AUTHENTIC LARGE GRADE 10 PALEO CLOVIS GAINEY POINT ARROWHEAD WITH 3 COAS - OHIO

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AUTHENTIC LARGE GRADE 10 PALEO CLOVIS GAINEY POINT ARROWHEAD WITH 3 COAS - OHIOINCLUDES THREE C.O.A.S!INVESTMENT GRADE 10!THERE IS A HIGHLY DESIRABLE AND RARE GAINEY TYPE CLOVIS!TYPE: Clovis "Gainey type"SIZE : 4-1/16" X 1"AGE: Paleo (11,500-9,500 B.P.)MATERIAL: Flint Ridge FlintFIND LOCATION: Licking County, OhioGRADE: Grade 10 - InvestmentC.O.A.S: Howard *1, Butler *2 and Royster *3PRICE GUIDE : $12,000.00 -$20,000.00, Overstreet Twelfth Edition, Page 371. The closest price match I could find is a Ross County style which is much more common than this ultra rare Gainey Type.NOTES: Simply Awesome and an ultra rare variant! I priced this outstanding point far below what I think it would realize at a show. Remember that this is an authentic Gainey Type Clovis with very strong paperwork when judging prices. It was anciently crafted from highly desirable Flint Ridge flint and is very thin. This was formally from the Jack Litchfield collection. Genuine points of this caliber are usually reserved for reputable auction houses or are transacted in private and are rarely run in this forum. Investment grade points hold or increase in value, even in a bad economy unlike comic books and plastic toys that sometimes sell in the six figure range!Notes: *1 Calvin Howard was the most experienced authenticator in the business until he passed away recently. I have never had an artifact authenticated by him killed by another professional authenticator when sent out for grading or secondary papering. His record remains flawless with me. He possessed the proper credentials with a college degree and many peer-reviewed published papers on the subject.Please His credentials (geologist, peer-reviewed writer and former NASA engineer to name a few of his many qualifications) and skills far surpass any living authenticator, bar none. Many people posing as legitimate authenticators these days cannot hold a candle to this great and honest man! Most serious collectors will accept his opinions and papers any day over any other authenticator in business.Notes: *2 Butler - Honesty and Integrity really do mean something to this college degreed authenticator. He spends the time necessary to determine authenticity with 30 years experience. He will not paper a bad artifact, period! He has probably exposed more fakes than any other authenticator the last several years. He has seen every trick in the book so it is highly unlikely that a fake will ever make it through his stringent examination and papering processes.Notes: *3 Royster - This C.O.A adds no value whatsoever to this artifact. I included it since it came with the artifact./sch/merchant/ancientechoesartifactsAbout The Ancient Echoes Collection:Thank you for visiting my about me page. I would like to introduce myself as a collector first and a dealer second. The Ancient Echoes Collection represents an assemblage of some the finest authentic artifacts you will find anywhere. An honest and immense effort was put into this collection to vet out fakes since they have no place in my inventory or anybody else's. An enormous investment was spent on professional consulting and a great amount of time was invested in keeping this collection clean. I would not place any item on the market that I would not proudly display myself. Every fake positioned on the market does significant damage.My involvement with lithic materials can be measured in decades. I have been named as a coauthor on several prestigious peer-reviewed abstracts, served two terms on the IMCA board and I am currently a member of both the IMCA and AACA in good standing. Both of these associations have a strict cod... read more

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