Saturday 1/2 off day at the ARC TS

[tamrock]

Not a shabby day yesterday. About 12 bucks yields at least $120 in return, until I get the scoop on this old Indian buckle, as it could be alpaca silver. It's not all that great of a design, but I'm stumped on the only strange looking pictorial mark it has on the back . I'll see what the scrapper thinks the metal is. What ever it is?.. it ain't plated.

Got the Indian buckle and a set of vintage sterling Mikimoto hallmarked pearl cufflinks for under $8.00. cuz it was 1/2 off on all tags, but blue this last Saturday.

I got this watch at a small church thrift. It's a Swiss RR design buy Mondaine. It is a 10 year presentation watch for ING Real Estate, but it's like never worn and I could maybe get $40 out of it? The band and buckle are signed Mondaine, but the dial has the ING Real Estate logo on it.

 

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[2Minnesota]

The buckle look Sterling to me. Looks Navajo. I like it. Hope it's the real deal for you.

 

[tamrock]

The buckle look Sterling to me. Looks Navajo. I like it. Hope it's the real deal for you.

It is indeed Navajo there 2MN, I got on to the research of it this morning to see who made it and found the mark belongs to a Navajo silversmith by the name of Willie Yazzie. I'm thinking it's circa mid 1970s ? Information on Navajo Overlay Artist Willie Yazzie - Native Arts Forum Thanks!

 

[2Minnesota]

Nice!
Yazzi is a good selling name (I believe).

 

[austin]

That buckle is sterling, made by a designer and worth a good sum of money.

 

[tamrock]

That buckle is sterling, made by a designer and worth a good sum of money.

I dig it when things like this aren't marked sterling or .925. The thrift store sorters just go with it not being made of precious metals and price it cheap.