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TWELVE NATIVE AMERICAN NECKLACES: GROUP F
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Pre 1492 item# 546185 (stock# BB.JWL.F)
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This group of twelve illustrates individually priced Native American necklaces (BB 152, 156, 157, 159, 162, 166, 168, 170, 178, 179, 181 and 184) made by silversmiths and designers from the southwest pueblos. Dating broadly from the middle to the later 20th century, the group includes squash blossom, coral, fetish, graduated bead, an attractive multi-stoned cross, a sharp inlaid butterfly on a chain, and a spectacular large mounted Nevada blue turquoise cab in silver...and other necklaces. From ...click for details
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TWELVE NATIVE AMERICAN EARRINGS: GROUP I
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Pre 1980 item# 546711 (stock# BB.JWL.I)
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This group of twelve includes sets of silver earrings made by Native Americans from the southwest pueblo areas (BB202, 208-214, 219, 221 and 239). All are from the estate of Billy Branch of Denver, and all but one of the sets include at least one of the following colorful materials: coral, lapis lazuli, shell, malachite, turquoise, etc. Each photograph is annotated with the following information. First, in brackets, is the unique inventory number of the illustrated item. Next is a brief descript ...click for details
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ANTIQUE GOLD TRIBAL EARRINGS, AFGHANISTAN
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Pre 1950 item# 195890 (stock# 94.92HD)
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$595.00
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This beautiful set of native-made, high karat gold earrings (94.92HD) is from Afghanistan. Noted as heirloom jewelry items, they date from the 19th to early 20th century. The drop, not counting the ear loops, is about 1 7/8” long. The blue ‘gem’ is glass. The gold measures above 14K using a standard jeweler’s acid kit. In excellent and wearable condition, the set, a great example of Near Eastern ethnic jewelry, comes with a small display card.
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AFRICAN TRADE BEADS: CHEVRON & RUSSIAN BLUE
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Pre 1900 item# 727872 (stock# LFG.416.424)
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$150.00 EACH
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From the collection of anthropologist and former southwestern primitive arts dealer Lorenzo Gordon Fritz, the two individually priced strands of African trade beads are the same types that were traded to the North American tribes in the later 1800s to early 1900s period. Both in very good condition with a few dings, nicks and stain, and good representative examples of the type, the Chevron bead necklace (LFG416) is 21” in length with 69 four-layer beads plus one six layer bead, while the Russian ...click for details
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SIGNED STERLING SILVER BRACELET FROM MEXICO
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Pre 1980 item# 503464 (stock# WJF.0431)
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$395.00
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This 8” long, Mexican made, middle to later 20th century silver link bracelet (WJF431) is stamped ‘Casa Prieto’, ‘925’, and ‘Mexico’ on its simple tongue clasp. The bracelet is composed of five 1 ¼” by 1 3/16” doubly concave rectangles between each of which are three 7/16” hollow balls in which the hinges are ingeniously hidden. The inside circumference of the bracelet, when closed, is about 6 ½” around. A Mexican artisan from Taxco probably made this piece. Even though some of the balls are di ...click for details
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SILVER KACHINA BOLA SLIDE WITH TURQUOISE
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Pre 1980 item# 521967 (stock# BB.199)
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$875.00 (Reduced from $1500.00)
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Dating into the latter part of the mid-20th century, this 5 1/8” tall silver kachina bola slide (BB199) is from the estate of the late Billy Branch of Denver. Unstamped, but nicely detailed and inset with deep sky-blue turquoise cabs, the slide is in excellent condition and was noted by Branch to be ‘dead pawn’. Although the braided leather string tie shows obvious wear and would probably be best replaced, the long silver cones at its ends are in very good condition and tipped with decorated, tw ...click for details
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TWELVE AFRICAN GOLD BEADS AND PENDANTS
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Pre 1980 item# 432277 (stock# AFRICAN.E)
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The African gold beads and pendants in this group of 11 (100.78XHD, 100.78AAHD, 100.78ABHD, 100.78ARHD, 100.78ATHD, 100.78AUHD, 100.78AWHD, 100.78CKHD, 100.78CQHD, 100.78CSHD and 100.78CTHD) represent a mixture of Akan and Baule tribal styles dating from the 19th century into the 20th century. This group is restricted to the small drums and disks, nicely priced for a bead collector looking for an inexpensive ‘type’ piece. Due to the age of the beads, gold content can range from about 10K up to 1 ...click for details
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SUPERB TURQUOISE AND SILVER NAVAJO CUFF
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Pre 1980 item# 520516 (stock# BB.087)
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$425.00 (Reduced from $750.00)
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This superb Native American made, relatively heavy silver cuff (BB87) with wonderfully matched, deeper blue turquoise oval and round stones and silver shot is, as you should now guess, from the estate of Denver’s late Billy Branch. Doubly stamped on its inner surface with the notation ‘sterling’ and commented to in Billy’s notes as being a ‘pawn’ piece, the bracelet (believed to be mid-20th century in age) is in excellent condition and most wearable with today’s popular styling. Measuring just s ...click for details
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TWELVE TRADE BEAD NECKLACES, EX HOWARD
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Pre 1980 item# 693017 (stock# TEH.BEAD.A)
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The twelve bead necklaces in this group (TEH 115, 175, 184-187, 190, and 195-199) are all from the estate of the late Chester Howard, founder of the Colorado Mineral Society. This group includes beads traded in both Africa and North America: chevrons, shell, porcelanites, whitehearts, Hudson’s Bay, Lewis and Clark, and more. The North American beads were collected in the Plateau area of the US, California, Northwest Coast, etc. They range in age from the 18th century to the 20th century. Prices ...click for details
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TWELVE NATIVE AMERICAN BRACELETS: GROUP A
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Pre 1980 item# 526865 (stock# BB.JWL.A)
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This group of photographs each individually illustrates and prices twelve different, mid to later 20th century Native American silver bracelets (BB76, 79, 88, 90, 92-95, 97, 101, 103 and 107). From the large and varied collection of pawn and other previously owned examples of southwestern styles assembled by the late Billy Branch of Denver, his eye for quality and variety is immediately apparent when viewing the photos. The types of material in the bracelets include: turquoise, shell, lapis, cor ...click for details
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