6 1/8” long 14K gold Baume & Mercier lady’s watch (WF 10), c.1960s-1970s, Geneva, Switzerland. Elongated, rectangular watch with a band made up of three rows of flexible 14K gold rope. This manually wound watch could be easily converted to quartz movement if buyer chooses but is in working condition.
Long popular in Denver for its unique styling and craftsmanship, Syman-stamped jewelry is now eagerly sought also by many collectors throughout the country. This 14K yellow gold custom ring (MAJP2), with Syman stamp, features a mysterious, 14mm tall, Asian-like seated image bounded on three sides by dark blue sapphires (note that they show much brighter and translucent in the photo due to back lighting)...
This striking 14K gold woman’s ring (MAJP1) has 30 channel-set, square, emerald cut natural rubies and 18 single cut diamonds. The diamonds have a total carat weight of approximately ¼ carat with good clarity (SI) and color (G-H). Measuring size 7 ¾ on a jeweler’s mandrel, the pre-owned ring dates into the 1960s-1970s and is in excellent wearable condition...
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.
In overall very good condition with a small cut out area at the top between the two bales where the interior core can be seen (appears to be a resin of some sort), this attractive high karat gold pendant (WJF447) is decorated on both sides with two birds, one each standing aside a central flower. Measuring just shy of 1 ¼” across, and about ¼” thick, this exotic piece of ethnic jewelry is from Afghanistan and dates into the 18th-19th century...
This extraordinary, relatively light in weight, and exquisitely styled matched set of 14K filigree earrings (WJF357) is from Panama, believed to be of Spanish origin dating into the 19th century. The small ‘pearls’ are not real, but small glass beads originally covered with a nacre-like coating, a fair portion of which, all but unnoticeable, has now worn off...
Ask a goldsmith today to duplicate this matched set of pear-shaped gold earrings (WJF393), and he’d probably throw you out of his shop! Native made and from Afghanistan, this extraordinary example of Near Eastern gold work is dated c.17th-19th century (but could be significantly older). Measuring 2 ½” from top of loop to bottom of earring, they look like miniature pinecones. Well over 100 small gold cones project from the surface of each...
This twelve-piece assortment (MLB 2, 4-8, 9, 11, 14, 18, 19 and 23) includes nine pieces of Navajo and Zuni Indian jewelry, plus three striking hand-carved wood masks, one from the NW Coast Tlingit and two from members of the Iroquois Five Nations group in the Grand River country of Canada, each individually priced and shown in its own photo group...
This attractive 14K yellow gold lady’s ring (MAJP3) dates into the 1920s-1930s. The stylish basket mount holds a 13mm x 18mm (@5.5 carats) transparent to translucent, light grass green oval emerald faceted on both top and bottom. The stone, although heavily included and so expressed with lines and imperfections on its surface, shows beautifully. The shank of the ring, though thinned from long and loving wear, does not need replacement, but will eventually if constantly worn...
This 20” silver squash blossom necklace (MLB.10), dating into the 1950s-1970s, is from the estate of Asa Battles, an artist and collector known throughout the west for his great accuracy in presenting the Indian culture. Purchased originally at the old Kohlbergs store, a well-known and popular curio shop that was located in downtown Denver for years and closed in the mid-90s, it still has their tag attached noting the $429 price at the time of purchase...
Beautifully inlaid with turquoise, mother of pearl, jet and malachite, this Native American made silver buckle (BB138) was noted by its late owner, Billy Branch of Denver, to be ‘rare pawn’. Measuring 3” in width, the buckle will accommodate a 1 7/6” wide belt. Believed to date into the mid-20th century and in overall very good conditon, the buckle has some minor scratches from wear, and some hardly noticeable loss of inlay. It is signed on the back in script ‘P. & Q. W...
With almost every newly listed item from the late Billy Branch’s collection of Native American Indian jewelry, any viewer will, as with this one (BB82), be frequently impressed with the beauty and quality of his selections. This truly magnificent example of the Zuni needlepoint style is simply stamped ‘sterling’ on one of its three supporting framework bars...