Single Owner Online Auction (Sale #290)
By Leonard Auction Company
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Jun 25, 2022
502 South Westgate Street Addison, Illinois 60101, United States
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LOT 511:
Pre-Columbian Olmec Stone Seated Figure
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Start price:
$
500
Estimated price :
$1,000 - $1,200
Buyer's Premium: 22%
sales tax: 8.5%
On the full lot's price and commission
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Pre-Columbian Olmec Stone Seated Figure
Cream-mottled dark brown hard stone having carved geometric scrolls to limbs and back, bearing a label reading 'Townsend / 3250 / Cholula Mex. Grave / Warnoch 1935'; together with a Mayan seated figure
Provenance: The Estate of George 'Yorgo' Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1965-2000
Property from: a Kalamazoo, Michigan estate
Height: 5 1/4 inches, Width: 2 7/8 inches, Depth: 1 1/4 inches (Olmec (smaller))
Condition: Very Good, overall light wear consistent with normal use; the Mayan figure having a chipped forearm and toe, abraded facial features
Disclaimers: please note: this lot came from a house that had been closed for some time and a musty odor may be present
Category: Decorative Arts > Ethnographic
Estimated Sale Time: 5:08 pm CST
Shipping Status: Shipping Quote
Sales Tax: California (7.25%), Florida (6%), Georgia (8.5%), Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%)
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Last modified: June 3, 2022, 11:03 am
Condition: Very Good, overall light wear consistent with normal use; the Mayan figure having a chipped forearm and toe, abraded facial features
Dimensions: 5.25 x 2.875 x 1.25 in
