Huge collection for sale on CL

[100acre]

I'm not affiliated at all with these people, I just came across this ad on CL while looking at dredges for sale. Thought some of the folks on here might be interested. I hope I placed this in the correct part of the forum. Thanks, Dan.

Six Solutrean-American Artifacts ~ Largest PRIVATE Assemblage Known

 

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[Molewacker]

Very interesting write up in ad - thanks for sharing!

 

[justonemore]

If this is who I think it is, take it with a large grain of salt!!!

 

[100acre]

If this is who I think it is, take it with a large grain of salt!!!

Who is it, and is it a scam?

 

[creekhunter]

Too rich for me!

 

[Mrdigz]

I'm not knocking Craigslist or anything but if they are genuine artifacts and extremely rare why wouldn't they bring them to Sotheby's or any other reputable auction house? That's where people with money are going to spend it. Posting an ad on Craigslist right after a used treadmill and some baby formula haha could hurt a future sale.
- That being said, If these are genuine I hope he gets what he wants for them. Thanks for posting!

 

[rock]

I have to say they look more woodland to me. I dont see any Paleo flaking on them at all. If they are Paleo my whole collection is much older than I thought and worth a lot.

 

[Charl]

The largest blade in the ad was displayed at the Paleoamerican Oddysey conference in 2013. By Stanford and Bradley. Also displayed with it were other bipoints from Delmarva and offshore that Stanford and Bradley felt were Solutrean. The exhibit included one of the two blades found to be made of flint from France. The pieces on Craiglist have been for sale as a group for a few years now. Obviously, the Solutrean hypothesis is not proven, and the pieces are open to interpretation. I don't feel qualified to judge them vs. bipoints in general from North America, but there's no doubting Stanford and Bradley included the largest one as part of their evidence for Solutrean and part of the exhibit. You really can't say they are proven Solutrean artifacts, but there is salesmanship involved after all. The hyped interpretation is one possibility.