Collection 1000
1001
Giant World Class Non Typical Record Elk Shed
This huge shed was found in 1860 in the mountains above Denver, CO. Remained in rancher’s collection for many decades. I purchased it over 25 years ago. According to the “Shed Antler Record Book”, this shed was number 1 non-typical elk in Colorado! Scores over 200 NT with 8 standing typical points, a drop tine over 20” long and a circumference of 11” at G-4 point. Mostly brown but a small amount of weather checking. Must see in person to appreciate its size and unique character. The rarest of the rare!
Circa 1860.
($10,600)
1002
Very Old Huge Non Typical Mule Deer Shed Antler
I acquired this more than 25 years ago, but in my opinion it is at least 100 years old and possibly older. In all, there are 16 points with 2 major drop tines, one with one extra point and the other has 2 additional points for a total of 5. Both drop tines are approximately 11” long. I’ve never scored this shed. Two points off G-2 have chipped ends,
Circa late 1800’s/early 1900’s.
($3,100)
1003
Massive Whitetail Shed Antler
I’ve not scored this shed but my guess is that it would be close to book. Left antler with a 6 ½” base and a total of six points. Must hold to appreciate!
Circa late 1900’s.
($700)
1004
Freak Moose Antler with Orange Lichen
Approximately 17” long, 12 points. From Maine. Very massive, unique and rare.
Circa 1980’s.
($1,300)
1005
Locked Bull Moose Horns from Maine
Larger Bull Moose Horns are approximately 60+” wide with 30 points. When I bought these in the 1990’s, the larger bull was No. 1 all-time state record for Maine. They are locked tight and some points have even punched holes in the other one’s antlers because of the incredible force in such a battle. Finding locked moose antlers is an extreme rarity but when one is a current state record, there are no odds for that happening! But it did! Incredible showpiece!
Circa 1990’s or earlier.
($14,000)
1005-b
Locked Bull Moose Horns from Maine (image two)
1006
Very large Fossilized Shark Tooth
Width is 4 ¼” long. Beautiful polished rich amber color and mint condition. Came from a huge shark.
Circa thousands of years old.
($700)
1007
Huge Whitetail Antlers
Right side 13 points, left 16 points – total 29 points. Two drop tines, cracked skull plate and lots of heavy beading in lower portions. Darker color is probably from hanging in a bar for decades. Beautiful rich patina and is in great condition. Without a doubt, a very impressive buck!
Circa late 1800’s/early 1900’s.
($2,600)
1008
Young Buck with Great Potential
Total of 12 points, outside spread is 17 ½” and three drop tines. Probably a 2 ½ year old buck.
Circa 1980.
($350)
1009
White Freak Elk Shed
Some hard white and some weather checking. Heavy with 13 points. Extremely rare. Found by a ranch hand on the UU Bar Ranch in Cimmeron, N.M. in 1975.
($300)
1010
Very Rare and Unique Antlers
Could be a Mulie or Whitetail, hard to tell. Greatest spread 13”. Has some chewed points. He is a wild freak by any definition.
Circa early 1900’s.
($350)
1011
Lichen Covered Whitetail Shed
Rare to find lichen in this condition. Found by Dick Idol in the 1980’s in heavy timber with little sun. Split brow tines, one drop tine and 7 points. Small amount of chew marks. An attractive horn for any collection.
($150)
1012
Freak Whitetail Rack
Right side with 3 points, left one has a split beam near base with four points. The ear/skin would have passed between the rear of his eye and base of the ear. White, but in good condition.
($150)
1013
Freak Young Whitetail Buck
Full skull without front nose bones. Very unusual pedicles that sit higher than normal off the skull. Hard white condition.
Circa 2004.
($100)
1014
Healed Broken Deer Leg
A conversation piece that shows that a broken leg can heal on its own. I found this many years ago off a whitetail deer foreleg and was surprised to see the strength of the healing process. I would say that the healed break on this bone is stronger than the rest of the bone. The power of nature is amazing!
($100)
1015
Freak Whitetail Partial Skull
An extreme oddity where both antlers turn downward from the skull attachment to the antler. The longer right antler is 7 ½” long, left is 1 ½” long. Both antlers at the base have a small point going upward which demonstrates nature is still programmed to grow upward.
($350)
1016
Buffalo Skull with Heavy Lichen
Full skull with no caps. Excellent condition with lichen over most of the horn cores and skull. Young bull. Very old turn of the century skull.
($800)
1017
Huge Bighorn Sheep Horns
Scores in the 190’s to over 200. Right horn 35.5”, left 37.2”, bases are Right 13.6” and Left 14”. I purchased these horns at auction in 2008 at the Fish and Game confiscation sale in Kalispell, MT. 100% legal with plug number 036. They were a pickup on skull with some light weather checking.
