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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.

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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 OLD WORLD ANTIQUITIES: GROUP B Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Metalwork: Pre 1492   item# 769697 (stock# ANTIQ.B)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  Each of the twelve artifacts from Old World cultures in this group (100.43M & 57BSHD; 95.35 & 51HD; 96.68 & 998Ihd; 97.291HD; AXH230, 1901, 1907, & 1919; and ROW2) is individually priced as shown on its descriptive photo. The types include Egyptian scarabs, Roman bronze and bone pins, carnelian and agate intaglio seals, stone, ancient dice, and ceramic. Afghanistan, Syria, Italy, Ostia were most of the countries and sites represented in the group, and Sassanians, Mesopotamians, ...click for details

MATCHED PAIR OF GOLD EARRINGS, SINU Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Metalwork: Pre 1492   item# 154457 (stock# 103.42HD)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $7500.00  Unmistakably of the Sinu style, this matched pair of heavy gold earrings (103.42HD) is from the Gulf of Uruba area of Colombia and dates c.400-1600AD. Just over 2 ¾” in width and made in Precolumbian times using the cire perdue technique (lost wax casting), the earrings are in overall very good condition (one of them has been slightly bent at a corner and a few of the gold rings are cracked, but without any significant weakening of the piece). This spectacular set could be adapted for contempora ...click for details

PRECOLUMBIAN GOLD & QUARTZ BEAD NECKLACE Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Metalwork: Pre 1492   item# 83201 (stock# 97.190HD)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $15,000.00  The gold tube beads and quartz crystal beads in this 22” necklace (97.190HD) are all attributed to the Calima horizon in the El Bolo River of Colombia and date c.100BC-400AD. Possibly originally found together as a group, but no way of being positive. The gold beads, made from hammered, fairly heavy sheet gold and ‘capped’ at the ends by folding, are all in very good to excellent condition and measure up to 5/8” in length. Small contemporary metal beads were used inside the hollow gold tube bead ...click for details

TWELVE PRE-COLUMBIAN METALLIC ARTIFACTS Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Metalwork: Pre 1492   item# 569534 (stock# PES.METAL)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  The twelve individually photographed and priced metallic artifacts in this group from the Brian Safe estate (PES53 thru PES64) are from several horizons and countries. Included is a fragile tumbaga gold eagle pendant from Panama (tumbaga is a high copper, low gold alloy, much of the time heavily corroded when found). Other items shown are a variety of copper axe monies, some attractive pendants, and a lime spoon from Peru. Each photo shows first our inventory number in brackets followed by a bri ...click for details

PRE-COLUMBIAN SILVER BEAKER, TIWANAKU Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Metalwork: Pre 1492   item# 726667 (stock# LFG.413)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $1200.00  This 4 ¼” tall Pre-Columbian hammered sheet silver beaker (LFG413) is from the Tiwanaku area of Bolivia dating c.400-1200AD. In a graceful bi-conical shape, it was easy to grasp by the Tiahuanacan lord who once raised it to his lips after filling the beaker with the favored alcoholic chicha that was made from the fermentation of cornmeal. Had this chalice been constructed from beaten gold, its now moderately dented form could not have been any more improved, but the survival of the metal would h ...click for details

PRECOLUMBIAN GOLD LIZARD PENDANT, PANAMA Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Metalwork: Pre 1492   item# 83386 (stock# TF98.110)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $1500.00  The exact species type of this realistically lost wax cast lizard pendant (TF98.110) is unknown, but probably one that can be fairly easily identified if not extinct. Measuring 5 1/8” in length and attributed to the Veraguas horizon of Panama, c.500-1200AD, this rather large zoomorphic form was made from the high copper, low gold alloy known as tumbaga. After the casting was completed, the surface was treated with plant acids to leach away the copper leaving a thin film of higher grade gold that ...click for details

TWELVE COPPER ARTIFACTS, WEST MEXICO: GROUP B Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Metalwork: Pre 1492   item# 646181 (stock# LLL.CU.B)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  The late Lynn Langdon found all of the individually priced Pre-Columbian copper artifacts and lots in this group (LLL917D; 974C, E, H, K, L, M, N, Q and U; 985H and 1210) in West Mexico in the mid-20th century. All of the items are attributed to the Tarascan group, dating c.1000-1500AD. Included are copper pins, bells, rings, and tweezers with each item or lot illustrated and priced on its own photo. Of particular note is a copper bell with the face of Tlaloc, the god of rain and thunder. Prices ...click for details

TWELVE PRE-COLUMBIAN COPPER AND SILVER ARTIFACTS Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Metalwork: Pre 1492   item# 429219 (stock# LLL.CU.A)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 SEE EACH PHOTO FOR PRICE  This group of twelve includes ten photos illustrating Pre-Columbian copper artifacts found in west Mexico during the mid-20th century by the late Lynn Langdon, along with two photos illustrating rare, wearable Pre-Columbian silver rings from the Chimu horizon of Peru (104.7HD, LLL974B, LLL974G, LL974i, LLL974J, LLL974R, LLL974S, LLL974T, LLL974V, LLL985D, LLL985E, and XXHD). The copper artifacts are all attributed to the Tarascans and are dated c.1000-1500AD. Most have significant copper salt en ...click for details

TWO PRE-COLUMBIAN GOLD BAT GOD PENDANTS Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Americas: Pre Columbian: Metalwork: Pre 1492   item# 83388 (stock# TFX117)  click for details HD ENTERPRISES, INC. 303-695-1301 $13,500.00  Not exactly the same, but probably once hanging from the same necklace, this closely matched pair of 2 3/8” tall figural pendants (TFX117) are attributed to the Veraguas horizon of Panama, dating c.500-1200AD. The figures, representing shamans wearing bat god masks, each hold a large tumi shaped blade in one hand, and what appears to be a sling in the other. Lost wax cast in the high copper, low gold alloy known as tumbaga, the figures were subsequently surface enriched through the depletion gil ...click for details

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