Over 1,150 color photos of actual artifacts hundreds of years old, each with accurate and detailed captions. Subjects include glass beads, cloth, ornaments, knives, firearms, traps, and axes. The A. H. Gottschall collection has its own chapter. There are also gunflints, arrowheads, tomahawks, kettles, and miscellaneous tradegoods. Highly interesting facts and incidents about early traders and their times are mentioned, and photos and information have been contributed both from top collectors and specialized museums and auctions. 2005 values.
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Emphasizing what was traded long ago, what exists today, and what can still be collected, this book is an introduction to the subject of historic trade goods, from glass beads, cloth, and ornaments, to knives, firearms, and tomahawks. -Larry Dickens
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Lar Hothem was a well-known expert in the field of Indian arrowheads and artifacts. His popular series, Indian Artifacts of the Midwest series has now added its 5th volume. His other titles include Indian Axes & Related Stone Artifacts, Indian Pipes, Arrowheads & Projectile Points, and Indian Trade Relics. Lar passed away in 2006.
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Fraught With Fakes,
This review is from: Indian Trade Relics Identification & Values (Artifacts and Collectibles) (Hardcover)
Many collectors of fur trade items had high hopes for this book that were dashed when we saw it. Unfortunately it has far too many fakes/reproductions to be of reliable use to most collectors. Even the cover page has a fake striker bag with the crimped tin cones commonly found on reproductions. While most of the items are authentic new collectors would be well advised not to rely on all the information presented. Of the 200 or so axes shown I saw at least 30 that were clearly not authentic or misidentified. The author was a very nice guy but rather too trusting of his collector 'friends' who salted the book. Hothem's main interest was in stone age materials so historical period items were not his speciality. The photography is mostly well done. He was planning on revising it (without the fakes included) when his untimely passing happened. Certainly there are some nice quality authentic items as well to look at, but when so many fakes are introduced to a book, the whole book becomes suspect. Its a shame really since it is the only published book on general trade items as such. Maybe someday we'll see another more authoritative book come on the market.
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This is a great book if you collect artifacts and want to see what they are presently going for.
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Beads made of glass were one item traded in most of North America throughout the trade period. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
iron trade axe, woolen stroud cloth, glazed cotton lining, trade silver brooch, hammer poll, muskrat spears, iron arrowpoints, museum grade, pounding poll, tape edging, flared blade, trade tomahawk, iron axehead, fur trade times, bead loss, modern handle, trade axes, glass trade beads, trade ornaments, corroded condition, seed bead sizes, spike axe, tomahawk head, kettle brass, seed beads size Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Brian Williamson, Old Barn Auction, Great Lakes, South Dakota, Mike Slasinski, Gene Edwards, Tom Richards, Hudson's Bay Company, Plains Indian, Frank Bergevin, Dave Summers, Lar Hothem, Reinhard Brucker, Linda Rawls-Bergevin, Bob Speelman, White River, Canadian River, North America, Louis Natoli, Larry Jarvinen, Barron County, American Fur Company, Dennis Lindblad, North West Company New!
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Beads made of glass were one item traded in most of North America throughout the trade period. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
iron trade axe, woolen stroud cloth, glazed cotton lining, trade silver brooch, hammer poll, muskrat spears, iron arrowpoints, museum grade, pounding poll, tape edging, flared blade, trade tomahawk, iron axehead, fur trade times, bead loss, modern handle, trade axes, glass trade beads, trade ornaments, corroded condition, seed bead sizes, spike axe, tomahawk head, kettle brass, seed beads size Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Brian Williamson, Old Barn Auction, Great Lakes, South Dakota, Mike Slasinski, Gene Edwards, Tom Richards, Hudson's Bay Company, Plains Indian, Frank Bergevin, Dave Summers, Lar Hothem, Reinhard Brucker, Linda Rawls-Bergevin, Bob Speelman, White River, Canadian River, North America, Louis Natoli, Larry Jarvinen, Barron County, American Fur Company, Dennis Lindblad, North West Company New!
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- Fur Trade by Paul C. Phillips on 6 pages
- North American Indian Trade Silver by W. H. Carter on 5 pages
- Journal of a Trapper by Osborne Russell on 4 pages
- The American Fur Trade of the Far West, Vol. 1 by Hiran Martin Chittenden on 4 pages
- Wilderness Trail (2 Volumes) by Charles Augustus Hanna on 4 pages
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