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Well, it seems that among the other stuff the younger generation doesn't want, they don't want any of that Navajo jewelry.
They just don't understand or appreciate anything that is handcrafted, do they? They don't want hand made jewelry, they don't want hand woven rugs, they don't want furniture made of rare hardwoods hand crafted by master furniture makers.
My doctor no longer gives me a lollipop when I have a doctor's visit so I will buy myself a treat for being brave. I usually get something like an ice cream bar, but I just had a rough doctor's visit and really deserved a nice treat. I've always wanted a liquid silver necklace, and I deserved it, so I bought one.
Holy cow, Batman. I couldn't believe the prices on the nice Navajo and Hopi jewelry. Peanuts, and absolutely no difference in price between the good stuff and the tourist junk. My sterling silver 20 strand liquid silver was so cheap that I bought an inlaid turquoise pendant to go with it.
So, I guess, thank you, young sprouts, for leaving all that nice stuff for me.
It is an unfortunate thing that today's young folk aren't interested in the things you mentioned. But in a way its a good thing, I guess, since you were able to score big! I have some lovely Native American pieces that belonged to my mother and I don't know what I'll do with those, either. I don't want to let them go for peanuts, but the fam doesn't seem interested in any of it and most are vintage items bought on the reservations in the 50's and 60's.
...... I have some lovely Native American pieces that belonged to my mother and I don't know what I'll do with those,.......
I know that there are some specialty auctions that have sales of native American art. I used to take an Indian Arts magazine and they would have auction prices. There may be auctions still in business.
Not all Native American art has dropped in price. I'd love to have a nice Two Grey Hills rug and prices are really high and nothing really good is for sale. I was never able to afford to buy one and I still can't afford to buy one.
The antique auction that I watch has sold two different native made baskets. Not very interesting ones and I think that the price they got for them was OK, considering there was nothing special about them.
We have several museum quality collection pieces, that we paid thousands for and considered what we paid excellent prices, that our kids want nothing to do with
Ebay prices don't come close
I'm thinking about finding a museum that's interested and adding it to our wills
Our children are in their 50 and want nothing that we've collected aall our lives
In speaking to friends, it's the same with them
One friend's son begged us to take antique large jade and ivory statues that our friend and his wife spent many thousands of dollars to purchase
Another friend just cleaned house and gave several hundred thousands of dollars worth of antique collectables to The Alzheimers Association to raffle off or sell. They only got pennies on the dollar
COLLECTIBLES AND ANTIQUES are no longer wildly sought after,back in early days of Ebay,everyone claims to be a collector and end up with drawers full of junks.
American Indian jewelry is unique but not everyone cares for their style and material and it does not go well with certain clothing.
These days they want gold,give them gold,and they will come .
I have a Navajo watch cuff with 5 turquoise stones on each side I was trying to sell because I've had it for forty something years now and I'm tired of it. People just don't care for the craftsmanship and artistry. The last time I tried to sell it the guy wanted to know the weight of the silver in the watch. He actually thought I. I'd pull the stones and let it go for "melt value". I'd rather be buried with it before selling it for chump change. I have an old Rolex AirKing I bought around 1980 to celebrate my first engineering job which people try to buy nearly every time I wear it but no way I'd part with that.
It's still quite expensive here in Tucson. Perhaps location matters in jewelry as well as real estate.
I think so. There are numerous auctions here in NM where one can sell/buy Navajo and pueblo jewelry, pueblo pottery and Navajo rugs. Prices are not what they once were, but items get sold and bought. The annual Indian Market in Santa Fe is still packed.
We've donated many pots and rugs to charity auctions here and all sold, some even for more than we paid. Here, one can often go to shows and buy direct from a maker of the item, or from a trader who deals with the maker. There are some shops here we won't frequent because of our concern over authenticity.
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