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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
collection, simply type the letters 'BB' into the search link on any page and all of Bill's listings will come up.

AND ANOTHER! Type the single word OFFER into the search box for additional great buy opportunities!

SHELL INLAID WOOD EAR PLUGS, MOCHE, PERU Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Handiwork: Pre 1492   item# 726389 (stock# LFG.442)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $1500.00  This incredibly well preserved set of Pre-Columbian wood ear plugs (LFG442), on which the geometrically decorated shell and dark greenstone elements are each held in place with an almost invisible touch of contemporary glue, is attributed to the Moche horizon of Peru, c.100-800AD. Not wearable today due to the fragile nature of the wood that has dried and shrunk through the many centuries of entombment, there are certainly few other such pairs that have survived this well. Measuring one inch fro ...click for details

TWELVE SHELL ARTIFACTS, WEST MEXICO: GROUP B Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Handiwork: Pre 1492   item# 627154 (stock# LLL.SHELL2)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  This group of twelve Pre-Columbian shell artifacts (LLL731R2N2F&I, LLL732R2N1C, 845B, 846C, 864F, 920C, 927D, 928J, 980 and 1206D&E) was assembled from finds made by the late Lynn Langdon in West Mexico in the mid-2oth century. Included in the group are individual pieces and lots, each shown and priced on its own photo. Finger rings, pendants, zoomormorphic pendants, pectorals, beads, etc., are among the pictured items. Grades range from 5-10 (with ten being the top) and prices range fro ...click for details

TIAHUANACAN BASKET FROM BOLIVIAN HIGHLANDS Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Handiwork: Pre 1492   item# 727876 (stock# LFG.458)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $900.00  Decorated with dark brown, almost black wraps of grass spaced geometrically along its rim and in its body, this old highlands basket (LFG458) is attributed to the Tiahuanacan cultural period of Bolivia, c.400-1200AD. In overall good condition, though darkened and slightly out-of-round due to desiccation and age, a few areas along the rim of the 7” long basket have lost the grass loops exposing the bundled fiber coil. In addition to a few small areas along the sides of the basket where similar lo ...click for details

ANOTHER INTERESTING ORLANDINI MUSEUM NECKLACE Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Handiwork: Pre 1492   item# 726668 (stock# LFG.249)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $600.00  From the same consigned collection that our other Orlandini Museum pieces are from, this interesting Pre-Columbian necklace (LFG249) was assembled from many @ 3mm long fired clay tube beads, ten individually hand modeled anthropomorphic figural clay bead-pendants, and a 1 ¾” long, slightly tapered and nicely preserved mother-of-pearl central pendant. All in excellent condition, but not wearable without restringing due to the age of the beading string (50 years + or -), the figural beads are repr ...click for details

STONE, SHELL, CLAY, AND GOLD BEAD NECKLACE, NARINO Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Handiwork: Pre 1492   item# 768293 (stock# PBF.201)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $1200.00  This 22” necklace (PBF201) is made up of assorted Pre-Columbian ceramic, shell, greenstone and gold beads, all found in the Narino area of Colombia during the mid-20th century and dating into the Capuli Period, c.900-1400AD. Positioned at its center is a 1” tall greenstone pendant that represents an anthropomorphic figure kneeling in a position of prayer or obeisance. The two rolled sheet gold beads shown near the bottom of the necklace measure about 3/8” in length. This is an easy to wear, lig ...click for details

PRE-COLUMBIAN WOVEN SASH WITH BIRDS, CHIMU Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Handiwork: Pre 1492   item# 332710 (stock# 100.255APH)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $500.00  This woven textile is well over 60” in length, and must have been used as a sash. Measuring 7 ½” in width at its colorful center where a 9” wide panel of birds can be seen, the textile (100.255APHD) is in overall fairly good condition, except for the two colored textile ends. The colored end panel on the right in the photo, only in fair condition, appears to have been added as an ancient repair, as the size of the panel is smaller and its pattern different from that of the one on the left, which ...click for details

LARGE CHANCAY TEXTILE FRAGMENT WITH BIRDS Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Handiwork: Pre 1492   item# 839854 (stock# AJC.112)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $1200.00   This large and colorful Pre-Columbian fringed textile fragment (AJC112)was once part of an article of clothing, or perhaps a ground cloth. Measuring approximately 13” x 20” in size, the colors and images on the panel are in overall very good condition with some light stain, and a few small areas of unravel. Attributed to the Chancay horizon of coastal Peru, dating c.1100-1400AD, the fabric is backed on a contemporary piece of cloth for stability and could be inexpensively mounted to make an appe ...click for details

PRE-COLUMBIAN TEXTILE BAG, NAZCA Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Handiwork: Pre 1492   item# 338513 (stock# 100.255ARH)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $450.00  Either used to hold tools of various sorts, or perhaps coca leaves, this large dark but vari-colored bag (100.255ARHD) is attributed to the Nazca horizon of Peru, c.100-800AD. In only fair condition with significant stain and a fair amount of fabric material loss and pulling, the approximately 12” x 15” bag (counting the fringe) is still a displayable type piece for style, color, and pattern. From the Gunnulf Bjorkman collection, it comes in a deep 14” x 20” glass-fronted frame along with a biog ...click for details

BRACELET OF INLAID SHELL BEADS, VIRU VALLEY Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Handiwork: Pre 1492   item# 726669 (stock# LFG.299)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $600.00  This 8 ½” long bracelet-like length (LFG299) was assembled from Pre-Columbian inlaid mother-of-pearl zoomorphic beads and spondylous shell discoidal beads, all found in the Viru Valley of northwestern Peru, the site of cultural development dating back into at least the 2nd millennium BC. Originally purchased in the 1950s in Lima, Peru from the Museo Oralandini and noted as item #33 on one of several pages copied from the museum’s catalog, the bracelet is now on consignment and owned by a former ...click for details

LARGE TEXTILE FRAGMENT WITH BIRDS, CHANCAY Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Handiwork: Pre 1492   item# 359712 (stock# FP.1366B)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $900.00  This approximately 15” x 26” rectangular textile fragment (FP1366B) is attributed to the Chancay horizon of Peru dating c.1100-1400AD. In fair to very good condition, depending upon which part of the fabric you’re viewing, the eight bordered panels making up the fragment are each centered with a fan-tailed bird that may represent a pelican, or some other shore bird. The textile is sewn onto brown paper backing. Moderate staining, some fabric loss, and discoloration in the upper left quadrant are ...click for details

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