I’m looking to sell a few pieces out of our family’s collection and don’t know what the value in today’s market for the pieces are. I’m going to include some detailed pictures and I would appreciate any feedback. Anyone has on value of the individual pieces and even maybe a value of the lot as a whole. thank you to anyone who takes the time to respond to this post. I greatly appreciate it.
1 Like
Some nice pieces. You should do a google search screenshot of each piece and that will help. Also check the sold prices on eBay.
5 Likes
2 Likes
Thank you for the responses I utilized your site last night after I had made my post to be able to locate the hallmarks on the pieces which was a tremendous help, so thank you very much. I had done google searches and ebay searches of the pieces and the prices jump around so much I dont know which are real and which are “fake” prices? I guess my only real question left is the necklace. It has no hallmark on it. It appears to maybe be badger claw. My husband says it’s too small to be Bearclaw him and his family owned a trading store up in Cave Creek Arizona for many years called Trader Barts and his uncle owned the shop up in Black Canyon City called AJ’s SouthWest Trades, so I know the pieces are legitimate vintage native american(which we have hundreds of pieces) but somewhere down the line a-lot of the pieces information like who they were made by got lost in translation.
On a side note I know that the big pendant necklaces are not real as well as one ring I dont know how they got thrown in the picture. lol
A closer picture of the necklace would definitely help. Generally what I do when I have an unknown hallmark is check this site…
It does have some errors so you need to be careful. If I find the hallmark then I Google it online to see if the jewelry that I find matches up with what I have. There are also some great books on Native American jewelry hallmarks (I only own one, and it relates to Hopi jewelry; which I don’t believe any of your pieces are). And you are correct, prices are all over the place, but that’s just the way it is with these items. @nanc9354 mentioned your best bet is to look at the sold prices on ebay. I personally don’t know how to do this.
Part of the issue is that you’ve posted quite a few things at once, and it’s time-consuming for us to try to look everything up. Most of us on here are not expert appraisers, so we’re generally uncomfortable with giving a $ value for items.
2 Likes
Yes I apologize I should have just done one at a time. As for the necklace where im running into a problem is that it has NO hallmark at all, not even stamped sterling, which I know for a fact it is. I will get a better picture of the necklace and maybe someone will recognize the style. Thank you for all your help thus far.
2 Likes
Yes! This site is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. I wish I would have known about it sooner! I spent a good few hours on it last night identifying some of my pieces! That resource alone has saved me hours of head scratching and googling. haha 
2 Likes
@ziacat and @bboyko135 Search EBay for an item. Look to the right of the search bar and press ADVANCED. Look down a bit and press sold items. It should show all the items that you are looking for that were recently sold. Sometimes there is a big difference between what people are asking and what the item actually sells for.
1 Like
Thank you for the information. I don’t use eBay but hopefully this will help the OP.
I hope this doesn’t violate any guidelines since I am new here. I just have a question about selling on this platform and don’t want to have to create an entirely new thread just for my one question. My family has been in the business of selling and trading Native American jewelry and goods for a very long time, but have been out of the business for probably 10 years now, and we understand how prices can fluctuate as can demand. My question is, would this site be a good place to try and sell some of the back stock that we had from our stores that we know is legitimate Native American jewelry? The stores belonged to my husbands, late father and uncle, so unfortunately, some of the knowledge of who had created specific pieces has been lost, which is why I was inquiring about the Hallmark’s and estimated value. we have been weary of selling off a lot of the jewelry and merchandise because we don’t know as much as his father did or his late grandmother and don’t want to get taken advantage of or ripped off. I feel like this community would be a good place to start I’ve already learned so much and from what I can tell, everyone here seems to be very trustworthy.
1 Like
This forum is not really about buying and selling; it’s mostly for the discussion and appreciation of of Native American jewelry. There is a trading/selling category that shows up when you reach level 2 (which happens after you have been active in the group for some time), and even that is not for large quantities of jewelry. This is to encourage participation in the forum. So to answer your question this is not really the place for that. There are jewelry groups on Facebook that might be helpful for you that way. We appreciate you asking, because there was no way for you to know.
I’m glad you’re learning a lot here, and hopefully it can be helpful. I’m sure it is very stressful to try to deal with everything, although it is an amazing family history. Maybe someone else will have a suggestion for what is your best route, because I’m clueless about this kind of thing. There is an old thread on here with someone who had a similar situation, but I can’t remember the advice she was given. When I have time later today I’ll try to find it for you.
5 Likes
Agree with @Ziacat, this is not a platform for selling in the quantity of a store’s inventory.
People with a lot to sell sometimes use an auction house, so that’s an option.
3 Likes
I think this is one of the threads I was remembering…Guesses to value
There may be some information in it to help you. I understand the frustration a bit. When I was young we had to sell a family furniture business, but we at least were able to have a going out of business sale. When my mom passed we used an auction house, because she had a lot of pretty valuable items. Yes, they took a substantial sum, but it was very good to have someone else do the work for us, because it was overwhelming, and there was no way any of us wanted to take the time to sell things online.
2 Likes
Thank you 
to everyone who has answered my questions. I realize the unremitting parade of presumptuous newcomers with the same tedious questions and unrealistic expectations must get very daunting and exasperating to deal with when you’re just trying to enjoy each others stories and NA Jewelry. I can’t even begin to explain the value of what Ive already learned from you guys in just these 2 short days, and as long as I am welcome I plan to absorb as much knowledge as I possibly can and hopefully be able to contribute to the community and some shape or form. If I ask anything inappropriate or I’m breaking the guidelines in anyway, please please let me know it does not hurt my feelings there’s such value in a community like this and I don’t want to offend anyone. I just know myself and I was always the kid that asked but why but why? Lol I’m just always curious and love to learn.
6 Likes
My aunt and uncle just did the same thing as they downsized from a 7,000+ sq ft house with lots of antiques and art - it was very hard to see things you grew up with walk out the door, I bought a few items that made me think of our childhood, and knew that most things were going to new homes to be enjoyed by others.
6 Likes
7000 square feet?? That must have been quite an auction. We siblings picked what we wanted, but all our houses are full, so even though my parents’ house was small, there was still a lot. My brother said, “We could sell some of this stuff on eBay,” and I was like, “You can sell it on eBay, not me.” In the end he didn’t want to deal with that either.
@bboyko135, we want to encourage people to learn, but we also like to help new members understand what this site is about. I have learned an immense amount since I joined this site back in '21, and I have certainly posted items that I have questions about, but some things may always remain a mystery.
And sometimes we stray quite a bit from the topic on hand
5 Likes
@TaraFawn75 where you the one asking to see the necklace better? i posted some more pics of it close up 
2 Likes
I am who said it might help to see it closer. Without a hallmark it’s going to be pretty impossible to figure out an artist. But maybe someone will be able to help you with the claws. I’m not really a fan of animal claws in jewelry so I’m not much help. I’m going to guess that the beads are machine made, not handmade. The turquoise is pretty.
Is this a big scratch in the claw? It looks like something’s chipped away?
1 Like