Navajo Jewelry Collection, ca. 1900 | Junk in the Trunk 3 Preview

[@lesliesmith5797]

Why is North American indigenous beautiful jewelry always so undervalued? Personally, I think they are priceless 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@Chereese0808]

I agree. It's like they value the metal and stones , but not the age or history, or attempt to find out who the artists were. I would have guessed closer to 150 K.

[@andrewstewart62]

Supply and demand - native Americans have always and still do make a TON of jewelry exactly like this so they aren’t as rare as some of the higher priced jewelry

[@SoftBreadSoft]

I dont think it is. Navajo especially made a lot of jewelery so it isnt exactly rare, like he said it is one of the most common things he sees.

[@SoftBreadSoft]

I dont think it is. Navajo especially made a lot of jewelery so it isnt exactly rare, like he said it is one of the most common things he sees.

[@Frankosclone]

They still make the jewlery today and by the tons still hand made but its like asking why the mona lisa is apraised so high vs your walmart print that was printed by the 100 000s

[@cloudsparrow7729]

makes mental note to look out for Navajo jewellery, it's severely undervalued. And beautiful

[@DeWoodyard]

Zuni, Hopi, and Apache are other tribes in the region with great art/artists. Don't rule out weavings, paintings, baskets, or ceramics.

[@jimw.4161]

I have been a huge fan of Navajo jewelry since I first visited Richardson's Trading Post in Gallup, New Mexico with my family way back in the late 1950s. Richardson's continues to be a treasure trove of Native American art. The Navajo jewelry in this video is spectacular and represents the highest native craftsmanship.

[@stephanieyee9784]

This jewellery is absolutely stunning. The green turquoise is so beautiful and bright. This man is very lucky but I think thst if the jewellery is not being worn it belongs in a Navajo Museum.

[@quietquitter6103]

I agree. Maybe he will gift his property to one, or perhaps one might purchase the collection.

[@emilyake9689]

I went a missions trip to the Navajo reservation about 20 years ago. Good people, beautiful jewel. The really interesting part is that the old man didn't seem all that surprise by their value.

[@Ishisah]

Navajo rugs and jewelry-talent.

[@rebagilmore1699]

Turquoise navajo jewelry is like diamond and identity to my tribe...exquisite and a must have...

[@rondadepenbusch8152]

I love this set of Navajo jewelry❤️ id absolutely love to have these pieces to add to my existing collection!!

[@darklordojeda]

Got 20 grand?

[@pistachiobaklava1216]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[@paulastreckercarrick2155]

I have been buying and wearing Navajo and Zuni (inlay) jewelry since my first trip to New Mexico in 1958. My parents took us to see an aunt and uncle who lived in Gallup. They advised me to buy from "Old pawn" which one could do at very reasonable prices. Roadshow or not I have been offered mucho dinero for these pieces. Some silversmiths are skilled jewelers, some are outright artists. Shop carefully, observe joints and junctions and bargain, respectfully, and you will come away with some treasures!! I did.

[@rondadepenbusch8152]

Paula Strecker Carrick you’re absolutely correct !!! Glad you appreciate the craftsmanship of their work!! It’s beautiful!! I too love me some of this amazing natural beauty & yes find the nooks & crannies and you can get some amazing reasonably priced pieces !!!

[@bighands69]

@@conniewolf7300 So are you saying that ethnic groups cannot learn things them self and that they need to learn it all from a particular race?

[@maggiee639]

I would love some jewelry like this, it’s very timeless!

[@sandyworkman3025]

I live in southern Utah where all types of tribal jewelry is sold, and I just love it.

[@jamieleeharrison]

*Guy:* this necklace is worth *eight thousand* dollars *Guy:* Oh

[@LEP7cv]

he would prefer to hear that he could exchange them for years of life I guess... "oh, money...meh.."

[@DukeJames]

Now he's thinking about how much money he's going to have to spend to insure them.

[@skippymagrue]

The middle east influence makes sense. There were a lot of Jew's that went to Mexico and New Mexico after they were evicted from Spain during Ferdinand and Isabella's reign. That's why you see stars of David all over the churches there.

[@michelleboldan5]

It’s my heritage

[@cmmmmmmmw]

"These are absolutely incredible. They're worth 45 dollars."

