Special Offering of a Piqua, Ohio multi-generation farm collection - #8-1

The picture above are all the best pieces from a 3 generation collection found on the Cotton farm in Piqua, Ohio. It is very rare when purchasing arrowhead collections to get a complete lot from one location with finder history. I am very happy to be able to offer this group of points, and I can't tell you how nice it was to buy a collection where you don't even need to think authenticity. I labeled many of the points so the history stays with the collection. I even had to clean the field dirt off many of the pieces that had rested in a cigar box since the early 1900's.

Purple Flint Ridge Chalcedony Dovetail - #8-2

Size: Maybe an eyelash shy of 3" long x 15/16" wide.

Provenance: See listing 8-1 above.

Condtion: Killer. There is one horizontal flake removed from the base, but it didn't remove any of the form of the base. This is a rare small width dove, and I have really only seen a small number of the type. Material is absolutely killer Flint Ridge Chalcedony with a much deeper purple coloration than I am used to. This piece is literally covered in mineralization with that wonderful "muted" patina that good old Flint Ridge gets when right. I know the price of dovetails has gone b/c of the ridiculous number of reproductions being sold with COA papers, but this is one that even a novice collector would recognize as a no brainer. I feel it is the best piece from collection, and I am secretly hoping it doesn't sell.

Price: $450

Huge Concave Base Big Sandy - #8-3

Size: 4 1/8" long x 1 1/2" wide.

Provenance: See listing 8-1.

Condition: Excellent. Tip is a rounded off form, with a very small amount of damage in the area. A few very minor ticks on the base. Workmanship is right up there with the best I have seen for the type. Material and patination are 10's. Extremely rare concave base form.

Price: $200

Other Side:

Ohio Kirk - #8-4

Size: 4 1/4" long x 1 9/16" wide.

Provenance: See listing 8-1 above.

Condition: Excellent. Tip isn't perfect, and one ear(sharpened off, no evidence of break) is long than other. Workmanship is killer, making for tons of early flaking combined with super thinness. Whoever made this piece about 8500 years ago, was a master flint knapper. Oh, and material is a waxy jet black Upper Mercer with an awesome blue quartz lightning line running across it.

Price: $200

Ultra Rare Ohio Basal Notch - #8-5

Size: 2 7/16" long x 1 5/8" wide.

Provenance: See listing 8-1 above.

Condition: Excellent. I think this is the first Ohio Basal Notch I have ever sold on this website. Easily one of Ohio rarest forms, and also a point type that is unique to Ohio. This one is absolutely classic for the form right down to the strange resharpening pattern on the shoulders. The reshapening on this type often produces a little nipple tip, which this one has. Nearly every authentic example of the type is made from this exact material.

Price: $75

Flint Ridge Adena - #8-6

Size: 3 3/16" long x 1 5/8" wide.

Provenance: See listing 8-1 above.

Condition: Excellent. Well used piece that must have been a good one for the Adena man who used it. Most Adena's are considered common, but these colored Ridge examples are considered the aristocrats of the Adena family, and are highly collectible. High Grade Flint Ridge that is mostly pink, cream, and burnt orange. There is a wonderful quartz vein that runs throughout the whole piece, and creates a little forest of color near the right ear. The color goes through to both sides, and the backside area is highlighted below.

Price: $100

Backside closeup of color area: Notice the small amount of green, which is the rarest color in Flint Ridge, and collectors practically fight over at auctions.

Ohio Stillwell - #8-7

Size: 3 1/2" long x 1 3/8" wide.

Provenance: See listing 8-1 above.

Condition: Excellent. Made from a nice mid-grade Mercer flint with a wonderful greenish tint patina(my favorite patina), this Ohio Stillwell is a keeper. Made with an overall slight twist, it is well knapped and large at 3 1/2" for the type.

Price: $125

Set of 2 Paleo Lances - #8-8

Size: Left side is 3 3/16" long x 1 3/8" wide. Right Side: 4" long x 1 5/8" wide.

