079 — Walrus Ivory Sculpture of Gecko & Centipede
- Lot 0080 — Mousterian Neanderthal Stone Hand Tool From Mali
- Lot 0080A — African Mossi Wood Karan-Wemba Funerary Mask, ex Museum
- Lot 0081 — Tall Dayak Wood Hampatong Figure - Ancestral Guardian
- Lot 0082 — Borneo Dayak Wood Ancestor Guardian Figure
- Lot 0082A — Fine 19th C. Maori Wood Wahaika Club - Tiki & Paua Shell
- Lot 0082B — Early 1900s Maori Carved Wood Wakahuia Treasure Box - Paua Inlays
- Lot 0083 — 20th C. Indonesian Brass Buddha Grouping - 16 Figures on Tiered Stand
- Lot 0084 — Four 19th C. Indonesian Carved Kris Dagger Hilts
- Lot 0085 — Indonesian New Guinea Wood Ancestral Figure Post, Openwork Arms
- Lot 0086 — Superb Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Canoe Model
- Lot 0087 — Papua New Guinea Stone Adze Celts
- Lot 0088 — Papua New Guinea Cassowary Bone Figural Dagger w/ Plumage & Shells
- Lot 0089 — Papua New Guinea Abelam Female Initiation Figure - Tetepeku
- Lot 0090 — 17th-18th C. Chinese Sandstone Seated Lohan - Anjali Mudra
- Lot 0091 — 17th C. Chinese Lacquered Wood Taoist Official - Hu Tablet
- Lot 0092 — Qing Dynasty Gilt Lacquer Papier-Mache Temple Attendant Figure with Peach
- Lot 0093 — Han Dynasty Ceramic Musicians and Dancer Group (6)
- Lot 0094 — Chinese Tang Dynasty Terracotta Mingqi Tomb Figures, Group of Three
- Lot 0095 — Chinese Northern Song / Jin Cizhou Meiping Vase, Stoneware
- Lot 0096 — Ming / Qing Dragon Teapot Iron Oxide Glaze
- Lot 0097 — 2 Yuan & Ming Celadon Bowls - Twin Fish & Lotus Motifs
- Lot 0098 — Chinese Ming Sancai Ceramic Funerary Mingqi w/ Offering Bowl
- Lot 0099 — Ming Dynasty Green-Glazed Pottery Attendant Figure - Tomb Mingqi
- Lot 0099A — Pair of Chinese Ming Wooden Lohan Figures
- Lot 0100 — Pair of Chinese Ming Pottery Tomb Attendants
- Lot 0101 — Qing Wood Ancestor as Official, Glass Eyes & Horse Hair
- Lot 0102 — Qing Lacquered Matsu Sculpture - Guardian of the Sea
- Lot 0103 — Qing Dynasty Polychrome Wooden Lohan Figure
- Lot 0103A — Monumental 17th C. Chinese Wood Sculpture of Guanyin
- Lot 0104 — 18th C. Chinese Gilt & Lacquered Wood Seated Guanyin
- Lot 0105 — 18th C. Chinese Kangxi Porcelain Bowl w/ Butterflies
- Lot 0106 — Four 18th C. Chinese Qing Stone & Glass Snuff Bottles
- Lot 0107 — Chinese Qing Buddhist Textile, Wool & Silk Brocade, Framed
- Lot 0108 — 19th C. Chinese Smoking Pipes, Tortoiseshell & Ivory
- Lot 0109 — Early Chinese Brass Steelyard Balance | Crane and Ship Weights
- Lot 0110 — Chinese Neolithic Revival Red Stone Ceremonial Blade
- Lot 0111 — Chinese Neolithic Revival Jade Ceremonial Blade
- Lot 0112 — Chinese Mammoth Ivory Erhu Player w/ Dog
- Lot 0113 — Chinese & Mongolian Silver Charms of Figures + Animals
- Lot 0114 — Chinese Sterling Silver & Greenstone Animal Pendant
- Lot 0115 — Vibrant Japanese Silk Uchikake Wedding Kimono
- Lot 0116 — Japanese Mammoth Ivory Okimono Fisherman w/ Children
- Lot 0117 — Japanese Meiji Ivory Figure - Warrior by Matsuyama
- Lot 0118 — Korean Joseon Blue-Glazed Fish Water Dropper & Vase
- Lot 0119 — 19th C. Tai-Burmese Spirit Manuscript - Yantra Diagrams
- Lot 0120 — Large 19th C. Burmese Coppered Wood Crowned Buddha
- Lot 0121 — 19th C. Burmese Nat Figure - Striking Nacre Shell Eyes
- Lot 0122 — 19th C. Burmese Bronze Buddha w/ Inlaid Enamel Eyes
- Lot 0123 — 20th C. Cambodian Sandstone Durga - Mahishasuramardini, Slayer of Buffalo Demon
- Lot 0124 — Cambodian Sandstone Skanda on Peacock - Khmer-Style War God
- Lot 0125 — 18th C. Tibetan Gilt Brass Vajrapani Figure
- Lot 0126 — 19th C. Tibetan Thangka Amitayus 'Boundless Life' with Flanking Figures
- Lot 0127 — 19th C. Tibetan Brass Seated Kubera / Yellow Jambhala
- Lot 0128 — Buddhist Copper & Brass Bhumpa - Ritual Water Vase
- Lot 0129 — Nepalese Wood & Hide Dhyangro Shaman's Drum - Carved Kila Handle
- Lot 0130 — 19th C. Western Himalayan Brass Bodhisattva Maitreya with Kamandalu
- Lot 0131 — Three 19th C. Indo-Persian Mughal-Style Paintings - Battle Scenes
- Lot 0132 — 12th C. Ghurid Pottery Pitcher, Piriform w/ Concentric Circles
- Lot 0133 — Islamic Bronze Incense Tripod, Kufic Inscriptions
- Lot 0134 — Persian Siljuk Bronze Lamp Stand, Khorasan Region
- Lot 0135 — 9th C. Persian Nishapur Pottery Bowl Bird Motif
- Lot 0136 — Sumerian Multi-Strand Black and White Bead Necklace
- Lot 0137 — Sumerian Faience & Stone Beads - One Pound Lot of Disc & Tube Beads
- Lot 0138 — Sumerian Stone, Shell & Faience Bead Necklaces - Six Black & White Strands
- Lot 0139 — Four Luristan Bronze Garment Pins - Floral & Domed Finials
- Lot 0140 — Two Luristan Bronze Blades - Petaloid Daggers with Tangs
- Lot 0141 — Ancient Sassanian Beaked Pitcher Scrolled Finial, TL Tested
- Lot 0141A — Akkadian Hematite & Egyptian Faience Cylinder Seals - Figural Scenes
- … and 67 more lots
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