This is what the auction house says.
Tim:
Yes, we did sell a portion of a collection reputed to be from the Black Pipe collection.
The collector that sold these items said he purchased them in South Dakota. We have not other provenance for the items sold. Only his word.
This is all that I recall about the same.
Hope this is of some help.
Jayson Shobe
So are these pieces from that portion or another? Am I decided they are genuine/authentic? well perhaps I could be. It all depends on what % of people one believes involved in the circle are avaricious toerag liars or honest caring and sharing
thats life. One thing is I have learnt much about Native American tanning. I know this material would not need the talents of master art forgers to reproduce. Obviouly I would like to believe they are the real thing. I do know much effort went into these, the chioce of skins. tanning and the hole in the flint stone. If so I got a good deal
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