January Day 1: Books, Coins, and Scientific Instruments

Stone carving of a head wrapped in a parka. Marked along the underside. Carved by an Inuit or Yup'ik artist, one of the peoples indigenous to the ...

Simon Kasudluak (Inuit, b. 1925). Carved stone figure perched atop a seal. Inscribed along the underside with syllabics and disc number E-91716. W...

Group of two Northwest Coast Native American baskets, likely Salish or Thompson River. One large basket with imbrication and one polychrome tray.B...

Group of two antique Native American baskets. One Cherokee basket, with a bent ash handle. One basket decorated with polychrome designs of baskets...

Group of two Pueblo blackware pottery pieces. Maria Martinez (American (San Ildefonso Pueblo), 1887-1980). Blackware pottery plate, signed along t...

Large Zuni ceramic dough bowl, polychrome decorated in black and orange with animals and geometric motifs along the interior and exterior.Height: ...

Early Zuni kiapkwa ceramic storage jar with geometric polychrome decoration throughout. Likely mid 19th century.Height: 6 3/4 in x diameter: 8 in....

Group of two Santa Clara or Santo Domingo Pueblo pots. One blackware pot with a ridged shoulder, and one pot with vibrant polychrome decoration.Bl...

One Hopi pot with an inverted rim, decorated with vibrant swirling geometric decoration. Reputedly by a member of the Nampeyo family.Height: 5 1/2...

Navajo silver and turquoise ring, featuring two extremely large oval-shaped turquoise cabochons. The stones are set in silver, elaborately tooled ...

Gene and Martha Jackson (20th/21st c). Sterling silver bracelet with a pattern of parallel lines. Marked Sterling and with the Jacksons' maker's m...

Group of three pre-Columbian polychrome pottery vessels, likely Colima. One jar with textured sides and a flaring lip, one tripod bowl, and one bo...

Large pre-Columbian Nayarit San Sebastian seated figure, polychrome ceramic. The female figure is seated on a two-footed stool, and leans forward,...

Large pre-Columbian Nayarit San Sebastian seated figure. The figure is seated on a two footed stool with one arm covering the mouth and the other ...

Group of five pre-Columbian Calima polychrome ceramic fertility figures. Several with remnants of polychroming. William Atkins' home and collectio...

Pre-Columbian pottery vessel or pot with a lobed body and narrow neck. A 20th c. label along the underside reads "Nayarit 400 AD, 12 HRXX." Willia...

Group of three pre-Columbian Colima ceramic figures, one standing and two seated. The standing figure with remnants of polychroming along the head...

Group of two pre-Columbian Jalisco ceramic figures, both with remnants of the classic red and white decoration. William Atkins' home and collectio...

Pre-Columbian Jalisco ceramic figure of a standing woman, posed with her feet planted and her arms outstretched. Retains much of the original red ...

Group of four pre-Columbian ceramic vessels. Includes one tripod bowl with red decoration, one black bowl or low pitcher, one polychrome decorated...

Group of two pre-Columbian Caddoan or Mississippian ceramic jars. One large jar with a double gourd form and incised linear decoration, with visib...

Moche ceramic jaguar pot, Peru. With meticulously detailed features on jaguar's face and a flaring rim extending from the jaguar's back. There is ...

Group of three ancient Greek Tanagra figures, central Greece, Boeotia, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. Delicate hollow cast terracotta with white slip...

Antique Babylonian bronze bracelet of flat shape, engraved along the sides with intricate geometric and symbolic motifs along the sides. Circa 180...

Group of nine ancient coins including one Roman Antoninus Pius coin. Many with portraits and figures impressed along one side.Diameter ranges from...

Group of twelve Peruvian coins including: two half reales of unknown date; one Philip II one real coin from the 1570s to 1590s; one Philip II four...

One Prussia 1750-B thaler coin featuring a profile bust of an armored man surrounded by "FRIDERICVX BORVSSORVM REX" on the obverse and on the reve...

One 18th century German bapitsmal medal featuring John the Baptist kneeling to the left, baptizing Jesus Christ standing facing with arms crossed ...

Group of seven African commemorative coins including: one Dahomey (Benin) 1971 500 franc 10th anniversary of independence commemorative coin; one ...

Group of 35 Japanese coins and currency including: 28 ten centavos, one five centavos, one five yuan, one 1 yuan, one Chinese horse gaming token, ...

