World Treasures | Ancient & Ethnographic Art
Updated October 26, 2026
| Date | November 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | Artemis Fine Arts |
| Location | Louisville, Colorado, 80027 · more auctions in Louisville |
| Lots | 208 |
| Estimates | $200 – $22,500 |
What's in this auction
208 lots, mostly jewelry & watches (31), pottery, china & glass (20), fine art & prints (13), stamps & philately (6). 208 lots have photos. Pre-sale estimates $200–$22,500 across 208 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog, closing November 1, 2026.
Highest-estimated lots
- Oreodont Skull Fossil, Merycoidodon culbertsoni, Oligocene White River Group, Nebraska — est. $16,000–$22,500
- Rare Anasazi Mimbres Coral Animal Effigy Carving — est. $7,000–$10,500
- 19th C. Thai / Khmer Lacquered Ceremonial Hat, Relief Scrollwork, Stupa Form — est. $6,000–$9,000
- Fine Maya Jade Pendant - Lord's Visage — est. $4,000–$6,000
- William Holmes "The Grand Canon at the foot of the Toroweap - Looking East" (1882) — est. $4,000–$6,000
From the auction house
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In this auction (208 lots)
Categories: Jewelry & Watches (31) · Pottery, China & Glass (20) · Fine Art & Prints (13) · Stamps & Philately (6) · Sporting Goods & Outdoors (5) · Antiques & Furniture (3)
- Lot 1 — Egyptian Predynastic Banded Agate Mace Head, Naqada Period
- Lot 2 — Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace | Turquoise and Blue Geometric Segments
- Lot 3 — Two Egyptian Predynastic Limestone Mace Heads, Naqada Period
- Lot 4 — Three Ancient Egyptian Faience Bead Necklaces, Multi-Strand
- Lot 5 — Egyptian Predynastic Banded Alabaster Piriform Mace Head
- Lot 6 — Six Ancient Egyptian Late Period Faience Bead Strands
- Lot 7 — 3 Egyptian Protective Charms | Scarab, Fascinum, Coptic Openwork Bone
- Lot 8 — Hellenistic Agate Intaglio of Eros with Satyr Mask, Ancient Engraved Gem
- Lot 9 — Greek Hellenistic Calenian Black-Gloss Guttus | Gorgoneion Medallion
- Lot 10 — Hellenistic Gold Repoussé Plaque of Tyche, Ring Bezel, Phoenician Levant
- Lot 11 — Hellenistic Core-Formed Glass Alabastron Base | Feathered Trail Decoration
- Lot 12 — Ancient Bronze Birds | Greek Geometric Waterfowl, Roman Rooster, Islamic Cock
- Lot 13 — Daunian Kyathos with Painted Star Motif, Subgeometric Apulia
- Lot 14 — Etruscan Black-Gloss Oinochoe | Satyr Mask Handle, Volterra, Malacena Ware
- Lot 15 — 3 Roman Carnelian Intaglios - Fortuna, Minerva, Victory & Birds
- Lot 16 — Pair of Roman Glass Bangle Bracelets with Evil Eye Motif
- Lot 17 — Ancient Roman Levant Aqua Glass Drinking Bowl, Hollow Rolled Rim
- Lot 18 — 6 Ancient Animal Amulets | Roman Bronze Horse, Eagle, Lion and Bull, Bactrian Stone
- Lot 19 — Roman Miniature Handled Glass Unguent Jug | Thumbed Ribbon Handle
- Lot 20 — 3 Roman Jasper and Carnelian Intaglios | Mouse Biga with Roosters, Cupid, Satyr
- Lot 21 — Fifteen Roman-Medieval Bronze Items - Fibulae, Lion Buckles, Arrowheads & Key Ring
- Lot 22 — Roman Brass Oil Lamp | Hinged Lid and Knop Finial, Long Nozzle
- Lot 23 — Three Roman to Byzantine Rings | Star and Ring-and-Dot Bezels
- Lot 24 — Six Roman Bronze Penannular Bracelets, Open Cuff Bangles, Two Child Size
- Lot 25 — 3 Roman Carnelian and Jasper Intaglios - Minerva, Hercules, Libation Deity
