spot said:
rockman,
I was afraid someone would start dragging out the Cody Complex. With me, that's like waving a whiskey bottle in front of an alcoholic. I LOVE Cody!
Great piece and in great condition. Is that a little patina haze I see in pic II? Is it extra polished from being in the lake sand?
Tell us more and also, when was it recovered.
Thanks for showing,
spot
2nd pic does show a patina haze, I like to call it "frosting" . It might have a little sand polish, I've never thought so, It's just a very "greasy"
material, I'm afraid it will slip out of my hand everytime I hold it.
The story on it is I was at the Temple show back in 2000 and Nelson Cowles from Hallsville Tx had this piece along with a few other
lesser pieces of flint and a bunch of pottery. People were all over this Scotty and old Nelson wouldn't sell ! Of course I expressed my
interest and paid him several visits, made an offer and was politely rejected. Late in the day I spent some time at his table and bought
a minature encised Spool neck bottle from him and begged a little more on the Scotty. I went home without it as did everyone else. So I continued to call Nelson at least once a month to make small talk and check on this piece all the while assuring him IF he ever did sell
I would keep it in my collection for as long as possible with no intention of reselling at a profit. After about a year of this I guess he finally
got tired of me calling and sold it under the condtion that I do a package deal and buy the Scotty and a Clovis together, which I agreed to.
Nelson bought it off the finder but wouldn't reveal that person's name. It was found in the spring of 2000. Nelson told me there was a couple of other big money TX collectors courting this piece too but he decided to let me have it because they had too many Scottsbluffs as it was and didn't need another one
which of course made my day ! This is one of my favorite pieces and I doubt that will change.
