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Old African Trade Beads

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Old African Trade Beads
SOLD
200.00USD+ (40.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 12 @ 11:45UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Lot: 4158
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Title: Old African Trade Beads
Description: Beads were one of the most common forms of African money: examples of full strings of three of the scarcer varieties are present in this lot. (1) blue Dutch trade beads, 16th or 17th century; (2) 19th-century "tic-tac-toe" beads; and (3) black chevron beads, probably 19th century. See Opitz, pp. 42-65.
Low Estimate: 500
High Estimate: 665
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