Date: Fri 09-Jul-1999

Publication: Ant

Author: SARAH

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Hesse's May 22 Artifact Sale Nearly Reaches $250,000

(With 6 photos)

OTEGO, N.Y. -- The May 22 artifact sale at Hesse's Galleries Auctioneers and

Appraisers featured a silver gorget with two turtle pendants hallmarked in 14

places, which brought $8,800; a silver headband hallmarked by Simon Curtis

($9,460); a silver medal with Masonic emblems inscribed "Joseph Brandt"

($15,950); and a Simon Curtis silver four-part gorget with two matching eagles

($27,500).

The auction consisted of artifacts principally from the collections of the

Manley Family of Vermont and the Tierson Family, New York State, and included

many scarce and hard to find objects such as a wonderful pair of hi-top, sinew

sewn moccasins with lazy stitch beadwork with yellow, green and red colors,

$3,960; a fine wooden ball head club with tack and file brand decoration,

$5,280; Great Lakes beaded bandolier bag, $2,090; a pipe Tomahawk with file

branded handle, $2,135; and a pre-historic bar amulet, $1,210.

The trade silver category demanded the most attention. Items of note were a

hollow-bodied turtle pendant, $2,970; kissing otters pendant, $1,210; a

Lorraine cross hallmarked Charles Arnoldi, $2,750; a pair of silver armbands

marked Jonathan Tyler, $2,970; and a pair of small heart pierced earrings with

Hudson Bay hallmark, $2,200.

Also offered in this sale was a variety of Paleo-Indian, Archaic and Woodland

stone artifacts such as spearpoints, gouges, plummets, pipes, weavings,

baskets, pre-Columbian pottery and McKinney-Hall prints.

Limited copies of the illustrated order of sale including the post auction

price list are still available by contacting Cindy O'Hara, Officer Manager.

Hesse Galleries' next cataloged artifact sale consists of over 400 lots and

includes Seventeenth Century Mohawk Iroquois trade goods, pre-historic NYS

stone artifacts plus a variety of New Guinea, Oceanic, African objects, and

Native American ethnographics.

Consignments for the early winter sale are now being accepted. Call

607/988-2523.