Good afternoon I have a size 8 to 8 1/2 two stone morenci turquoise and Sterling ring for sale. The ring has the stamp of Bisbee Bob as seen below in the picture of the back of the piece. I am asking $400 for the ring please let me know if your interested and what your offering and maybe we can negotiate a deal. Thanks and have a nice day!
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Do you still have this ring for sale ?
Yes I do still have This ring for sale. Are you interested?
Jeff
I am. Do you know around what period it was made. ? 70s I’m guessing?
Yes this ring was acquired by one of my wife’s family members in the middle 1970s straight from Bisbee Bob aka Robert Bradbury himself.
Jeff
Bisbee Bob was quite a character and helped develop interest in Bisbee turquoise. The mine owners weren’t interested in turquoise, and Bob met with miners in the bars after work and bought their “lunch Box” turquoise. He has a small store in town where he sold it. He was eventually jailed for his activities, and the jewelry in his store all disappeared and nobody knows what happened to it.
I have a Bisbee Bob belt buckle
Are you sure that your ring isn’t Bisbee turquoise?
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I have no idea really……I sold it to a lady in Maine.
Jeff
I know this is late. Bob is my dad. Bob bradberry. We had our shop in the copper queen for years. His pieces are around the internet with his stamp & his permanent marker pricing on the back (sometimes). I found his pieces on etsy, ebay, etc. He was a crazy character. As for the stone i think i saw that answered already. Most ot the turq was from bisbee. We all made jewelry (mom & brother & me). Sadly not many photos on the net. Glad to see this post!
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HI! I own two or more of his rings, one of which is clearly stamped with his name. My sister moved to Bisbee from Pennsylvania in 1976 with two mutual friends. Our friend, Danielle had recently purchased the Silver King Hotel and had the crazy idea that my sister could start a restaurant in it.bSadly,the hotel was in terrible condition at that time and would have required many thousands of dollars to repair it enough to pass any building and safety codes in order undertake the renovation. She ended up working for a brief time in PJ’s diner (so did I) which had a very short life as a running business. I spent most of a summer there after that and became acquainted with many of the new locals who were buying up the homes that were abandoned by the families of miners and others who were affected by the mine closure. I probably met him but then I met a lot of artists, wanderers and other artists at that time. It’s been interesting to find this forum in a round about way because I have always wondered who your dad actually was and how he became such a well know local turquoise artist and dealer in Bisbee. One of my rings is quite contemporary in style while the other one was created in a very NA style. I have worn the more modern one for close to fifty years but the silver area around the turquoise stone has slightly been bent out of the original shape that was created and needs to be slightly bent back into the origin shape. I have put off trying to find someone to help me with this and now that I have arthritis, I only wear it occasionally. Are you still living in Southern Arizona? I would love to get in touch with you, if you are interested. Thank you! Donna
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