I have a squash blossom necklace that is said to be vintage Navajo old pawn that belonged to my late mother. She paid $1200 for it in May 2016.
I took it to a local jeweler (Kingman, AZ) who said that everything about the necklace backed up the claim. There is one stone that has been replaced. I also contacted Colbaugh mine (current owner of Kingman turquoise mine) who said they are pretty positive it is all Kingman turquoise.
The necklace is 25" in length and weighs 254 grams. There is an etching on the back of the naja “RO”. The naja is approximately 4.25" wide and 3.5" long. Any additional insight into this piece, as well as opinions on quality and value,are appreciated.
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Pretty squash, although I would not call it old pawn. That is a term that is consistently misused. You need to have a pawn ticket for it to be actual pawn, and old pawn would need to be very old which this doesn’t appear to be. But maybe your mother knew that she bought it as pawn? However, you would still need a ticket to sell it as pawn. Here is a link to a very helpful discussion we had on here sometime ago. It does look like it could be Kingman turquoise.
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