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THE HEIRS OF THE BILLY BRANCH COLLECTION ARE NOW INVITING OFFERS!!!

With the imminent distribution of proceeds from the sales of items in the Billy Branch estate, the heirs
are inviting offers. Though already heavily discounted, the family has asked that I note its willingness to
consider any offer for a listed item in the Branch collection: Pre-Columbian art pottery; unique Native American
pawn pieces; Chinese zoomorphic cloisonnee forms; and a variety of other special collectibles. Bill had a good
eye, and this opportunity to purchase a fine piece at your price is seldom seen. To see all items in the Branch
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TWELVE SHELL ARTIFACTS, WEST MEXICO: GROUP D Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre 1492   item# 646182 (stock# LLL.SHELL4)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  This interesting group of twelve Pre-Columbian shell artifacts (LLL731R1N1E; LLL731R2N2C & D; LLL731R4N1A; LLL732R2N1B; LLL767, 845C, 846B & O, 864A & G, and 871D) was assembled from finds made by the late Lynn Langdon in West Mexico in the mid-20th century. Included in the group are individual pieces and lots, each illustrated and priced on its own photo. Finger rings, pendants, zoomormorphic pendants, pectorals, beads, etc., are among the pictured items. Of particular note are the ...click for details TWELVE PENATES FROM MITLA, MEXICO: GROUP C Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Stone: Pre 1492   item# 903241 (stock# PENATE.C)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  The twelve amuletic penate stone pendants (TEH166 A-C, E-K, M and O) in this group were all collected at the Mixtec site of Mitla in the mid-20th century by the late Dr. Allen Heflin. Dating c.1100-1500AD, and hand-fashioned from green and gray anhydrite and serpentine, every one was hand-carved in the anthropomorphic style. Worn as protective pieces in Pre-Columbian days, most were drilled for suspension and can be worn today. Each photo shows two to three views an individually priced penate al ...click for details TWELVE LOTS OF COPAL – THE FOOD OF THE GODS Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre 1492   item# 895805 (stock# LLL.COPAL)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  The twelve Pre-Columbian copal lots illustrated in this group of twelve (LLL 734B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, N, O and P) were accumulated in West Mexico in the mid-20th century by the late Lynn Langdon. Varying in number from a single large piece in one lot to hundreds of pieces in the biggest, the greatest dimension of all of the illustrated pieces ranges from less than one millimeter to close to 60 millimeters. Copal, originally pine sap, is an opaque to yellowish-orange translucent transitional ...click for details TWELVE AZTEC ARTIFACTS: EX HEFLIN, GROUP A Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Sculpture: Pre 1492   item# 473326 (stock# AXH.PC.A)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  The twelve individually illustrated and priced relics in this group of twelve (AXH Nos. 64.41, 224.32, 1242H, 1405R3N1, 1407R5N3, 1415R4N3, 1427R5N1, 1428R3N2, 1488R4N3, 1630, 2348, and 2647T) were all found at Aztec sites in the Valley of Mexico in the mid-20th century by the late Dr. Allen Heflin. An amazing facet of Heflin’s work was the consistent manner in which he documented the location and date of find for virtually every one of the approximately 10,000 items in his extraordinary collect ...click for details 68” HAMMERED SHEET GOLD BAND, MOCHE, PERU Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Metalwork: Pre 1492   item# 723100 (stock# MAP.115)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $1500.00  This flexible gold band, a 68” long by 1” wide slightly tapered strip (MAP115), is believed to have been used for either head deformation or body decoration during the Moche period of Peru, c.400-800AD. A similar but shorter hammered gold strip is illustrated in Plate LIX of Gallo’s “GOLD OF PERU.” In overall fair condition, the strip has suffered creasing and occasional splits, but still remains together. Undecorated and with a small perforation at its tapered and rounded end (the other end is ...click for details TWELVE MORE NEKKED LADIES, W. MEXICO: GROUP F Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Eskimo: Sculpture: Pre 1492   item# 891834 (stock# LLL.FIG.F)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  This second group of naked but otherwise adorned ladies from West Mexico (LLL 739, 741, 770, 771, 773, 828, 830, 912, 932, 958, 969 and 1006) is another assemblage of items found by the late Lynn Langdon during his trips to the area in the mid-20th century. Equally fascinating in terms of style and art, all are from the Pre-Classic Colima horizon dating c.100BC-300AD. Individually priced and numerically graded based on condition and art, they are only a handful from the huge collection assembled ...click for details FINE TARASCAN BURNISHED REDWARE PIPE Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492   item# 685569 (stock# LLL.1148)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $750.00  This fine burnished redware Pre-Columbian pipe (LLL1148) was found in West Mexico by the late Lynn Langdon in the mid-20th century. Measuring 6 ¾” in length, and glued together in two places, with good restoration of the cracks, the pipe is a classic example of the Tarascan style dating c.1200-1500AD. Perched on two short front legs, with the third ‘leg’ being the pipe stem end, this attractive relic comes with a small display card, a map of West Mexico highlighting the area in which the pipe w ...click for details TWELVE PRE-COLUMBIAN ARTIFACTS: CARD GROUP O Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pre 1492   item# 589286 (stock# AXH.CARD O)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  This group of twelve photographs illustrates individually priced Pre-Columbian artifacts (AXH Nos. 64.14, 183R3N12 & R5N5, 234R8N5 & N6, 1421R4N3, 1427R6N2, 1486R8N3, 1500R3N1, 2361, 2443 and 2707), all from the estate of the late Dr. Allen Heflin. Ranging in age from Pre-Classic to Post-Classic Aztec, and dating c.500BC-1500AD, the various types shown in this group are: pendants, needles, bone awl, whorl, ear plug, nose pin, fetish, etc. Materials include bone, clay, copper and stone. E ...click for details CHIMU STIRRUP VESSEL WITH WARRIOR PANELS Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492   item# 838629 (stock# AJC.108)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $900.00   This 9” tall burnished black-war stirrup vessel (AJC108) is attributed to the Chimu horizon of coastal Peru, c.1000-1400AD. In overall good condition but for a small, un-repaired probe hole on its side near the base and a lightly chipped and abraded rim, the vessel has four side panels encircling its body in each of which stands a helmeted warrior with right hand raised, and left grasping a long club that has one end resting on the ground. A small throne-like feature sits at the base of the spou ...click for details RIBBED ZOOMORPHIC CENSER WITH HANDLE, COLIMA Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Pottery: Pre 1492   item# 502982 (stock# LLL.0719)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $975.00  This relatively large, handled, open-based ceramic censer (LLL719), with its ribbed or plated body, appears to represent an armadillo. 9 ¼” in length, the censer is in overall very good condtition with no restoration and only the tip of its tail (located just behind the handle) missing. A few minor chips and a small amount of pigment loss are also noted. Attributed to the Pre-Classic Colima horizon, the censer is dated c.300BC-200AD. Found by the late Lynn Langdon in the mid-20th century, this b ...click for details Return To Top View Next 10 Items PAGE: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  10  20  30  33