- Lot 26 — Roman Levant Pattern-Molded Glass Flask | Drip Sprinkler Neck, Iridescence
- Lot 27 — Roman Bronze Fascinum and Sabazios Hand Amulets + Egyptian Faience Charm
- Lot 28 — Roman Bronze Finger Ring | Profile Head on Oval Bezel, Emperor / Patron Bust
- Lot 29 — Five Roman to Byzantine Miniature Figures - Animals & Cross
- Lot 30 — Roman Carnelian Intaglio of Victory w/ Palm & Wreath
- Lot 31 — Roman Bracelet Group | 2 Penannular + Hooked Armband
- Lot 32 — Early Christian Byzantine Ring Lot | Engraved Bird at Chalice, Greek Letters + Bone Ring
- Lot 33 — 9 Ancient Lead Bullae and Pendant Weights, Roman to Early Islamic
- Lot 34 — 3 Ancient Bronzes | Roman, Seljuq, & Medieval Bucranium, Horse & Hook
- Lot 35 — 3 Early Christian Stone Cross Pendants | Openwork Cross, Incised Circle Motifs
- Lot 36 — Ancient Bead Necklace | Egyptian, Roman & Islamic
- Lot 37 — Byzantine Jewelry | 3 Bronze Cuff Bracelets + 2 Finger Rings, Medieval
- Lot 38 — 2 Byzantine Bronze Rings | Rosette and Interlace Knot Bezels + Medieval Seal Ring
- Lot 39 — Anatolian Stone Stamp Seals | Pyramidal Cilician Seal + Quadruped Wedge Seal
- Lot 40 — Two Mesopotamian Stone Stamp Seals | Cross Motif Steatite + Winged Animal Lentoid
- Lot 41 — Mesopotamian Conical Stamp Seal with Goat and Kid + Cylinder Seal
- Lot 42 — Mesopotamian Miniature Biconvex Seal Amulet, Pierced, Crossed-Line Face
- Lot 43 — 3 Ancient Seals | Mesopotamian Archer Cylinder Seal, Roman Ring, Scythian Eagle Seal
- Lot 44 — Wearable Ancient Carnelian & Agate Beaded Necklace
- Lot 45 — 4 Ancient Miniature Animals + Luristan Bronze Zebu and Deer, Seljuk Horse, Roman Bird
- Lot 46 — Luristan Bronze Miniature Mace Head | Hollow Globular Form, Ancient Persia
- Lot 47 — 4 Luristan Garment Pins | Floral Openwork Heads, Long Bronze Pins
- Lot 48 — 6 Ancient Bronze Pendants / Beads, Luristan Melon Beads, Roman Mask, Byzantine Cross
- Lot 65 — Chinese Northern Wei / Tang Terracotta Tomb Guardian, Armored Warrior, 22" H
- Lot 111 — Oreodont Skull Fossil, Merycoidodon culbertsoni, Oligocene White River Group, Nebraska
- Lot 172 — Matthew Tiulana Inupiaq Walrus Ivory and Baleen "Double Head Hawk Mask"
- Lot 49 — Phrygian Bronze Fibula, Arched Bow with Ribbed Shoulders, Anatolia
- Lot 50 — Seleucid Bronze, Crusader Follis and Seljuk Horseman Fals, Lot of 3 Coins
- Lot 51 — Nishapur Type Unglazed Buff Bowl, Khurasan, Medieval Islamic Iran
- Lot 52 — South Indian Copper Vishnu Murti | Four-Armed with Chakra and Conch, Tamil Nadu
- Lot 53 — Three Narmada Shiva Lingam Stones, Polished Banalinga, India
- Lot 54 — 19th C. Indian Bronze Jewelry Pendant Molds | Durga with Trident, Horseman in Niche
- Lot 55 — 19th C. Indian Folk Bowed Instrument | Assam Sarinda with Zoomorphic Pegbox
- Lot 56 — Indian Folk Art Figural Ram Sev Press | Wood Noodle Maker, Himachal
- Lot 57 — Tibetan Copper Wrathful Armored Protector Deity Holding Serpent, Dharmapala Figure
- Lot 58 — 19th C. Tibetan Buddhist Thangka | Wrathful Yamantaka with Deities and Lamas
- Lot 59 — Sino-Tibetan Brass Buddha | Dhyana Mudra on Lotus Throne, Shou Robe Pattern
- Lot 60 — Tibetan Buddhist Bone Mala Prayer Beads | Silver, Coral & Turquoise Counters
- Lot 61 — 19th C. Tibetan Thangka | Amitayus, Buddha of Long Life, Red Deity with Vase, Brocade Mount
- Lot 62 — Tibetan Buddhist Bronze Ghanta Ritual Bell | Vajra Handle, Kirtimukha Band
- Lot 63 — Nepalese Shaman Dhyangro Drum | Phurba Kīla Handle, Jhakri Ritual Frame Drum
- Lot 64 — Swat Valley Silk Embroidered Textiles | Pink Geometric Pillow Case + Square Panel
- Lot 66 — 10th C. Chinese Song Dynasty Yue ware Pottery Jar
- Lot 67 — Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Nephrite Jade Drill Core, ca. 2100–1600 BCE
- Lot 68 — Chinese Late Shang / Western Zhou Carved Stone Zoomorphic Pendant
- Lot 69 — Sino-Tibetan Miniature Brass Guardian Figure | Trampling Pose, Heavenly King Type
- Lot 70 — 4 Chinese Qing Dynasty Snuff Bottles | Obsidian with Carnelian Stopper & More
- Lot 71 — Early Chinese Buddhist Altar Textile | Gold Dragon Silk Brocade, Pile Rug Panels
- Lot 72 — Chinese Scholar’s Object, Polished Stone Yue Axe Blade with Three Holes
- Lot 73 — Chinese Gray Stone Ritual Bi Disk, Han-Style Cross-Hatched Design
- Lot 74 — Chinese Scholar’s Jade Yue Axe Blade, Celadon to Black Mottled Nephrite
- Lot 75 — 19th C. Chinese Dali Marble Dream Stone - Shih-Hua
- Lot 76 — Meiji Japanese Onna Noh Theater Mask, Carved Wood, Ohaguro Blackened Teeth
- Lot 77 — 19th C. Thai / Khmer Lacquered Ceremonial Hat, Relief Scrollwork, Stupa Form
- Lot 78 — Ancient Thai Ban Chiang Baluster Jar | Serpentine Incised Band, Impressed Decoration
- Lot 79 — Four Ancient Vietnamese Dong Son Cast Metal Rings, Open Bracelets
- Lot 80 — 16th C. Vietnamese Stoneware Lime Pots, Binh Voi, Annamese Ceramics
- Lot 81 — Indonesian Executioner’s Kris Sword - Carved Wood Hilt & Brass-Clad Sheath
- Lot 82 — Early Sumatran Ceremonial Bridal Jacket, Embroidered Mirror Bib, Shell Borders, Indonesia
- Lot 83 — Papua New Guinea Warrior Bite Ornament, Painted Fiber with Boar Tusks and Shell Inlay
- Lot 84 — Papua New Guinea Palm Wood Mortar Container w/ Stone Pestle
- Lot 85 — Papua New Guinea Wood Bow & Painted Arrows
- Lot 86 — Hawaiian Shell Lei Necklace | Purple Cone Shell Beads, Oval Limpet Centerpiece
- Lot 87 — New Zealand Maori Jade Ear Pendant, Straight Kuru Form, 5.67" L
- Lot 88 — Acheulean Chert Handaxe, Lower Paleolithic Stone Tool, North Africa
- Lot 89 — 10 Saharan Neolithic Arrowheads, Niger, Documented Study Set with Data Sheets
- Lot 90 — West African Bura Culture Stone Head Stele | Stylized Face with Forked Brow, Niger
- Lot 91 — Baule Mblo Portrait Mask, Red Face with Black Crested Coiffure, Côte d’Ivoire
- Lot 92 — 19th C. Luba Female Bowl Bearing Figure - Mboko
- Lot 93 — Mossi Biiga Doll, Boulsa Style Carved Wood Fertility Figure, Burkina Faso
- Lot 94 — Benin Style Cast Figural Group, Oba Head and Court Scenes
- Lot 95 — Bembe Alunga Janiform Carved Wood Head, Two Faces with Kaolin Eyes, DR Congo
- Lot 96 — Mali Carved Wood Birthing Chair Back, Crocodile Relief, Bamana Dogon, 50" H
- Lot 97 — Two Djenné Redware Pottery Vessels | Burnished Red Slip, Inland Niger Delta
- Lot 98 — Rendille / Borana Tripod Headrest, Carved Wood, Northern Kenya Pastoralist Stool
- Lot 99 — Ewe Venavi Twin Figures | Carved Wood, Glass Bead Necklaces, Togo / Ghana
- Lot 100 — African Nupe Polychrome Carved Wood Round Stool with Conical Legs
- Lot 101 — African Fante Wood Figure - Seated Queen Mother with Bead Strands
- Lot 102 — 2 Dogon Figural Granary Locks | Horned Heads, Iron-Reinforced Bolt Slot, Mali
- Lot 103 — West African Dan Carved Wood Face Mask, Slit Eyes, Hair Braids, Initiation
