5/27/23

Bottleneck Benton - #1-1

Size: 4 3/8" L x 1 1/2" W.

Provenance: Found in Crittenden County, Kentucky. Dick Burnett collection. Pictured in Central States Arch Journal 2006 #3 Page 145 (see pic below). Pictured Legends of Prehistoric Art Volume II Page 260 (see pic below).

Condition: Museum. This one checks all the boxes. Material check. Killer hornstone with the addition of a great half moon shaped bullseye. Form check. These Benton Bottlenecks are some of the finest manufactured points of the Archaic complete with thinness and killer flaking. Condition check. I can't find any flaws. Provenance check. In one of KY's best collections for many years, and pictured in multiple highly reputable publications. You are going to have to pay up for it, but it will surely be worth more when you pass it along.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU>

Flat Base Dovetail - #1-2

Size: 4 3/8" long x 1 13/16" wide.

Provenance: This was found in either Wayne or Crawford County, Ohio. Collector hunted those areas.

Condition: Excellent. There is an old impact fracture that I highlighted in the pictures. Amazingly, this impact didn't break the tip off. Piece displays like whole, and the impact doesn't effect overall condition much b/c of the way it formed. High grade Flint Ridge, which is the material choice for nearly 100% of this rare Dovetail variant. I love the way the notches are different sizes, and this was clearly a choice of the maker. Don't miss a chance to get a a piece like this.

Price: $300

Elk River - #1-3

Size: 4 5/8" L x 1 1/4" wide

Provenance: Found in Hart County, Kentucky.

Condition: Super. There is a reason this is one of the most desirable Kentucky/TN Archaic types. The secret sauce is the oblique-transverse flaking created in the re-sharpening process. I can't think of a more beautifully executed type. I want to note that this flaking should only appear on one side of this type. A point to make your friends and neighbors jealous.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU>

Elk River - #1-4

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

Provenance: Found near "Flint Island" in Meade County, Kentucky by John Brown in 1971. Flint Island is located a few miles North of Mooleyville, KY. Mark Palatas purchased from Brown 3/27/2005.

Condition: Super. High grade glossy hornstone. I thinks it's perfectly fair to say the flaking is ridiculously good. Show me something better. Excellent find history. If you think I won't regret selling this, you don't know me.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU>

Elk River - #1-5

Size: 4 1/8" long x 1 5/16" wide.

Provenance: Find details not known. Based on known distribution patterns, this piece would come from the Ohio River Drainage in Kentucky/Indiana.

Condition: Excellent. Rounded tip with a bit of damage to the area. Still, a solid 8. In terms of the group of 4, this is my favorite. You may need it in your hand to understand, but everything about it is flint work genius. Ergonomics, beauty, function... And so classic in every manner. A true master work of the prehistoric.

Price: $750

Sonora Flint Quad - #1-6

Size: 2" L x 1" W.

Provenance: Ashland, Kentucky. Boyd County. This is not the center of Sonora distribution, and this one was a traveler. I don't know who marked with 707, but it is older India Ink.

Condition: Super. I think this is the cat's meow. Superior material, color, age.... Not realy big, but mighty.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU>

Hardin - #1-7

Size: 3 1/2" long x 1 9/16" wide.

Provenance: Found in Hancock County, Illinois. Old India Ink #1857 from a collection I am not familiar with.

Condition: Super. Minor ding to one ear. The line running through the entire piece is not a break. It is a quartz vein. Piece is 100% intact. Hardin's are perhaps my favorite flint type in hand. They are so well constructed, with such graceful lines, and obviously extremely efficient at accomplishing a task. If like to play with microscopes, you will quite enjoy the exam of this piece. Littered with minerals. The grade and quality of this Burlington Chert is way above the norm.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU>