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Stephen Album Rare Coins
Auction 40
13-15 May 2021
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Lot 1959
Starting price:
850 USD
TAIWAN: jacket money "cloth", Opitz pg. 166-67 (lower plate example), Dubin pg. 237, 89 x 35cm (35" x 13 3/4"), made...
Price realized:
2200 USD
Lot 1952
Starting price:
700 USD
SOLOMON ISLANDS: tafuliae' shell money, Opitz pg. 330 (plate), 292cm (115") in length, large tafuliae' from the Malaita...
Lot unsold
Lot 1850
Starting price:
500 USD
INDONESIA: FLORES ISLAND: pale gold earrings, Opitz pg. 135/36 (plate), locally known as olaewa or wea wunu wona, used...
Price realized:
750 USD
Lot 1932
Starting price:
500 USD
SOLOMON ISLANDS: armband shell money, 170x95mm, Malaita & Eastern Solomons armband shell money discs in decorated...
Lot unsold
Lot 1871
Starting price:
425 USD
MICRONESIA: gau shell money, 77cm, shell necklace from Yap Island, 30" long string with whales tooth, graduated beads...
Price realized:
425 USD
Lot 1828
Starting price:
400 USD
AFRICA: zappozap axe, Opitz p.382, 15" x 9 1/2 " in dimensions, with ornate wrought-iron blade connected to a club-like...
Price realized:
750 USD
Lot 1927
Starting price:
350 USD
PHILIPPINES: AV ring (11.68g), Opitz p.240 (plate example), also known as lingling-o, 20mm ring interrupted by a thin...
Price realized:
550 USD
Lot 1938
Starting price:
350 USD
SOLOMON ISLANDS: feather coil money, Opitz pg. 142, Knox pg. 50, 92cm, Santa Cruz feather coil piece, the round...
Price realized:
500 USD
Lot 1989
Starting price:
350 USD
YEMEN: AR telsum necklace (184g), Opitz p.65, consisting of 20 telsums (small boxes, some attached with 3 small...
Lot unsold
Lot 1835
Starting price:
280 USD
CONGO: AE collar money (505g), Opitz p.115, ca. 27cm, large open circle with various decorative patterns, made by the...
Price realized:
375 USD
Lot 1846
Starting price:
280 USD
INDONESIA: BORNEO: coral bead blanket (195.50g), 30 x 28cm, tentacled head in white facing in center, with smaller head...
Price realized:
650 USD
Lot 1863
Starting price:
280 USD
INDONESIA:LOT of 11 pieces of jewelry used in bridal transactions including Flores Island silver alloy 'taka' pendent...
Price realized:
425 USD
Lot 1885
Starting price:
280 USD
NORTH AFRICA: AR bracelet (146g), Opitz p. 277 (bottom right plate example), ca. 120mm & 25mm, hollow ring with...
Price realized:
350 USD
Lot 1889
Starting price:
280 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tusk, 90mm, Papuan Highlands full circle boar's tusk nose ornament, collected in 1930 as part of...
Lot unsold
Lot 1988
Starting price:
280 USD
WESTERN NEW GUINEA: shell ring money (136.45g), 88 x 82mm, attached with woven band with six small shells and long...
Lot unsold
Lot 1827
Starting price:
260 USD
AFRICA: trade bead necklace, string of African chevron beads, the classic 4-layer "rosetta" beads, with 21 large blue,...
Price realized:
280 USD
Lot 1840
Starting price:
260 USD
EUROPE: AE axe head, Quiggin fig.123, 98mm, Bronze Age ribbed socketed axe-head, likely nearly 3,000 years old, cast...
Price realized:
350 USD
Lot 1855
Starting price:
260 USD
INDONESIA: SUMBA & SUMBAWA: loda copper chain (175g), Opitz p.205, ca. 175 cm, made from intricately concatenated...
Lot unsold
Lot 1872
Starting price:
260 USD
MIDDLE-EAST: decorated knife, 300mm, Arab knife with bone handle and scabbard completely covered with colorful beads...
