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THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF DAVE HOWELL

NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACTS

On Saturday May 26, 2012, Houser Auctioneers will host a public auction of the complete private collection of American Indian artifacts owned by David Howell of Northampton, Pennsylvania. Ranked as one of the most complete collections of Native American artifacts in existence, this auction is a must for any collector. Auction pieces will include Arrow Heads from local and national origin, Baskets, Paint Bowls, Weapons, Pipes, Ivory, Bone, Jewelry, Wedding Bowls, and much, much more.

This once in a lifetime auction will be held at the NOVA Center (North Whitehall Ambulance Corps), 2375 Levans Road, Coplay PA. Sale begins promptly at 9 A.M.. There will be an auction preview held Friday 25 May from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. All items being sold will be numbered and inventoried for easy reference. Lee Hallman, the curator of the local American Indian Artifact museum and founder of the Indian Artifact Collectors of Pennsylvania, has provided input on the origin, use, and composition of most pieces being sold. Many pieces have individual authentication papers and will be provided to the winning bidders, but all buyers are buying all pieces in "As is" condition with no guarantees what so ever. If you have any questions regarding any piece, please contact Jason Houser at 484-550-8593 or this web site for more information.

Houser Auctioneers is proud to maintain a "NO BUYER'S PREMIUM" service to all of our in-house customers paying with cash or check. For those in-house customers paying with visa/master card, a 3% service fee will be applied. If you are a distant collector who is unable to attend in person, this auction will be offered via Auctionzip "Live Auctions". Houser Auctioneers is estimating 200 Internet lots with 50 In-House only lots.

LIVE AUCTION ITEM LIST: Pictures of all items can be viewed from our on-line catalog. To view simply cut and paste the following into your browser:

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Go to www.auctionzipauctions.com and look for our sale on May 26, 2012 If you have any questions or concerns with any piece there, please don't hesitate to call. The "IN-HOUSE" sales list follows.

FEATURE ITEM LOT 100: Large worked flint ceremonial arrow head from Ohio. Found in the 1800's. A microscopic examination was conducted on the surface of the flint which showed the stone has a reasonable patina with a number of red-brown deposits which appear to be iron oxides on the surface. Under the red-brown patina, the flint is a coarsely crystalline silica, rather like a chert. The color of the stone itself is a pale cream. There is therefore an extensive patina on the surface of the arrowhead which may mean that it is indeed ancient, although how ancient would be very difficult to determine. Looking at the surface, one can state that it does not look modern; it should be of some antiquity, and may be a lot older than 19th century AD. Opinion provided by David A. Scott, BA, BSc, PhD, C.Chem, FRSC, FIIC.

