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British Stone Age Mousterian Knapped Flint Bifacial Handaxe from Farnham Made by Neanderthal Man
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000 to 60,000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Winning Bid: £5
Ovate in form with thick butt. 66 grams, 64.4 mm
Found in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield, who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house.
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British Stone Age Knapped Flint Bifacial Knife from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Winning Bid: £30
Triangular in section with cortex to the butt. 6.69 grams, 51.5 mm
Found in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house. -
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Knife from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Winning Bid: £30
Ovate in plan with rounded butt. 11.7 grams, 53 mm
Found in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house. -
Stone Age Mousterian Hand Axe
Palaeolithic, 300,000-40,000 B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Winning Bid: £5
Ovate type with rounded edge, marked 'Epone-Mézières (88)'. 49.5 grams, 63 mm
Discovered in Le Bois du Rocher, Saint-Hélen, France, according to inscription. Accompanied by a French Ministry of Culture export permit no.CBC 257548, and EU licence no.2026DMF0025. -
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Red Stone Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Winning Bid: £11
Piriform in profile with many inclusions; old faded collector's label. 495 grams, 14.4 cm
From Goezzam, Sahara. Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. Purchased on the European art market.
Made from a material with quartzite inclusions. -
British Stone Age Napped Flint Blade Scraper from Farnham
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Winning Bid: £5
Made on a long flint blade with intricate re-touch around 95 percent of the piece. 18.9 grams, 67.4 mm
Found in 1901. From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent. After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction to a gentleman in Kent. The collection was then sold again in the 2020’s via a UK auction house. -
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Neanderthal Stone Age Triangular Knapped Flint Handaxe
Middle Palaeolithic Period, 250,000-150,000 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Winning Bid: £5
Triangular in plan with nodule void to one face; inked findspot label "16 St Front". 526 grams, 14.4 cm
Found St Front, Haute-Loire Region, France. From the collection of amateur archaeologist M. Allais, formed during the mid-1900s. From a private East Anglian collection, having been acquired on the European art market. -
Stone Age Knapped Flint Chopping Tool
Palaeolithic Period, circa 250,000-150,000 B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Winning Bid: £5
D-shaped in profile, cleaver with thick rear edge. 271 grams, 93 mm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
French Stone Age Knapped Flint Point
Gravettian Period, circa 33,000-21,000 B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Winning Bid: £85
Triangular in section with old collector's label 'La Groze du Tayac'. 1.00 grams, 46.69 mm
From Le Groze - Du Tay. Acquired in the 1970s-1990s. From the collection of the famous UK musician and amateur archaeologist, Victor Brox (1941-2023). Acquired on the UK art market at auction after being sold by Mr Brox’s family. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector.
The Gravettian point (or Gravette point) is a small, narrow stone tool with a straight, blunted end, characteristic of the Gravettian culture. Serving as a key diagnostic artefact, these points were primarily used as weapon tips or armatures for hunting large Ice Age game -
Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Winning Bid: £60
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 107 grams total, 23-41 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
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Acheulean Stone Age Dark Red Quartzite Handaxe Made by Homo Erectus
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Winning Bid: £7
Ovate in plan with broad facetted butt. 580 grams, 14 cm
From Northern Sahara, North Africa. From a collection formed during the seventies and eighties and acquired on the British art market. By descent to the current owner in 1998. -
African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Quartzite Handaxe
Palaeolithic Period, circa 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Winning Bid: £7
Knapped from translucent quartzite, weathered over hundreds of thousands of years' exposure; from the Wadi Talia, Queen area. 268 grams, 12.3 cm.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s. Acquired on the European art market.
