Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

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Pre-Columbian

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 144		Pre-Columbian Ancient Copper Collection of 60 Pieces, Superbly Presented: Tumis, Bells, Tweezers, Crotals, Needles and More ca. 700-1200 A.D. Beautiful collection of ancient copper mostly from the Moche-Chimu period 700-1200 A.D. and numbering 60 pieces. The standouts are 10 tumis. Tumis were employed for a diverse set of purposes such as kitchen knives, agricultural tools, warrior or hunting secondary weapons, sacrificial knives, barber implements, pendants, or medical tools. In addition, the tumi form, in certain metals, was used as a type of coin. The large tumis are highly prized by collectors with the three largest measuring 10 x 5", the second 7 x 4" and the third largest 6 x 5". Also included are crotals and bells, needles, 10 different style tweezers (hair was heavily tweezed) a hook, utilitarian and ceremonial/ritual pieces and several kinds of ornaments both decorative and worn. All have appealing age patina. All pieces have been expertly sewn to the fabric back in teal green thread with no adhesive. Collection worthy of any level of collector and quite an attractive display piece. 24 x 33". Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,800 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $813
Lot 145		Moche, Polychrome Stirrup Spout Vessel with Painted Face. Striking Moche vessel with stirrup spout, intriguing in that is clearly a man sitting with tribal face painting. Just at 8½ x 5 x 4½ vessel has been professionally restored from having multiple breaks. The seams, save for the stirrup are tight and not obtrusive. Remains a very striking and impressive piece. Estimated Value $600 - 1,000 From a professor at the University of Arizona, in his possession for over 50 years. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $400
Lot 146		Two (2) Pre-Colombian Mayan, Polychrome Terracotta Bowls: Impressive Orange & Black Painted, Ceremonial Tripod Bowl & Small Pot. Two (2) Pre-Columbian Mayan Lowlands, terracotta bowls of polychrome slip colors of orange, red and black 1) Painted and incised ceremonial tripod bowl, Mayan Lowlands with painted panels and zoomorphic symbols highlighted by incisions throughout surrounding the sides and continuing underneath the bowl between each of the three legs. The bowl was unearthed in fragments but now virtually intact after professional restoration decades ago. Restorer opted not to fill in cracks as commonly done on ancient Greek and Roman pottery. Interior is painted in red and black polychrome slip. Bowl displays beautifully even with the visible fissures and is a wonderful example from this period, 500-800 A.D. 3¼ x 9 x 9" 2.) Nicely paired with a terrific small pot with rounded bottom decorated in casual geometric designs in red and black colors. Pot is near fine with only very minor chips to neck. 4 x 3½ x 3½. Estimated Value $500 - 800 Private SOCAL Collection: Acquired 30 Years Ago From the Estate of Ralph Steffans, Von Strauss Fine Art Authentication Included. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 147		Five (5) Beautifully Presented, Pre-Columbian, Colima Terracotta Heads from Western Mexico. Excellent collection of five (5) fragment heads each beautifully presented on custom wood stands. Each head is unique and virtually intact each in their own self. Some have very impressive detail but all prove extremely appealing. With stands, they range from 3" tall to 3¾" tall. Estimated Value $500 - 700 Private SOCAL Collection: Acquired 30 to 45 Years Ago From Mexico and Peru. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $475
Lot 148		Five (5) Pre-Columbian, Colima Terracotta Heads from Western Mexico, Nicely Presented on Individual Custom Stands. Excellent collection of five (5) fragment heads each beautifully presented. Each head is unique and virtually intact each in their own self. All have fine detail and quite appealing. With stands, they range from 3" tall to 4" tall. Estimated Value $500 - 700 Private SOCAL Collection: Acquired 30 to 45 Years Ago From Mexico and Peru. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 149		Outstanding Pre-Columbian Ceramic Polychrome Mask Culture Undetermined, Thermoluminescence Dating Analysis by UCLA. Quite striking Pre-Columbian Mask from an an indeterminate culture. Male face with scarification represented by four raised dotted areas with red tinted areas around them and across cheeks, an open slit mouth showing only three teeth with thin goatee and mustache above and below, slit eyes and raised eyebrows. Mask was dated by thermoluminescence dating analysis by UCLA on Feb. 7, 1989 Ref # 2788 at 1100 years in age. Acquired through Von Strauss Fine Art, the Estate of Ralph Steffens. Copies of documentation included. Superb condition, a stunning piece. 7½ x 6" no chips cracks or repairs. Stand included. Estimated Value $500 - 800 Private SOCAL Collection: Acquired 30 to 45 Years Ago From Mexico and Peru. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $325
