Native American Handmade Jewelry
- Battling the Imposters - BE CAREFUL! People Sell Fake Art Navajo silversmiths don’t own the rights to turquoise and silver jewelry. Just like the Amish don’t own the rights to wooden furniture. However, what they do own...
- Squash Blossom Necklace - The squash blossom necklace is maybe the most recognizable Native American piece of Squash Blossom Necklace wearable art. You will find the necklace surrounded by debate. It is speculated that the...
- Hammered Coin Silver - Vernon Tracy - Navajo silversmith Vernon Tracy shares with us some of the steps it takes to turn coin silver into a piece of wearable art. It all starts with 12 half-dollars. Vernon melts the coins into liquid and...
- “Dead Pawn” – How it Works - In Gallup, New Mexico things are done a little differently than, well say Las Vegas where “Pawn Stars” is filmed. When our customers come into the shop it is never a question of, “what would...
- Saddles Galore! - Navajo artists like Thomas Curtis Sr., Leonard Nez, Wayne Franklin, & Oscar Alexius have something else in common, the Rodeo. All of them have competed and won big events in the...
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- Perry Null Trading:
- I am always fascinated by a story I once read about you trading a piece of silver for a pick-up truck, is this true?
- Thomas Curtis Sr:
- Yes, I had made a vase for the 1987 Indian Market. The piece won the “Best of Classification”, which is right below the “Best of Show”. I traded the piece for a 1966 ¾ ton pick-up truck.
- Perry Null Trading:
- Do you remember who you sold it to?
- Thomas Curtis Sr:
- His name was John Woodard and he had a shop in Sedona. We had visited before Indian Market and after I got back from Santa Fe he called me and asked if I still had the vase. I took it to him and when I saw him he handed me the keys to the truck.
- Perry Null Trading:
- What price did you have on the vase?























