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6th Annual Montana Big Chief Auction - Day 3
Day 3: Featured Artists: Richard Diebenkorn, Gerrit Dou Zechariah, Maynard Dixon, Olaf Wieghorst, David Hockney, Alfred Julio Jensen, Carl Oscar Borg, Randy Van Beek, Thomas Sully, William Standing, Chad Poppleton, Frank McCarthy, Martin Kremer, Jacques & Mary Regat, JPEter Hurd, Bonnie Marris, Ace Powell, Reynolds Beal, Charles M Russell, Tim Shinabarger, Thomas de Decker, Nicola Simbari, Larry Pirnie, John Bye, Bob Scriver, Daniel Keys, Scott Rogers, Jamie Means, Penni Anne Cross, Lone Wolf, Chris Owen, Norman Lowell, David Mayer, Earle Erik Heikka, Johnny Gruelle, and Leo Jansen, just to name a few. Highlights Include: Ming Dynasty Chinese Bixi Auspicious Jade Seal, Sioux Indian Cavalry Scout Beaded Jacket, Sious Quilled Pictorial Pipe Bag, Baranger Studios Stagecoach Motion Display, Reverse Painted Buffalo Brewing Sign, Montana Salish Indian Cradleboard, Montana Blackfoot Indian Tacked Knife Sheath, Cree Indian Beaded Saddle Pad, Wooly Mammoth Tusk, Milwaukee Saddlery Store Display, Cheyenne Indian Beaded Rifle Scabbard, Montana Deer Lodge Prison Hitched Horsehair Bridle, Pace and Mills Slot Machines in Rare Denominations, Sioux Siyotanka Catlinite Courting Flute, 1857 Pikes Peak Indian Peace Pipe, Anishinaabe Ball Head War Club, Collection of Hawaiian Photos and Paintings Exhibited at the Columbian Exhibition, I&H Sorby Dag Knife, Navajo Rugs, Pre Columbian Chorotega Costa Rican Jade Maul Heads, Native American Indian Art Artifacts and, Western History, Artwork, Historical Photography and much more.
Auction lots (1,242)
Early Metis Cree Native American Indian Moccasins
Exceptionally early pair. Collection of G.E. Frederick as denoted on the side. 7" long. Mid 19th Century.
Sioux Indian Quilled Strike a Light Bag
10 3/8" long, 4 1/4" wide. Mid 20th Century.
Great Lakes Indian Quilled Knife Sheath
Comes with Buffalo Horn handle knife. Knife is 8 1/4" long. Mid 20th Century.
Sioux Native American Indian Quilled Knife Sheath
7 5/8" long. Mid 20th Century.
Early Metis Cree Native American Indian Moccasins
Collection tag on toes as shown. 9 5/8" long. Ex Martin Lane collection. Mid 19th Century.
Native American Indian Pueblo Moccasins
18" tall, 7 7/8" long. First half of the 20th Century.
Montana Blackfoot Native American Indian Pipe Bag
Unusual form. Wool trade blanket upper, beaded drops. 33 1/2" long. Last quarter of the 19th Century.
Cree Native American Indian Embroidered Vest
Early and exceptional. Polka dot interior. 23" long, 18" armpit to armpit. Second half of the 19th Century.
Parfleche Native American Indian Rifle Scabbard
Very nice case. Made to fit a Winchester Model 1894 Carbine. First Quarter of the 20th Century. 41 1/2" long.
Navajo Chunky Sterling Turquoise Coral Necklace
18 1/4" long closed. 340.1 grams.
Pine Ridge Sioux Indian Trade Bead Necklace
21 3/4" long. Comes with letter from previous owner dated 1971. Letter states it is a Lynx jaw necklace acquired on the Pine...
Cobalt Blue Native American Indian Trade Beads
Strand is 19" long. Faceted cobalt blue glass. Acquired on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1898 by John F. Runkles.
Plainview Channing Texas Native American Arrowhead
2 1/2" long, 1 1/4" wide. Collected by Rodney L. Horne on Cheyenne Creek, 3 1/2 miles Southeast of Channing Texas in 1969. Comes...
Count Primo Magri Princess Chinquilla Postcard
Written from the Baron Count Primo Magri to Major E. Newell and Princess Chinquilla. Signed and personalized as shown. Mary C....
Princess Chinquilla Pan American Exposition Pass
Pass says Princess Chinquilla Indian Congress. 2 1/2" by 4 5/8". In 1901, she participated in the Indian Congress at the...
Edmund Newell Pan American Exposition Pass
Pass Says E. Newell Indian Congress. Indian Congress. 2 1/2" by 4 5/8". Edmund Newell (July 27, 1857 December 23, 1915), better...
