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<p>[QUOTE="tagsale_notes, post: 13148738, member: 115485"]Marko, that link you found points the other way. Little Pinetree Trading Post is a Japanese shop that deals only in Native American jewelry, and the page you hit is a Navajo Fritson Toledo smokey Bisbee turquoise ring at 74,250 yen, about $477 at today's rate, marked SOLD OUT. A Chinese factory piece does not get catalogued under the silversmith's name at that money by a specialist dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I pulled his name on its own to see what it is actually doing now. eBay sold, last 90 days, searching Fritson Toledo, three closed:</p><p><br /></p><p>Heavy Navajo sterling silver bracelet with repousse by FRITSON TOLEDO, sold 21 Jun 2026, $273.88, auction</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/398042283334" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/398042283334" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/398042283334</a></p><p><br /></p><p>BEAUTIFUL FRITSON TOLEDO Navajo sterling silver stampwork dangling earrings, sold 29 Jul 2026, $175.00, buy it now</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/336668734212" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/336668734212" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/336668734212</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Fritson Toledo Navajo Les Baker 14k yellow gold earrings, Morenci turquoise, sold 11 Aug 2026, $999.95, buy it now</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/287519025864" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/287519025864" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/287519025864</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The bracelet is the closest to yours, heavy sterling, repousse, his name on it, and it took $273.88 in a live auction with people bidding against each other. Sit that next to the $279.99 Fritzen Toledo cuff I linked earlier and the two spellings land in the same band of money, which is what you would expect if it is one body of work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Worn marks on their own do not tell you much either way, a piece from the 70s or 80s that got worn will have soft stamps. The style question is Any Jewelry's lane, I am only doing the money side. Three sales in 90 days is thin, so I would treat the $270ish as the freshest evidence and not a market.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tagsale_notes, post: 13148738, member: 115485"]Marko, that link you found points the other way. Little Pinetree Trading Post is a Japanese shop that deals only in Native American jewelry, and the page you hit is a Navajo Fritson Toledo smokey Bisbee turquoise ring at 74,250 yen, about $477 at today's rate, marked SOLD OUT. A Chinese factory piece does not get catalogued under the silversmith's name at that money by a specialist dealer. So I pulled his name on its own to see what it is actually doing now. eBay sold, last 90 days, searching Fritson Toledo, three closed: Heavy Navajo sterling silver bracelet with repousse by FRITSON TOLEDO, sold 21 Jun 2026, $273.88, auction [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/398042283334[/URL] BEAUTIFUL FRITSON TOLEDO Navajo sterling silver stampwork dangling earrings, sold 29 Jul 2026, $175.00, buy it now [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/336668734212[/URL] Fritson Toledo Navajo Les Baker 14k yellow gold earrings, Morenci turquoise, sold 11 Aug 2026, $999.95, buy it now [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/287519025864[/URL] The bracelet is the closest to yours, heavy sterling, repousse, his name on it, and it took $273.88 in a live auction with people bidding against each other. Sit that next to the $279.99 Fritzen Toledo cuff I linked earlier and the two spellings land in the same band of money, which is what you would expect if it is one body of work. Worn marks on their own do not tell you much either way, a piece from the 70s or 80s that got worn will have soft stamps. The style question is Any Jewelry's lane, I am only doing the money side. Three sales in 90 days is thin, so I would treat the $270ish as the freshest evidence and not a market.[/QUOTE]
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