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    American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898
    American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898
    American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898
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    American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898

    By Wm. B. Norman

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    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 - Wm. B. Norman

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      Title: American Antiquities

      Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898

      Author: Wm. B. Norman

      Release Date: July 3, 2011 [EBook #36598]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES ***

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      AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES.

      Pre-historic Stone Implements, Mound Builders’ Relics, Revolutionary and Foreign Arms, Etc., Etc.

      SALE BY AUCTION,

      AT THE

      Fifth Avenue Auction Rooms,

      No. 238 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK,

      JANUARY 8, 1898.

      WM. B. NORMAN, Auctioneer.

      This entire Collection will be on exhibit at the Fifth Avenue Auction House, No. 238 Fifth Avenue, New York, on Thursday and Friday, January 6 and 7, 1898, from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M.; and on the day of the Sale, during the morning hours.

      Orders will be carefully executed by the Auctioneers and Dealers in Archæology.

      COLLECTION OF

      AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY,

      STONE IMPLEMENTS,

      REVOLUTIONARY AND FOREIGN ARMS,

      ETC., ETC., ETC.,

      INCLUDING MANY SPECIMENS OF RARITY AND VALUE.

      Mound Builders’ Relics, Celts, Grooved Axes, Arrow and Spear Heads, Knives, Wampum Treaty Belts and Money, Necklaces, Beads, Shell Ornaments, Effigy and Ceremonial Pipes, Tomahawks, Objects in Hematite and Obsidian, Terra Cotta Figures, Ornaments, Temple Chalices of the Incas, Aztec Ornaments, Revolutionary Arms, Blunderbusses, Pistols, Swords, Rapiers, Claymores, War Clubs, Dirks, Etc., Etc.

      THE PROPERTY OF A RETIRING COLLECTOR.

      Sale by Auction without Reserve,

      AT THE 5th AVENUE AUCTION ROOMS, 238 5th AVE., NEW YORK,

      SATURDAY, JANUARY 8th, 1898,

      BEGINNING AT 2 O’CLOCK, P. M.

      WM. B. NORMAN, Auctioneer.

      CATALOGUE BY ED. FROSSARD.   151st AUCTION SALE.

      108 East Fourteenth Street, New York.

      BOSTON:

      T. R. MARVIN & SON, NUMISMATIC PRINTERS.

      1897.

      The Archaeological Collection described in the following pages was formed by a well-known Collector, who now, for private reasons, relinquishes the pleasurable pursuit which for so many years engrossed his moments of leisure. Every specimen in the Collection was selected with deliberate discrimination, with the view of exemplifying the best forms of arms and implements conceived and fashioned by the pre-historic man of that part of the North American Continent embraced within the present United States. Such objects are of great interest and value to all those interested in this branch of Archaeology, and the opportunity offered of adding perfect specimens, at their own price, to their cabinets, is one seldom occurring.

      Among the objects of marked interest will be found a Wampum Treaty Belt; a large number of Ceremonial Pipes, including some very rare forms; various objects in

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