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<p>[QUOTE="cxgirl, post: 252613, member: 63"]I found this piece of information on Native American jewelry.org (copied below) - looks like the other names on the pieces are studio colleagues who do some work on the pieces </p><p><i>As a designer, and a "hands-on" maker of jewelry, Calvin often signs his work and often includes the</i></p><p><i>signature of one or more of his studio colleagues who do some of the silver smithing, inlay work and lapidary finishing in carrying out his designs. For an extended period, Calvin had his studio in Gallup at "A Touch of Santa Fe." During that time, he occasionally did <b>not </b>sign his work but relied the TSF stamp to be his halllmark.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Sometime around the end of 2006, Calvin terminated his association with TSF and discontinued use of that hallmark on his work, although "A Touch of Santa Fe" continued to use the hallmark. As a result, a bonafide Calvin piece may or may not be signed by him or carry the TSF imprint.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cxgirl, post: 252613, member: 63"]I found this piece of information on Native American jewelry.org (copied below) - looks like the other names on the pieces are studio colleagues who do some work on the pieces [I]As a designer, and a "hands-on" maker of jewelry, Calvin often signs his work and often includes the signature of one or more of his studio colleagues who do some of the silver smithing, inlay work and lapidary finishing in carrying out his designs. For an extended period, Calvin had his studio in Gallup at "A Touch of Santa Fe." During that time, he occasionally did [B]not [/B]sign his work but relied the TSF stamp to be his halllmark. Sometime around the end of 2006, Calvin terminated his association with TSF and discontinued use of that hallmark on his work, although "A Touch of Santa Fe" continued to use the hallmark. As a result, a bonafide Calvin piece may or may not be signed by him or carry the TSF imprint.[/I][/QUOTE]
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