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Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 44

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location2585 Sebastopol Road #7386, Santa Rosa, California, 95407, United States

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Session A | 09:00 PDT | Lots 1-311 | Ancient & Islamic Part I
Session B | 14:00 PDT | Lots 312-861 | Islamic Part II & India
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Session C | 09:00 PDT | Lots 862-1208 | China & World Coins - Asia & Middle-East
Session D | 14:30 PDT | Lots 1209-1730 | World Coins - Europe, Africa, Americas, Pacific, Ethnographic
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
Session E | 10:00 PDT | Lots 1731-2640 | Internet - Single Lots
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2022
Session F | 10:00 PDT | Lots 2641-3250 | Internet - Group Lots
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Manus Islands, shell disc (330.44g), Choice VF2621 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Manus Islands, shell disc (330.44g), Choice VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Manus Islands, shell disc (330.44g), 153 x 147mm, shaped and polished from a single large clam shell, holed in the center and thread
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for (170.00 + 34.00BP) = 204.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: nassa shell ornament, VF2622 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: nassa shell ornament, VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: nassa shell ornament, Opitz p.235, ca. 71 x 30cm, made in the shape of a large snake with thousands of nassa shells and two large co
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (190.00 + 38.00BP) = 228.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: New Britain, euk shell money (938g), VF2623 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: New Britain, euk shell money (938g), VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: New Britain, euk shell money (938g), Opitz (2011) p.220, comprising a large gold-lip shell (27 x 23cm) modified to leave an "...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for (85.00 + 17.00BP) = 102.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Rossel Island (Yela), LOT of 2 ndap shell monies2624 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Rossel Island (Yela), LOT of 2 ndap shell monies
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Rossel Island (Yela), LOT of 2 ndap shell monies, Opitz p.236, Opitz (2011) p.383 (plate examples), 71 and 62mm in length respective
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold for (85.00 + 17.00BP) = 102.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell "boar" tusk, EF2625 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell "boar" tusk, EF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell "boar" tusk, Opitz (2011) p.130 (plate example), 110mm in diameter, made from a giant tridacna shell in the shape ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: stone axe (530g), VF2626 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: stone axe (530g), VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: stone axe (530g), ca. 23.5 x 55cm, comprising a greenstone blade affixed to a curved wooden handle with rattan, blade broken and rep
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: stone club head (589g), VF2627 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: stone club head (589g), VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: stone club head (589g), Opitz (2011) p.168 (plate example), 100 x 58mm, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Visit www.traditionalmoney.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
Sold for (190.00 + 38.00BP) = 228.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Sudest Island (Tagula), daveri shell money (16.77g), EF2628 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Sudest Island (Tagula), daveri shell money (16.77g), EF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Sudest Island (Tagula), daveri shell money (16.77g), Opitz p.128, Opitz (2011) p.198 (plate example), shaped, polished and holed as
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: turbo shell (658g), VF2629 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: turbo shell (658g), VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: turbo shell (658g), Opitz p.359, Opitz (2011) p.172, ca. 17.5 x 11.5 x 12.5cm, made of a large segment of the green turban snail she
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (65.00 + 13.00BP) = 78.00
 
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: abaquaro armband, VF-EF2630 - SOLOMON ISLANDS: abaquaro armband, VF-EF
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: abaquaro armband, Opitz (2011) p.10 (plate example), comprising a rectangular band (13 x 10.5cm) with hundreds of red, white, and bla
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for (130.00 + 26.00BP) = 156.00
 
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: ceremonial wooden club (278.61g), VF-EF2631 - SOLOMON ISLANDS: ceremonial wooden club (278.61g), VF-EF
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: ceremonial wooden club (278.61g), 28cm, with an 8-petaled head and a shaft wrapped in a woven sleeve, VF-EF, ex Charles Opitz Collect
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (400.00 + 80.00BP) = 480.00
 
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: fossilized shell disc (431.29g), EF2632 - SOLOMON ISLANDS: fossilized shell disc (431.29g), EF
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: fossilized shell disc (431.29g), Opitz p.298, 177 x 171mm, shaped and polished from a single large fossilized clam shell, incised wit
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for (90.00 + 18.00BP) = 108.00
 
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: LOT of 3 nose-piercing sticks2633 - SOLOMON ISLANDS: LOT of 3 nose-piercing sticks
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: LOT of 3 nose-piercing sticks, Opitz p.362, also known as usu usu, made from clam shell and bone, decorated with 2 or 3 etchings or w
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (140.00 + 28.00BP) = 168.00
 
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: Malaita Island, LOT of 2 shell necklaces2634 - SOLOMON ISLANDS: Malaita Island, LOT of 2 shell necklaces
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SOLOMON ISLANDS: Malaita Island, LOT of 2 shell necklaces, cf. Opitz p.301, both comprising a necklace made from hundreds of small shell discs and a p
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for (90.00 + 18.00BP) = 108.00
 
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SUDAN: iron knife (185.2g), VF2635 - SUDAN: iron knife (185.2g), VF
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SUDAN: iron knife (185.2g), 29cm-long with a 18.5cm curved blade, a corner of wooden handle missing, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
Sold for (140.00 + 28.00BP) = 168.00
 
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TIBET: breast ornament, Choice VF2636 - TIBET: breast ornament, Choice VF
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TIBET: breast ornament, 187mm wide, comprising an oval red and blue center ornament surrounded by a ring of yellow and silver beads with three cowry s
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
 
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UNITED STATES: glass and shell necklace, VF-EF2637 - UNITED STATES: glass and shell necklace, VF-EF
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UNITED STATES: glass and shell necklace, ca. 72cm in circumference, made from numerous cylindrical glass beads (most ca. 25mm long) and 9 small cowry
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for (350.00 + 70.00BP) = 420.00
 
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 grain vials2638 - WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 grain vials
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 grain vials, including Ancient Egypt: wheat from the tomb of Tutankhamun (ca. 1332-23BC), ex Prof. B. D. Leith Collection; and Uni
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (325.00 + 65.00BP) = 390.00
 
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 salt monies2639 - WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 salt monies
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 salt monies, including Congo: partial salt bar, 898g, 210 x 74 x 41mm (Opitz 2011 p.479); and Indonesia: salt block from Madura Is
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
Sold for (220.00 + 44.00BP) = 264.00
 
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 wooden musical instruments2640 - WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 wooden musical instruments
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 2 wooden musical instruments, including a pair of castanets (without strings, most likely from Europe), and a Chinese temple block (
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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