Price realized:
300 USD
Lot 1886
Starting price:
260 USD
NORTH AFRICA: AR bracelet (380g), Opitz p. 277 (top left plate example), ca. 125mm & 25mm, hollow ring with elaborately...
Price realized:
600 USD
Lot 1946
Starting price:
260 USD
SOLOMON ISLANDS: shell & dog teeth necklace (218g), Opitz p.132, more than 3 meters in circumference, made from...
Lot unsold
Lot 1907
Starting price:
220 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: kina shell money (419g), Opitz p.177 (plate example), made from a single shell of the gold-lipped...
Price realized:
220 USD
Lot 1933
Starting price:
220 USD
SOLOMON ISLANDS: bakiha shell ring, 107mm / 4" in diameter with yellow section on 1/3 of the surface, used as chief's...
Price realized:
220 USD
Lot 1982
Starting price:
220 USD
UNITED STATES: turquoise money, Opitz pg. 359/60 (plate), EF, 50cm, Native American currency used by the Hopi and Zuni...
Price realized:
220 USD
Lot 1910
Starting price:
200 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: ndap shell money (15.58g), Opitz p.236 (plate example), ca. 46 x 50mm, used exclusively by men on...
Price realized:
200 USD
Lot 1919
Starting price:
190 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: toea arm shell ring (112g), Opitz p.233 (Mwali), consisting of a large shell ring (ca. 65mm in...
Price realized:
200 USD
Lot 1816
Starting price:
170 USD
ANCIENT: GAUL: AE axe head, Optiz pg. 21 (plate example), Quig. pg. 276, ca. 1000BC, Bronze Age socketed axe from...
Price realized:
170 USD
Lot 1849
Starting price:
170 USD
INDONESIA: FLORES ISLAND: AR ornament set, Opitz p.135, consisting of 3 silver earrings from Flores Island, once used...
Price realized:
180 USD
Lot 1890
Starting price:
170 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tusk & shell breast plate, 46cm, Kubkain boar tusks with large scalloped shell and cowry shells,...
Lot unsold
Lot 1891
Starting price:
170 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tusk (50.12g), Opitz p.87, ca. 90mm in diameter, fully circular, used for a variety of purposes...
Lot unsold
Lot 1925
Starting price:
170 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: woven shell bracelet, 80mm, band woven from lily root decorated with two rings of nassa shells, EF,...
Lot unsold
Lot 1931
Starting price:
170 USD
PHILIPPINES: mother of pearl shell necklace, made of five etched shell rectangles attached to a woven neck band, made...
Price realized:
170 USD
Lot 1956
Starting price:
170 USD
TAIWAN: horn plate money, 13 pieces of buffalo horn plate strung together, 3/4" x 1-1/2" per plate, one chipped edge,...
Price realized:
170 USD
Lot 1969
Starting price:
170 USD
TIMOR: AR ornament set, Opitz p.136, consisting of 4 silver earrings from Timor Island, once used as bridewealth...
Lot unsold
Lot 1970
Starting price:
170 USD
TIMOR: AR ornament set, Opitz p.136, consisting of 4 silver earrings from Timor Island, once used as bridewealth...
Lot unsold
Lot 1971
Starting price:
170 USD
TIMOR: AR ornament set, Opitz p.136 (plate example), consisting of 4 silver earrings from Timor Island, once used as...
Lot unsold
Lot 1986
Starting price:
170 USD
WESTERN NEW GUINEA: salt block (238g), Opitz p.293 (plate example), 120 x 90 x 70mm, end piece of a salt block wrapped...
Price realized:
260 USD
Lot 1875
Starting price:
160 USD
NEW BRITAIN: shell money, Opitz p.298, consisting of three strings of polished shell beads, each measuring 149cm...
Lot unsold
Lot 1853
Starting price:
140 USD
INDONESIA: JAVA:LOT of 2 java beads circa 1000 A.D., 1 ¾" x 1 ¾" very old patina, multi-color stripes, lot of 2...
Lot unsold
Lot 1874
Starting price:
140 USD
NEW BRITAIN: shell disc (92.52g), Opitz p.298, 118 x 114mm, shaped and polished from a single large clam shell, choice...