Lot Number	Lot Title	Lot Description
1	Chart Knife	Carbon
2	Grooved Axe	Quartzite, Local PA
3	Nutting Stone	Bi-faced, granite, Local PA
4	Celt	Slate
5	Petrified Cypress
6	Native Made Gun Flint	Revolutionary War, Jasper
7	Hammer/Fire Stone	Granite
8	Granite Pestol	Granite
9	Point	Early to Middle Woodland period, Adena Culture
10	Pottery	Duck
11	Point	Ohio Turkeytail
12	Pottery
13	Bell	Ross Co.
14	Roller	Speckled Granite
15	Pestol	Granite
16	Pestol	Granite
17	Banner	Granite, Local PA
18	Point	Dalton, Classic - Stone County Arkansas, 8,000-10,000 BC
19	Point	Adena, 7 inches
20	Point	Dalton - Hemphill - St. Lois County, Missouri, 8,000-10,000 BC
21	Clovis Spear	Stark county, Illinois
22	Point	Dalton - Clay County Arkansas, Tan with Brown, Great Size
23	Clovis Point	Greene County Arkansas, Nice Piece
24	Point	Dalton, Hemphill - Fulton County Illinois, Thin and well made, 6,000 - 10,000 BC
25	Clovis Spear	Baca County Colorado, Classy, Semi-Translucent Flint
26	Blade	Bullseye Chert, Indiana
27	Blade	Quartzite
28	Chert Blade	Local PA
29	Blade	Illinois/Indiana
30	Turkey Tail
31	Yuma Blade
32	Pendant	Catlinite, Ornamental
33	Point	Lost Lake Bullseye
34	Point	Tennessee
35	Point	Tennessee Chert
36	Point	Arkansas
37	Point	Novaculite, Howard Co., Arkansas
38	Point	Dalton, Arkansas
39	Pendant	Adena Mound Builder Pendant
40	Pendant	Charles Co, Red Slate
41	Chert	Local PA, Helderburg
42	Celt	Boone Co.
43	Clovis Spear	Flint, New Mexico, Great Color in point
44	Point	Lost Lake
45	Point	Lost Lake
46	Blade	Adena, Mound Builder, Ceremonial Blade, Ohio/Indiana
47	Pendant	Redslate, Charles Co
48	3/4 Grooved Axe
49	Full Grooved Axe	Sheep Mountain Carbon County
50	Full Grooved Axe
51	Deer Vertebrae w Lakewoodland Point	Blue Mountain, est. 2000 yr old
52	Full Grooved Axe
53	Illinois Hoe
54	Arapaho Club	Circa 1850, 22 inch
55	Bola Stone
56	3/4 Grooved Axe	Local PA
57	3/4 Grooved Axe	Local PA
58	Drill	Cruciform, Perkie
59	Small Penci	Basal Notch
60	Water Canteen	Missing Handle
61	Spade	Illinois/Indiana with Fossil
62	Hoe	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
63	Axe	3/4 Grooved Local PA
64	Axe	Full Groove, Granite
65	Perkie, Meadowood
66	Madison Tri-point	Crude
67	Points	Agate Basin,10,000-12,000 BC, West Texas, Nice Color Flint
68	Point	Gulford, Grade 9, Local PA
69	Point	Agate Basin, Lehigh Valley/SE Pennsylvania, Coshocton
70	Eskimo Skin Flesher	Walrus Ivory
71	Shovel Pendant	Modern Re-work on one end, Momence Illinois, Slate, Red Banded Color
72	Pendant	Modern Engraving, origin unknown, Slate, Green Banded Color
73	Bell Pendant	Illinois
74	Point	Pure Jasper
75	Bowl	Arkansas, 2000 years old
76	Blade	Illinois St Clair County
77	Knife	Tennessee Chert
78	Knife	Montana Chert
79	Knife	Eastern PA
80	Knife	Red Triassic Shale
81	Knife	Butler County, MO
82	Knife	Eastern Pennsylvania
83	Blade	Eastern Pennsylvania
84	Knife	Eastern Pennsylvania
85	3/4 Axe
86	Full Axe
87	Full Axe	Kentucky
88	Full Axe
89	Point	Dalton, Serrated, Missori Chert
90	Point	Dalton, Serrated, Missori Chert
91	Apache Basket	West Coast
92	Blade
93	Blade
94	Jewelry	Collected by B. Pritchard, Vandoren Site near Hudson River, Between Cementon and Catskill, NY
95	Susquehannock Pipe	2000-2500 years old
96	Jewelry	Collected by B. Pritchard, Vandoren Site near Hudson River, Between Cementon and Catskill, NY
97	Jewelry	Collected by B. Pritchard, Vandoren Site near Hudson River, Between Cementon and Catskill, NY
98	Jewelry	Collected by B. Pritchard, Vandoren Site near Hudson River, Between Cementon and Catskill, NY
99	Jewelry	Collected by B. Pritchard, Vandoren Site near Hudson River, Between Cementon and Catskill, NY
100	FEATURE: LARGE POINT	STAND-BY FOR AUTHENTICATION PAPERS (SOLD with RESERVE)
101	Point	Daulton Green Brier - Paleo Indian 9,000-14,000 BC
102	Point	Clovis - Paleo Indian 9,000-14,000 BC
