Dinosaur Fossil, Global Artifact, & Ethnographic Auction

Dinosaur Fossil, Global Artifact, & Ethnographic Auction consisting primarily of the extensive estate collection of Dr. Steven D. Nicklas (Archeologist / Paleontologist). The auction offers thousands of pieces, to include dinosaur fossils, plant fossils, artifacts, specimens, natural history, points, baskets, pottery, vessels, statuary, tools, relics, dug coins, and various collectibles from around the globe. The auction includes consignments from 3 estates, with a majority of the auction being from the estate collection of Dr. Steven D. Nicklas.

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About Dr. Steven Dwight Nicklas (September 17, 1956 - November 13, 2023):

As a child, Steve was able to travel extensively with his family. It was during these years that he developed a passion for archaeology and military history. When he was 14 he discovered evidence of an ancient tribe of Native Americans that inhabited an area near his home in central Pennsylvania. His fascination with archaeology only increased after that time, and his avocation eventually became his vocation.

Steve did not see himself as a natural academic student even though he earned a bachelor's degree from Lycoming College in Near Eastern archaeology, a master's degree from Drew University in the archaeology of Roman/Byzantine Palestine and a Ph.D. in archaeology of the Roman provinces from the Institute of Archaeology, University College, London. But he was always able to engage people in discussion and share his joyous enthusiasm about the things he loved. He was an extraordinarily well-read student of history, archaeology, anthropology and paleontology and could expound for hours about anything related to those fields, easily making the material endlessly fascinating even to those with only a passing interest. He put that gift to good use, teaching for many years at Gainesville State College and then at University of North Georgia once GSC merged with North Georgia College and State University in 2013. He was beloved by his many students who were each touched by his exceptional ability to connect with people on both an emotional and intellectual level. He was a brilliant man whose humility and kindness were evident to everyone he met.

Before his academic teaching career began, Steve had the opportunity to excavate at various archaeological sites both during his own education and after. Some of the highlights included locations such as Lahav, Israel; Caesarea Maritima on the coast of Israel; Beirut, Lebanon and 175 Water Street, New York City.

Twenty-six years ago, Steve turned his dream of giving the masses of amateur fossil fanatics the opportunity to explore and look for their own treasures into reality by founding Paleo Prospectors. He shared his endless enthusiasm exploring in the field with hundreds of clients, many of whom quickly became fast friends. He advanced science by arranging for the Paleo Prospectors team's most important finds to be donated to museums and research institutes across the country and around the world. With one of his best friends, Rob Sula, he later discovered the "Tanis site", which many paleontologists believe is the most important fossil site ever found.

But while his contributions to the academic and scientific worlds are significant, the way he cared for and treated everyone he encountered was even more meaningful. It has been said of him that he "lifted everyone up around him"...that "he was one of the most positive and noble people I have ever met"...that "he changed the course of my entire life"...that he was "a one of a kind human being". His family could not agree more. He was supremely adventurous, unfailingly kind, perpetually optimistic, ever joyful, and full of love for those around him.

Visit Steve's Obituary Page

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Date & Time | Live Webcast Auction (Bid Live Real-Time Online):

Live Online Auction - Sunday, September 15th at 2pm EDT

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September 2024 Dinosaur Fossil, Global Artifact, & Ethnographic Auction | Estate Collection of Dr. Steven D. Nicklas - Partial Lot List (Visit the Online Catalog to view and bid on all lots)