Princess Chinquilla Rowing Canoe Photo
3 1/4" by 4 1/2". Mary C. Newell, known as "Princess Chinquilla," was a vaudeville performer, tightwire walker, activist and...
Princess Chinquilla Pan American Exposition Pass
Lot includes her ticket and her photo. Photo is 2 3/8" by 4 5/8".In 1901, she participated in the Indian Congress at the...
David Bull Bear Buffalo Bill Signed Business Card
Card includes a drawing by David Bull Bear. 2" by 3 1/2". A very rare calling card from a seldom encountered performer. Given to...
Last Horse Pine Ridge Sioux Warrior Photo
Last Horse was a performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. This photo was given by him to Princess Chinquilla. Photo is signed....
Black Heart Lakota Warrior Pine Ridge Indian Photo
3 1/4" by 5". Princess Chinquilla collection.In 1890, Indians named "No Neck" and "Black Heart" testified in an inquiry before...
Last Horse Pine Ridge Sioux Warrior Photo
Last Horse was a performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. This photo was given by him to Princess Chinquilla, she is featured...
Princess Chinquilla Cyanotype Indian Photo
4 3/4" by 6 7/8". Rare image of her dressed in Headdress and War Shirt. Mary C. Newell, known as "Princess Chinquilla," was a...
Pine Ridge Agency Indian Photo Princess Chinquilla
Property of Princess Chinquilla stamp on back. Identified as Birds Eye of Agency from the North. 5" by 7 5/8". Exceptionally rare...
Chief Yellow Shirt Ogallala Sioux Indian Photo
Taken by Jansen of Buffalo New York. Given by Yellow Shirt to Princess Chinquilla, her notes are present on the back. 4 1/8" by 6...
Black Heart Lakota Warrior Pine Ridge Indian Photo
2 3/4" by 5". Identified on the back as Black Heart Pine Ridge South Dakota. Princess Chinquilla collection.In 1890, Indians...
Charging Thunder Indian Photo Pine Ridge
3 1/4" by 4 3/4". Princess Chinquilla collection.Charging Thunder was a performer with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, born into...
Happy Jack Sutton Wild West Show Cabinet Photo
Signed and inscribed to Princess Chinquilla. 4 1/4" by 6 1/2". Princess Chinquilla collection.Captain "Happy Jack" Sutton, whose...
Pine Ridge Agency Sioux Warriors Indian Photo
4" by 5 5/8". Princess Chinquilla collection.
Princess Chinquillas Tipi Pine Ridge Indian Photo
Photo is 3 1/4" by 3 1/2". Mary C. Newell, known as "Princess Chinquilla," was a vaudeville performer, tightwire walker, activist...
Princess Chinquilla Cyanotype Indian Photo
Princess Chinquilla is wearing an Ohio Grain Dealers Association ribbon. 4 1/4" by 7". Mary C. Newell, known as "Princess...
Princess Chinquilla Wild West Show Print
5" by 7"Mary C. Newell, known as "Princess Chinquilla," was a vaudeville performer, tightwire walker, activist and lecturer on...
Buffalo Bill Princess Chinquilla Introduction
3 3/4" by 4 1/2". Buffalo Bill Wild WestNew York City, May 3rd, 1902.This will serve to introduce Chinquilla, who is a full...
Buffalo Bill Show Princess Chinquilla Handbill
5" by 5 1/2". Mary C. Newell, known as "Princess Chinquilla," was a vaudeville performer, tightwire walker, activist and lecturer...
Princess Chinquillas Tipi Wild West Show Photo
Photo by F.W. Klasmeier Bronx New York. 4 1/2" by 6 1/2"Mary C. Newell, known as "Princess Chinquilla," was a vaudeville...
Francis Benjamin Zahn Sr. Indian Photo
7 1/2" by 9 1/2". Hand Tinted. Frank Zahn is a well-known name in North Dakotas history. Zahn, also called Chief Flying Cloud,...
Roland Reed Chief 2 Guns White Calf Indian Photo
9 5/8" by 13 7/8". Taken near Glacier Park Montana. John Two Guns White Calf (also known as John Two Guns and John Whitecalf Two...
Blackfoot Indian Medicine Man in Tipi Photo
Taken near Banff Alberta. 10 3/4" by 14" on album page. Tipi photo is 7 1/8" by 9 1/4".
James Willard Schultz Blood Indian Family Photo
10" by 13". Blood Native American woman, child, and two men are standing in front of a Painted Bear Lodge (tipi) on July 10-18,...
James Willard Schultz Blood Indians Photo
Waterton Lake Glacier National Park. 10 3/4" by 13".James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (August 26, 1859 June 11, 1947) was an...
