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Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 42

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2022
Session A | 09:00 PST | Lots 1-316 | Ancient & Islamic Part I
Session B | 14:00 PST | Lots 317-855 | Islamic Part II & India & China
FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2022
Session C | 09:00 PST | Lots 856-1177 | World Coins Part I
Session D | 14:00 PST | Lots 1178-1741 | World Coins Part II & Ethnographic
SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2022
Session E | 10:00 PST | Lots 1742-2324 | Internet-Only Lots Part I
SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 2022
Session F | 10:00 PST | Lots 2325-3200 | Internet-Only Lots Part II & Group Lots
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TOGO: quartz disk (235g), VF1728 - TOGO: quartz disk (235g), VF
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TOGO: quartz disk (235g), Opitz p.273 (plate example), 76 x 74 x 31mm, ca. 17th-19th century, used as money by various Akan people along the west Afri
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (220.00 + 44.00BP) = 264.00
 
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UNITED STATES: pearl string (12.95g), VF1729 - UNITED STATES: pearl string (12.95g), VF
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UNITED STATES: pearl string (12.95g), Opitz p.247, Opitz (2011) p.403 (plate example), consisting of 130 pearls, used by Great Plains tribes as a trad
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Estimate : 120.00 - 160.00
Sold for (400.00 + 80.00BP) = 480.00
 
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UNITED STATES: wampum beads (136g), VF1730 - UNITED STATES: wampum beads (136g), VF
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UNITED STATES: wampum beads (136g), Opitz p.365, 36cm long string of shell beads, each ca. 1.5cm in diameter, unearthed from Native American mounds in
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (300.00 + 60.00BP) = 360.00
 
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UNITED STATES: wampum necklace, EF1731 - UNITED STATES: wampum necklace, EF
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UNITED STATES: wampum necklace, Opitz p.372-73, ca. 53cm in circumference, composed of 21 white shell tubes and numerous small black stone beads, prod
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (350.00 + 70.00BP) = 420.00
 
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UNITED STATES: wampum string, EF1732 - UNITED STATES: wampum string, EF
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UNITED STATES: wampum string, Opitz p.369 (upper left plate example), ca. 28cm, composed of 47 white and purple shell tubes and attached to cloth at b
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (1,700.00 + 340.00BP) = 2,040.00
 
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UNITED STATES: wampum string, VF-EF1733 - UNITED STATES: wampum string, VF-EF
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UNITED STATES: wampum string, Opitz p.369 (upper right plate example), ca. 47cm, composed of 24 white shell tubes, produced by the Campbell family of
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (240.00 + 48.00BP) = 288.00
 
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UNITED STATES: wampum string, EF1734 - UNITED STATES: wampum string, EF
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UNITED STATES: wampum string, Opitz p.369 (lower plate example), ca. 54cm, composed of 38 white shell tubes, made by the Iroquois people of New York S
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold for (650.00 + 130.00BP) = 780.00
 
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UNITED STATES: LOT of 11 Archaic Period stone weapons1735 - UNITED STATES: LOT of 11 Archaic Period stone weapons
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UNITED STATES: LOT of 11 Archaic Period stone weapons (ca. 8000-1000 BC), including 4 knife blades (one found in Wabash River, Indiana), 2 projectile
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (170.00 + 34.00BP) = 204.00
 
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UNITED STATES: LOT of 6 prehistoric abalone shells1736 - UNITED STATES: LOT of 6 prehistoric abalone shells
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UNITED STATES: LOT of 6 prehistoric abalone shells, pierced for use in necklace (Opitz p.367 Wampum, plate examples), unearthed from an ancient Maidu
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 350.00
Sold for (325.00 + 65.00BP) = 390.00
 
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VANUATU: Torres Islands, tetiti shell money, VF-EF1737 - VANUATU: Torres Islands, tetiti shell money, VF-EF
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VANUATU: Torres Islands, tetiti shell money, Opitz p.343 (plate example), comprising 35 snail shells strung on a hand-woven rope, VF to EF, ex Charles
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 4 brass figuerines1738 - WORLDWIDE: LOT of 4 brass figuerines
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 4 brass figuerines, including Africa: West African brass animal money in the shape of a lizard (142mm, 89.94g), plus two Ashanti bra
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (450.00 + 90.00BP) = 540.00
 
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 6 fish hooks1739 - WORLDWIDE: LOT of 6 fish hooks
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 6 fish hooks, Opitz (2011) p.228-29 (plate examples), including Brazil: 2 metal fish hooks used on the Amazon; Tonga: an iron hook (
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (180.00 + 36.00BP) = 216.00
 
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 3 shell monies1740 - WORLDWIDE: LOT of 3 shell monies
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 3 shell monies, including Nigeria: rotl, 20.5cm (Opitz p.289 plate example); and Papua New Guinea: a string of conus shell tips, arr
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 8 shell items1741 - WORLDWIDE: LOT of 8 shell items
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 8 shell items, including Indonesia: two shell bangles from Western Papua; Myanmar: a piece of Naga conch shell money (12cm, Opitz p.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 160.00
Sold for (130.00 + 26.00BP) = 156.00
 
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