Seven Paleolithic Stone Tools
Sale 1285 - Lithics
Lots Open
Feb 9, 2024
Lots Close
Mar 5, 2024
Timed Online / Chicago
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$508
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Lot Description
Seven Paleolithic Stone Tools
Lower Paleolithic, Circa 2,000,000-450,000 Years Ago
Length of longest 6 1/4 inches (15.88 cm).
Property from the Collection of Jonathan Holstein, San Francisco, California
Provenance:
(from left to right, top to bottom)
Quartzite, Portugal, Circa 900,000-450,000 Years Ago
Art Market, United States, 2000s. [With inventory label: "E474"]
Volcanic Stone, Ethiopia, Circa 2,000,000 Years Ago
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory numbers: "12/04-xx-18" and "AF568"]
Quartzite, Morocco, Circa 1,500,000-1,000,000 Years Ago
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 23 June 2000. [Inv. no. CB-D611. With inventory label: "D101"]
Quartzite, Sahara, Circa 1,500,000-1,000,000 Years Ago
Art Market, United States, 2000s. [Inv. group no. D115]
Quartzite, Portugal, Circa 900,000-450,000 Years Ago
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory number: "02/02-xx-340". With inventory label: "60"]
Quartzite, Sahara, Circa 1,500,000-1,000,000 Years Ago
Art Market, United States, 2000s. [With inventory group number label: "D115"]
Quartzite, Portugal, Circa 900,000-450,000 Years Ago
Handaxe Club, Santa Monica, California, 2000s. [Inscribed in black ink with inventory numbers: "09/04-xx-05" and "EU515". With inventory label: "09/04-xx-05: AMD"]
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