Lot unsold
Lot 1883
Starting price:
140 USD
NIGERIA: rotl necklace, Opitz p.288, 240mm, necklace made from cowrie shells with two blue small trade beads, likely...
Price realized:
160 USD
Lot 1900
Starting price:
140 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: doga necklace, see Opitz pg.133/34, Kula pg. 23, 65cm (25½") in length, with plastic beads instead...
Price realized:
140 USD
Lot 1906
Starting price:
140 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: kina shell money (313g), Opitz p.177, ca. 195 x 165mm, made from a single shell of the gold-lipped...
Price realized:
140 USD
Lot 1944
Starting price:
140 USD
SOLOMON ISLANDS: sapi-sapi shell money (80.22g), Opitz p.294, numerous small shell discs on two strings measuring 224cm...
Lot unsold
Lot 1964
Starting price:
140 USD
THAILAND: AR neck ring, Opitz pg. 284 (plate example), 190mm, somewhat debased silver Hill Tribes neck ring with...
Lot unsold
Lot 1975
Starting price:
140 USD
TURKEY: coin belt, 175mm, belt with 43 coins on hand woven strip, includes Ottoman Turkish coins of Mahmud II, Abdul...
Lot unsold
Lot 1980
Starting price:
130 USD
UNITED STATES: porcupine quill basket, EF, 135mm, Vintage Native American porcupine quill basket ca. late 19th century,...
Price realized:
100 USD
Lot 1839
Starting price:
120 USD
ETHIOPIA:LOT of 4 large silver "beads" made by Jewish silversmiths, Optiz p.63-64, 32-40mm in diameter, likely made in...
Price realized:
170 USD
Lot 1939
Starting price:
120 USD
SOLOMON ISLANDS: fossilized clam armlet (240g), Opitz p. 298, 110 x 20mm, made from fossilized clam shell, lovely...
Lot unsold
Lot 1987
Starting price:
120 USD
WESTERN NEW GUINEA: shell ring (171g), 105 x 8mm, made in Baigisewer village near Sarmi ca. 19th century, VF, ex...
Lot unsold
Lot 1892
Starting price:
110 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tusk (57.45g), Opitz p.87, consisting of a pair of semicircular tusks (108mm & 98mm in diameter)...
Lot unsold
Lot 1902
Starting price:
110 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: doga shell necklace (43.66g), Opitz p.133, consisting of a large shell ring (ca. 66mm in diameter),...
Price realized:
75 USD
Lot 1920
Starting price:
110 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: tooth & trade bead necklace (57.14g), ca. 120cm in circumference, consisiting of 63 teeth, 1 talon,...
Price realized:
190 USD
Lot 1960
Starting price:
110 USD
TANGANYIKA: woven string money (57.02g), ca. 6.5 meters, made from plant fiber dyed black, likely over 100 years old,...
Price realized:
150 USD
Lot 1979
Starting price:
110 USD
UNITED STATES: glass beads (160g), VF, with a medal of Innocent XI (Peace of Nijmegen), all strung on leather cord ca....
Lot unsold
Lot 1820
Starting price:
100 USD
AFRICA: AE ornamental bracelet (498g), 95 x 95 x 23mm, diamond-shaped exterior with intricate hand-carved patterns,...
Price realized:
300 USD
Lot 1854
Starting price:
100 USD
INDONESIA: JAVA:LOT of 4 bronze Javanese bracelets circa 14-16 centuries, all mounted on old card holders, a very...
Price realized:
100 USD
Lot 1868
Starting price:
100 USD
KURDISTAN: silver-bronze ring (224g), 116 x 111 x 9mm, with bulbous ends and decorative patterns, VF, ex Charles Opitz...
Price realized:
110 USD
Lot 1870
Starting price:
100 USD
MEXICO:LOT of 4 pieces of Aztec Indian "bell money" circa 1000-1500 A.D., oblong shaped bells, average quality...
Price realized:
160 USD
Lot 1893
Starting price:
100 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tusk bracelet, 112mm, made with pair of tusks, EF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Estimate:...
