A truly exceptional box bow squash blossom necklace, ca 1930s and set with natural turquoise from the Blue Gem Mine in Nevada. Blue Gem gets its rich color from the fact that it occurs in thin veins which concentrate the minerals that make up turquoise. As a result one expects to see at least one cracked stone nearly 90 years of wear but there is not a single cracked stone in this one. 23.5 inches long. $4500. TUCSON
A wonderful set: necklace, ring, bracelet and earrings (they can easily be changed to posts or wires) set with natural high grade Morenci turquoise set in chiseled and filed bezels by Kee Joe Benally. The ribbon solidly dates the set and the judges are noteworthy: Anita Martinez (daughter-in -law of Maria Martinez) and Al Packard. Hard to beat this kind of provenance. $6000. (TUCSON)
Signed by the same two judges, this necklace and bracelet are set with natural turquoise from the Blue Gem Mine. $6500. (SANTA FE)
This squash blossom necklace was made somewhere around the late 1960s to the early 1970s. All handmade beads and set with good quality natural turquoise from. the Royston Mine in Nevada. 28 inches long. $2400 (SANTA FE)
This necklace was purchased from Tobe Turpen’s Pawn Vault in the 1990s. The original yellow pawn ticket comes with it. Its roughly 60-70 years old. 29 inches long. The naja is 3 by 4 inches. $1,400. (SANTA FE)
