No guarantees. But we do see less and less gold being used in Native American Indian jewelry. Artists who must risk that their work will not sell - or at least not in a reasonable amount of time - are not willing to invest in metal that is expensive. Those who are working in gold appear to have stock piled some at lower prices.
We are in similar circumstances. We have a number older gold jewelry items - not a lot, but some - which have never had a price increase since we acquired them several years ago.
Andy Lee Kirk (deceased) gold pendant with inlay of coral and opal $875
Andy Lee Kirk (deceased) gold pendant with inlay $2,400
14k gold whale fluke necklace pendant with opal inlay by Yellowleaf $395
Navajo turquoise and gold necklace and earring set $375
Artie Yellowhorse necklace with gold overlay $690
14k Gold Bear on 14k chain by Yellowleaf $220One of these days we may have to raise their prices to reflect the higher cost of replacement. For now, however, they still are available at those lower prices.
Visit us at Native-JewelryLink or TribalWorks for more information.
2 comments:
I am surprised to see no comments here yet. Gold as a metal used in Native American art is scarce, and where used, maybe a bit over priced. Forget trying to deal with the artists....I have had no luck per se....ditto for "local" jewelers who spurn anything not diamond. Just my opinion, but where gold is available, few artisans are Charles Loloma or even close...so the museum pricing is a turn off....with very few exceptions.
To have two rings made in gold, with a gem grade Kingman cab and the other with a high grade Lander Blue equivalent cab (both furnished by me), I had to go to Bangkok, Thailand, to get them made to my size and specifications, utilizing various Native American symbols none-the-less. With all costs and duties, both were less than $900 each, made of heavy weight 22 karat gold in the 23 plus gram weight range.
I would have shopped here, but I couldn't....those contacted never replied. Business must be good.
Very very beautiful and fantastic decoration. Thank you for sharing the story...
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