Native American Art & Related Artifacts - Best of Santa Fe 2018

Auction Details

Please join us in exciting Santa Fe this August 11 & 12 (the week before Indian Market) for what promises to be an historic event!

We are featuring the private Mimbres pottery collection of Roy & Merle Evans, all featured prominently in the famous book "Mimbres Indian Treasure in the Land of Baca." Plus a side collection of pottery dedicated to Maria Martinez and her family, along with a small group of mammoth-sized Pueblo pottery!

In addition, we have accumulated many other really great pieces for this auction! There are more fantastic beadwork pieces, a huge assortment of quality baskets, several high-end Navajo rugs, lots of great Indian jewelry, some really rare original Native and Western art, 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. A light lunch will be served.

Live online, absentee, and phone bidding are all available.

A printed, full-color catalog is also available for $30 (includes prices realized) by calling 1-888-314-0343, or visiting www.allardauctions.com.
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San Ildefonso Pottery - Maria Martinez (1887-1980)71San Ildefonso Pottery - Maria Martinez (1887-1980)
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Classic early black-on-black pottery jar with repeating geometric shoulder design, done in her early years and signed simply "Marie." V...
Estimate : 900.00 - 1,800.00
Sold to floor for 950.00
San Ildefonso Pottery - Maria Martinez (1887-1980)72San Ildefonso Pottery - Maria Martinez (1887-1980)
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Large very rare, early black-on-black pottery vase/jar with faint Avanyu serpent band around the shoulder and a scalloped geometric band below the
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to floor for 3,500.00
San Ildefonso Pottery Jar - Maria / Popovi73San Ildefonso Pottery Jar - Maria / Popovi
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Beautiful black-on-black pottery jar with fine radiating feather design done by master potter Maria Martinez (1887-1980) and her son Popovi Da (192
Estimate : 1,250.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,300.00
San Ildefonso Pottery Plate - Marie & Julian74San Ildefonso Pottery Plate - Marie & Julian
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Beautiful black-on-black pottery dish with early Anasazi-style design by most famous potter Maria Martinez (1887-1980) and her husband Julian (1885-
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to floor for 2,500.00
San Ildefonso Pottery - Maria Martinez (1887-1980)75San Ildefonso Pottery - Maria Martinez (1887-1980)
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Beautiful polished pearl black pottery bowl by the famous Maria Martinez, the mother of San Ildefonso pottery. Very good condition. **Lots #71-75, 1
Estimate : 600.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to floor for 1,000.00
Hupa Basket76Hupa Basket
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Very fine pedestal basket with three rows of open work weaving, woven base, and traditional weave polychrome bands. Very good condition.,Early/Mid
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for 250.00
Quinault Basket77Quinault Basket
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Rare lidded woven spruce root basket with beautiful geometric designs done in gold. Very good condition, minor separation on the inside rim.,Ca. 19
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for 200.00
Historic Chehalis Basket78Historic Chehalis Basket
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Beautiful fine weave, historic basket with double geometric bands. From the famous Tokeland Hotel collection, Tokeland, Washington. With original
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to jonnie for 960.00
Tlingit Basket Hat - Nathan Jackson79Tlingit Basket Hat - Nathan Jackson
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Exceptional traditional woven cedar bark rain hat with interior brim and painted exterior featuring a stylized eagle figure with beak and talons vi
Estimate : 1,250.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for 1,600.00
Nisqually Basket80Nisqually Basket
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Exceptional, large, rounded hard basket with intact rim loops and fully imbricated exterior with a striking geometric polychrome design. Excellent
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for 1,500.00