Native American Art & Related Artifacts - Best of Santa Fe 2017

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Please join us in exciting Santa Fe the week before Indian Market this August for what promises to be an historic event!

We are featuring the collection of long time collector, hobbyist, Indian trader, and feather artist Bob Wills from Dumont, NJ. We are honored to have Bob's beadwork collection to offer along with other interesting things he's gathered over the years.

We are also very happy to be selling an old collection of beadwork, baskets, cornhusks, horse gear, and other great pieces all collected in the Columbia River Basin in the 50s and 60s. All pieces are documented in the original owner Tommy Thompson's ledger, with interesting notes and stories.

In addition, we have accumulated some really great pieces for this auction! There are more fantastic beadwork pieces, a huge assortment of quality baskets, several high-end Navajo rugs, some very rare old Pueblo pottery, and the best group of NW Coast and Eskimo items we have ever had!

And as always, lots of great Indian jewelry , some really rare original Native and Western art, a collection of Apache items, kachinas carvings, Santa Fe antiques, antique tradebeads, and a number of interesting and hard to find antique, western, and Mexican collectibles - over 800 pieces in all!

Previews both days begin at 8:00 am (MDT). Auction times are Saturday at noon and Sunday at 10:00 am. Live online, absentee, and phone bidding are all available.

Full-color catalog available for $30 - includes prices realized.
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Hopi Kachina Carving650 - Hopi Kachina Carving
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Early/Mid 1900s, Early hand carved and painted cottonwood root Koshare Clown doll shown in traditional striped attire. Good condition, some minor repa
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 180.00
 
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Antique Dance Bells651 - Antique Dance Bells
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Early/Mid 1900s, Pair of heavy leather mounted bronze/bass sleigh bells used as a fancy dancer's leg bells because of their loud volume. Very go...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 225.00
 
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Dew Claw Hand Rattle652 - Dew Claw Hand Rattle
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Mid/Late 1900s, Hand carved and green ochred wooden handle loaded with deer dew claws and used as a dancer's noisemaker. Very good condition. 14...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 150.00
 
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Southwest Ceremonial Item653 - Southwest Ceremonial Item
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Early 1900s, Single string-wrapped husk-covered wooden marker or stick with feather decorations, marked "Zuni Prayer Stick." Good conditio...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to MacFairley for 84.00
 
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Sioux Stone Club654 - Sioux Stone Club
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Early 1900s, Early short-handled (ladies'/children's) small rawhide-wrapped wood handled stone club with some of the original beaded section...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
 
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Antique Indian Gun655 - Antique Indian Gun
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Ca. 1863, Rare model 1861 "U.S. Norwich" percussion muzzle loader adorned with brass tacks in the Indian style. An excavated non-firing pi...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 700.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to floor for 550.00
 
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Plains Dance Roach656 - Plains Dance Roach
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Early 1900s, Outstanding finely woven porcupine hair dancer's head piece with rare four-color woven deer hair base. This has been perfectly stor...
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Estimate : 700.00 - 1,400.00
Sold to MacFairley for 510.00
 
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Navajo Rug/Weaving657 - Navajo Rug/Weaving
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Mid 1900s, Beautiful finer weave Crystal rug with fish hooks and other geometric elements and done in natural earth tone colors. Very good condition,
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 275.00
 
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Vintage Tradebeads658 - Vintage Tradebeads
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Various Ages, Including a strand of red black-core Venetians, 1920 colored plastics, and light blue glass dots. Very good condition. Largest 48"
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Estimate : 125.00 - 250.00
Sold to floor for 60.00
 
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Trade Bead Necklace659 - Trade Bead Necklace
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Early 1900s, Extra-long two-strand necklace made from old interior colored tubular glass tradebeads spaced with small round faceted pink Peking glass
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
 
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Vintage Costume Beads660 - Vintage Costume Beads
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Early/Mid 1900s, Five strands of small powder blue glass/composite round beads, very popular in making dance regalia and other items. Very good condit
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
 
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Tradebead Necklace661 - Tradebead Necklace
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Early 1900s, Extra-long four-strand necklace made from rare black faceted (1"+) tubular beads and with wrapped neck. Very good condition, few c...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
 
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Tradebead Display662 - Tradebead Display
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Various Ages, Including a double strand of hollow brass beads, a triple strand of glass "shell" barrel beads, and a double strand of black...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 225.00 - 450.00
Sold to floor for 60.00
 
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Pueblo Silver Necklace663 - Pueblo Silver Necklace
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Early/Mid 1900s, Wonderful hand wrought all-silver squash blossom necklace made from benchmade beads and with a sand cast Spanish Colonial influence c
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for 400.00
 
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3 Hopi Baskets664 - 3 Hopi Baskets
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Ca. 1930s-1940s, Framed display containing three beautifully aged Hopi 2nd Mesa coil weave plaques, two with kachina heads. All in good, well-used con
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for 275.00
 
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Acoma Pottery Bowl665 - Acoma Pottery Bowl
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Early 1900s, Early flared polychrome bowl with incurved rim and stylized bird/eagle figure and other avian symbols. Sturdy and intact, glued but not r
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to suekesey for 168.00
 
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Pair of Vintage Cuffs666 - Pair of Vintage Cuffs
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Ca. 1940-1960, Includes a hand stamped German silver cuff with arrowhead overlay, plus a tapered brass ketoh with Navajo repousse' silver medall...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 180.00
 
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2 Eskimo Ivory Carvings667 - 2 Eskimo Ivory Carvings
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Mid 1900s, Pair of hand carved fossilized ivory items including a two-sided pendant and a fancy two-sided billikin. Both in very good condition. Penda
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to comanche6 for 240.00
 
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4 Beaded Bags668 - 4 Beaded Bags
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Various Ages, Four all-buckskin bags including an early 1900s two-sided Apache, a small newer single-sided Apache, and early/mid 1900s two-sided Sioux
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for 250.00
 
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Paiute Beaded Gauntlets669 - Paiute Beaded Gauntlets
Allard Auctions, Inc.
Mid 1900s, Large pair of smoked elkhide gloves, the flared cuffs with colorful beaded symbols and arrows and fringed edging. Very good condition. 14...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for 150.00
 
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