[@ellenharshman9974]

Absolutely gorgeous 😍

[@laurieelliott9889]

These pieces of jewelry were probably bought in the normal way. Maybe by someone like my grandmother when the family moved west from the east coast by train. They moved over a period of time so they could stop and work to earn enough for each part of the trip. She couldn't afford much, but she bought a ring and a pin when the train stopped somewhere in the Southwest.

[@karaamundson3964]

Really reinforces the beauty and ability of this culture

[@quietquitter6103]

Like many others?

[@nancyforoughi5517]

They are beautiful!

[@sanjd6882]

Beautiful!

[@cherylbean521]

Gorgeous

[@Mutlap]

same route Africans took to get to the southwest US. This proven in the documentary show called, 'The journey of man'

[@chrisstar6848]

i love turquiose 😊💚💙

[@HypoliteMaindron]

Nick Star you must be an aquarius then(?)

[@lettyguerra371]

Small world! When it comes to the design who would have thought that the inspiration came from the middle east.

[@fayceltrabelsi]

North Africa is no way close to the middle east

[@lettyguerra371]

OK well he mentioned more places than Egypt so..... Maybe you should get a job as a geography teacher. Don't the middle east and north Africa share the Muslim religion? Don't they share symbolism? These comments are made for fun and personal expression! I didn't know that geography prigs graded them😆

[@courtneyhawkins4072]

Exactly it’s North African the people are of the Islamic faith. Sharing the same faith doesn’t mean you share the same culture and artistic designs.

[@ccassidy9090]

@@lettyguerra371 I mean... Indonesia is also a Muslim country, nowhere near the middle East. North Africa is not in the middle East. Islam is a religion that is spread extremely widely across the globe. That's like saying because Uganda is a Christian country and they use Christian symbolism they're basically just like western Europe. Uganda was part of the British Empire so that makes them the same. It's just not how things work

[@marisabel5500]

Things like these shouldn't be in anyones hands besides a museum...Things like these need to be protected and conservated.

[@bighands69]

There is such a thing as private property and what makes you think museums are any better of a custodian than private ownership. Things go missing from museums all the time and then there is the issue that museums have hundreds of times more artifacts in storage than on display. The idea that everything must be in a museum is just crazy and makes no sense.

[@marisabel5500]

@@bighands69 because of conservation and protection. I literally wrote that. Are you telling me anyone can conservate precious artifacts or protect them better than museums? They literally have hired security and experts for preserving artifacts, better than any private ownership. That's pretty common knowledge.

[@lillyess385]

@@marisabel5500 Bighand69 has probably never been to a real museum

[@jasonmichael3676]

Life would be boring if we couldn't own anything of interest.

[@crazzygirl1115]

Might as well give it back to tribe if you have that mentality

[@marktweet7395]

Beautiful

[@jockellis]

Note to self: have SW Indian jewelry parents bought during WW II on the way to Frisco for Pop’s sea duty an the Wasp.

[@1845Raven]

Looks kinda like George Lucas. “Appraiser on the Roadshow you are.”

[@ExpertOfFX]

beautiful

[@ariaafghan22]

This look like Afghan Jewelry

[@luci1474]

No idea how they got to your ancestors possessions? I have an idea...

[@HypoliteMaindron]

Lucia ...when the looting started, the shooting began

[@luci1474]

Marc these rules don’t apply to the white men. The looting happened and the shooting started all in one direction.

[@Abandoned_Brane]

no one was looting injuns by that time. probably tourist stuff. you idiot.

[@Brickcellent]

If you hate white people so much then stop using their inventions, cheers.

[@luci1474]

Caoimhín Ó Caoimh if you hate Mexican ppl so much stop eating 🍽 and keep your inventions.

[@Chereese0808]

He should donate them to the Navajo museum or the Smithsonian. They're gorgeous.

[@hensonlaura]

You should donate your car to a homeless person.

[@Alexp36500]

for the love of God I'm not even Native American and hearing someone say "Indian or the Indians" is like listening to nails on a chalk board. I'm as white as they come and it's just mind boggling that people cannot even change the way they treat/act towards an entire population of thriving people that were basically wiped out and thrown in a ditch after they were forced to teach us everything they knew about how to survive/trive in this new world.

[@Stoic1976]

Indians are from India. I’m half Navajo and apparently have a fortune in the closet.

[@rondadepenbusch8152]

Suicide Djinn if you ever decide to rid yourself of any , I’d gladly take it off your hands!!

[@bellasmini]

Indians are from India. Well said.

[@garotadagavea]

You probably do.

[@pearltoledo1852]

We aren't Navajos, we are called Diné....

[@jblyon2]

You know, I've been to AZ countless times, and traveled into the nation on several occasions and no one seems to know this. If Diné is your chosen & preferred name everyone should be educated to use it.

[@pearltoledo1852]

@@jblyon2 "Diné" is what my tribe is called... Now you know and whoever liked on your comment... 👍🏼🪶

[@nicolasrogner4172]

THESE SHOULD BE IN A MUSEUM

[@suetracey3333]

Nicolas Rogner I was thinking the same

[@bighands69]

@@suetracey3333 Nobody cares what people think. There is a thing called private property.

[@thizlam4810]

So a museum should buy them from him?

[@claytondefreitas9521]

The appraisal has devalued this suite of jewels

[@rondadepenbusch8152]

Clayton de Freitas i think he did a great job!!!!

[@yunengdahl3675]

The value of any object is what someone is willing to pay for it.

[@jak9483]

The first Naga looks like an Astronaut!.

[@jacetorre2407]

Natives not Indians Navajo are from Arizona not India

[@dabomb7538]

Diné

[@MsSheilaC]

❤️

[@rahrahrobbbieee]

Under-priced and should be in a museum.

[@MsSheilaC]

I agree and I’m hoping it’s partly because it was taped eight years ago

[@phillipcairo]

Not really

[@jg2060]

Give them back.

[@barbm2375]

Exactly

[@kcgibbs]

Plot twist: 6 weeks later he was on Pawn Stars selling these items to cover gambling losses. Rick offered him $75 for the lot.

[@insidedadshead9691]

Wrong. Rick offered him 75 cents. When he brought in his “expert” and found out there was $25,000 in jewelry, then he upped his offer to $75.

[@jasonmichael3676]

Pawn Stars commenters would call this expert a crook. And they'd claim this jewelry is worth $100,000+.

[@melanie.l6282]

Omg no wonder Pawn Stars become so rich I am surprised that this man let them go for that price The difference is huge So he had only 75dollars of debt What a crime No respect for this beautiful jewellery and the Native who made them

[@melanie.l6282]

@@insidedadshead9691 Schoking and discasting

[@bonniebaltz5717]

@@melanie.l6282 Are you for real with this spelling? lol!

[@theurbancrystalhealer6952]

These belong to the natives. Return them back as their land. Yeah right they were ‘given’

[@Monkegtvr7894]

@Jim Bartz It wasn't lost. It was stolen. Idiot

[@Ashannon888]

Just no. People like you don;t do anything useful and just cause more strife. How arrogant are you to just automatically assume they were stolen? The sheer gall people like you show is astounding. We literally have Navajo tribal members in these comments saying that they and their ancestors sold and traded pieces like this is the past. Ugh. People like you piss me off to no end.

[@APRIL2862]

My Mother had a collection of turquoise jewelry that was incredible, after she passed I got none of it, my brothers wife could of stolen most of it before they divorced?

[@a.b.7932]

April Mae that's sad

[@AndySaenz]

April Mae GET IT BACK!!

[@jessicalt4121]

Yes, tell her you have been thinking of the jewelry and didn't want to say anything until now but you want them back. If not all, 1/2. You should have spoken up long time ago but I've done the same.

[@TheBloodshotFilms]

If your mother didn't leave them to you in her will, you probably don't deserve them.

[@alexjones28]

@@nextgengamerjc 🤣🤣🤣🖕

[@sharpedge3355]

There is no such people as "the Indians", each tribe has a name and their own traditions and culture. Do some research esp. since you're presenting "Indian" items on a media forum. SMH!!

[@theresadailey5809]

You should find the Navaho descendants of this jewelry, and ask if this jewelry is used during spiritual ceremonies, or have spiritual significance, or was this stolen from their tribes.

[@whataflake2420]

Mara L you totally missed the point. Read some Native American history and maybe you’ll understand. LOL!