Provenance: See listing 8-1 above

Condition: Good. Both have damage, but thought they make a great set of Paleo's from a single site.

Price: $20 each.

2 Flint Ridge Adenas - #8-9

Size: Left Side 3" long. Right Side 2 3/4" long.

Provenance: See listing 8-1 above

Condition: Good. A little beat up, but both Flint Ridge with good size and form. Right side does have an impact fracture that runs down from left side of tip.

Price: $Left Side: $20, Right Side: $25

Meadowood - #8-10

Size: 2 13/16" long x 1 1/8" wide.

Provenance: See listing 8-1 above.

Condition: Good. Solid field found example of a great Ohio type. Patination would rank a 10.

Price: $25

Unifaced Paleo Knife - #8-11

Size: 3 1/2" long x 2 1/8" wide.

Provenance: See listing 8-1 above

Condition: Excellent. I guess the material is Flint Ridge, b/c I can't think of anything else that is even close in terms of quality and color. Absolutely beautiful stone. As I sit here studying this piece, I am not sure if I want to sell it. Price reflects this feeling. There is a tip nick, but I am not sure if the roughness on the base is damage. There appears to flaking and use wear all along the base. Backside pictured below is mostly unifaced with killer flaking running along the edges and meeting at the tip. I have to think this one is an easy call as Paleo.

Price: $150

Other Side:

3 "Snapped Off" bases - #8-12

Size: Far right is 3 3/8" long x 1 13/16" wide.

Provenance: See listing 8-1 above.

Condition: Snapped Bases. I have been very clear over the years that I feel this type represents broken bases. Yes, I know that Overstreet calls them a type. These three represent outstanding examples of heart wrenching breaks. A word about each: Far left has some ridiculous stuck on deposits. Could this be ancient pitch? Center is so well made and such beautiful material. Far Right is a $5000 Flint Ridge Lost Lake killer if it had the base, and comes with one of the most no brainer patinas you will ever see.

Price: Left: $20, Center: $15, Right: $50

Nethers Flint Ridge Broadblade - #8-13

Size: 2 1/2" long x 1 1/2" wide.

Provenance: See listing 8-1 above.

Condition: Good. Been through a few wars, but still retains its form and overall appeal from a condition stand point. I need to comment on this type, b/c it is so rarely seen. Broadblades are a uniquely Ohio Late Archaic point type, and nearly 100% are made from Flint Ridge Nethers. This grade of Nethers is not as waxy as many I have seen, but it still retains the trademark striping, and pinkish hue. Another of Ohio's rarest types.

Price: $50

Old Knife - #8-14

Size: 4 1/4" long x 1 1/2" wide.

Provenance: See listing 8-1 above.

Condition: Excellent. One ding where shoulder comes turns inward in top right quadrant of picture. This is a very high grade Fort Payne Chert that even shows some "blueing" in the center. Very rarely will you see blue in Fort Payne. As for the type, I am at a loss. Shape seems like possible Fort Ancient knife, but it way too patinated for only 500 years in the ground. Shape also feels a bit Cobbs like, but it is not beveled. As a third possiblity, form reminds me of a stemmed Lance from the Paleo period, and it even has a thinning flute running up from the base. However, it is not ground. I am stuck just saying "old knife", and let the new owner decide what to call it.

Price: $75

2 Round Blades- #8-15

Size: Left Side: 3 7/16" long x 2 1/8" wide. Right Side: 2 5/16" long x 1 5/8" wide.

Provenance: See listing 8-1 above.

Condition: Excellent. Two interesting blades. On left, there is a deep thumb hold to produce a great early skinning tool. On right, we have a great piece of banded Coshocton made on a twisted and curved flake.

Price: $20 each.

Group of arrowheads - #8-16

Size: Longest point is 2 7/16"

Provenance: See listing 8-1 above.

Condition: Excellent. Not the greatest pieces, but I am hoping someone takes an interest in the site aspects of the group. The one with the "X" is the only point the family labeled in any way. I wonder why.

Price: $25 for group.