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FINE CORAL SQUASH BLOSSOM NECKLACE
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Pre 2000 item# 522909 (stock# BB.161)
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This stunning 24” mid-20th century squash blossom necklace (BB161) is inset with elongated, richly colored, deep rust red branch coral cabs. From the fine collection of the late Billy Branch of Denver, this lighter weight and easy to wear beauty has a warm age patina and is in excellent, ready to wear condition. All of the necklace elements are strung on a plasticized, wrapped wire strand. A great example of Southwest jewelry, this Native American made necklace comes with a small display card, a ...click for details
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TWELVE ASSORTED COLLECTIBLES: KENDRA BOWERS
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Pre 2000 item# 814727 (stock# BOWERS.3)
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Only one of a handful in the US who has been board-certified by the American Society of Appraisers for Personal Property/Native American Art, Kendra’s credits also include broker, consultant, lecturer, museum curator, and tour guide. The twelve individually priced collectibles in this group (KEB24-E; 32-35; and 37-39) are all from Kendra’s own mementos, some family, and some personal. In the group are: a small assortment of carved animal figures made from vegetable ivory; a gold nugget tie tack; ...click for details
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TWELVE FORT, GHOST TOWN AND ASSORTED OTHER BOTTLES
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Pre 1900 item# 423693 (stock# BTL.BIT.A)
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All but one (322.86HJ) of the bottles in this varied group of 12 were dug at western ghost towns and forts. From the collections of several of the early relic hunters in Wyoming and Nebraska, the group consists of marked bitters, unmarked bitters types, and a few other varieties (19.86HJ, 194.86HJ, 322.86HJ, 4.05HD, 48.86HD, FP633, SXP32, SXP41, SXP217, SXP243, WL482 and WL463). The individual photo for each of the bottles is marked first with its inventory number, then the type, location where ...click for details
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ZUNI PETIT POINT SQUASH BLOSSOM NECKLACE
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Pre 2000 item# 522914 (stock# BB.176)
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$675.00 (Reduced from $1200.00)
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Lightweight, well made, nicely aged, set with blue Persian turquoise, 21” long, and hallmarked with the initials PA (possibly for the listed Zuni silversmith Paul Anderson).... if it’s what she’s longing for, a girl couldn’t ask for anything more! From the fine collection of Native American jewelry assembled by the late Billy Branch of Denver, this ‘shouting-to-be-worn’, Native American made, squash blossom necklace (BB176) is truly an outstanding example of the style and comes with a small disp ...click for details
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TWELVE COINS FROM WYO, UTAH, COLO GHOST TOWNS
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Pre 1900 item# 427003 (stock# COINS.A)
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Here’s a bit of western history for the arm chair adventurer! 11 old US and one Chinese coin (30.88HJ, 33.88HJ, 34.88HJ, 40.88HJ, 45.88HJ, 59.88HJ, 67.88HJ, 82.88HJ, 83.88HJ, 99.88HJ, 109.88HJ, and 144.88HJ), each found by yours truly at a different ghost town or fort along some of the all-but-vanished historical trails in Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. Note that the condition of most of the coins cannot be considered as numismatic collector coins. They are being sold as coins from sites with more ...click for details
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MEXICAN COLONIAL PERIOD BRONZE CANON
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Pre 1900 item# 683222 (stock# TEH.119)
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This 12 5/8” long, 8 ½ pound cast bronze canon (TEH119) was purchased in Morelia, Mexico in 1960 by the late Chester Howard, adventurer, collector, and founder of the Colorado Mineral Society in 1936. Believed to date back into the early 19th century colonial period, the canon has no markings and except for its bent ball handle, is in excellent condition. Obviously too small to have been effective as a fearsome weapon, it was most likely used to issue a salute or a warning. The canon would make ...click for details
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THREE MORE ITEMS FROM THE BRANCH COLLECTION
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Pre 2000 item# 802307 (stock# BB.LAST)
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The three assorted collectibles in this small grouping (BB44, 57 and 60) are from the varied estate of the late Billy Branch. Included are a hand-carved figural pipe stand, an old Swedish pillow cover, and a whimsical cloisonné duck. Each photo lists the inventory number in brackets followed by a brief description and price (offers are being invited by the family so if you spot something you’d like, get yours in early). Each item comes with a small display card, a biographical sketch about Billy ...click for details
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100 STRAND SILVER HEISHI NECKLACE WITH DROP
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Pre 2000 item# 522911 (stock# BB.183)
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$1125.00 (Reduced from $2000.00)
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This striking, 100-strand, 22” liquid silver heishi necklace (BB183), made up of 2mm beads, supports a polished, teardrop-shaped turquoise cabochon noted by its former owner, the late Billy Branch of Denver, to be from the Pilot Mountain mine in Nevada. The turquoise is attractively set in a 3” long, handsomely decorated, four-part silver pendant in which the elements have been nestled together. The name E. Billy in script can be seen on the inside of the decorated bale through which the heishi ...click for details
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TWELVE ASSORTED ETHNO JEWELRY ITEMS: GROUP A
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Pre 2000 item# 800998 (stock# JWL.ETHNO.A)
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This assortment of worn and never worn ethnographic jewelry (90.1018A & 101.1DHD; FP1361B; JI213, 228, 401, 403 & 408; KEB9 & 13; MAP109; and WJF1124) consists of rings, a bracelet, ear studs, earrings, a bead, and a cross. From African, Ethiopian, Native American, Islamic, Seljuk, and Mexican cultures, the materials used consist of gold, silver, lapis, amber, and faience. The various items date from c.1200AD until late 20th century; prices from $35-$195. Each photo lists first the i ...click for details
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TWELVE HISTORICAL FLASKS, CASE GINS, RARE BOTTLES
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Pre 1900 item# 424747 (stock# BTL.GNL.A)
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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
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