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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 106969, member: 25&quot;]On Saturday, (tomorrow) two interesting items from the Manchester Hoard are up for auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>One is the pre-Columbian whistling vessel and the other is a probably 12th or 13th C. framed document conveying land.</p><p><br /></p><p>Auction estimate is about £100 to £150 on each item, but no one has any real idea due to lack of comparables.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are som pictures. Anyone care to venture a guess what the actual bid prices will be?&nbsp; Bear in mind that a 20% buyer&#039;s premium applies.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26957[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26958[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]26959[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26960[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have shown the Peruvian vessel to the curator of this kind of stuff at the Birmingham art gallery, he thinks it is genuine and fairly good of its type.</p><p><br /></p><p>The deed is in a frame from the late 19th C, the size is about 14 by 10 inches, the framer&#039;s stamp is on the back (rather faint).</p><p><br /></p><p>Expert opinions to WAGs welcome, I will know the answer by 3 pm GMT.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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