DINOSAUR HADROSAURUS FOSSIL SPECIMENS
DINOSAUR HADROSAURUS FOSSIL SPECIMEN
DINOSAUR HADROSAURUS FOSSIL SPECIMENS
DINOSAUR HADROSAURUS & TRICERATOPS FOSSIL SPECIMENS
DINOSAUR TRICERATOPS AND HADROSAURUS FOSSIL SPECIMENS
DINOSAUR FOSSIL SPECIMENS - JAWBONES
DINOSAUR MOSASAURUS FOSSIL SPECIMEN
DINOSAUR MOSASAURUS FOSSIL SPECIMENS
DINOSAUR ORNITHISCHIAN FOSSIL SPECIMENS
DINOSAUR PSITTACOSAURUS FOSSIL SPECIMEN
DINOSAUR FOSSIL SPECIMENS - RIB BONES
DINOSAUR TRICERATOPS FOSSIL SPECIMENS
DINOSAUR TRICERATOPS FOSSIL SPECIMEN
DINOSAUR TRICERATOPS FRILL FOSSIL SPECIMEN
DINOSAUR TRICERATOPS FOSSIL SPECIMENS
DINOSAUR FOSSIL SPECIMENS - UNSPECIFIED
DINOSAUR FOSSIL SPECIMEN - UNSPECIFIED
DINOSAUR FOSSIL SPECIMENS - JAWBONES WITH TEETH
DINOSAUR FOSSIL SPECIMENS - UNSPECIFIED
FOSSIL SPECIMENS - UNSPECIFIED
DINOSAUR FOSSIL EGG SPECIMEN - UNSPECIFIED
ARTHROPOD FOSSIL MODELS
FOSSIL FISH MODELS
LOBEFIN FOSSIL MODEL
DINOSAUR MOSASAURUS FOSSIL MODEL
OREODONT FOSSIL MODEL
DINOSAUR FOSSIL MODELS
DINOSAUR FOSSIL SPECIMENS & MODELS
ARTHROPOD FOSSIL SPECIMEN
ARTHROPOD FOSSIL SPECIMENS
AUSTRALOPITHECUS FOSSIL SPECIMEN
BRITTLE STAR FOSSIL SPECIMEN
BRONTOTHERIUM FOSSIL SPECIMENS
BRONTOTHERIUM FOSSIL SPECIMEN
MAMMOTH TOOTH FOSSIL SPECIMEN
MAMMOTH FOSSIL SPECIMEN
OREODONT FOSSIL SPECIMENS
OREODONT FOSSIL SPECIMENS
ORTHOCERAS FOSSIL SPECIMEN
FOSSIL SAND DOLLAR SPECIMENS
FOSSIL SPINY LOBSTER SPECIMEN
TITANOTHERE FOSSIL SPECIMENS
TITANOTHERE SKULL FOSSIL SPECIMEN
FOSSIL SPECIMENS - TURTLE SHELL
TURTLE FOSSIL SPECIMEN
FOSSIL SPECIMEN - TURTLE
TURTLE FOSSIL SPECIMENS
OREODONT FOSSIL SPECIMEN
FOSSIL FISH SPECIMEN
FOSSILIZED BONE SPECIMEN
XIPHACTINUS FOSSIL SPECIMENS
FOSSIL SPECIMENS - FERNS & PLANTS
FOSSIL SPECIMENS FERNS
PLANT FOSSIL SPECIMEN
SHELL FOSSIL SPECIMENS
PLANT FOSSIL SPECIMENS - UNSPECIFIED
FOSSIL ORDOVICIAN SPECIMENS
PLANT & ANIMAL FOSSIL SPECIMENS - UNSPECIFIED
CARVED LITHIC POINTS FROM TUNISIA
CARVED LITHIC POINTS FROM AFRICA
CARVED LITHIC POINTS FROM ALGERIA
CARVED LITHIC POINTS FROM LIBYA
CARVED LITHIC POINTS
CARVED LITHIC BLADES
CARVED LITHIC POINTS FROM NORTH AFRICA
CARVED LITHIC POINTS FROM ALGERIA
ROMAN BRONZE ARROWHEADS
CARVED LITHIC POINTS FROM NORTH AMERICA
CARVED LITHIC POINTS
CARVED LITHIC POINTS FROM MIDWESTERN US
CARVED LITHIC POINTS FROM ARKANSAS
CARVED LITHIC POINT
18TH & 19TH C. IRON POINTS EXCAVATED FROM NEBRASKA
LESOTHO MOKOROTLO BASOTHO BASKET HAT
SOUTHWESTERN NATIVE AMERICAN COIL BASKETS
EARLY 20TH C. SOUTHWESTERN NATIVE AMERICAN WATER BASKET
NATIVE AMERICAN TRINKET COIL BASKETS & TRIVETS
NORTHWESTERN NATIVE AMERICAN WOVEN BASKETS
EARLY 20TH C. SOUTHWESTERN NATIVE AMERICAN BASKETS
NATIVE AMERICAN COIL BASKET
SOUTHWEST NATIVE AMERICAN BASKET
EGYPTIAN CERAMIC FUNERARY CONE C. 18TH DYNASTY
EGYPTIAN CERAMIC VOTIVE CUP FRAGMENT & JAR LID FRAGMENT
DECORATED POTTERY SHARDS
MAYAN ULUA VALLEY CERAMIC CYLINDRICAL VESSEL
CASAS GRANDES ZOOMORPHIC BADGER EFFIGY CERAMIC JAR
CENTRAL AMERICAN ANTHROPOMORPHIC CERAMIC PIECES
CERAMIC MEXICAN FOLK ART EFFIGY JARS
CENTRAL AMERICAN CERAMIC VESSELS
CENTRAL AMERICAN CERAMIC VASE
CENTRAL AMERICAN POTTERY HAND-PAINTED BOWLS
DUG POTTERY VESSELS & FRAGMENTS
MID 20TH CENTURY MEXICAN POTTERY
ARIZONA HOHOKAM CULTURE CERAMIC VESSEL - REASSEMBLED
PARKIN PUNCTATE POTTERY BOWL