Lot 150		Two (2) Pre-Columbian Nazca Polychrome Terracotta Bowls, Peru. Striking pair of pre-Columbian Nazca polychrome bowls. Larger bowl measures 3 x 6½ x 6½" and is decorated in simple designs of red and black paint with no cracks or repairs with only some tiny flake chips inside bowl. The smaller bowl, actually closer to a wide mouth cup, is in remarkable condition, with particularly fine decorations in red, rust, black and white colors. 2¾ x 4 x 4". Estimated Value $500 - 900 From a professor at the University of Arizona, in his possession for over 50 years. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 151		Two (2) Pre-Columbian Chimu Blackware Pottery from Peru: Two Fine Examples, One with Human Face. Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1250 to 1450 A.D 1.) Intriguing single handled small pitcher with the face of a male and details of braided hair up to the neck of vessel. 6½ x 4 x 4". Small chipping to one area of mouth, otherwise quite fine. 2.) Small vessel with single handle and decorated with a small monkey aside the neck. Bulbous gourd like body with a fine patina. 4¼ x 5½ x 2¼". Vessel must have been set onto a cradle as it's fine, curved shape does not allow to stand upright. A knockout piece. Estimated Value $400 - 600 Private SOCAL Collection: Acquired 30 to 45 Years Ago From Mexico and Peru. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $313
Lot 152		Two (2) Pre-Columbian Chimu Blackware Pottery: Two Remarkably Distinct Patterns: One Evoking The Plates on an Armadillo, One as Two Gourds. Two terrific examples of Chimu Blackware Pottery from Peru. 1.) Vessel with a distinct pattern very much evoking armadillo plates or scales, a mammal indigenous to the Americas. Very minor chipping at mouth otherwise very fine and beautiful piece. 6 x 5 x 3" 2.) Unusual vessel of two gourds tied together (note details of twine surrounding the "waist" of both) with neck protruding from the center. Bird-like figures decorate the gourds and flanking the neck. 5½ x 4½ x 3" and in choice condition. Estimated Value $400 - 600 Private SOCAL Collection: Acquired 30 to 45 Years Ago From Mexico and Peru. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $313
Lot 153		Two (2) Pre-Columbian Chimu Blackware Pottery: Owl Bodied Single Handled Jug, and Rounded Vessel with Raised Alligator Shape. Two Bird/Animal examples of Chimu Blackware Pottery from Peru. 1) Excellent juglet decorated with the body of an alligator as if sunning himself just below the neck. Obviously a piece that used a cradle due to bottom of juglet in a very rounded shape. Choice condition with no chips, cracks or repairs. Stand included. 2.) Vessel, a single-handled pitcher with owl body and face. Striking piece with some chipping at top of neck and around base. Estimated Value $400 - 600 Private SOCAL Collection: Acquired 48 to 51 Years Ago From Mexico and Peru. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $313
Lot 154		Two (2) Pre-Colombian Mayan, Polychrome Terracotta Bowls: Copador and Chalice Shaped Bowl. Two fine Pre-Columbian polychrome terracotta bowls. 1.) Copador bowl decorated with polychrome slip colors of black and red with two of four panels decorated with geometric designs. In choice condition, bowl measures 3 x 5 x 5" with rounded bottom likely from Honduras. No cracks, chips or repairs 2.) Pedestal bowl in polychrome slip colors in black and reds in concentric geometric designs throughout with three nodules on opposing sides for decoration. One contusion to mouth of bowl has been repaired decades past as well as a small repair along bottom of pedestal 4 x 5½ x 5½". Nevertheless a very handsome piece that displays nicely. Estimated Value $400 - 800 Private SOCAL Collection: Acquired 30 to 45 Years Ago From Mexico and Peru, Chalice Shaped Bowl from Estate of Ralph Steffens, Von Straus Fine Art Services. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 155		Pre-Columbian Meso-American Polychrome Pottery Jar. Pre-Columbian MesoAmerican rounded polychrome pottery jar likely Costa Rican or Panamanian region of Central America. Storage jar boasts geometric abstract designs in various hues of red, black, and cream, somewhat faint from wear. Lip has some chipping from ages ago and adds immeasurably to its appeal. 6 x 5 x 5" and quite the handsome piece. Estimated Value $400 - 800 From a professor at the University of Arizona, in his possession for over 50 years. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $256