- Lot 104 — Dogon Yo Domolo Thief’s Staff, Carved Wood Hooked Crook, Mali
- Lot 105 — Tuareg Green Leather Saddle Tassel with Red Openwork and Fringe, Sahara
- Lot 106 — West African Wasamba Initiation Rattle with Painted Gourd Disks
- Lot 107 — African Luba Carved Figure Water Pipe, Globular Chamber, Smoking Pipe
- Lot 108 — 4 African DR Congo Hunting Arrows | Forged Iron Leaf and Spade Heads ★
- Lot 109 — Kusu / Hemba Carved Wood Standing Figure, Ancestor Effigy, DR Congo
- Lot 110 — Central African Wood & Goatskin Drum with Carved Ancestral Heads
- Lot 112 — Fossilized Megalodon Tooth with Barnacles, 5.7"
- Lot 113 — Fossil Plant Leaf Impressions in Matrix, Group of Four Specimens
- Lot 114 — Triassic Araucaria Petrified Wood, Madagascar, Polished Slab
- Lot 115 — Prehistoric Megalodon Shark Tooth, 5.4 Inches
- Lot 116 — Polished Ammonite Half with Mosasaur Tooth and Root, Cretaceous Fossils
- Lot 117 — Fossilized Megalodon Tooth with Turquoise and Pyrite Inlay, 4.7"
- Lot 118 — Mosasaur & Spinosaurus Fossil Tooth Pair, Late Cretaceous
- Lot 119 — Fossil Whale Vertebra Cetacean, Miocene, Complete Centrum
- Lot 120 — Megalodon Shark Tooth with Polished Black Enamel, 5.1"
- Lot 121 — Cretaceous Dinosaur Tooth & Opals - Richardoestesia, Hell Creek Formation
- Lot 122 — Silver Pendant | Sericho Pallasite Meteorite Slice with Olivine
- Lot 123 — Six Pre-Columbian & Native American Artifacts - Obsidian, Pottery, Flint
- Lot 124 — Pre-Columbian Pottery Group of 4 - Tlatilco, Zapotec, Nayarit & Teotihuacan
- Lot 125 — Pre-Columbian Bottles, Calabash Form, Tlatilco and Colima Ware
- Lot 126 — Mexican Tlatilco Pottery Torso Fragments (15 pcs)
- Lot 127 — Tlatilco Pottery Rattle Figure - Seated Nude Female, Possible Birthing Pose
- Lot 128 — Pre-Columbian Mexico Pottery Figure Head Fragments, Group of 8
- Lot 129 — Five Pre-Columbian Pottery Spindle Whorls, Stamped and Incised
- Lot 130 — Ancient Guerrero Mezcala Greenstone Bead Necklace
- Lot 131 — Mezcala Greenstone Bead Necklace + Five Face Pendants
- Lot 132 — Two Guerrero Mezcala Stone Axe God Figures
- Lot 133 — Jalisco Redware Pottery Dog Effigy Vessel & Bowl
- Lot 134 — Three Jalisco Pottery Figures - Mother, Standing Woman & Drummer
- Lot 135 — Fine Maya Jade Pendant - Lord's Visage
- Lot 136 — Three Maya Greenstone Celts
- Lot 137 — Maya Gypsum Effigy Vessel with Zoomorphic Head
- Lot 138 — Three Maya Chert, Flint & Obsidian Eccentric Blades
- Lot 139 — Mixtec & Michoacan Redware Tripod Rattle Vessels - Zoomorphic Legs
- Lot 140 — Mixtec Stone Penate Figures - Group of Three Amulets
- Lot 141 — Veracruz Sandstone Head with Crest and Open Mouth
- Lot 142 — Pre-Columbian & Anasazi Pottery Vessels (9 pcs)
- Lot 143 — 5 Pre-Columbian Pottery Vessels | Gran Chiriquí Resist Jars + Capulí Figural Flask
- Lot 144 — 4 Costa Rican Guanacaste-Nicoya Tripod Rattle Vessels
- Lot 145 — Costa Rican Volcanic Stone Effigy Pestle, Tablet Headdress
- Lot 146 — Andean & Mesoamerican Shell Beads, Pottery & Copper
- Lot 147 — Rare Argentinean San Jose Polychrome Pottery Bowl
- Lot 148 — Native American Stone Gorget, Bannerstone Preform & Pottery Trowel Group
- Lot 149 — Fifty Native American Chert and Quartzite Stone Tools and Fragments, Archaic to Woodland
- … and 58 more lots
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