Montana Blackfoot Indian Confederacy Photo
Individuals shown are Adam Whiteman, William Buffalo Hides, Dick Grant, Leo M. Kennerly, William Zimmerman, George Pambren,...
James Willard Schultz Blood Indians Photo
Waterton Lake Glacier Park Alberta Canada 1928. 11" by 13"James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (August 26, 1859 June 11, 1947) was...
James Schultz Big Sorrel Horse Indian Photo
Black and white photo of Mr. and Mrs. Big Sorrel Horse at Blood Indian Sun Lodge encampment, 1931. 10" by 13". James Willard...
Golling St Paul Two Guns White Calf Indian Photo
7 3/8" by 9 5/8". Golling blind stamp. John Two Guns White Calf (also known as John Two Guns and John Whitecalf Two Guns)...
Edward Boos Spotted Horse Montana Cabinet Photo
7" by 9". Boos' Flathead Reservation portraits document particularly insightful details regarding the lifestyle, possessions, and...
Golling St Paul Two Guns White Calf Indian Photo
7 1/4" by 9 1/2". Golling blind stamp.John Two Guns White Calf (also known as John Two Guns and John Whitecalf Two Guns)...
Edward Boos Flathead Squaw Montana Cabinet Photo
5 3/4" by 7 3/4". Boos' Flathead Reservation portraits document particularly insightful details regarding the lifestyle,...
Ernest Thompson Seton Blackfoot Tribe Photo
Title is Talking Sign Language to Blackfeet. Glacier National Park Montana. 8" by 10". Ernest Thompson Seton documented and...
Bull Chief Montana Crow Indian Chief Photo
Photographer is W.J. Carpenter, Spokane Washington. 7 1/2" by 9 1/2". Bull Chief, born in about 1825, died February 4, 1914, was...
Salish Pow Wow Flathead Indian Montana Photo
Photographer is Charles Libby. Salish men on July 4th 1903 stand by tepees near St. Ignatius Mission, Flathead Reservation,...
Sitting Bear Arikara Indian Chief Photo
Poignant image. Sitting bear is wearing two peace medals. 8" by 10". Very few other known images of this chief other than those...
Carl Moon Arrow Maker Taos Indian Photo
Hung in Wells Fargo & Co Field Office. Hand Tinted Photo. 21" by 25" framed. Carl (Karl) Everton Moon (1879 - 1948) was...
Montana Blackfoot Chief Curley Bear Indian Photo
Piegan Chief Curly Bear (Kee-io-so-ik-say). His name also appears in places as Curley Bear. His Profile is Featured on the...
Lame Deer Montana Indian Camp Cabinet Photo
Cheyenne Indian Photographer, Lame Deer Montana. 7" by 9".
S.W. Ormsby Wolf Point Montana Indian Photo
Trapper shooting at a group of Indians. 5 1/4" by 8 1/2".
Little Rabbit Sac & Fox Indian Woman Photo
Photo says Little Rabbit, Weight 480. 4 3/8" by 6 1/2".
Fred E. Miller Crow Indian Montana Photo
10 3/4" by 13" framed. Fred E. Miller (1868 1936) was an American photographer, who worked at Crow Agency. He photographed...
Sioux Indians Preparing for War Dance Photo
Sioux Indians Preparing for a War Dance at Rapid City South Dakota. Photo by C.C. Mcbride, Sheridan Wyoming. 10" by 12 1/4"...
Aliiolani Hale Government Building Hawaii Photo
8 3/4" by 11". Photo was taken by Frank Davey, a British Photographer. Based on historical data, Frank Davey photographed Hawaii...
Hawaiian Native Grass Hut Interior Cabinet Photo
8" by 10". Photo was taken by Frank Davey, a British Photographer. Based on historical data, Frank Davey photographed Hawaii from...
Captain Cook Monument Hawaii Cabinet Photo
8" by 10 1/4". Photo was taken by Frank Davey, a British Photographer. Based on historical data, Frank Davey photographed Hawaii...
Hawaii Lava God Figures Cabinet Photo
8" by 10 1/4". Photo was taken by Frank Davey, a British Photographer. Based on historical data, Frank Davey photographed Hawaii...
Iolani Palace Honolulu Hawaii Cabinet Photo
8 3/4" by 10 1/2". Photo was taken by Frank Davey, a British Photographer. Based on historical data, Frank Davey photographed...
Hawaiian Royal Mantle Cape Cloak Cabinet Photo
8 7/8" by 11". Photo was taken by Frank Davey, a British Photographer. Based on historical data, Frank Davey photographed Hawaii...
Nude Hawaiian Native Girl with Uke Cabinet Photo
Title is A Hula Dancer. 8 7/8" by 10 1/2". Photo was taken by Frank Davey, a British Photographer. Based on historical data,...
