Local ethno auction Wed., ho hum

i looked at all the thumbnails and nothing really talked to me, do u see anything I should check more carefully?

http://quinnsauction.hibid.com/catalog/76732/ethnographic-multi-estate-may-11--2016/

 

i liked lot 67 with the bee pins.

 

They have some fine NA pottery. That shiny black Santa Clara is so striking!

 

Lot 64 looks legit - sand-cast Navajo belt buckles. I'd be all over that.

That gold Panamanian pin #26 might be worth a gander if the hallmarks pan out. It's not actually old, but if it's high karat gold like they say it might be worth it for the gold weight. They have a "precolumbian" frog listed with a 14k hallmark. It's either hallmarked 14k or pre-columbian. It can't be both.

I'd be careful with any jewelry buys from this bunch, other than the ones I picked. They have a lot listed as Native American, but the biggest piece of "silver" in the pile isn't NA at all. It's Dominican beach jewelry and probably nickel. Lot #70 has a nice big cuff bracelet in it that looks little like turquoise and everything like larimar. A lot of rings has spiny oyster shell mislabeled as carnelian. They obviously didn't actually check things over before listing them.

 

You are such a brainiac, Evelyb! Wow.

 

Hardly; I've just handled a fair bit of the stuff.

 

My brain is just getting so stuffed full...not complaining, though!