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Subject: BS: Navajo Sterling Jewelry From: olddude Date: 14 Nov 13 - 05:12 PM anyone else love the stuff as much as me. Good thing my kids and mrs. do cause I alway pick up an interesting piece when I find it. Just found this Fred Harvey piece ... don't tell my Mrs. going to surprise her. I think they are masters with sterling and turquoise harvey |
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Subject: RE: BS: Navajo Sterling Jewelry From: Greg F. Date: 14 Nov 13 - 05:23 PM Nice Find, Dan! I'm partial to the older pre-1950s-60's big clunky squash blossom necklaces with cast najas........that I should have bought in the 1970's when I had the chance, 'cause I sureashell can't afford 'em now! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Navajo Sterling Jewelry From: maeve Date: 14 Nov 13 - 06:01 PM I love Navajo, Zuni and Pueblo pieces. Mine are gone or burned black. Linn/ Bat Goddess loves the stuff too. She has more important things to focus on right now. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Navajo Sterling Jewelry From: SINSULL Date: 14 Nov 13 - 06:05 PM I have a a beautiful pair of earrings from the Getaway auction. Sorcha donated them. Quite stunning. SINS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Navajo Sterling Jewelry From: Rapparee Date: 14 Nov 13 - 06:46 PM It is faintly conceivable that we might have some around here. Rugs and pots and things as well. Maybe I even have some bolos and belt buckle. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Navajo Sterling Jewelry From: GUEST,olddude Date: 14 Nov 13 - 08:05 PM good stuff Rap |
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Subject: RE: BS: Navajo Sterling Jewelry From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 14 Nov 13 - 08:54 PM We have collected Navajo and Zuni silver jewelry for years and have a fairly good collection. We try to stick to material from 1950 and earlier. We have several good squash blossom necklaces, all with good turquoise, including old Bisbee and a rare Cerrillos. So much of the newer material is made with artificially hardened turquoise. (Or from mines outside of the southwest u. S.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Navajo Sterling Jewelry From: Stilly River Sage Date: 14 Nov 13 - 09:29 PM I have purchased several pieces of silver and turquoise and silver and amber jewelry from an artisan who lives on the Santo Domingo Pueblo north of Albuquerque. His wife sells the pieces that he makes at their kitchen table. Sellers draw lots for positions in the Old Town square, so I always look for her when I'm in town. In case anyone is interested, his name is Lorenzo Coriz. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Navajo Sterling Jewelry From: GUEST,olddude Date: 14 Nov 13 - 10:40 PM trade you a nice Hamilton 992 for a necklace. Wish we had started years ago. My wife loves the stuff. Now it is way too high because of the price of silver anymore |
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Subject: RE: BS: Navajo Sterling Jewelry From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 15 Nov 13 - 01:18 PM Several factors go into the valuation. Age Quality of workmanship Name of silversmith (if a "collected" artisan) Turquoise- should be hard (slightly metamorphosed), color and matrix, size. (esp. old Cerrillos, Royston, Bisbee, Lander and a few others; many of the good deposits have been mined out). Enough "gem" quality turquoise for a good squash blossom necklace can cost the silversmith several hundred dollars so many make do with poor quality stones. There is much poor quality material on sale (much on ebay and in tourist stores offering jewelry made with mass-produced silver and cheap Chinese turquoise). There are at least two large concerns in Gallup selling the makings to Indians to put together into cheap, saleable items. They send trucks around to the Pueblos and sell to would-be Indian artisans. Run by entrepreneurs from the Middle East. Complex designs are now common because some "artisans" use the latest machine tools. |
