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<p>[QUOTE="reader, post: 330474, member: 255"]I respectfully disagree with you guys that think that “old pawn” without provenance means hit the back button. I have old pawn jewelry that is no longer tagged or marked as it was bought out of pawn by me decades ago from pawn dealers like Richardson in Gallup and the original Ortega’s in Scottsdale. I’m not selling them but if I were, I’d list them as old pawn without any guilt, but I’d expect buyers to have enough knowledge to look at the piece and know what it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pawn IMO means nothing-it’s about OLD for me and I don’t care if it came from a pawn shop, secondary market jeweler or somone’s inheritance from a long dead family member. If it’s good, it’s good and not every NA used a pawn beside the fact that tons of pawn did resell to private individuals who then let go of the pieces later on to someone else and so on. BTW don’t dismiss signed pieces as not being “pawn” worthy. All of us should only be lucky enough to score a Loloma and yes, that would be later at 60s forward.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally take listings of “old pawn” with the same grain of salt as “plein air” for a small landscape painting. If it’s good, it’s good and yes both terms are misused. JMO folks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="reader, post: 330474, member: 255"]I respectfully disagree with you guys that think that “old pawn” without provenance means hit the back button. I have old pawn jewelry that is no longer tagged or marked as it was bought out of pawn by me decades ago from pawn dealers like Richardson in Gallup and the original Ortega’s in Scottsdale. I’m not selling them but if I were, I’d list them as old pawn without any guilt, but I’d expect buyers to have enough knowledge to look at the piece and know what it is. Pawn IMO means nothing-it’s about OLD for me and I don’t care if it came from a pawn shop, secondary market jeweler or somone’s inheritance from a long dead family member. If it’s good, it’s good and not every NA used a pawn beside the fact that tons of pawn did resell to private individuals who then let go of the pieces later on to someone else and so on. BTW don’t dismiss signed pieces as not being “pawn” worthy. All of us should only be lucky enough to score a Loloma and yes, that would be later at 60s forward. I personally take listings of “old pawn” with the same grain of salt as “plein air” for a small landscape painting. If it’s good, it’s good and yes both terms are misused. JMO folks.[/QUOTE]
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