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On Friday, April 3, 2026, Artemis Fine Arts in Louisville, Colorado, will host a premier live auction specializing in Native American, Ethnographic, and Ancient Art. The sale features a vast range of legally acquired artifacts, including Northwest Coast and Pre-Columbian tribal works, Oceanic and Spanish Colonial art, and an extensive selection of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman antiquities. From ancient fossils to Near Eastern and Asian visual arts, the auction offers collectors a rare opportunity to acquire pieces of global cultural heritage, with live bidding set to begin at 8:00 AM GMT-6. Fossilized Woolly Mammoth Tusk, Over 4 Feet Long! Estimate: $3,000 - $4,500.

Neoclassical 20kt Gold Cross with Inset Garnet. Western Europe, ca. 20th century CE. Lovely high karat gold cross in the Byzantine style. Equal-sized cross sections, a classic style used by early Greek and Byzantine artisans, each with scrolling motifs and deep red garnet set into center. Size: 1.125" W x 1.25" H (2.9 cm x 3.2 cm). Weighs 10.4 grams. Estimate: $2,600 - $4,000.

Hadrosaurid Dinosaur Eggs in Matrix, Late Cretaceous. Eastern Asia, China, Henan Province, late Cretaceous, ca. 100 to 65 million years ago. Two well-preserved fossilized dinosaur eggs from the hadrosauridae family. The eggshell surface and ovoid shape are nicely preserved on both, with a slightly cracked texture that results from the fossilization process. Estimate: $2,200 - $3,000.

Large Ordovician Trilobite (Burmeisterella), Morocco. Morocco. Paleozoic Era, Ordovician Period, ca. 485–444 million years old. A well-preserved fossil trilobite identified as Burmeisterella, presented in strong relief with prominent cephalon, segmented thorax, and tapered pygidium. The specimen displays attractive natural coloration and fine ribbed detail across the exoskeleton, mounted on a stone base for display. Estimate: $1,800 - $2,500.

Juvenile Oreodont (Merycoidodontoidea) Skull, Wyoming. North America, United States, Wyoming, White River Formation, ca. late Eocene to early Miocene period, ca. 35 to 5 million years ago. A fantastic, fossilized skull from a juvenile oreodont (Merycoidodontoidea) a prehistoric mammal that roamed across North America. This skull is beautifully preserved with white plaster on the interior cavities. Estimate: $1,800 - $3,000.

Two 19th C Italian Silver Devotional Feathers. Western Europe, southern Italy, ca. 19th century CE. A striking pair of hand-wrought silver feather appliques, the larger an elongated palm frond of sculptural presence and the smaller a curling plume, both crisply modeled with chased veins along a raised rachis. Fashioned from high-purity silver (assayed 90.6% to 94.3%), the sheets were worked in repousse and fine chasing to achieve their lively, wind-swept surfaces; mounting edges and a rolled terminal suggest attachment to a devotional object. Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000.

Chinese Neolithic Revival Red Stone Ceremonial Blade. East Asia, China, late Qing to Republic period, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A blade carved from a reddish stone, inspired by Neolithic yue axes and early Shang-Zhou blade forms, reinterpreted as a scholar's or collector's object. The elongated rectangular body is pierced with three evenly spaced circular perforations, and finished with a smooth polish. Size: 8.75" L x 3.75" W (22.2 cm x 9.5 cm) Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000.

Ancient Moche-Chimu Gold 20K Disc Ornament. Pre-Columbian, Peru, Moche to Chimu culture, ca. 100 to 1200 CE. A high-purity gold disc hammered from a thin sheet of 84% gold (about 20K+). The surface is decorated in repousse with a dotted border and concentric circular motifs centered on a raised dot, surrounded by five smaller dots forming a subtle star or floral pattern. Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500.

James E. Stuart Painting "Looking Up a Brook …" (1906). James Everett Stuart (American, 1852-1941). "Looking Up a Brook About One Mile South of Dover, Maine" oil on canvas, 1906. Signed and dated at lower left and again on verso with title. A quiet brook winds through moss-covered stones and shadowed trunks in this intimate 1906 landscape, where James Everett Stuart turns from monumental western vistas to the hushed lyricism of rural Maine. Estimate: $1,600 - $2,400.

Mexican Spanish Colonial Bronze Signal Cannon Thundermug. Mexican, Spanish Colonial culture, ca. 17th to 19th century CE. A cast bronze signal cannon or "thundermug" with a short cylindrical form and slightly flared base, its hollow chamber designed to hold small powder charges with a touch hole for ignition. The broad base provides stability, while the compact scale suggests portability. Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500.