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<p>[QUOTE="reader, post: 533157, member: 255"]Please don’t go down this same road again. We’ve danced this dance once already and I’m fine with your lack of belief in my expertise from a lifetime of handling vintage NA jewelry as both a museum store buyer years ago and as a collector. I agree that the possibility of my being fooled exists but to the best of my knowledge it hasn’t happened yet. Sure it could happen but so could my lottery numbers and I’m not holding my breath on those.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometime we can talk about summers in Madrid NM in the 70s as far as hanging out with Anglo artists working in NA traditional style.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually just saw a group of exquisite pieces that were Anglo. The work was amazing and as fine as any NA master but something about them rang off and when I inquired I was told that the guy was not NA. I don’t “see dead people” but I do seem to have a pretty good 6th sense for identifying some NA jewelry.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW I went to Indian Market at The Heard in Phoenix last week before I got sick. (I probably caught it there as it was just packed). Saw the most incredible work-jewelry, rugs, baskets, paintings etc. It was a visual feast.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="reader, post: 533157, member: 255"]Please don’t go down this same road again. We’ve danced this dance once already and I’m fine with your lack of belief in my expertise from a lifetime of handling vintage NA jewelry as both a museum store buyer years ago and as a collector. I agree that the possibility of my being fooled exists but to the best of my knowledge it hasn’t happened yet. Sure it could happen but so could my lottery numbers and I’m not holding my breath on those. Sometime we can talk about summers in Madrid NM in the 70s as far as hanging out with Anglo artists working in NA traditional style. I actually just saw a group of exquisite pieces that were Anglo. The work was amazing and as fine as any NA master but something about them rang off and when I inquired I was told that the guy was not NA. I don’t “see dead people” but I do seem to have a pretty good 6th sense for identifying some NA jewelry. BTW I went to Indian Market at The Heard in Phoenix last week before I got sick. (I probably caught it there as it was just packed). Saw the most incredible work-jewelry, rugs, baskets, paintings etc. It was a visual feast.[/QUOTE]
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