I received a call form a gentleman on the east coast who found a couple old cigar boxes full of arrowheads and other artifacts in his grandfathers attic after he had passed. It was decided that he would send them to me and I would put them in an upcoming auction and let the market bring what it would on the items. All in all, it was a neat little collection that was put together long ago, and it had many of the items one would expect to find in such a collection:  some assorted arrowheads, some smaller stone tools, some broken relics, a few fossils and a couple neat looking rocks. There were some papers and old envelopes in the box that dated to the early 1900's, one being 1910. Also in the boxes was a little container with the following assortment of "interesting" points. 

  

What was the most interesting to me was not this assortment of these points - but rather this note that was in the container with them, written shortly after the turn of the century:



So for those who wonder how long reproductions have been floating around - I guess we can safely say at least since 1887 - and - if you look at the low quality of the items, so much for the common misconception that people wouldnt waste their time making common grade fakes - at least they did in 1887 in the state of Mass.

Have a great day!

Jim Bennett
09-15-08