[@bighands69]

@Theresa Dailey Descendants do not get to decide what is what. It is that simple.

[@EchoBravo370]

These items could easily have been traded for goods back in the day. I am sure the people who made this jewellery and traded it would confirm this man is the legitimate owner.

[@insidedadshead9691]

And then return it?

[@Lavender09-r9i]

Squash blossoms are hard to find, even harder to make now days, older squash blossom have weight on them, like the guy said, the silversmithing put into them, u just don't see them anymore, nowadays it's about casting, this guy is lucky to have owned beautiful jewelry. Even if u come across squash blossom necklace in NM az or ut, they would most likely be made out of Nickle, not worth as much.

[@zanesmith666]

american natives so much more advanced than the australian

[@zacharywright9860]

NATIVE AMERICAN'S if your a real Native

[@phillipcairo]

Definitely not worth that much, those squash’s are small and you can get ALOT better for $2000, bracelets maybe $100-$500 each at most I’d say the squash blossoms are worth $500-$1200 and the left one is not a squash since there is no blossoms,

[@laurieelliott9889]

Many of the early necklaces didn't have the squashblossoms.

[@sunnyscott4876]

If they're not "worth much ", then I would absolutely LOVE to have them.

[@tinerea7464]

Native Americans not Indians.

[@gregoryhoover2388]

Sounds low priced.

[@logantheedunce2559]

Someone tell that old white bag that were called indigenous not Indian because I’m not Indian nor do I speak the language

[@Pe6ek]

Looks like he had a Navajo blanket at home as well, that he turned into a Polo shirt.

[@andersestes]

Underwhelming reaction.

[@insidedadshead9691]

Underwhelming jewelry.

[@jasonmichael3676]

Hopefully $20K at his age won't make-him or break-him.

[@salvationbordercountry3800]

"I had no idea it would be that much." Well don't get so excited buddy! You might burst a blood vessel! I thought the guy was gonna fall asleep on the spot! People are a trip aren't they?

[@chrsmcfrln]

I guess if he was the sort of guy who reacted like a contestant on Price is Right, he probably wouldn’t have had the patience and self discipline to maintain these treasures for as long as has.

[@lukegazda2395]

Crazy how people know so much history that no one even cares for.

[@tonydipietro4225]

“Indians”. 🤦🏻

[@robertheinrichvonseyfenste267]

you, Amies, stole so much from the native americsans. you should give these artifact back to the owners

[@maggiemoran7747]

Maik Kadmous These virtue signalers are ALL the same! Where do YOU live Klupers?

[@luis.vuitton]

Maik Kadmous yeah a "gift" give me a break

[@littlemisseatscrispsforbre5353]

@@KongMingKai because he said so? Cop on, are you slow?

[@rondadepenbusch8152]

Robert Heinrich von Seyfenstern he inherited this collection!!

[@EchoBravo370]

These items could easily have been traded. The people who made and traded them would probably confirm this man as the rightful owner.

[@chel3SEY]

They look rather ugly to me.

[@cowboycollarNM]

These were taken via grave robbing, burglary, or dead pawn. No Navajo would willingly just give these items up. Pretty sad to see in the hands of someone who doesn't appreciate them like them should be.

[@bighands69]

Navajo gifted items to people when they did deeds of a good nature. Navajo also traded things for what they needed. Let us guess you are going to be the one who decides who appreciates things and who does not.

[@jasonmichael3676]

Navajo's would never sell jewelry? A white person must have stolen it?

[@Lavender09-r9i]

Navajos do sell jewelry all the time 🙄 especially these types, and also there are some natives who go through hard times and need the money, my grandfather traded all the time with ppl he worked for, wether food, animals, etc., So unless you've been in a situation like this, I don't think u should generalize, there are ppl out there with goodness in their heart, some who came fr poor backgrounds with silversmithing skill to get by, Bcuz there really aren't jobs on the reservation . With hard times, I am glad there are ppl fr the outside like this gentleman who decided to buy or trade with a native back then. Thank you guy.

[@sofiabravo1994]

Stop treating them like gods they’re just people. All sinners. We are all equally fallen.

[@jockellis]

I notice that the Navajo silversmiths didn’t give them to museums.