Set of five Olympic coins from the 1988 Seoul Olympic games. On the obverse, each feature a different Olympic sport with the symbol of those Olymp...

Group of 24 Mexican pesos and other foreign currency. This lot includes: one undated five centavos note; one 1914 one centavo note; two undated on...

Group of 22 English coins including: one 1885 threepence; one 1881 sixpence; one 1893 farthing; one 1887 half crown; one 1942 florin or two-shilli...

Large group of 33 French coins including: one 1917 five centimes; 11 1918 five centimes; one 1920 five centimes; one 1923 five centimes; one 1855 ...

Group of 25 international coins and medals including: one 1727 French ecu, two small medals with the Lord's prayer from the Cincinnati Pure Alumin...

Large group of 25 foreign coins including: two Turkish coins, one 20th century Ottoman Empire 10 para and one Ottoman Empire one Kurus from betwee...

1694 half penny London elephant token. One side with the image of an elephant and the reverse with the London coat of arms and the words "GOD PRES...

Group of two William Woods Rosa Americana coins including one 1722 half penny and one 1722 penny. Both featuring busts of King George I on one sid...

Group of three William Woods Rosa Americana coins featuring the head of King George 1st in profile. One American two pence coin with "GEORGIUS D. ...

Virginia 1773 half penny featuring the head of King George the 1st encircled by "GEORGIUS III. REX." The reverse features the coat of arms of King...

Virginia 1773 period half penny featuring the head of King George the 1st encircled by "GEORGIUS. III. REX." The reverse features the coat of arms...

Group of three early American coins. One Massachusetts half cent depicting a Native American holding a bow and arrow encircled by "COMMON * WEALTH...

Group of three early American coins. One Kentucky token dated between 1792-1794 with a outstretched hand holding a paper reading "OUR CAUSE IS JUS...

Group of three coins featuring the bust of George Washington in profile wearing a laurel wreath encircled by "WASHINGTON & INDEPENDENCE. 1783". Tw...

One undated Washington success token featuring a bust of George Washington encircled by "GEORGE WASHINGTON" on one side and the reverse with an ey...

Group of two coins depicting George Washington in profile. Both coins with the bust of George Washington in profile encircled by "WASHINGTON PRESI...

Group of two coins depicting George Washington in profile. One 1795 Liberty and Security penny featuring the profile of George Washington on one s...

One 1800 funeral Washington Republic American penny or token. Featuring a profile bust of George Washington surrounded by "GEORGE WASHINGTON" and ...

Group of three early American coins including: one 1652 Pine Tree Shilling with an image of a pine tree surrounded by "MASATHUSETSIN" on the obver...

Group of 29 1893 Columbian half dollar coins featuring a bust of Christopher Columbus surrounded by "UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN * COLUMBIAN HALF DO...

Group of 14 Booker T. Washington Memorial Half Dollars. The obverse features a portrait of Booker T. Washington. Inscribed with "UNITED STATES OF ...

Group of 12 United States of America fractional currency including one Meredith 10 cent with a green seal, one Crawford 50 cent, one Meredith 10 c...

Group of eight Morgan Dollar coins including: one 1880 O coin; one 1881 O coin; one 1882 coin; one 1883 O coin; one 1884 coin; one 1885 coin; one ...

Group of nine Morgan Dollar coins including: one 1921 coin; one 1921 D coin; one 1921 coin; one 1904 O coin; one 1902 coin; one 1921 S coin; one 1...

Group of twelve low grade Morgan Dollar coins including: one 1880 coin; one 1901 O coin; one 1883 S coin; one 1897 O coin; one 1879 O coin; one 18...

Group of 21 Peace Dollar coins including: one 1923 D coin; one 1926 coin; one 1922 D coin; one 1925 coin; one 1922 coin; one 1924 coin; 1925 S coi...

One 1901 Buffalo ten dollar bill. Serial number A3585392 and plate number D363/154. Fr. 115 Lyons and Treat. Graded by PCGS Choice UNC 63. The obv...

Group of two Morgan silver dollars marked 1879S and 1892S.Each; Diameter: 38 mm ...[more]

Group of six American medalets featuring busts of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington respectively engraved by William Barber and Anthony Paquet...

Group of 18 commemorative coins and medals, most of them American, including: one St. Louis 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition official souvenir m...