3/4 Grooved Axe - St. Clair County, Illinois

Size: 6 1/2" Long x 2 1/2" Wide x 4" Tall.

Provenance: Found by Lydell Westermaw on her farm in the 1940's in St. Clair County, Illinois. Purchased from the finder by Mark Schlacter.

Condition: Super. Highly stylized with protruding groove ridge extenstion on the 1/4 side. The 1/4 side is fluted from the poll to the bit. A very nice larger sized axe.

Price: $500

Colonel Vietzen Colored Celt

Size: 2 5/8" Long

Provenance: Milan Township, Erie County, Ohio. Lot #851 in Vietzen sale on 7/10/99. Pictured on P.56+57 of the auction book.

Condition: Super. This is a highly polished exotic material celt from an all time great collection.

Price: $50

Gneiss Roller Pestle

Size: 7" Long x 1 3/4" circumfrence.

Provenance: Ohio. X: John Baldwin

Condition: Excellent. I have seen only one other gneiss roller pestle. The material took a nice polish and shows much use.

Price: $145

Porphyry Celt

Size: 3 3/4" Long x 2" wide.

Provenance: Found along the Grand River in South West Michigan.

Condition: Excellent. The poll end shows some use battering, but the bit and outrageous material more than make up for it.

Price: $145

Bit end of Porphyry Celt

Notice the great olive green phenocrysts.

Ribbed and Fluted Adz

Size: 4" Long x 2"

Provenance: Northern Kent County, Michigan.

Condition: Excellent. Bottom side shows ancient damage that was polished out. There are a rare combination of traits on this prehistoric wood working tool.

Price: $75

Clark County, Indiana Full Groove Axe

Size: 4 3/4" long

Provenance: Clark County, Indiana. X: Copeland

Condition: Super. Nicely formed full groove axe. Not entirely sure of material. It is a hardstone, and has white almost porphoretic(spelling?) inclusions. They may be white quartz. I am not a geologist.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU

Flint Chisel

Size: 5" long

Provenance: Summit County, Ohio. X: Copeland

Condition: Excellent. This piece is either made from Kanawha flint from West Virginia or Breathitt Chert from Northern Kentucky. Both were used for this rare and desirable tool. Super polish on the bit.

Price: $200

3/4 Grooved Ball Shaped Headknocker

Size: 2 1/4" long x 2 1/4" wide

Provenance: Montgomery County, Ohio.

Condition: Good. I can imagine this tool being used on an old "buggy whip" to deliver the kill shot. I have seen a prehistoric bear skull with a hole in it just about the same size as this object. Perfectly balanced and deadly. This type of object became commonplace during the Historic period, but are rarely seen in the prehistoric tool kit.

Price: $50

3/4 Grooved Flat End Head Knocker

Size: 3 3/16" long x 2 1/4" wide

Provenance: Montgomery County, Ohio

Condition: Good. This piece appears to be the multi-use hammering object of its day. A small dimple on the bottom of one end suggests further use as a pestle. It is larger and heavier than the ball end version.

Price: $50

Doc Meuser Full Groove Axe

Size: 6 7/8" long x 4 1/2" wide

Provenance: Doc Meuser. No number on piece, but it has plenty of writing on it. Writing says "Found in London Madison Co. O March 25, 1929" Last sold at Hugh Huff auction in the 1980's

Condition: Super. Only full groove I ever collected. Piece has excellent everything for a great full groove: size, form, polish, condition, material..... I highlighted a spot on another picture that may be restoration. I'm not totally sure, but never wanted to try to remove it. Consider it damage, and a very small bit of it. Email me for more details on this area.

Price: $1000

Close-up of "restoration"

If it is damage/restoration, the area is smaller than a dime, and a surface chip that doesn't wrap around the bit.

Doc Meuser "holed" adz

Size: 3 1/4" long x 1 5/8" wide

Provenance: Richland County, Ohio. X: Doctor Gordon Meuser #105/2. Purchased at Meuser auction by Ben Woodworth. Featured on Page 79, Central States Journal Vol. 47 #2.

Condition: Super. This is an early Meuser piece with an early number. The piece is paneled almost like a Lamoka culture of New York adz. This alone would make it rare and collectible. Add on top of that a hole that may have turned it into a pendant, and you have a rare Ohio stone artifact from the greatest collection ever assembled. The Meuser writing and numbers are on the piece.

Price: $250

Meuser Celts

Doc Meuser Celt - Richland County #1

Size: 4 3/8" long x 2" wide

Provenance: Richland County, Ohio. X: JT Craig, X: Doctor Gordon Meuser #352c/7. Purchased at Meuser auction by Ben Woodworth. Featured on Page 79, Central States Journal Vol. 47 #2.

Condition: Excellent. This is an early Meuser piece collected in 1917 from JT Craig. All the Craig pieces are denoted with a "C" in the Meuser collection. This celt is very nice, with a highly polished 3/8" bit on both sides. The Meuser writing and numbers are on the piece.

Price: $150

Doc Meuser Celt Franklin County #2

Size: 3 3/4" long x 2" wide

Provenance: Stoney Dam Columbus, Ohio Franklin County. X: Doctor Gordon Meuser #116/2. Purchased at Meuser auction by Ben Woodworth. Featured on Page 79, Central States Journal Vol. 47 #2. X: Mike Estell. Comes with his certificate of origin paper giving details on his acquisition and provenance.

Condition: Excellent. Medium to high polish(especially near bit). Tons of Doc Meuser writing on it. An early number collected before 1920.

Price: $125

Meuser Celt Richland County #3

Size: 4 1/8” Long x 2" wide

Richland County, Ohio. X: JT Craig, X: Doctor Gordon Meuser #231c/7. Purchased at Meuser auction by Ben Woodworth. Featured on Page 79, Central States Journal Vol. 47 #2.

Condition: Excellent. This piece is much better than picture. I can try again with better pics if you are interested in seeing them. The finish has a great polish and is extremely smooth. Meuser writing still on piece.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU

Galena Loafstone

Size: 2 1/4" long x 1" wide x 1" tall.

Provenance: Woodford County, Kentucky. X: Sam Cox.

Condition: Excellent. These loafstones were used as atl-atl weights, and Galena(lead ore) was a favorite material b/c of its weight. This piece is extremely heavy for its size. Not easy to find a good atl-atl weight for less than $150. When I first started buying these pieces, they were not appreciated for their importance to the prehistoric man tool kit. Now, they are picked up whenever they become available.

Price: $125