Price realized:
100 USD
Lot 1896
Starting price:
100 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: bone dagger (48.13g), 255mm, animal leg bone with one sharpened end, made ca. 1920's, VF, ex Charles...
Price realized:
100 USD
Lot 1898
Starting price:
100 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: conus shell necklace, 62mm plus length of cord, conus shell whorl attached to native fiber, EF, ex...
Lot unsold
Lot 1899
Starting price:
100 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: cowry shell necklace, 100cm, necklace with tops of shells filed down, EF, ex Charles Opitz...
Price realized:
100 USD
Lot 1901
Starting price:
100 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: doga necklace, attractive necklace with one large egg cowry attached 2 3/4" x 1 1/4" diameter, a...
Price realized:
75 USD
Lot 1905
Starting price:
100 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: kin shell money, 20 x 10cm (7 3/4" x 4"), pearl oyster shell with woven neck band and gum on back of...
Price realized:
130 USD
Lot 1943
Starting price:
100 USD
SOLOMON ISLANDS: pink shell money (27.13g), Opitz p.63, ca. 180cm, made of numerous small polished shell discs strung...
Price realized:
100 USD
Lot 1950
Starting price:
100 USD
SOLOMON ISLANDS: shell money, 85cm, double-row shell discs braided together in a circle, VF, ex Charles Opitz...
Price realized:
75 USD
Lot 1953
Starting price:
100 USD
SOLOMON ISLANDS:LOT of 2 pieces of Melawei clam shell ring, 102mm and 108mm (4") in diameter, lot of 2 items, ex...
Lot unsold
Lot 1976
Starting price:
100 USD
TURKEY: coin cloth, 175mm, cloth sewn with 24 coins, trade beads and a single shell, pierced coins are all from Sultan...
Price realized:
110 USD
Lot 1978
Starting price:
100 USD
UNITED STATES: carved scrimshaw, EF, 112mm, sperm whale tooth Scrimshaw with 18th to early 19 century ship design,...
Price realized:
1000 USD
Lot 1818
Starting price:
85 USD
ANCIENT:LOT of 8 bronze, 2 iron, and 1 bone arrowheads, including seven bronze ones from Zhou to Han Dynasty of ancient...
Price realized:
85 USD
Lot 1826
Starting price:
85 USD
AFRICA: ring knife (45.28g), 105 x 98mm, circular blade wrapped in leather, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. ...
Price realized:
550 USD
Lot 1829
Starting price:
85 USD
AFRICA:LOT of 3 pieces of brass tribal bracelets, 75mm, 78mm, 94mm, all with varying degrees of ornamentation, retail...
Price realized:
110 USD
Lot 1838
Starting price:
85 USD
ETHIOPIA: LOT of 3 large walnut-shaped silver "beads", Opitz p.63-64, each ca. 45mm long, weighing an average of 27g,...
Price realized:
200 USD
Lot 1841
Starting price:
85 USD
EUROPE: trade bead necklace, string of 29 pieces of 5-layer Chevron, Rosetta or Star beads, one of the earliest and...
Price realized:
95 USD
Lot 1842
Starting price:
85 USD
GHANA: brass gold weight, 47mm, Akan goldweight in the shape of a turtle, EF, R, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Akan...
Price realized:
140 USD
Lot 1843
Starting price:
85 USD
GHANA:LOT of 2 brass Akan goldweights in the shape of bells made by the lost wax method, most of these gold weights are...
Price realized:
110 USD
Lot 1844
Starting price:
85 USD
GILBERT ISLANDS (KIRIBATI): LOT of 4 pieces of "to-uba" shell money (conus eburneus) produced around 1800, all four set...
Price realized:
160 USD
Lot 1856
Starting price:
85 USD
INDONESIA: SUMBA: gilt tin mamuli earring (95.31g), Opitz p. 208 (plate example), ca. 105 x 110mm, hollow...
Price realized:
350 USD
Lot 1864
Starting price:
85 USD
JAPAN:LOT of 3 pieces of ornamental sword guards (tsuba), 72mm, 77mm, 79mm, two iron and one bronze piece, average...
