In your opinion?

[sandchip]

I don't get it. You posted some nice stuff in post no.28, so you obviously know a worked piece, so why are you posting items that show no alteration by man? I know that you said that you post only questionable items, but there's really no question about them. I, and I'm sure others, would love to see close-ups of some of the points you've found. We're glad to help educate here, but my goodness, man!

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

So where would one go to get an honest evaluation/ authentication and value. Then who do I sell to? I have only sold one artifact and it left a bad taste in my mouth.

You can buy just one book now, look for used book stores, I have seen good artifact books there if you don't want to buy new and you save a lot of money. I would start out looking for books of artifacts in mid-west.

Lar Hothem, has some good books on Midwest artifacts and you can buy them used too from Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Indian-Artif...rd_wg=rHY1J&psc=1&refRID=Y5ERRD3ZKQK74TG2YS31

Look for a used copy of Overstreet's Identification and Price Guide, you can also buy it used from Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Official-Ove...rd_wg=NY8nJ&psc=1&refRID=Q97VRY469HKHQV38D65D


You can also check books out from the library too.

 

[Charl]

I wish I could afford to buy all the relevant publications and attend seminars, but I can't.

Here are other relevant pages that are Iowa-specific.

https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781587298288/a-guide-to-projectile-points-of-

Special Publications | Iowa Archaeology

 

[quito]

Why am I thinking about an old saying about a horse, water, and drinking?

 

[quito]

So where would one go to get an honest evaluation/ authentication and value. Then who do I sell to? I have only sold one artifact and it left a bad taste in my mouth.

Sell to whoever you want to. Anyone interested would be giving you an honest opinion. If it were one of your finds it wouldn’t need it authenticated and you probly should set the value.

Sounds like you didn’t make a very good deal on the first sale.

 

[Greg Lafla]

Sell to whoever you want to. Anyone interested would be giving you an honest opinion. If it were one of your finds it wouldn’t need it authenticated and you probly should set the value.

Sounds like you didn’t make a very good deal on the first sale.

Don’t make me start on you

 

[Freemindedclark]

Sell to whoever you want to. Anyone interested would be giving you an honest opinion. If it were one of your finds it wouldn’t need it authenticated and you probly should set the value.

Sounds like you didn’t make a very good deal on the first sale.

Not exactly I sold a point for 250 I think it was to a dealer. Was later told in this forum was pry worth closer to 800-900. So no.

 

[Freemindedclark]

And what am I supposed to base a value off of? I am not familiar with the markets nor do I know where to find a reference to even know where to start

 

[sandchip]

This thread has gotten a bit convoluted and off-track. It started with a thigh stone, hurt feelings when folks try to help, then books. No artifact book that I know of is going to be of any help in telling why naturally formed rocks are not artifacts. Now, we're talking about selling artifacts, or are we talking about selling the thigh stone?

 

[Freemindedclark]

This thread has gotten a bit convoluted and off-track. It started with a thigh stone, hurt feelings when folks try to help, then books. No artifact book that I know of is going to be of any help in telling why naturally formed rocks are not artifacts. Now, we're talking about selling artifacts, or are we talking about selling the thigh stone?

Not the thigh stone. I have artifacts that hold no questions as to thier validity. Only value

 

[Kantuckkeean]

Treasure Hunter suggested Overstreet’s Identification and Price guide as a starting point.

I went to an artifact show in Elizabethtown, Kentucky recently just to drool and learn, not to buy or sell. There were plenty of pieces for sale. You could go to a show, look at comparable pieces and what they’re being offered for, knowing that you could probably get them for a little less than asking price and use that as a starting point, or check on eBay. Look at comparable pieces there, find the recently sold, and see what stuff’s going for. Just some ideas.

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

 

[Freemindedclark]

Treasure Hunter suggested Overstreet’s Identification and Price guide as a starting point.

I went to an artifact show in Elizabethtown, Kentucky recently just to drool and learn, not to buy or sell. There were plenty of pieces for sale. You could go to a show, look at comparable pieces and what they’re being offered for, knowing that you could probably get them for a little less than asking price and use that as a starting point, or check on eBay. Look at comparable pieces there, find the recently sold, and see what stuff’s going for. Just some ideas.

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

I find eBay to be so inconsistent that it is hardly credible. As far as the shows I only wish there was something in my area that was at a time that I would be able to attend.

 

[Freemindedclark]

Why am I thinking about an old saying about a horse, water, and drinking?

I don't think it's good to get horses drunk before swimming

 

[Kantuckkeean]

I find eBay to be so inconsistent that it is hardly credible. As far as the shows I only wish there was something in my area that was at a time that I would be able to attend.

Then Treasure Hunter wins!! Overstreet it is!

Mark this as solved and post some close ups of your killer finds in another post.

Kindest regards,
Kantuck

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Not the thigh stone. I have artifacts that hold no questions as to thier validity. Only value

Value is what buyers are willing to pay, it can vary greatly from area to area. I have been to artifact auctions where bidders paid 3 times what an artifact was estimated to be worth on some and a third of what people thought others were worth.

Overstreet is an excellent reference guide for both identification and value, but it is just one of many worth whilebooks.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Not the thigh stone. I have artifacts that hold no questions as to thier validity. Only value

Value is what buyers are willing to pay, it can vary greatly from area to area. I have been to artifact auctions where bidders paid 3 times what a poin was estimated to be worth on some and a third of what people thought others were worth.

Overstreet is an excellent reference guide for both identification and value, but it is just one of many worth whilebooks.

 

[sandchip]

Not the thigh stone. I have artifacts that hold no questions as to thier validity. Only value

I understand that. My point is that another thread entitled "Advice needed on appraising and selling artifacts" might garner you more responses than one that leads off with the thigh stone whatzit.

 

[Freemindedclark]

I understand that. My point is that another thread entitled "Advice needed on appraising and selling artifacts" might garner you more responses than one that leads off with the thigh stone whatzit.

I agree sandchip. Trust me when I started this thread this isn't what I intended lol.

 

[LUE-Hawn]

Hello All,

Here you go. I know I could find it somewhere its called a stone hoe known as a tchamahia, tshamahia, even chamahia and finally, tsamahia all different spellings of the same thing. Yours happens to be rare in two pointed form.

Regards

LUE-Hawn

 

[southfork]

You might say I have a problem.

A little cement and imagination ?