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Stephen Album Rare Coins | Auction 44

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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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NIGERIA: LOT of 2 iron stick money2611 - NIGERIA: LOT of 2 iron stick money
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NIGERIA: LOT of 2 iron stick money, Ballarini p. 162, also known as idoma, 76cm (616g) and 79cm (630g) respectively, used as currency in Kaduna State;
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (40.00 + 8.00BP) = 48.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA & SOLOMON ISLANDS: LOT of 3 rattles2612 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA & SOLOMON ISLANDS: LOT of 3 rattles
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA & SOLOMON ISLANDS: LOT of 3 rattles, including Trobriand Islands: string of rattle seed beads (Opitz 2011 p.98 plate example), ...
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bagi shell money (80.11g), VF-EF2613 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bagi shell money (80.11g), VF-EF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bagi shell money (80.11g), Opitz p.28, Opitz (2011) p.38 (plate example), comprising a crescent-shaped shell (ca. 10cm wide) affixed
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bamboo money (399.52g), VF2614 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bamboo money (399.52g), VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bamboo money (399.52g), Opitz p.31, Opitz (2011) p.43 (plate example), comprising numerous segments (each ca. 6cm long) threaded wit
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bone dagger (110.06g), VF-EF2615 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bone dagger (110.06g), VF-EF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bone dagger (110.06g), Opitz p.128, 331mm, made from sharpened cassowary bone, handle etched with human figures, made by the Asmat p
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (140.00 + 28.00BP) = 168.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: breast ornament, Choice VF2616 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: breast ornament, Choice VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: breast ornament, Opitz (2011) p.280, ca. 38 x 11.5cm, comprising a vertical woven band framed with small shells and attached to four
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (350.00 + 70.00BP) = 420.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 large bailer shell money2617 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 large bailer shell money
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 large bailer shell money, Opitz p.29, 24 x 17.5cm and 23.5 x 18.5cm respectively, both holed at the top and attached with s
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold for (80.00 + 16.00BP) = 96.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 penis shields2618 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 penis shields
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 penis shields, measuring 38cm and 32cm long, 5.4cm and 4.9cm wide at the base respectively, intricately woven from plant fi
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
Sold for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 turbo shells2619 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 turbo shells
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 2 turbo shells, Opitz p.359, Opitz (2011) p.172, weighing 653g and 555g respectively, both ca. 17cm long, made of a large seg
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for (70.00 + 14.00BP) = 84.00
 
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 4 beetle monies, VF2620 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 4 beetle monies, VF
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: LOT of 4 beetle monies, Opitz p.79, Schulman & Gibbs p.11, all between 40cm and 50cm-long, comprising dozens of iridescent gre...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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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
Bidding Has Concluded
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
Bidding Has Concluded
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 "...
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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.
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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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