Price realized:
190 USD
Lot 1865
Starting price:
85 USD
KATANGA: AE cross money (785g), Opitz p.124 & Sigler p.17 (plate example), 24 x 22cm, so called "Katanga cross",...
Price realized:
170 USD
Lot 1884
Starting price:
85 USD
NORTH AFRICA: AR arm ring (24.03g), 62 x 40mm, decorated with an oval carnelian disc and intricate patterns all around,...
Price realized:
350 USD
Lot 1887
Starting price:
85 USD
PANAMA: SAN BLAS ISLANDS:pair of solid gold rings from the San Blas Islands made by the Kuna people, VF, ex Charles...
Price realized:
170 USD
Lot 1894
Starting price:
85 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: boar tusks, 18.50cm (7¼") wide, a personal decoration made of boars tusks and cowry shells and used...
Price realized:
85 USD
Lot 1909
Starting price:
85 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA:Opitz pg. 236, 78mm, used on Rossel Island (Yela), VF, R, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Culturally...
Price realized:
85 USD
Lot 1914
Starting price:
85 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell necklace, 40cm (16") in length, 104 conus shell discs with a bailer shell pendant, each hand...
Price realized:
85 USD
Lot 1916
Starting price:
85 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell necklace (99.09g), Opitz p.116, consisting of a string of conus shell discs (ca. 31cm), strung...
Price realized:
85 USD
Lot 1922
Starting price:
85 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: tusk necklace (75.59g), 197 x 190mm, made from bent and lacqured bamboo, with two tusks affixed at...
Price realized:
90 USD
Lot 1923
Starting price:
85 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: wooden figurine (92.89g), Opitz p.249 (plate example), 117 x 80 x 31mm, carved boar with two sets of...
Lot unsold
Lot 1936
Starting price:
85 USD
SOLOMON ISLANDS: conch shell armband (83.05g), ca. 85mm, thick ring with smooth, well-crafted surface, choice VF, ex...
Lot unsold
Lot 1937
Starting price:
85 USD
SOLOMON ISLANDS: cone shell ring, 74mm, shell ring with 2 3/4" diameter decorative relief on outer edge, VF, ex Charles...
Lot unsold
Lot 1949
Starting price:
85 USD
SOLOMON ISLANDS: shell beads (61.27g), Opitz p.301 (plate example), 220 x 25mm, consisting of a patterned braided...
Price realized:
75 USD
Lot 1957
Starting price:
85 USD
TAIWAN: horn plate money (9.48g), 39 x 32mm, fan-shaped section of water buffalo horn, attached to two small brass...
Price realized:
110 USD
Lot 1972
Starting price:
85 USD
TOGO: quartz disk (199g), Opitz p.273, 67 x 54 x 27mm, ca. 17th-19th century, used as money by various Akan people...
Price realized:
160 USD
Lot 1981
Starting price:
85 USD
UNITED STATES: steel flint striker (38.64g), Opitz p.146, VF, 62 x 32mm, plus two pieces of flint, used for trade with...
Price realized:
95 USD
Lot 1815
Starting price:
70 USD
ANCIENT: EGYPT: LOT of 3 ancient scarabs, made from blue faience and bone, measuring between 14mm and 18mm; retail...
Price realized:
170 USD
Lot 1817
Starting price:
70 USD
ANCIENT: GREECE: AE figurine (43.52g), bronze ox, circa 800 BC, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Estimate: 80-120 USD
Price realized:
130 USD
Lot 1821
Starting price:
70 USD
AFRICA: AE ornamental bracelet (737g), 99 x 85 x 27mm, diamond-shaped exterior with decorative patterns, a very old and...
Price realized:
300 USD
Lot 1832
Starting price:
70 USD
BURUNDI: shell pendant (45.15g), 57mm in diameter, semicircular shell worn by women at the neck, choice VF, ex Charles...
Price realized:
70 USD
Lot 1833
Starting price:
70 USD
BURUNDI: shell pendant (52.47g), 88mm in diameter, crescent-shaped pendant worn by women at the neck, choice VF, ex...
Price realized:
70 USD
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