Best of Santa Fe 2010

Auction Details

This is going to be a fantastic auction! Please join us in Santa Fe this summer for our big 2-day event. We are featuring the collections of author/historian Ben Thompson, St. Louis, mo, noted western artist Ted Long, N. Platte, NE, a famous highline collection from Santa Fe, and several small private collections. Featured items include an 1880s documented pueblo shield, an historic Winchester that was presented to chief high bear at the Indian Congress, a famous documented pueblo fetish collection from Santa Fe, the famous Judge Hooker’s vest & personal items, and a famous pipe axe from the Cody Sitting Bull collection! We have the best selection of beadwork & quillwork we’ve ever been able to offer: cradles, saddle pads, saddle bags, pipe bags, beautiful moccasins, animal skin bags, society bags, medicine necklaces, possible bags, tipi rests, saddles, vests, bonnets, pipes, parfleche cases, gaming items, scabbards, bandoliers, leggings, bow cases, breastplates, tomahawks, gauntlets, dresses, beaded bags, and several warshirts. We also have a huge group of prehistoric pottery jars, bowls, pitchers, ladles, and rare figures as well as fantastic pueblo pottery including several big name pieces. And, as always, beautiful baskets, old and new kachina dolls, outstanding Navajo rugs and weavings, and a large number of quality jewelry pieces. also in this auction: NW Coast masks, carvings, and baskets, Eskimo ivory, baskets, and relics, signed original art and bronzes, quality limited edition lithographs and prints, old photos, tradebeads, dolls, trade blankets, and a number of other rare, interesting, and hard to find antique, western, and Mexican collectibles. We guarantee you will be impressed! In addition to the above, some of the unique and interesting items include an Eskimo carved ivory chess set, Mexican folk art pottery figures by Candelerio Medrino, a vintage carved carousel horse, several native pottery nativity sets, a collection of superfine miniature Navajo rugs and miniature pueblo pottery, a pueblo snake dance kilt with necklace, five of the finest Two Gray Hills weavings you’ll ever see, a Navajo turquoise and silver urn, six vintage concho belts, and much, much more! Join us at our new location, the Scottish Rites Hall, located at 463 Paseo de Peralta, about three blocks NE of the Plaza, in Santa Fe. Admission is free and the public is invited. A no-host breakfast will be available during both previews which begin at 8:00 am Saturday and Sunday. The auctions begin at noon on Saturday, and at 10:00 am Sunday morning. We hope to see you there!
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Comanche Flute603Comanche Flute
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Very rare, old, carved wooden flute covered with buffalo intestine and with small fully beaded animal fetish, cloth bands, and adjustable pitch slide.
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,900.00
Zuni Fetish Pot & 3 Fetishes604Zuni Fetish Pot & 3 Fetishes
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Rare old blackened pottery jar with drilled holes, four bone and feather fetishes attached to the outside, and three more loose fetishes inside. Purch
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 3,250.00
Hopewell Bowl and Pipe605Hopewell Bowl and Pipe
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Traditional turtle bowl with etched detailing (some cracks, head glued) and a clay pipe with a serpent wrapped around it. good condition. Identified a
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for 1,000.00
Zuni Bear Fetish606Zuni Bear Fetish
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Rare, large hand carved stone fetish in bear (or buffalo) form with shell disc inlay eyes. 6" x 3" x 2" Pre-1900
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for 700.00
Zuni Stone Fetish607Zuni Stone Fetish
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Carved of red stone in human form with inset turquoise eyes. 8-1/2" Pre-1900
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to omicron360 for 600.00
Stone Fetish Collection (Full Listing Available)608Stone Fetish Collection (Full Listing Available)
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Unbelievable collection of 37 very old hand carved Zuni, Hopi, and other Pueblo fetish carvings in different forms. Ex: Rex Arrowsmith private collect
Start Price : 12,500.00 | Estimate : 25,000.00 - 50,000.00
Three Carved Fetish Objects609Three Carved Fetish Objects
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Extremely rare esoteric figures in human, bird, and fish/whale forms made from carved stone wrapped in parchment. Ex: Arrowsmith collection. Purchased
Estimate : 6,000.00 - 12,000.00
Sold to floor for 950.00
Two Pueblo Items610Two Pueblo Items
Allard Auctions, Inc.
An early 1900s Navajo medicine gourd rattle/drum with painted symbols plus a 1920s Laguna carved wooden fetish done in human male form. 7" high...
Estimate : 350.00 - 700.00
Sold to floor for 475.00
Crow-Style Medicine Piece611Crow-Style Medicine Piece
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Rare Tobacco Society amulet - a polished stone covered with laced buckskin with beaded edging and adorned with several small medicine bundles. Apprais
Estimate : 1,250.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for 500.00
Crow-Style Sundance Doll612Crow-Style Sundance Doll
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Extremely rare beaded buckskin doll with medicine pouches, ermine and ribbon trim, two-color beaded head, dew claws, and sinew. Provenance states that
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to peteliska for 2,160.00
Crow-Style Beaded Medicine Piece613Crow-Style Beaded Medicine Piece
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Rare bead-covered sacred rock with two hide-wrapped medicine bundles and bead, buckskin, and hair suspensions, all done in red ochre. Purchased from A
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for 1,300.00
Sioux Beaded Cradleboard614Sioux Beaded Cradleboard
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Fantastic fully beaded cradle cover with interesting geometric designs done on white ground on body and top tab - buckskin, sinew sewn, and beaded in
Estimate : 10,000.00 - 20,000.00
Sold to floor for 9,500.00
Sioux Quilled Cradleboard615Sioux Quilled Cradleboard
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Fantastic old quilled cradleboard (on newer slats) with solid top, two-sided tab, and red rows on the sides. Bottom is an old patch quilt. Purchased f
Estimate : 7,500.00 - 15,000.00
Sold to floor for 3,000.00
Crow Parfleche Cradleboard616Crow Parfleche Cradleboard
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Rare painted and shaped rawhide pieced cradle with Sioux beaded saddle bag strips on front and top, beaded edge, bells, bead and quilled dangles, tin
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 10,000.00
Sold to floor for 3,500.00
Plains Headdress617Plains Headdress
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Rare Southern Plains tunic-style headdress made from (now bare) deer skin with beaded medallion and fob with feather drops. Purchased from Allard in 1
Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 750.00 - 1,500.00
Navajo Buffalo Headdress618Navajo Buffalo Headdress
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Rare hide (wolf) headdress with painted hard leather "horns" with string and feather ties. Three wooden pahos on top with feather adornmen...
Estimate : 750.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 550.00
Two Beaded Items619Two Beaded Items
Allard Auctions, Inc.
A colorful open beaded apron plus a fully beaded liquor flask with wool tufts. Appraisal value $1,100. 10" x 36" and 3" x 5" Mid...
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 140.00
Plateau Beaded Leggings620Plateau Beaded Leggings
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Classic pair of flat beaded leggings with geometric forms on white field. Purchased from ACL in 1975 for $125; appraisal value $1,000. 8-1/2" x...
Estimate : 350.00 - 700.00
Sold to wilsonplum.. for 360.00
Papago Figured Basket621Papago Figured Basket
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Large, lidded storage basket with rare scorpion and eagle(?) figures. Purchased from Duncan's in 1973 for $312. Condition: good. 15" high x...
Estimate : 750.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for 650.00
Apache Basket622Apache Basket
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Classic design western Apache tray with rare human figures and rattlesnake diamonds. Purchased from Austin in 1975 for $200; appraisal value $4,000. C
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for 700.00