There are 10,000-year-old arrowheads sold for that much or less. They’re not scarce or sacred or anything; they’re literally weapons that were made in mass quantities for warfare or hunting.
I’ve seen some BC bronze arrowheads listed for auction and were surprised how cheap they were.
There’s a lot of fake “bronze” stuff coming out of China, so keep an eye out.
Guessing a book. Or maybe an arrowhead. Hopefully a collector or historian will weigh in. It’s a fun question.
The arrowhead sounds more viable. The oldest ones can be thousands of years old, and the prices are all over the place. Fancy ones cost a fortune, while a badly beaten one will be well within the budget.
I worked at auctions, being the offline ‘online’ buyer, so people could use me as an in person bidder for that online platform. I saw a
3500800 ish year old tiny Aztec sculpture go for 260 euro, around 2015. I was like, do I need to call the cops? What is happening?you can find paleolithic tools for less than that on ebay, but i would assume there are lots of fakes posted for sale
In the British Empire, ancient Egyptian cat mummies were sold as fertilizer.
And the rest! Human mummies were ground up and used for a paint called “mummy brown”. Artists only stopped using it because the supply of mummies dried up (lol).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_brown
During the Egyptomania phase in Victorian times, rich folk would hold mummy unwrapping parties… and not just in England.
Pretty sure you could get a bit of mummy for that price
To eat?
More likely to make paint with.
But yes.
If you’d like the taste of linen and bone dust
Are you my mummy?
A rock.