($7,000)
1018
Incredibly Rare Freak/Non Typical Moose Antlers
Outside spread near 65” with estimated broken points. There are 20 points on the right side, 15 on the left and 35 total. This bull also has a third separate pedicle with a short point for a total of three pedicles. He was found dead in Alaska in the fall of 2003 by a bush pilot while flying. After finding a landing location, he walked nearly 20 miles each way to get the antlers back to the plane. From the scene, it was apparent he was killed by another bull. This is one unbelievable Bull Moose! I’ve owned him since he was found.
($10,500)
1019
Ancient Small Walrus Tusk
16” long. In 2004, I was filming a Dick Idol television show on St. Laurence Island in the native village of Savoonga located between Alaska and Russia. This tusk was found along the beach while I was there and I managed to acquire it. Brown patina worn off from waves breaking on the sand.
($350)
1020
Giant Non Typical Whitetail Shed Antler
Assuming this right side antler matches in score to the left side, with an estimated inside spread, the buck would gross score in the 240’s non-typical. This is a Minnesota shed and was once painted green and hanging in a MN hardware store for decades. Windmere Smith, a good antler collector friend of mine from Wisconsin, gave this shed to Fred Goodwin of Maine, as they were good friends. Fred Goodwin began collecting Whitetail racks and sheds in 1900. Fred and I became good friends in the 1970’s. In the early 1980’s, I bought Fred’s entire collection of 2700 racks and sheds. This shed was in that collection and now, it’s been in my collection for more than 40 years. Because Windmere and Fred were like father figures to me (I was the new kid on the block), this shed has always held special meaning for me. It has 14 points and all the character and eye appeal one could ask for. And it has great history!
($4,000)
1021
Record Book Whitetail Shed found by Dick Idol
I was hunting this buck in the mid-1990’s on the Ochapouace Indian Reserve along the Battle River in Saskatchewan, Canada. I had my chance at him just after daylight one morning where I was set up at the tree line of a huge field. The buck was with a doe in the field about 500-600 yards out and I knew he would run for the river. He left the doe and was running toward me and when he was just coming into range, he dropped behind a low hill so that I could only see his antlers. No chance for a shot. My guide had been parked in his truck and was videoing him at 100 yards. That night we watched the video and I saw how big he really was! The following spring, I hunted for his sheds and managed to find his left side. With only 8 points, this side grosses 109 points and given a 20” inside spread, he would gross around 239. This story is bad enough, but after studying the video, I estimated his right side (which had a big deep fork and more points) would gross 20” more. It was the buck’s lucky day! But for me, it was a terrible one as I had missed an opportunity for an estimated 258 inch non-typical (gross).
($3,000)
1022
Record Book Typical Whitetail Shed
This is a big typical shed I acquired many years ago. Probably from the Midwest. Score 188 1/8” plus 2 non-typical points equals 90 1/8”. 90 1/8” plus 90 1/8” equals 180 2/8” and given an inside spread of 24”, he grosses and estimated 204 2/8”. World class shed.
($2,200)
1023
World Class Typical Whitetail Shed
In 1990, I was contacted by an Iowa hunter who had found this shed. He has seen this buck occasionally and told me the other side (right) was nearly identical. I visited him in Iowa and purchased this shed. We kept in contact but to my knowledge, the other side was never found nor was the buck ever killed. I kept in contact with this hunter because I knew it was a potential new world record. This side grosses a little over 100 inches. Doubling 100 inches and given a 24” inside spread, he would gross 224 typical points! At the time, the Jordan buck was the typical world record at 206 2/8”. Talk about what a world record typical should look like, this is him!
($5,700)
1024
Massive Palmated Elk Shed
Found near Choteau, Montana in 2001. Total of 9 points, lots of mass and beautiful patina. Very unique hole swirl in the main beam between G-1 and G-2.
($500)
1025
Rare One-of-a-Kind Whitetail Antlers Grown into a Tree
I acquired this piece in 1995 from a Montana man who had owned them for 35 years. Very old. The 4 ½” diameter tree looks to be an Aspen or Cottonwood. My presumption of their story is someone probably hung these 2 sheds over a tree limb and they remained there for many years. Over time, the tree actually grew “around” the five point antlers. Surprisingly, both antlers are in good condition with slight chew marks. Some of nature’s rarest work!
($3,000)
1026
Ancient Walrus Tusk on Skull
When I was filming in the small native village of Savoonga on St. Laurence Island, I became friends with a few native young men who were helping us with our project. At the time, some enterprising men had recently discovered they could locate ancient camp sites of their ancestors and dig deep enough (5’to 10’) to find many remnants of an earlier civilization, weapons, tools, carvings etc. This skull and tusk were dug up from around 6’ deep while I was there. I was fortunate enough to acquire them. Once I was back in Anchorage, I sought out a restorer who treated and conditioned them to stabilize them from drying. Tusks are about 17 ½” long and are probably from an old female. I made the frame from buckskin and reclaimed wood. This piece is hundreds of years old, has a great rust brown patina, are in remarkable condition and are as rare as they come.
($6,600)
1027
Prehistoric Crocodile Skull
19” Long, 25 visible teeth. Very impressive and rare. I’ve owned it for over 15 years and the individual I acquired it from didn’t know where it was discovered. It certainly appears to be thousands of years old. One hell of a conversation piece.
($1,200)
1028
Giant Non Typical Whitetail Shed with 4 Drop Tines
This antler doubled with a 22” inside spread grosses in the 240’s. Wisconsin or Maine buck. From the Fred Goodwin collection and very old (prior to 1960’s). A shed that has it all – mass, four drop tines, great history and great character.
($3,500)
1029
Fossilized Walrus Tusk
Great patina, 24” long. Thousands of years old. Dug up on St. Laurence Island when I was there in the 1980’s. Very rare.
($1,300)
1030
Near Book Five Point Whitetail Shed
Found in the Ruby Valley by Dick in 2008. White with some weather checking but otherwise good condition.
($300)
1031
Massive Six Point Typical Whitetail Shed
Found by Dick Idol in the North Battleford area of Saskatchewan, Canada. Gnarly with heavy beading almost all the way out. Unfortunately, it was hit by a farmer’s equipment and cut off length on four points. Probably would have scored in the 180s. Incredible mass throughout! This was one hell of a buck.
Circa 1980’s.
($1,300)
1032
Very Old Big Bull Elk Skull
Dick found in the 1980’s. Missing some nose bones. Great conversation piece.
($100)
1033 – A
Buffalo Skulls – “Last of the Great Herds”
These five full and partial buffalo skulls have historical significance. They are truly some of the last “Wild Buffalo”. This saga began in 1883 when white hunters killed a group of buffalo for their robes (hides). These same five skulls were found by Ernest White in 1901 at the West Knee on the Teton River, 30 miles north of Great Falls, MT. They survived because the White family preserved and displayed them at various places for more than 100 years, all in Montana. For many years they were displayed at the St. Ignatius museum near Polson, MT. At some point, these skulls were at the Flathead Lake Lookout Museum. In 1999, Thane White (I presume a relative) died and I purchased these skulls at his estate sale. 1033-A is a young bull skull with no sheaths. Excellent condition, 20” long by 23” wide. (See 1033-1037)
Circa 1901.
($2,200)
1034-B
Skull Cap, Half skull, one Sheath
Pick up from 1901 (See 1033-1037)
($350)
1035-C
Bull Buffalo Skull
Half skull, missing front half, no horns.
Picked up in 1901 (See 1033-1037)
($2,500)
1036-D
Bull Buffalo Skull
Missing some portions of nose and front of skull. Has both horns. Picked up in 1901. (See 1033-1037)
($2,600)
1037-E
Full Bull Buffalo Skull
Good condition considering skull is more than 120 years old. Skull is in very good condition except some horn missing at the base of the right horn. Almost impossible to find five skulls with known provenance and turn of the century age. These are the real deal. (See 1033-1037)
Circa 1901.
($4,000)
1038
Single Buffalo Horn
Right side of bull buffalo with no core. Horn in great condition, shows some weather checking. Unique!
Circa 1900’s.
($100)
1039
Rare Dug Up Buffalo Skull
This complete buffalo skull was dug out of the bank of the Missouri River a few miles below the Fort Peck dam in the 1980’s. It was buried several feet below ground level and the bone has been stained by reddish brown deposits in the soil. Wonderful rare patina. Great condition. Two nose bones have been glued back in place. This bull skull is very, very old and predates prior to the 1850’s.
Circa pre 1850’s.
($5,500)
1040
Elk Antler Grown into Ponderosa Pine
Cut down by a good friend of Dick’s in the 1970’s at an old homestead in western Montana, Most likely the rack was nailed to this tree and it grew to this size around the antlers over a period of many years (1920-1940?). Some antler visible on the opposite side of tree. A “bird hole” that was well used, came with two points for perches. The pine is approximately 4’ tall and 20” wide. This piece is as rare as they come.
($3,000)
1041
Spoon Carved from Buffalo Horn
Indian made pre 1900. Not fancy but well-made and functional.
($300)
1042
Giant Naturally Shed Moose Antler
This left side is approximately 23” across the palm and 44” long from top to bottom (following the back side of the palm). Back side of palm darker than front side – normal color and has 13 points. Very impressive shed! Probably from Alaska.
($2,700)
1043
World Class Moose Shed Antler
This left side is approximately 24” across the palm and 45” long from top to bottom (following the backside of the palm). Near perfect condition, no broken points and natural color. Weighs nearly 30 pounds with 16 points. I’ve never scored this shed. From Alaska.
($5,700)
1043-B
World Class Moose Shed Antler (image two)
1044
World Class Moose Shed Antler
Right side is approximately 22” across palm and 51” Long (following the back side of the palm). Near perfect condition, no broken points and natural color. Weighs nearly 30 pounds with 14 points. Never scored, from Alaska. This is the most impressive Moose shed I’ve ever seen!
($6,600)
1044-B