By sheer luck, I happened upon an oldtime collection

[Igyjastabay]

Here

Www.wfplattercollection.com

 

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[justonemore]

That is quite a score!
Being a Hoosier, if you ever want to let go of some of the Indiana or Michigan pieces please let me know.

 

[Igyjastabay]

Most of the hardstone is pretty nice. The slate is un-ob-tanium. You may want to wait till I post the rest. I didn't post to sell, just to show off a bit. There are so many axes in this collection I can part with a few.

 

[Gold Maven]

Awesome stuff.

Never saw a fluted ax before.....interesting, thx for posting.

 

[sandchip]

The stuff of dreams, for sure. Thanks for sharing with us.

 

[joshuaream]

Holy Crap! I remember that collection but it's been about 30+ years since I saw part of it.

My grandfather was a collector in Ft Wayne Indiana and he was good friends with Bill. (I went to high school with one of his grandsons.) They both worked at the Harvester plant and were part of the same local archaeological society.

You should do some research on the items. I'm pretty sure Bill and another local collector bought part of the Augustus C. Gruhlke collection from Waterloo Indiana. That would have been around 1945 or so. He also got some pieces from the collection of Leslie Hills of Ft Wayne, and probably Albert Addis of Albion Indiana. Gruhlke was friends with Warren Moorehead, which is why Northeast Indiana is well represented in his books. I'd bet some of the nicer hardstone items are pictured there.

He sold a couple of birdstones (the Gruhlke Bird pictured as a line drawing in Moorehead) to Parks, but there were still several nice ones left in the 1980's. Not sure how active he was after then.

 

[creekhunter]

Some extremely rare artifacts there, wow good find.

 

[rock]

nice pieces you obtained.

 

[crj1968]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing and PM me when the pipe is for sale! Holy moly that is awesome.......

 

[Tnmountains]

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Simpsons? I have never seen one if that is what they are. Beautiful collection!

 

[Igyjastabay]

Yes, that is what they are. I am pretty sure all of them are authentic.

 

[joshuaream]

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Wow, that's a killer frame right there!

 

[bill_wabo]

Sweet! So many unique pieces, the variety is amazing. Thanks for sharing, bet you're still dancing.

 

[pickaway]

Nice artifacts, I see no frame of simpsons?

 

[Igyjastabay]

 

[Mrdigz]

What I would do for any one of those!!!