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Rutz Clovis Point Sets World Auction Record At Morphy’s, Sells To Texas Collector For $276,000 Debut Prehistoric American Artifact And Arrowhead Auction Chalks Up $544,800 A buzz filled the room at Morphy’s Nov. 9 auction after the hammer fell on Lot 57, a 9-3/4-inch sea-green obsidian artifact known as the Rutz Clovis point. The star of Morphy’s 159-lot Prehistoric American Artifact and Arrowhead debut auction, the point discovered on a mountain in Washington state in the early 1950s is
bidder who had an image of it tattooed on his calf!” said an amused John Mark Clark, who heads Morphy’s Prehistoric American Artifact and Arrowhead department. “Unfortunately for him, he’ll have to be satisfied with the tattoo, because he wasn’t the winning bidder.” With the sale of the Rutz Clovis, Morphy’s has established what experts believe is a worldrecord price for a North American flaked stone artifact at auction.
The star of the auction was the Rutz Clovis Point, sea green obsidian, 9 3/4 inches, discovered by Les Ira Kreis in the early 1950s in a wheat field on Badger Mountain near the community of Badger Creek Springs, Wash. It sold for $276,000 to a collector in Texas. Morphy Auctions image.
known to collectors far and wide as one of the great treasures of its type. Entered with a $200,000-$400,000 estimate, the Rutz Clovis did not disappoint, selling to a Texas collector for $276,000. All prices quoted are inclusive of Morphy’s 20 percent buyer’s premium. “How famous is the Rutz Clovis point? Ask the floor
Southeastern Ceremonial Complex,” was bid beyond its estimate range to $31,200.
This Cumberland fluted point found on farm near Marion, Tenn., sold for $26,400. Morphy Auctions image.
Also attracting an impressive price was the lot of 20 points from the grouping known as the Motley Cache, of Todd County, Ky. They sold for $28,800. “Top lots in the sale attracted fantastic prices, and many collectors around the country were paying close attention,” said Morphy Auctions CEO Dan Morphy. “There was a lot of positive feedback after the sale, and we had sev-
Tennessee bottle bannerstone of ferruginous quartz. Found on the Bell Farm in Davidson County, Tenn., in 1910. It sold for $38,400. Morphy Auctions image.
eral phone calls regarding the potential consignment of important collections. It’s an exciting new category for Morphy’s, and we’re definitely well guided with Mark Clark as head of our department. All of the collectors know how incredibly knowlcategory of prehistoric edgeable and honest he is.” Commenting on the suc- American artifacts and (Continued on page 12) cess of Morphy’s debut in the
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Many other lots in the sale achieved strong prices. A ferruginous quartz bottle bannerstone found on the Bell Farm in Davidson County, Tenn., in 1910, sold for $38,400. Another unusual figural piece, a rat-tail spud of polished metamorphic material, described in the auction catalog as “one of the rarest spud forms within the
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Rat-tail spud with unusual tally marks on each side of the bit from Polk County, Tenn. It sold for $31,200. Morphy Auctions image.
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