103	Point	Red Stone - Paleo Indian 9,000-14,000 BC
104	Point	Serrated, Dalton-Nucknolls - Paleo Indian 9,000-14,000 BC
105	Point	dalton, Hemphill - Paleo Indian 9,000-14,000 BC
106	Point	Beaver Lake - Paleo Indian 9,000-14,000 BC
107	Bowl	Slight Damaged 2000 years old
108	Point	Gram cave - Early Archaic - 5,000-9,000 BC
109	Point	Scotts Buff - Early Archaic - 5,000-9,000 BC
110	Wedding Bowl	SW Arizona Cliff dwellers, Missing Handle
111	Point	Thebes - Early Archaic - 5,000-9,000 BC
112	Point	Agate Basin - Early Archaic - 5,000-9000 BC
113	Point	Dovetail - Early Archaic - 5,000-9,000 BC
114	Point	Benton - Middle to late Archaic 1800 - 5,000 BC
115	Late 1800's Tomahawk w pipe	Original Brass, stem made in authentic fashion, Found Michigan c1800
116	Plains Indian Pipe	Catlinate, Stem is white ash and is original. C 1800-1850
117	Elbow Pipe	steatite, Council style, Late woodland Period
118	Blade	Texas Blade - Middle to late Archaic 1800 - 5000 BC
119	Elbow Pipe	Catlinite
120	Elbow Pipe (little)
121	Pottery	Caddo Water Bottle
122	Pottery	Caddo Water Bottle
123	Point	Tranitional
124	Point	Adena Culture
125	Point	Tranitional
126	Tourist Pottery	1930's, Pueblo
127	Pottery	Caddo, 1500 B.C.
128	Pottery	Arkansas
129	Pottery	Decorated Bowl, Isleta Pueblo Indians, Rio Grande River early 1900's
130	Pottery	Wood Pecker, Tennessee River Valley
131	Pottery	Duck
132	Points	Bird Points x 28, Chiricahua, Kiowa, & Mescalero
133	Archaic Knife	Pope County, Illinois, 200-300 AD
134	Tip	Dickson (reddish) Adena Area 1,000-4,000 BC
135	Tip	Sedalia Spear, Pike County Missori, Paleo, 6,000 BC
136	Tip	Dickson or Adena, Mound Builders
137	Tip	Graham Cave Type, 7,000-10,000 BC, Old Archaic Culture
138	Tip	Archaic Spear, 7,000-10,000 BC
139	Pottery	Rabbit
140	Porcupine Quill Work Box
141	Tip	Smith Basal Notch, Fannin Colorado/Texas, Nice Notches
142	North Knife	McLean Co, Illinois 200-300 BC
143	Tip	Hopewell Mound Builder Spear 400 BC-400 AD
144	North Knife	Tazewell Co, Illinois, 200 BC
145	North Knife	McLean Co, Illinois 200-300 BC
146	Tip	Dovetail, Popular by late Mound Builders, Nice Notches
147	Tip	Dickson Type, Adena Mound Builder, Illinois 1,000 - 4,000 BC
148	Tip	Hopewell Mound Builder Spear 400 BC-400 AD
149	Tip	Corner Notch Spear, Brewerton, 700-1,000 BC
150	Ivory Skinning Knife	Ivory with Deer sled carving
151	Tie/on Banner Stone
152	Points	Columbia River Gem Points (175 Pieces)
153	Tip	Beaver Lake, Paleotype, Hardin Co Illinois
154	Jasper Knife & Vanigated Jasper Tip	Piedmont
155	Knife	Red Jasper
156	Tip	Koens Crispen Broadpoint
157	Drills
158	Tips	Side Notched Penci
159	Knife Blade	Quartz Blade, Local PA
160	Tip	Ardulite, Lehigh Spear, Broadpoint
161	Tip	Sedalia, Fluted Clovis
162	Point	Clovis
163	Point	Clovis
164	Point	Racoon River
165	Point	adena, Turkey Tail
166	Point	Missori Chert
167	Point	Perkiomen
168	Point	Fishtail
169	Point	Hardins
170	Point	Hardins
171	Point	Hardins
172	Point	Novaculite, Dalton, Pike County Arkansas, Billy Harrell Collection
173	Point	Dalton - Colbert, Alcorn County Mississippi
174	Point	Thebes
175	Point	Illinois Chert
176	Point	Savannah River
177	Point	Lehigh Broad Point, w/awl
178	Point	Hardin, Early Archaic
179	Point	Snyder, St. Clair County, Illinois
180	Plummit	Hematite
181	Point	Chalcedony, Jasper
182	Point	Perikiomen Red Jasper
183	Spear Point	Benton
184	Spear Point	Benton
185	Spear Point	Benton
186	Spear Point	Benton
187	Spear Point	Benton
188	Points (14 in the lot)
189	Points (9 in Lot)	Quartzite
190	Pottery	Very Nice Shape
191	Ungrooved Axe
192	Ungrooved Axe
193	Ungrooved Axe
194	Ungrooved Axe
195	Pestol	Local PA, granite Bell
196	Paint Pot
197	Paint Pot
198	Paint Pot	Coprolite-possible Prehistoric Animal Dung
199	Paint Pot	Shale
200	Eskimo Doll	Original/Leather hands&feet
201	Bone Fish Jig

