1885 - NORTH AFRICA: AR bracelet (146g). VFStephen Album Rare Coins
NORTH AFRICA: AR bracelet (146g), Opitz p. 277 (bottom right plate example), ca. 120mm & 25mm, hollow ring with elaborately decorated exterior, ...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold for (350.00 + 70.00BP) = 420.00
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1886 - NORTH AFRICA: AR bracelet (380g). VFStephen Album Rare Coins
NORTH AFRICA: AR bracelet (380g), Opitz p. 277 (top left plate example), ca. 125mm & 25mm, hollow ring with elaborately decorated exterior with ...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold for (600.00 + 120.00BP) = 720.00
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1887 - PANAMA: SAN BLAS ISLANDS:. VFStephen Album Rare Coins
PANAMA: SAN BLAS ISLANDS:pair of solid gold rings from the San Blas Islands made by the Kuna people, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (170.00 + 34.00BP) = 204.00
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1888 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bilum bag. VFStephen Album Rare Coins
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bilum bag, Opitz pg. 83 (plate), a very old and small example, made from native fiber, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Chimbu Bi
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
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1889 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tuskStephen Album Rare Coins
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tusk, 90mm, Papuan Highlands full circle boar's tusk nose ornament, collected in 1930 as part of the Kaake Collection in ...
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 280.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
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1894 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tusks. VFStephen Album Rare Coins
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tusks, 18.50cm (7¼") wide, a personal decoration made of boars tusks and cowry shells and used as money, VF, R, ex ...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (85.00 + 17.00BP) = 102.00
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1900 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: doga necklaceStephen Album Rare Coins
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: doga necklace, see Opitz pg.133/34, Kula pg. 23, 65cm (25½") in length, with plastic beads instead of shell beads, conus...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 175.00 - 250.00
Sold for (140.00 + 28.00BP) = 168.00
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1905 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: kin shell moneyStephen Album Rare Coins
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: kin shell money, 20 x 10cm (7 3/4" x 4"), pearl oyster shell with woven neck band and gum on back of shell as made, VF, ...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold for (130.00 + 26.00BP) = 156.00
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1908 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: mis shell money. EFStephen Album Rare Coins
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: mis shell money, Opitz p.223, SET of 4 types of mis money (lolot, pabang, kuwas, sili-uro) from Lihir Island near New Ireland, each
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold for (190.00 + 38.00BP) = 228.00
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1909 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: ndap shell money, VFStephen Album Rare Coins
PAPUA NEW GUINEA:Opitz pg. 236, 78mm, used on Rossel Island (Yela), VF, R, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Culturally and linguistically distinct from
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (85.00 + 17.00BP) = 102.00
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1911 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: omak sticks. VFStephen Album Rare Coins
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: omak sticks, Opitz pg. 245 (plate example), 20cm (7 3/4") long plus cord, bamboo and fiber breastplate for males from the Hig...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
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1914 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell necklace. VFStephen Album Rare Coins
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell necklace, 40cm (16") in length, 104 conus shell discs with a bailer shell pendant, each hand filed down for a flattened...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (85.00 + 17.00BP) = 102.00
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1924 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: woven braceletStephen Album Rare Coins
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: woven bracelet, made from native fiber, used as a decoration many years ago, before the natives realized that these plastic like rin
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
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1927 - PHILIPPINES: AV ring (11.68g)Stephen Album Rare Coins
PHILIPPINES: AV ring (11.68g), Opitz p.240 (plate example), also known as lingling-o, 20mm ring interrupted by a thin slit at the thick end, made by t
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold for (550.00 + 110.00BP) = 660.00
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1929 - PHILIPPINES: brass earrings. VFStephen Album Rare Coins
PHILIPPINES: brass earrings, 38x55mm, very old tribal earrings with colored thread tied around top, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold for (35.00 + 7.00BP) = 42.00
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