This is a record of 9 ancient pots from the estate of Robert L. Walker (Bob). The photos were taken in 2005 soon after Bob's death. Since then, 7 of the pots have been stored in well packed boxes, first at Art Handlers, then at home. Two are on shelves at my house. On Aug 15, 2022, I opened the boxes and compared the pots with the photos. There do not seem to have been any changes.

Information about each pot are given in copies of the appropriate entries from the estate art appraisal and from Bob's notes. Copies of those records are in the pdf files linked here.

Click here for a pdf copy of the entry (number 62) in Robert Walker's estate appraisal from 2005 for 8 of the pots.

Click here for a pdf copy of the entry (number 6) in Robert Walker's estate appraisal addendum for the final pot. It is the middle one shown in the photo.

The following are copies of Bob's notes about the items. They usually include purchase date and price and often location. Unfortunately there does not seem to be any information on where the pots were originally located. The "Shop in Kanab" where several were purchased in the 1960's was a business that claimed to have a museum license that allowed them to dig up the artifacts. There was a small museum in the shop, but the main business seemed to be selling the pots, as I recall. I was still in high school at the times we stopped at that shop.

The pot with appraisal number 62-4 is marked as "restored" in Bob's notes. I have an old memory of there being one or more ancient pots that had been rebuilt from shards and maybe even had missing bits filled in. This pot may be like that. I see faint lines where pieces might have been joined. But a sufficiently good job was done that it is not immediately obvious to my unpracticed eye. Pot 62-7 has also had some repair. At least one piece is probably glued back in plus a 1/2" x 3/4" missing bit looks filled in.

Some of the photos also show items that can be ignored for purposes of this page. They are modern or not available, but were grouped together by Bob so I left them that way.

Bob's notes about items P101, P102, and P103 which are items 62-1, 62-7, and 62-6 of the appraisal.

Bob's notes about items P112 and P113 which are items 62-3 of the appraisal and item 6-2 of the addendum to the appraisal.

Bob's notes about items P116, P117, and P118 which are 62-5, 62-8, and 62-4 of the appraisal.

Bob's notes about item P162 which is 62-2 of the appraisal.

Adapted Aug. 15, 2022 from a similar page among the 2005 estate photos.
 

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