The Manuscript and Collectibles Sale

These two hand axes are from the Achelean and are between 150,000 to 300,000 years old. Both hand axes possess the lovely brown patina that is found

This hefty tool roughly conical-shaped in profile, and oval in section, and grooved for hafting. Tool overall in good condition, with a spot of calce

Earliest an intriguing tiny redware oil lamp -- cylindrical bowl with squarish nozzle. Judaea, c. 400 BC. Next a marble head of Herakles, carved and

Earliest a finely potted, well proportioned red-glazed handled jug; late Bronze Age. From the Iron Age, a neat little buff ware pot. From the Maccaba

Earliest are two juglets, a burnished redware and red banded orange ware, late Bronze Age or early to middle Iron Age. Also four late Roman or Byzant

A well cast bronze example having four pointed conical points and reinforcing band on the butt end. Blade is angled and slightly rounded, with semi-c

A well cast bronze example having four pointed conical points on the butt end. Opposing blade is sharply slanted, with semi-crescent underside, and r

Another flange-hilted dagger, but handle with flap-like retainers. Of stout construction, with arrow blade having reinforcing mid-rib.Old spade mark

Flange-hilted dagger, the handle once set with wood or bone, with gripping indents along the sides. Narrow blade with thicker reinforcing mid-rib. So

The blade with broad rounded shoulder, tapering to narrow point. Both sides with raised reinforcing ridges, and short pierced tang. Blade overall ver

Cast tapered blade with reinforced back, and heavy squarish midrib and tang. Intact and well preserved, with black to green patina, with slight earth

Neatly fashioned lanceolate blade with long rat-tail tang, with thick midrib, and reinforced tip. The edges well sharpened in antiquity; the whole ni

Cast and wrought, the blade long and tapered, with very high midrib, swelling, rounded shoulders, and a thinner sheet socket. Chased decoration of ha

Vessel tapered, with rounded conical body, having small flat base and inward turning rim. Red-brown burnished exterior surface with black collared ri

Earliest a small cosmetic jar, well crafted in serpentine, of distinctive shape. Much later, a boldly molded faience dish, with wide shelf-like rim,

Earliest a Ramessid scarab in beautifully glazed steatite. The insect fine and naturalistic; the base showing the king holding hands with Horus and A

Faience ushabti of usual simplified mummiform shape, with arms crossed, in a thick blue glaze, now faded in areas. Details of a headband, two picks,

With polychrome-painted gesso over wood, the woman with huge blue and yellow lappet wig, the ends tied by colorful "jeweled bands."...

From a quality anthropoid coffin, the bronze eyebrows are nicely stylized; the bronze outlines of the eyes with extended cosmetic lines, the integral

Likely from a high-quality anthropoid coffin, or perhaps a life-size wood figure. The bronze outlines of the eyes with extended cosmetic lines -- the