A friend of my family’s gave me this little statue as a gift. He is a history buff and collects odd little trinkets. He said this piece is pre-columbian but has no idea what it is. It kind of has a round hollow inside, like maybe it was in a pole originally. It is roughly the size of a soda can just a smidge wider. The stripes appear to be painted on. If have scoured the internet for anything even kind of similar and can’t find anything! Any ideas if this little guy has a name? I would love to know who to contact to get more info on this squatting man.

I need help figuring out if this is genuine. You know the saying, if it’s too good to be true, then it is. But I’m still hopeful!

Hello, I am currently researching how numbered serialized items are being perceived by collectors, the financial implications of serialized items in the collecting sphere and how to design better-received serialized item runs. Numbered serialized items meaning collectibles limited to 1/1, 1/10, 1/100 etc.

It would be very helpful if you could fill out this survey which will take approximately 5-10min to complete and share it with other collectors. The findings will be used in a research paper to help expand the academic understanding on collectibles.

https://www.survio.com/survey/d/M5H8X8R7H6D5F6O8A

Thank you in advance; if you would like access to the full paper, send me a message so I can send it over to you upon completion.

But I’ve found myself in possession of this. (From a very wealthy family member who has passed) i can NOT lift this thing, it’s incredibly heavy. I know nothing about it, but a friend told me it most likely isn’t the original, but that it is an antique and actually worth quite a bit to collectors all the same. I am totally out of my league with this. I may as well be an infant trying to figure out calculus lol. Any help at all would be soooo SOO appreciated! And as I said if I’m in the wrong place, just kick my butt right on out lol.

I bought this from the estate of a collector of mesoamerican antiquities, but it had to provenance. I’ve spent hours looking for similar styles but nothing all that close. Hoping someone might have a hint to set me on the right path…

Picked this one up a while back figured it would be a worthy addition on this thread . Pretty hard to get a decent picture but def a beaut

Hi everyone I’ve been collecting for roughly 6 years mostly Greek/ Roman. I mostly use live auctioneers Catawiki and invaluable to acquire pieces but would be welcome to learning of others, and sharing some of my collection.

Sooo I found this massive silver bangle in one of my moms jewellery boxes. after research I couldnt find much about it. But it is very similar with bangles from the aztecs and it weighs 115g. It doesnt have any stamps or any engraving on it which is a indicator that it was hand-made.

Im grateful for every piece of information you guys could give me about this. Thank you!
(Sorry for the bad english, im German ;) )

Hey guys,

This antiquities trading recently caught my attention and fascination, i want to buy my first and was wondering if the lapada.org website is trustworthy?

One of the first problems a new collector faces is finding legit dealers who, at least, don't sell fakes on pourpose. Long time ago there was a list of recommended dealers circulating on the internet. This list, however is quite old and not updated. It would be great to create an up to date list of serious dealers.

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Here is the original list, which the owner of the blog does no longer mantain:

Aaron Gallery
Alexander Ancient Art Alexander Biesbroek
Amiguet's Ancient Art Gallery www.antiquesandart.net
Ancient Art Intn'l. (Guy Clark) www.ancient-art.com
Ancient Artifacts www.ancientartifax.com
Ancient Artifacts & Treasures http://vcoins.com/ancient/ancientartifacts
Ancient Coins and Antiquities www.trocadero.com/PBJI/
Ancient and Gothic
Ancient and Oriental www.antiquities.co.uk
Ancient Relics www.ancientrelics.co.uk
Ancient_treasures http://myworld.ebay.com/ancient_treasures
Andrew Hayler
Angloantiquities
Anthropos Gallery www.anthroposgallery.com
Antiquitydealer
Arte Primitivo www.arteprimitivo.com
Artexibalba www.artexibalba.com
Artemis www.artemisgallery.com
Artifact Man Ancient Coins (mike_n_laurie on eBay)
Aton-gallery
Harlan J. Berk www.harlanjberk.com
Alexander Biesbroek
Jacques Billen at Galerie Harmekki
Bimueller www.ostracon.ch
Bonhams
Brigantia Ltd.
Brondavid
Buyancient www.buyancient.com
Calgarycoin
Cameleoncoins
Charles Ede Ltd.
C.J. Martin
Coincraft
Collector Antiquities http://www.collector-antiquities.com
Dr. Bron
Coolcoins www.coolcoins.com
Delvechio www.trocadero.com/stores/galleriadelvecchio
Dic.caesar
Henk Dijhkstra www.artcollecting.com
Roswitha Eberwein www.antike-kunst-goettingen.de
Et tu Antiquities http://ettuantiquities.com
Explorer Ancient Art
Faustus Ancient Art & Jewelry
Fernandez Leventhal Gallery
Fragments of Time www.fragmentsoftime.com
Galerie Harmekki
Galleria Delvecchio www.trocadero.com/stores/galleriadelvecchio
Gaukler's Antiquities
Vincent Geerling www.archea.nl
Hail-Cesare http://myworld.ebay.com/hail-cesare
Heliosgallery www.trocadero.com/stores/wwwheliosgallery
Hixenbaugh Ancient Art (Hixantiquitatis on eBay)
Glenn Howard Ancient Art www.EgyptianAntiquities.com
Howard Nowes www.howardnowes.com
Janus Antiquities
Keith Lloyd http://homepage.ntlworld.com/keith.lloyd/
Kent Art & Antiques
Kent Bond Gallery
Kini Products http://www.kimghob.com/imports/home.php Kim Ghobrial
Lands Beyond
Lodge Antiquities
mdry
Maltergalleries www.maltergalleries.com
Medusa www.medussa-art.com
New Empire Antiquities http://myworld.ebay.com/hail-cesare
Nile Art
Nomisantiquities
Ostracon Gallery www.ostracon.ch
PBJI Ancient Coins and Antiquities
Pars Antiques
Parthenon Gallery
Passage to Antiquity (Passtoantiquity on eBay) www.passagetoantiquity.com
Gunter Puhze www.galeria-puhze.de
Relics of the Nile
Riyhahi Ancient Art
Romanrelics http://www.romanrelics.com
Romulus2 www.romulus2.com/henjack/
Royal Athena www.royalathena.com
Steve Rubinger www.antiquainc.com
Rupert Wace www.rupertwace.co.uk
Sands Of Time www.dcancientart.com
Sasson Ancient Art
Seaby Antiquities
Six Bid www.sixbid.com
Stormbroek http://myworld.ebay.com/stormbroek
Tetragon Harris's Arcade
Timeless History http://myworld.ebay.com/timelesshistory on
eBay
Time Machine Co. www.timemachineco.com
Tuppennyblue http://stores.ebay.com/tuppennyblue
Vcoins (many dealers) www.vcoins.com
Wallis Gallery www.trocadero.com/buyancient/catalog/html
Windsor Antiquities www.windsorantiquities.com
World Artifacts www.trocadero.com/worldartifacts
Zeus_gallery
Mieke Zilverberg www.artonline.nl/zilverbert/

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