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THE HEIRS OF THE BILLY BRANCH COLLECTION ARE NOW INVITING OFFERS!!!

With the imminent distribution of proceeds from the sales of items in the Billy Branch estate, the heirs
are inviting offers. Though already heavily discounted, the family has asked that I note its willingness to
consider any offer for a listed item in the Branch collection: Pre-Columbian art pottery; unique Native American
pawn pieces; Chinese zoomorphic cloisonnee forms; and a variety of other special collectibles. Bill had a good
eye, and this opportunity to purchase a fine piece at your price is seldom seen. To see all items in the Branch
collection, simply type the letters 'BB' into the search link on any page and all of Bill's listings will come up.

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TWELVE STONE PENDANTS, W. MEXICO: GROUP C Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Stone: Pre 1492   item# 550532 (stock# PC.STONE.C)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  The late Lynn Langdon’s collection continues with this group of twelve (LLL1205B, E, I, T, U, V, AB, AC, AK, AM, AN and AQ), each individually photographed and priced small stone pendants or beads. Each photo illustrates a different, but sometimes similar artifact that was used as a jewelry item, probably with amuletic intent. Collected durimg the mid-20th century in West Mexico, all of the pieces (mostly anthropomorphic) are attributed to the Pre-Classic Colima horizon dating c.300BC-200AD. Eac ...click for details VERA CRUZ STONE CARVING: EX HEFLIN Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture: Pre 1492   item# 142501 (stock# AXH.1462)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $750.00  10 ½” in height and modeled in the round, this stone carving (AXH1462) was found in Vera Cruz and was attributed by its finder, the late Dr. Allen Heflin, to the Huasteca dating c.900-1300AD. With somewhat muted features, resulting both from the fashion in which it was made and from subsequent weathering, the crested head may be a representation of the ever-popular wind god. Made from indurated, iron-stained volcaniclastic material, it is in overall very good condition with no significant damage ...click for details TWELVE MORE MISSOURI ARTIFACTS: EX HOWARD Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Stone: Pre 1492   item# 439657 (stock# TEH.NAI.C)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  The eleven prehistoric Indian arrowheads in this group (TEH.F15.2, 5, 6, 9, 10. 13, 15, 19, 20, 21 and 23), are each individually photographed and priced, and are all from an open frame marked ‘Missouri’ that was in the collection of the late Chester Howard, founder of the Colorado Mineral Society. The group includes the following types: Dickson, Stilwell, Wadlow, Sedalia, Delhi, Pelican Lake, Kampsville, Stone Square Stem and drill). Each photo shows the front and back of the same point. The in ...click for details RARE MINIATURE PRE-CLASSIC FIGURINE: HEFLIN Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492   item# 95168 (stock# AXH.1403R3)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $275.00  What a sweet little lady! Measuring a mere 1 3/8” in height, this hand-modeled miniature female figurine (AXH1403R3N4) was found at the site of Cuautitlan by the late Dr. Allen Heflin. Wearing ear spools, and a headdress with a crescent-shaped object on its top, this rare miniature dates into the unattributed Preclassic Period, c.1200-900BC. In overall very good condition, her little nose is slightly dinged and there are some patches of caliche or mud filling some of the surface depressions. Thi ...click for details TULAROSA BLACK-ON-WHITE BOWL Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Pottery: Pre 1492   item# 73195 (stock# GLC.506)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $4500.00  Doesn’t the squared dumbbell-like design framed in black in the center of this bowl (GLC506) look like a scowling face? Identified as a Tularosa Black-on-White dating c.1100-1250AD, this type is sometimes thrown into the Anasazi Group, sometimes the Mogollon. Glued together with only minimal restoration (just touched up along the cracks), the bowl measures just a little over 10 ¾” in diameter. Restored by and from the personal collection of the late Gene Lang of Denver, this superb example of so ...click for details MINIATURE TIBERA BLACK-ON-WHITE JAR Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Pottery: Pre 1492   item# 75308 (stock# GLC.489)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $900.00  Small and rare, this miniature prehistoric Indian bowl (GLC489) is from the collection of the late Gene Lang of Denver. With small mouth opening, large flanged lip, and suspension holes, Lang felt that this may have been used as an ‘ink’ or pigment jar. He typed it as a Tibera Black-on-White dating c.1440-1675AD into the Proto-Historic period. Intact with absolutely no repairs or repaint, this fascinating 1 ¾” tall jar comes with a small display card, an acrylic ring upon which to set it, a rele ...click for details TWELVE STONE RELICS FROM MEXICO: GROUP D Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Stone: Pre 1492   item# 552503 (stock# PC.STONE.D)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  This group of twelve includes Precolumbian stone relics from both the Heflin (prefixed by AXH) and the Langdon (prefixed by LLL) collections. All were collected in the mid-20th century. Included in the group (AXH1167, 2113, 2116; LLL577, 731R2N1 & R4N2C, 844D & E, 928K, 1027R2N1, 1211B and 1214M), and photographed and priced individually are: shaman’s crystal wand, obsidian knife, atlatl finger grip, greenstone chisel, polished greenstone discoidal pendant, polishing stone, expended flak ...click for details TWELVE PRE-COLUMBIAN ARTIFACTS: CARD GROUP Z Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre 1492   item# 589304 (stock# AXH.CARD Z)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  This group of twelve photographs illustrates individually priced Pre-Columbian artifacts (AXH Nos. 234R3N2, 1410R5N4, 1413R3N1, 1418R4N2, 1426R5N3, 1487R1N4, 1490R5N2, 1496R7N5, 1540, 2647P, 2590 and 2736), all from the estate of the late Dr. Allen Heflin and all Aztec in age, dating c.1300AD-1500AD. The various types shown in this group are: figurines, pendant, needles, adorno, whorl, ear spool, duck’s head, ear plug, bird’s head, gouge, etc. Materials include bone, clay and obsidian. Each arti ...click for details SUPERB PRECOLUMBIAN CROCODILE PENDANT, PANAMA Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Metalwork: Pre 1492   item# 83383 (stock# TF98.070)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $45,000.00  It’s not often that a Precolumbian gold piece can be dated with science...but this superb gold crocodile (TF98.70) lent itself to that approach. Sent to Stoetzer, Inc., of Miami for authentication (check out their site at stoetzerinc.com), this stunning beauty was quickly determined to contain its original clay core. A sample of that clay was extracted from the inside the crocodile through a slightly widened hole in one of its legs and then submitted to the Kotalla laboratory in Germany for ther ...click for details 24 VARISCITE BEAD NECKLACE, TAIRONA, COLOMBIA Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Stone: Pre 1492   item# 768294 (stock# PBF.205)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $2500.00  The 24 variscite (a hydrous aluminum phosphate mineral) beads and pendant that make up this stunning necklace (PBF205) are all attributed to the Tairona horizon of Colombia dating c.1000-1600AD. The mineral variscite, though looking much like green turquoise, was confirmed through the use of a refractometer that showed a spot refractive index of 1.58. Deposits of variscite are found in South America and on an island off the Pacific Coast of Colombia. The stone beads are separated with modern, ap ...click for details Return To Top View Next 10 Items PAGE: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  10  20  30  33