A great snapshot of some of the vintage jewelry selection available in our Santa Fe location. If you have any questions or would like more information about specific items in the photo, please email or call us.
An orphan earring from this era was converted to a pendant and strung on two strands of very nice Mediterranean red coral. $220. ON HOLD (TUCSON)
A Zuni cluster ring, probably from t he 1940s/ 1.25 by .75 inches. A size 9. $220. Also from the 40s, this ring is quite small: size 3, $125. ALL IN SANTA FE
A great 1940’s era necklace from Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo). These necklaces were mostly made from the 1930’s to 1950’s for the tourist market out of a variety of found (discarded) materials. Usually the back is made of the linings of old car batteries and inlayed with bits of turquoise, sun bleached bone, gypsum, and modern plastics. The beads are made of gypsum.This one is in excellent shape $475. (SANTA FE)
The Navajo overlay pin with the Mimbres fish motif is from the 1950s-60 and measure 2 inches across. $240. The feather motif Zuni pin measures 1.75 inches across and was made around 1960. $300. A Navajo cluster bracelet, roughly 70 years old. Made for a large wrist, it measures 2 inches across. $525 (All three in Santa Fe)
Left to right: An earring that has been given new life as a pendant. It is 1 inch long, not including the bale, and $70. A beautiful little baby bracelet, most likely made by the Hattie family from Zuni. It is just over a half an inch wide and $65. A petit point watch band that was made to fit a watch with a half inch long pin. $150. The small Zuni thunderbird pin was made in the 1950-60 time period. $80 (ALL IN TUCSON)
This bracelet is pre WWII. Given the square twist wire and the stampwork on each flanking piece, it could easily go back into the 1930s. A really nice piece regardless of the decade. 2.75 inches across and made for a large wrist. $1100 (SANTA FE)
A channel inlay style sunface bola tie from the 1950’s, this one is 2.25 inches in diameter and $475. A number of folks have similar bolas attributed to Lambert Homer however, we cannot substantiate the claim. (SANTA FE)
The small (1 by 1.25 inches) buckle is set with some beautiful turquoise. Could be a great buckle to jazz up a hatband! Probably 1930-40s $125 (TUCSON)
A great group of vintage needlepoint, cluster and petit point bracelets. All made for a small to medium ladies wrist. From top to bottom: needlepoint, $275; slanted needlepoint, $200; cluster bracelet $300; the double row dot-dash bracelet is $225; the two single row petit point bracelets are each $125.
A three row square stone bracelet, probably from the 1940s though it could run a decade either side. 1 1/8 inch wide and 5.5 inches with a 1.25 inch opening. $750. (TUCSON)
This bracelet dates to around 1940. The first is 2 inches across at the widest point and is made for a large wrist. 6.25 inches with a 1 inch opening.) It was evidently lovingly worn for many decades as several stones are cracked and one has a tiny piece missing, but all are secure in their setting, which are encircled by very fine square twist wire. $1400. (SANTA FE) The cast buckle is small:1 3/8 by 2 1/8 inches and probably dates to around 1940. $220. (SANTA FE)
An unusual sandcast belt buckle that was cut to fit a sunface by Morris and Sadie Laahty, from the late 1960s - early 70s. The buckle measures 2.75 by 2 3/8 inches, made for a 1.5 inch belt. $525. A buckle made from a concha from a belt - it still has the copper loop on back.3 by 3.5 inches. Made for a 1 1/4 inch belt. 1940s era. $600 (SANTA FE)
Some well-loved pieces of jewelry can tell quite a story. This Navajo bracelet dates to the late 20’s early 30’s. It was worn so long and so much that the triangle wire began to resemble half round. $2,100. (SANTA FE)
This Navajo concha belt (circa 194os) was once owned by the famed Kewa Pueblo mosaic jewelry artist Angie Reano Owens. It was later sold to a collector from Europe. Each concha measure 2.25 by 2.75 inches. $2400. (TUCSON)
A rather unusual small table setting (ranging from 5 3/8 to 5 7/8 inches. Made by Marcus Lomayestewa. Very cool in that it not only comes with a ribbon that establishes the year it was made, but made even better by the fact that the judges were top notch silversmiths: the late Andy Lee Kirk of Laguna and the late Gibson Nez. $900 (TUCSON)
An ingot silver buckle made from a concha belt. Circa 1930. Fits a 1 or 1.25 inch belt, but we can have it adapted to any size belt up to 2 inches. the buckle measures just over 3.25 by 4 inches. $675. (TUCSON) The hammered and stampwork Navajo cuff is 1.5 inches across and made for a medium ladies wrist. $525. (SANTA FE) This bracelet consists of a sandcast overlaid onto a heavy gauge sheet silver cuff with some fine chisel and stampwork. Same width and size as the center bracelet. $675. (SANTA FE)