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<blockquote data-quote="Crow Terminator" data-source="post: 5046363" data-attributes="member: 220"><p>Anything donated to a museum is seldom displayed. It often gets sold at auction to make way for museum remodels and such. Sometimes it gets sold privately and the money for the collection is pocketed.</p><p></p><p>Indian artifacts have sky rocketed in value the last few years. If you don't believe me, go do some of the live auctions on Facebook or go to a show. I watch them all the time. Pinetrees are selling for $300+ each, those little triangles you mentioned are my favorite because they are true arrowheads and not darts/spears. If they aren't broken and are the small size, they are bringing $15 each average and if they are the larger varieties, about $20-25 each. I watched an auction last night where a Benton with COA went for $475. The reason is...they for sure aren't making any more real ones, and with very strict laws on searching for artifacts, it makes it almost illegal in the majority of states. It limits people to private land and most private land places don't plow any more so it makes finding them even more difficult. So all that is left are pieces from collections that get sold and traded around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crow Terminator, post: 5046363, member: 220"] Anything donated to a museum is seldom displayed. It often gets sold at auction to make way for museum remodels and such. Sometimes it gets sold privately and the money for the collection is pocketed. Indian artifacts have sky rocketed in value the last few years. If you don’t believe me, go do some of the live auctions on Facebook or go to a show. I watch them all the time. Pinetrees are selling for $300+ each, those little triangles you mentioned are my favorite because they are true arrowheads and not darts/spears. If they aren’t broken and are the small size, they are bringing $15 each average and if they are the larger varieties, about $20-25 each. I watched an auction last night where a Benton with COA went for $475. The reason is...they for sure aren’t making any more real ones, and with very strict laws on searching for artifacts, it makes it almost illegal in the majority of states. It limits people to private land and most private land places don’t plow any more so it makes finding them even more difficult. So all that is left are pieces from collections that get sold and traded around. [/QUOTE]
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