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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.

MOCHE BONE PURGING SPATULA WITH SHAMAN HEAD Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Implements: Pre 1492   item# 481643 (stock# TF98.078)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $1200.00  The carved image of the crouched jaguar on the head that tops this bone spatula (TF98.78) most certainly identifies this as a shaman's purging stick. Inset with some remnant small chunks of greenstone (possibly malachite or turquoise, in themselves frequently associated with medicinal use), this amazing bone tool is in very good condition with little wear and only a small split on the back of the head. Measuring 8” in length, examples of this unsavory instrument, used in the curing and purif ...click for details

TWELVE PRE-COLUMBIAN WHISTLES AND OCARINAS Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Implements: Pre 1492   item# 434185 (stock# WHISTLES.A)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  Illustrated in the photos associated with this page are twelve different whistles and ocarinas (AXH1265, EJW89, LLL513, LLL515, LLL517, LLL518, LLL524, LLL730R2N1, LLL755Q, LLL923, LLL928H and LLL928R) from the Heflin, Leutze and Langdon collections. The late Lynn Langdon found ten of the twelve in West Mexico in the mid-20th century. Dr. Allen Heflin found one in that area. A Mayan figural whistle from the Leutze collection came from an unknown location in Guatemala. All different and ranging i ...click for details

TWELVE PRE-COLUMBIAN SEALS AND MOLDS Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Implements: Pre 1492   item# 549498 (stock# PC.SEALS)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  Each of the twelve seals and molds in this group of twelve (AXH1447R5N3, 1453R1N2, 1454R2N1, 1454R3N1, LLL758R2N1A-F, R2N2, 2, and 1027R3N8) is individually photographed and priced. The ones prefixed with the letters AXH were found in the Valley of Mexico in he mid-20th century by the late Dr. Allen Heflin. The late Lynn Langdon found those prefixed LLL in West Mexico during the same period. The pieces vary in condition from fragmentary to complete. All but one of the molds has an accompanying s ...click for details

UNIQUE BARK BEATER WITH TWO RAISED FACES Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Implements: Pre 1492   item# 486100 (stock# RFM.53)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $750.00  Stone bark beaters are rare enough and this one (RFM53), with faces incised on two raised square platforms, is probably unique! Grooved around three edges to strap a bent willow handle, the bottom working face of the 3” long x 1 ¾” wide x 1 ¾” deep tool, designed to pound bark and soften it for wear, as well as being used for book-making by the Aztecs, is grooved and atypically cross-hatched. Marked as being found in Mexico, specific provenance is unknown, but it is believed to date into the Cl ...click for details

PRECOLUMBIAN FIGURAL STAFF HANDLE, PERU Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Implements: Pre 1492   item# 94410 (stock# TF97.019)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $450.00  Measuring 23” in length, this heavy carved wood staff handle (TF97.19) displays at its top a seated, long-faced, and rather gaunt-looking male with a tumpline around his brow holding a small burden on his back. Attributed to the Paramonga of Peru, c.1100-1400AD, this may have been the burden-carrier’s walking stick and the image on top, a depiction of how he probably felt at the end of a long walk carrying his burden. Well weathered and patinated with some light splitting from dehydration, this ...click for details

PRE-COLUMBIAN BASKET FROM BOLIVIAN HIGHLANDS Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Implements: Pre 1492   item# 724529 (stock# LFG.412)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $1500.00  This almost perfect Pre-Columbian polychrome basket (LFG412) is attributed to the Tiahuanacan Period of highland Bolivia, c.400-1200AD. Measuring 6” across, and approximately 3 ½” in height, the four top coils down from the basket’s rim are woven with two different alternating colors of reed in a fashion that defines a simple geometric pattern around the upper part of the body. The basket reed is in overall very good condition with a few areas of light wear, a minor number of non-weakening broke ...click for details

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