Arms & Armour, Antique Firearms, Antiquities
By Scollard Auctions
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Feb 29, 2024
Brea, California, United States
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Auction featuring arms and armour, antique firearms, pre-Columbian antiquities, fossils and minerals, Asian art and much more.
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LOT 183:
Costa Rican Green Stone Axe God Pendants
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Sold for: $175
Start price:
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175
Estimated price :
$400 - $600
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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sales tax: 7.75%
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Costa Rican Green Stone Axe God Pendants
Guanacaste/Nicoya region, circa 1 to 500 AD. Cream colored avian axe pendant with incised features, drilled at the neck for suspension. Green stone abstract carved figure with a blade end opposite a bird headed figure wearing a triangular bird headdress with stylized features. Drilled through the head and neck for suspension. Size of largest 4 3/4" H, smaller 3" H
ex-collection of Stanley L. Kaufman, a Harvard educated lawyer who specialized in bringing suits on behalf of corporations' disgruntled stockholders, died in 1993 at the age of 81. He was a staff attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission before World War II, then served in the Army in Europe and rose to captain. In 1946 he became a founding partner in his law firm, Kaufman Malchman, Kaufmann & Kirby, which had branches in NYC and Los Angeles
Condition: Both in great condition throughout with minor soiling.