IN-HOUSE SALES LIST: All items on this list are pictured below and on www.Auctionzip.com. If you have any questions about any item, please feel free to contact us and your question will be answered as quickly as possible. Phone and absentee bids will be permitted on a case by case basis for "In-House" items.

Lot Number	Lot Title	Lot Description
A	Points x 4	Local PA, 4 pcs, Gorget
B	Full Axe x 2 (Choice)
C	3/4 Axe x 2 (Choice)
D	Gem Points ( Choice)	Late woodland period, Mississippi
E	ADZ x 5 (Choice)
F	Powder Horn x 2 (Choice)
G	Points (Choice)	Various tips, each label is a lot
H	Pottery	Prehistoric Mounds, Poinsette Arkansas
I	Celts x 8	Choice
J	Lead Bullets x 3 (Lot)
K	Antleere Handle Knives x 2 (Choice)
L	Drills or Knives (choice)	Found Little Gap/Smith Gap by Jeff Fischer
M	Points (Choice)	Found Little Gap/Smith Gap by Jeff Fischer
N	Points	Virginsville, Berks County x 2
O	Points	Found Little Gap/Smith Gap by Jeff Fischer
P	Pestol	Granite, Apprx. 29 inches long
Q	Tip	Quartzite
R	Knife Blades	Local Jasper
S	Tips	Local Jasper, Slight Damage
T	Tips	Fishtails
U	Drills x 3 (Choice)	Cruciform Peric Drills ( CHOICE)
V	Tips x 2 (Choice)	Gene Martin
W	Points x 2 (Lot)	Serpent Head, Perkimen
X	Points x 2 (Lot)	Meadowwood Perkiomen
Y	Pendant	Local
Z	Assorted Jewlery	CHOICE
AA	Points	Chester and Berks County Points (CHOICE)
BB	Pendents	Delaware Watergap Area (CHOICE)
CC	Blades	Beaver Lake Area (CHOICE)
DD	Points	Catskill, NY, (COICE)
EE	Points and Drills	Carbon County Flint & Chert (CHOICE)
FF	Points	Quartzite, Quartz, Flint, Chert, Local PA
GG	Points	Local PA
HH	Points	Assorted Local PA
II	Points
JJ	Points
KK	Points	Quartzite, Adena Archaic Period
LL	Points	Flint and Chert
MM	Points
NN	Points	Vera Cruz Jasper

FUTURE AUCTION - OCTOBER TIME FRAME - WILL INCLUDE THE REMAINDER OF Mr. HOWELL'S COLLECTION IN ADDITION TO MANY SMALL ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES. THE BELOW PICTURES WILL BE SOLD HOWEVER THEY HAVE NOT YET BEEN CATALOGED.

If you have any questions regarding this auction, please feel free to contact Jason Houser at 484-550-8593 or simply use the "contact us" link below.