Nude Hawaiian Native Hula Girl Cabinet Photo
7 1/2" by 9 1/4". Photo was taken by Frank Davey, a British Photographer. Based on historical data, Frank Davey photographed...
Nude Hawaiian Native Hula Girl Cabinet Photo
7" by 9 1/4". Photo was taken by Frank Davey, a British Photographer. Based on historical data, Frank Davey photographed Hawaii...
Nude Hawaiian Native Hula Girl Cabinet Photo
7 1/2" by 9 1/4". Photo was taken by Frank Davey, a British Photographer. Based on historical data, Frank Davey photographed...
Albertus Baldwin Hawaiian Fish Watercolor Painting
Title is Pakuikui. 9 1/2" by 11 5/8". Exhibited at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair per label on Painting.Albertus Hutchinson...
Albertus Baldwin Hawaiian Fish Watercolor Painting
Title is Hilupano. 9 1/2" by 11 5/8". Exhibited at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair per label on Painting.Albertus Hutchinson...
Albertus Baldwin Hawaiian Fish Watercolor Painting
Title is Malolo. 9 1/2" by 11 5/8". Exhibited at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair per label on Painting.Albertus Hutchinson...
1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair Hawaii Displays
Made from Coconut. Displays came with prior lots of photos and paintings, images were attached as shown. Exhibited at the 1904...
Zuni 4 Strand Heishi Fetish Necklace
Coral turquoise sterling bears and beads. 18" closed.
Santo Domingo Heishi Coral Turquoise Tab Necklace
9 1/8" long closed.
Taxco Sterling Silver Graduated Bead Necklace
73.5 grams. 8" long closed.
Zuni Heishi Mother of Pearl Eagle Necklace
Double strand liquid silver with rolled turquoise and coral beads. 12" long closed.
Fannie Platero Navajo Sterling Watch Band Tips
1 3/8" long by 7/8" wide.
Rock Kritters Sterling Inlaid Fish Brooch
1 3/8" long. 6.36 grams.
Navajo Sterling Silver Turquoise Squash Blossom
12 1/2" long closed. 155.8 grams.
Old Pawn Navajo Coin Squash Blossom Necklace
Large and impressive. Mercury Dime Beads, Morgan Dollar drops, large Naja set with a Morgan Silver Dollar and Turquoise. 16"...
Navajo Sterling Silver Pillow Bench Bead Necklace
11 5/8" long closed. 60.96 grams.
Martin Kremer Fused Glass Main Line Ellipse Bowls
37 1/2" long by 7 1/8". One has a small chip as shown.Artist statementI was a stained glass enthusiast while pursuing a career in...
Martin Kremer Fused Glass Mosiac Ellipse Art Bowl
38 7/8" long by 7 1/4" wide.Artist statementI was a stained glass enthusiast while pursuing a career in medical technology and...
Martin Kremer Fused Glass Mosiac Ellipse Art Bowl
38" long by 7 1/8" wide.Artist statementI was a stained glass enthusiast while pursuing a career in medical technology and the...
Martin Kremer Fused Glass Koi Pond Ellipse Bowl
38" long by 7 1/8" wide.Artist statementI was a stained glass enthusiast while pursuing a career in medical technology and the...
Martin Kremer Fused Glass Main Line Ellipse Bowl
34 3/8" long by 7" wide.Artist statementI was a stained glass enthusiast while pursuing a career in medical technology and the...
Martin Kremer Fused Glass Main Line Ellipse Bowl
34 1/2" long by 7" wide.Artist statementI was a stained glass enthusiast while pursuing a career in medical technology and the...
Martin Kremer Fused Glass Mosaic Ellipse Bowl
37 1/2" long by 7" wide.Artist statementI was a stained glass enthusiast while pursuing a career in medical technology and the...
Martin Kremer Fused Glass Black Cane Ellipse Bowl
34 1/2" long by 7" wide.Artist statementI was a stained glass enthusiast while pursuing a career in medical technology and the...
Martin Kremer Fused Glass Puzzle Ellipse Bowl
38" long by 7" wide.Artist statementI was a stained glass enthusiast while pursuing a career in medical technology and the glass...
Martin Kremer Fused Glass Mosiac Ellipse Bowl
34 1/2" long by 7" wide.Artist statementI was a stained glass enthusiast while pursuing a career in medical technology and the...
Martin Kremer Fused Glass Mosiac Ellipse Bowl
37 1/2" long by 7 1/8" wide.Artist statementI was a stained glass enthusiast while pursuing a career in medical technology and...
Martin Kremer Fused Glass Ellipse Puzzle Bowl
38 1/2" long by 7" wide. Artist statementI was a stained glass enthusiast while pursuing a career in medical technology and the...