Lot 156		Tall Pre-Columbian Terracotta Male Flat Figure from Colima from Western Mexico, Choice Condition. Outstanding male, Pre-Columbian, terracotta flat figure standing 7" tall. c. 100 BC - AD 250. With traces of black slip color, below waist, figure is wearing a hat, adornments on shoulder, hands/arms clutching chest and a somewhat exaggeration of the genitals. A terrific piece worthy of any collection. Choice, no chips, cracks or repairs. Comes on a unique custom crafted stand. Estimated Value $300 - 600 Private SOCAL Collection: Acquired 30 to 45 Years Ago From Mexico and Peru. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $200
Lot 157		Pre-Columbian Nazca, Terracotta Polychrome Bowl, Peru. Handsome, pre-Columbian. Nazca redware bowl decorated in red, tan cream and black. 3¾ x 7 x 7". Bowl has been professionally and discretely restored as it was split evenly in two pieces and now displays beautifully. Estimated Value $300 - 600 From a professor at the University of Arizona, in his possession for over 50 years. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $192
Lot 158		Five (5) Pre-Columbian Pieces Including Cuchimilco and Chancay from Peru and Two from Ecuador. Fine collection of Pre-Columbian pottery figures: 1.) Best is the standing Peruvian Chancay Figure on red stand 4½" tall. Slight chip to nose otherwise very appealing. 2.) Peruvian Cuchimilco figure in black. Fine example with very discrete restoration to head separated from body (Northridge Earthquake). 4" 3.) Two Ecuadorian Pieces on wood stands, one two figures sitting, 2½ x 2½" the other a very unusual zoomorphic head, 1 x 1" 4.) Large head fragment intact in itself wearing large headdress but what's unusual is cross hatched eyes. Estimated Value $250 - 400 Private SOCAL Collection: Acquired 30 to 45 Years Ago From Mexico and Peru. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $225
Lot 159		Three (3) Striking Pre-Columbian Terracotta Heads Well Presented on Onyx Bases. Three Striking Pre-Columbian terracotta heads. 1.) From clearly a large flat figure from Peru a partial Chancay figure. With stand, 7" tall and quite a striking face. 2.) Elaborate Colima figure with red and white slip colors. Elaborate headdress missing only small section of fabric (or braided hair) left of face. 5" tall with stand 3.) Mixtec clay head with striking features. 6" tall with stand. Estimated Value $250 - 400 Private SOCAL Collection: Acquired 30 to 45 Years Ago From Mexico and Peru. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 160		Two (2) Pre-Columbian, Colima Terracotta Flat Male and Female Figures from Western Mexico, Nicely Presented on Individual Custom Stands. Pair of Pre-Columbian Colima, terracotta flat figures of a man and woman. Male figure stands 5" and female stands 4½" and presented on unique custom made stands. An excellent pairing. Discrete repair to head on female. Estimated Value $200 - 400 Private SOCAL Collection: Acquired 30 to 45 Years Ago From Mexico and Peru. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $163
Lot 161		Three (3) Pre-Columbian Pots: Nazca from Peru, and Two Western Mexico. Three very handsome Pre-Columbian pots. 1.) Spouted Nazca (whistle) pot from Peru in orange, black and white slip colors. choice condition 4 x 4 x 3½" 2.) Jalisco region, olla seed jar in red clay. These were buried in soil holding seeds, soil and direct watering for better crop survival. 4 x 4 x 3½" Superior condition with remnants or red slip color. As the above pot, no cracks, chips or repairs. 3.) Intriguing small pot in blackish red clay with hand pressed on clay elements creating a very distinct face. This small, single handled pot sits on three legs. Mexican region. 2½ x 2½ x 2½" with minor chipping around mouth. Estimated Value $200 - 400 Private SOCAL Collection: Acquired 30 to 45 Years Ago From Mexico and Peru. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $179