Books by Jim Bennett

To order any of the books on this page, email the title you would like to jim@oldrelics.com .  We will then email y ou back a total and payment instructions.

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Ancient Indian Artifacts - Vol. 1
254 Pages - Hardcover
Full Color with Hundred of Photos!
$29.95

This is the first book in a 6 volume series covering the collecting of ancient Indian artifacts. This first book in the series outlines the cultural time periods and the groups of artifacts that make up the hobby of collecting, including prices and descriptions. Also included is a glossary of hundreds of artifact terms and definitions.

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Authenticating Ancient Indian Artifacts

254 Pages - Hardcover
Full Color with Hundred of Photos!

$29.95

This book is a hardbound compilation of my first two books (now out of print) Relics & Reproductions and Identifying Altered Ancient Indian Artifacts which were combined in a manner that ties the topics of identifying fakes and rechips into one easy to use reference. This edition has been updated with some new photos and new text to further assist collectors in building a clean collection.

Topics such as using a microscope, identifying rechipping and what to look for on authentic artifacts is all covered. Hundreds of full color photos and easy to read makes this a great educational guide!

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Indian Bannerstones and Related Artifacts

Hardbound 220 pages
Over 600 select color photos
$29.95

This book was started by the well known author Lar Hothem, but was never finished due to his untimely passing. I was asked by Mrs. Hothem to take Lars notes and outline and finish the work for him as his final book. I was truly honored. one year, 8 road trips and 4,000 photos later, it is now done! This book covers bannerstones and other atl-atl component parts such as hooks, handles and tie-on weights as well as the many different types of bannerstones that were made during the Archaic period.

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The Lar Hothem Collection & Sale
Jim Bennett & Keith Ray

300 Pages
Over 1200 FULL COLOR photos
All lots sold in all three of the Lar Hothem sales are pictured
All sold prices are included

$75.00

There are only 300 numbered copies available and they are selling fast! This a very limited edition book sure to double in value as soon as it is sold out.
Only a very limited quantity remain. All are numbered and signed. With hundreds of full color photos, this book includes the actual catalogs of all three Hothem Auctions that were held by Bennett's Artifact Auctions as well as photos of each lot individually along with their final selling price.

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WAS $24.95

CLOSEOUT BOOK - NOW REDUCED TO $7.00 Book #2 in the Relics & Reproduction Series

208 pgs. - soft cover

Over 550 FULL COLOR high resolution pictures!

Author: Jim Bennett
The second book in the Relics & Reproductions series, "Identifying Altered Ancient Flint Artifacts", take a look at how to tell if alterations to flint relics were done long ago by ancient man, or recently in modern times. Ancient man altered flint relics to make them work better - modern man alters flint artifacts to be able to sell them for higher prices. This book looks into the positive and negative traits that can be found on artifacts that will tell you the age of the alteration, and the likely reason for it. The use of microscopic examination is again discussed in depth and how to develope techiniques which will help you identify ancient artfifacts that have been modernly altered.