MONONGAHELA WOODLAND POTTERY BOWL
DUG ARTIFACT CERAMIC BOWL FRAGMENTS
CYPRIOT IRON AGE CERAMIC AMPHORA
CANAANITE CLAY BOWL FROM LACHISH
CERAMIC BRONZE AGE JUG FROM PALESTINE
POTTERY SHARDS FROM TELL ES SAWWAN, IRAN
CERAMIC DOUBLE HANDLE VESSELS
DUG ARTIFACT POTTERY SHARDS
DUG POTTERY ARTIFACTS
DUG ARTIFACT LEATHER SHOE SOLE & TOOLS
CARVED LITHIC HAND TOOL FROM AFRICA
CARVED LITHIC HAND TOOL FROM MOROCCO
EGYPTIAN CERAMIC SHABTI & CLAY MOLD
CARVED LITHIC HAND TOOL FROM GUATEMALA
CERAMIC MEXICAN FOLK ART FIGURES
MEXICAN CERAMIC FIGURAL SCULPTURES & FRAGMENTS
MEXICAN FOLK ART FIGURES
CARVED LITHIC PIPESTONE
CARVED LITHIC HAND TOOLS
CARVED LITHIC HAND TOOL FROM MISSOURI
CARVED LITHIC HAND TOOL FROM WYOMING
GRINDING STONE
CARVED LITHIC POINTS AND HAND TOOLS
CARVED LITHIC HAND TOOL
CARVED LITHIC HAND TOOL
CARVED LITHIC HAND TOOLS FROM THE LATE WOODLAND
CARVED LITHIC HAND TOOLS FROM BULGARIA
GRINDING STONE WITH HAND STONE
DUG ARTIFACT BONE AWLS
CARVED WOODEN PAPUA NEW GUINEA SEPIK RIVER CANOE PROW
PAPUA NEW GUINEA SEPIK RIVER CARVED TOOLS & FIGURE
EGYPTIAN BANDED ALABASTER VESSEL C. XI-XII DYNASTY
MIDDLE EASTERN WHITE METAL FEAST CHARGER
PAPUA NEW GUINEA SEPIK RIVER CARVED WOODEN MASK
16TH C. FRESCO FRAGMENT FROM MYCENAE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL DUG METAL ARTIFACTS - ACCESSORIES & MORE
DUG LITHIC ARTIFACT FRAGMENTS & MORE
WORLD TRAVEL SOUVENIRS
EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS - THOTH & ISIS
EGYPTIAN CERAMIC SHABTI FIGURES
CERAMIC MAYAN-STYLE FIGURAL SCULPTURES
OIL LAMPS & SHABTI
DUG RELIC ROMAN JAVELIN BALLISTA BOLT HEADS
DUG RELIC ROMAN CROSSBOW FIBULA
ROMAN BRONZE LANCE HEADS
BRONZE SOCKETED AXE HEAD FROM FRANCE
ROMAN DISTAFF & BRONZE LANCE POINT
DUG RELIC AXE HEADS
20TH C. PALESTINIAN HAND-MADE SLINGSHOT & FLAG PATCH
19TH C. ELSMORE & FORSTER VAQUERO IRONSTONE DISH
CARVED QUARTZ BANNERSTONE
DRACO MACULATUS LIZARD SPECIMEN CAST IN RESIN
PRESERVED ARACHNID SPECIMENS
WOOLLY MAMMOTH HAIR
CARVED BONE TOOL ARTIFACTS
CARVED BUFFALO HORN PAIR
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS FROM WATER ST NY EXCAVATION
RUSSIAN ORTHODOX BRASS ICON MINIATURES
19TH C. KAOLIN CLAY PIPE FRAGMENTS
19TH C. EMBROIDERY SAMPLER BY JANE WINTESHER
18TH C. VENETIAN GLASS TRADE BEAD NECKLACES
EARLY 1900s NATIVE AMERICAN CABINET CARDS FROM COLORADO
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH C. CABINET CARD IMAGES
1970s TOPPS WACKY PACKAGES STICKER CARDS - 217 TOTAL
WORLD CURRENCY LOT
.925 SILVER FRANKLIN MINT BULLION BARS
CHINESE BRONZE CASH COINS
CHINESE BRONZE KAIYUAN TONGBAO CASH COINS
BRONZE WU ZHU CASH COINS
CHINESE BRONZE COINS - DUG ARTIFACTS
DUG RELIC COINS COLLECTOR LOT
WORLD COIN LOT
1914-1967 SWISS .835 SILVER FRANC COINS
CANADIAN .800 & .925 SILVER 50C & 25C COINS
1776 US "CONTINENTAL CURENCY" DOLLAR PEWTER COIN
UNSEARCHED US INDIAN HEAD 1C COINS
1846 US LARGE CENT MEDIUM DATE COIN
UNSEARCHED US WHEAT 1C COINS
1865 US SHIELD 2C COIN
1867 US NICKEL 3C COIN
1938-1966 US JEFFERSON 5C COIN SETS - PARTIAL & FULL
1966-1969 US 40% SILVER KENNEDY 50C COINS
1877 US SILVER TRADE DOLLAR COIN
1921-S US SILVER MORGAN DOLLAR COIN
1922 & 1923 US SILVER PEACE DOLLAR COINS
US 90% SILVER 50C, 25C, & 10C COINS

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