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Note that the heirs of the Billy Branch estate have been delighted with the continuing interest and sales
in Bill's heavily discounted Pre-Columbian art collection, and as a consequence have extended these great
prices until all have been sold! Take advantage of this opportunity and view the Branch collection in its
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BEADED BAG WITH FLORAL DESIGN, NEZ PERCE Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork: Pre 1930   item# 447099 (stock# TEH.F06.1)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $600.00  Missing just a few beads in its broad field, this colorful Nez Perce bag (TEH.F6.1), dating into the earlier 20th century, is in overall good condition. Removed from a decorative frame where it had been mounted with glue by its late owner, Chester Howard, the hide on the back of the 5 ½” x 6 ½” bag is resultantly spotted and marked with a few patches of residual glue. One of the thin leather carrying straps has parted, and the straps are stiff from having been glued to the frame. This nicely dec ...click for details SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MISSION BASKET, C.1900 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Baskets: Pre 1910   item# 496983 (stock# BB.071)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $675.00  Dating c.1900, this 7 ½” wide southern California Mission basket (BB71) is in overall good condition with some minor weft loss and fairly heavy fading of its still visible but once dark geometric design. Woven on bundled coil, the sturdy basket grades at about a 7. From the collection of the late Billy Branch of Denver, the basket was made by a member of one of the half dozen tribes in the southwestern Mission area and comes with a small display card and our certificate guaranteeing authenticity ...click for details 1880s CLAY PIPE FOUND AT BRIDGER STATION, WY Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Nostalgia: Railroad: Pre 1900   item# 339062 (stock# 30.86CHJ)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $65.00  This fine 1 5/16" tall, light gray glazed gray pipe (30.86CHJ), dating into the 1880s was found by Hank Johnson at the all-but-forgotten Union Pacific RR ghost town of Bridger Station, Wyoming. Located on the south side of the original UPRR tracks in the southwest part of the state, the town began as a section house in 1868, ended up with half dozen buildings or so, and lasted into the 1880s. Nothing remains today. The pipe comes with a small display card, a map of Wyoming highlighting the ...click for details OLD NORTHERN PLAINS ELKHORN FLESHER, MONTANA Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: American Indian: Handiwork: Pre 1900   item# 446649 (stock# TEH.104)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $750.00  The late Chester Howard acquired this old Northern Plains elkhorn flesher (TEH104) in Montana in the 1950s. Measuring 13 ½” in length, and in excellent condition but for the missing metal wedge that actually scraped the hides, the handle end of this important tool is covered with sinew sewn hide that is still in good, though worn condition. Two heavy broad-headed iron nails are driven into the core of the horn at the front of the flesher where it bends, the purpose for which is not known but the ...click for details 24 VARISCITE BEAD NECKLACE, TAIRONA, COLOMBIA Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Stone: Pre 1492   item# 768294 (stock# PBF.205)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $2500.00  The 24 variscite (a hydrous aluminum phosphate mineral) beads and pendant that make up this stunning necklace (PBF205) are all attributed to the Tairona horizon of Colombia dating c.1000-1600AD. The mineral variscite, though looking much like green turquoise, was confirmed through the use of a refractometer that showed a spot refractive index of 1.58. Deposits of variscite are found in South America and on an island off the Pacific Coast of Colombia. The stone beads are separated with modern, ap ...click for details TWELVE HISTORICAL FLASKS, CASE GINS, RARE BOTTLES Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Specialty: Bottles: Pre 1900   item# 424747 (stock# BTL.GNL.A)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  Many of the bottles in this mixed group (88.314HD, 33.86HJ, 171.86HJ, 196.86HJ, 290.86HJ, 364.86HJ, LLL352, SXP213, SXP232, SXP233, SXP238, WL400) were dug at western forts (McPherson, Custer), ghost towns, and historic trail sites in Wyoming, Montana, and Nebraska, some of them identified, some not. The entire group consists of historical flasks, case gins (from the Charles Gardiner collection), early whiskeys, and one sarsaparilla. The individual photo for each of the bottles is marked first ...click for details ANTIQUE CHINESE CLOISONNE COMICAL DUCK Catalogue: Antiques: Decorative Art: Enamel: Cloisonne: Pre 1920   item# 322610 (stock# BB.044)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $225.00  This antique Chinese cloisonné duck (BB44) looks like one of the Disney Land characters. The only comical figure out of group of a dozen or so from a fine Denver collection of cloisonné zoomorphic forms dating from the later 19th century into the early 20th century (if you'd like to see the others, enter the word 'cloisonne' in the search box at the top of our Home Page), this whimsical and colorful duck is 8” tall and 5 ½” from the tip of its tail to its front. Wonderfully decorated ...click for details TWELVE CHINESE CLOISONNE FIGURINES AND VASES Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Decorative Art: Enamel: Cloisonne: Pre 1980   item# 457330 (stock# BB.CLOIS.A)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  This group of twelve individually and lot-priced Chinese cloisonne figurines and vases (BB37-43, BB45-47, BB50.53, and BB51.52) date from the late 19th to the mid-20th century (the two vase lots are from the later 20th century). All from the local Bill Branch collection, the pieces range in condition from slight repairs to excellent. Each is priced on its own photo. The individual inventory number appears first in brackets followed by a brief description of hte item. Next come the dimensions fol ...click for details LATE PRECLASSIC CHUPICUARO CERAMIC FIGURE Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture: Pre 1492   item# 500147 (stock# RFM.35)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $1200.00  This 5 ¼” tall, solid ceramic figurine (RFM35), attributed to the Chupicuaro horizon of Mexico dating c.500BC-1AD, is in very good condition without repairs or restoration and traces of red pigment are still visible. Wearing headdress, ear spools, a heavy necklace, and sporting slanted coffee bean eyes, the figure almost certainly represents a young woman. A fine representative example of the style, she is from the local collection of one of the founders of the 20th century Rocky Mountain Instit ...click for details TWELVE NATIVE AMERICAN EARRINGS: GROUP H Catalogue: Estate Jewelry: Ethnic: Native American: Pre 1980   item# 546710 (stock# BB.JWL.H)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  This group of twelve individual photographs includes 10 sets of silver earrings made by Native Americans from the southwest pueblos and two sets made by Mexican silversmiths (BB200, 201, 203-207, 215-218 and 220). All are from the estate of Billy Branch of Denver, and all but one of the sets include at least one of the following colorful materials: coral, lapis lazuli, shell, malachite, turquoise, etc. Each photograph is annotated with the following information. First, in brackets, is the unique ...click for details Return To Top View Next 10 Items PAGE: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  10  20  30  40  50  61