Pre-Columbian Articles
Collecting Pre-Columbian
The first article in a series helping you understand how to become a Pre-Columbian collector.
"Pre-Columbian isn't very rare, or very expensive. They made thousands of pieces, of every style and culture. The price differences come with the quality differences. A 7" nice Colima flat, mint, made in the period 250 BC - 200 AD can be purchased for less than $200. A fine Colima Shaman, 15" tall, can cost $20,000. Same age, but a different animal entirely..."
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Nayarit Pairs
"We've always loved Nayarit and other pairs from western Mexico; although Colima and Jalisco ones are somewhat rarer. We buy nice ones whenever we're offered them.
But there's an interesting fact connected to them; the only true pairs are joined ones..."
Colima Shaft Tomb Models
"In a November 1999 Pre-Columbian sale, Sotheby's of New York offered two pieces that were more than they knew. Lot # 314 was described as a Colima head vessel, and #315 as a Colima double head vessel; both from the Protoclassic period, 100 B.C. - 250 A.D..."
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An Unusual Mayan Bowl
"It's a fairly standard black background bowl from the Ulua valley of Honduras, late classic period, 550 - 850 A.D., but has what appears to be a hand, holding an object with fingers pointing upwards and extremely long nails. It's repeated on both sides, and has no glyphs at all - not even the P.S.S. ( Primary Standard Sequence) Only after a lot of looking and guessing did we happen to turn it upside down - and bingo..."