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Yes, stylistically it is a Native American pottery bowl. It is very simple, traditional vessel that was made entirely for use rather than for
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Iroquois water bucket ?
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History value c. 1930?
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MT4217882
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It is a very nice birch bark basket/bucket. Yes, stylistically it is from the Iroquois tribes area along the nowadays Canadian/US border (Upstate NY
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Estimated value
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$125
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valued by
Thomasina
on 12/2/2008
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The images are quite small. This is a late 19th century engraving after a Pre-Raphaelite style painting from the second half of the 19th c. There
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STAR WARS SILVER BOXED SET, HAS 20 EXCELLENT PICTURES, PLUS THE PORTFOLIO SHEET, EPISODE 1 THE3 PHANTOM MENANCE COLLECTORS BOX
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MT2062674
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This is a second half of the 20th century Italian export decorative tazza (stem bowl). Faro produce traditional Italian decorations, most of them
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Ivory Figurines
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A pair of lovely figurines I purchased at an estate sale for a newspaper executive. The auction contained art, antiques and furniture.
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These are traditional Chinese carvings, usually representing immortals and other mythological figures. It is difficult to tell from these images
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Native American Indian Clay Bust Signed
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Purchased at an estate auction in Apache, OK along with other Native American art.
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shirljo
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That's a very nice sculpture. I have researched the artist's name but unfortunately could find no clear reference in the art databases to his or her
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African Statuary
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This gift was a from my brother-in-law, an Italian national living in the Congo and Nigeria from approximately the 1960's to the 1990's. This is a piece from his collection which he said, if I
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NDL4
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Yes, this is a Kongo style Ntadi - a soapstone sculpture of a seated figure. This is not necessarily a funeral sculpture as seated figures in
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Basket
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This a woven basket of unknown date or origin. It is 15 inches in diameter and stands 3 inches tall.
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Bassmaster
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Basket identification is an extremely narrow and specialist field. Based on teh material, I can say that this one is most likely from around the
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African Mask
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My father got this mask at a Canadian art expo before I was born and I've had it all my life...I dont know its value or what part of Africa it came from. All I know is that it's an authentic carving
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Matt1986
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Stylistically it does not look like an African carving. It is more in keeping with Indonesian or South East Asian designs. The mask is most likely
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african bronze heads
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a pair of bronze heads found in an old greenhouse. unknown origin but believed to be from Benin.
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Submitted by
iamagoblin
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Stylistically these are of course the famous benin bronzes, but in my opinion they are much later recasts based on the originals. Provisional
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Most likely made in the 1960's-70's. Decorative value:$30-$45.
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$35
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valued by
Thomasina
on 7/1/2008
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Haitian Antique Drum early 20th centry
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Great Aunt and Uncle brought this drum back with them from a trip in the early 1940s from the Island of Haiti. The artwork is perfectly preserved for a piece from this period and the drum is still
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MT9984045
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Assuming this is an original drum from that period, provisional value would be in the range of $175-350 at an auction.
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These seem to be rather modern masks, and I would think they are more of a Polynesian origin rather than African. Provisional decorative value:
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This is a rather modern Chinese carving. Provisional decorative value: $40-60 online.
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wooden carved chest/coffer
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i bought a very small estate several years ago, and this was in one of the boxes. it's 8 1/2" wide,7" tall, and 6" deep.seems to be a fairly light wood, def. not pine. thought maybe from palestine,
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BoneyardLady
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That's some sort of hand made one off piece, most likely from around the mid-20th c. Provisional decorative value: $40-80 online.
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African Face Mask Youth
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Some time ago, I was good friends with someone whose grandparents were missionaries in Africa. When his father was getting ready to sell their New Hampshire summer home, I was given this mask. More
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MT1618133
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Sorry, tribal art is a very specialised field and we do not have an expert at the moment dedicated to it. Therefore, I have to emply my general
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Earlier 20th century goggles of this type would get at a specialist auction in the range of $200-400.
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Chinese trunk
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CHinese trunk can be seen in 2 minute film on youtube at http://www.youtube.c<span class='LongWordsDelimiter'> </span>om/watch?v=uBS7SAVcVwM or go to www.youtube.com and put jwcactor in the search box. A short list of my films comes up and
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Submitted by
JWindsor
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sorry we need the images to be uploaded here.
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These are fairly modern sculptures, probably from the c.1960's when there was an interest in African art of this type in the west. Provisional value:
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The figure is probably from the 1950's-60's. Provisional value: $150-300 at an auction.
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