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5/27/23

Top Shelf Celt - #9-1

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

Provenance: Stewart County, TN. X: D. Stroud.

Condition: Museum. As good as it gets. Speckled greenstone. Perfect as you would ever expect. Shave with the bit.

Price: $300

 

Straw Granite Celt - #9-2

Size: 5" L x 2 5/8"W.

Provenance: Illinois. X: T. Walterspaugh.

Condition: Super. Bit is nearly perfect. Poll shows wear, but not real damage. 60% full polish.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU>

 

Highly Polished Celt - #9-3

Size: 4 1/2" long x 2 1/2" W.

Provenance: Found in Missouri.

Condition: Perfect. Higly polished. Slick in hand. Fine bit.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU>

 

Straw Granite Celt - #9-4

Size: 4 1/16" L x 2 9/16" W.

Provenance: Southern Illinois. X: T. Walterspaugh.

Condition: Super. Another G-9 example. Great material. Nice polish.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU>

 

Inclusion Celt - #9-5

Size: 3 5/8" long x 1 7/8" wide

Provenance: Southern Illinois. X: T. Walterspaugh

Condition: Excellent. Bit is a bit chewed up. Really cool material with white softer inclusions that have degraded over the last 2000 years. Technically, a porphyrytic material. Piece also has pitted sides for use as fire starters as a bonus.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU>

 

Fine Celt - #9-6

Size: 3 5/8" L x 1 15/16" T.

Provenance: Found in Ohio.

Condition: Super. So close to perfect. Great overall polish. Well made form with excellent lines.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU>

 

Gneiss Celt - #9-7

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

Provenance: Found in Stark County, Ohio. Bennett COA #70E3W75 Dated 4/27/16.

Condition: Excellent. I went back and forth on this being Neolithic. In the end, I will defer Jim Bennett's call on it being from Ohio. Showy material. Fat body.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU>

Grooved Adze - #9-8

Size: 7 1/2" Long x 2 1/4" W

Provenance: North East Coast.

Condition: Super. This is an extremely rare type. This one has excellent size, and condition. Snap it up, b/c you won't see another.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU>

3/4 Grooved Axe - #9-9

Size: 6 1/8" Long x 2 1/4" wide x 2 3/4" Tall

Provenance: Found in Central Ohio.

Condition: Excellent. Absolutely fantastic form. Bit has old and completely salvaged damage on lower part of the bit. The prehistoric repair creates a different bit angle than typical. Great size. Superior raised ridges. Highly defined poll.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU>

 

Killer Ohio Axe - #9-10

Size: 7" Long x 4 1/2" T

Provenance: Found in Clinton County, Ohio. X: Lewis

Condition: Super. Classic Ohio type axe with a short poll. Stands perfectly. Very heavy fine grained light tan granite. I feel the light color is from thousands of years of ground patination. A few plow scrapes. I would give this axe a very solid 8.5 of 10. Size is very large and heavy. A great Ohio axe.

Price: $SOLD> THANK YOU>

 

Tall Axe 3/4 Groove - #9-11

Size: 4 3/4" Long x 4" T. One of the tallest axes I have seen in proportion to length

Provenance: Came from a Bettendorf, Iowa collection.

Condition: Excellent. Stands very tall, and very interesting ratio of height to length. Despite height, it stands very well. Well defined with a squared off top. Old salvaged damage towards top of poll.

Price: $150

 

Porphry Spot Axe 3/4 Groove - #9-12

Size: 4" L x 2 7/8" T

Provenance: Found in Greene County, TN. Frank Hodges collection

Condition: Excellent. Heavy polish, perfect stander, great porphyry inclusion. Top of bit shows a cool resharpening pattern that might be old damage polished over. See bottom picture. No brainer old.

Price: $225

 
 
 
 

 

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I like watching collections grow and change: A frame of mine 2006-2013.

 

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