Navajo Sterling Silver Fox Turquoise Bracelet Start Price USD 167.95 Current Price USD 167.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, June 28, 2008 End Time Tuesday, July 08, 2008 Location Topeka, Kansas See more about 'Navajo Sterling Silver Fox Turquoise Bracelet' Description In uncertain economic times, many financial experts recommend investment in precious metals such as gold, silver, and platinum and still others recommend art. With fine authentic Native American jewelry, you get both an investment in sterling silver and in art -- something that you can wear, enjoy, and hand down to the next generation instead of storing it away in some safety deposit box. In addition to the sterling silver, don't underestimate the value of fine domestic turquoise whose price goes up every year. The positive thing about turquoise price increases is that many new varieties have come on the market in recent years that weren't as easy to mine as some of the old standbys, and the higher prices have made more difficult mining economically feasible. The artist selected a positively gorgeous blue green (far more blue than green) freeform Fox turquoise stone that measures 1¼" by 1." One half wire and one hand twisted sterling silver rope overlays surround the stone. The overlaid bezel is partially engraved and cut and is mounted on a sturdy three wire bracelet frame that flares upward at both shanks artfully reinforced at mid shank with with rows of rain drop bead overlays This bracelet is 1¾" wide in the center, tapers to 3/8ths" in width at mid shanks, and then sweeps upward to a width of 1 and 1/8th." It has an inside measurement of 5 and 7/8ths" with an opening gap of 1¼." If your wrist is 7" to 7¼" in circumference, this bracelet should fit with little or careful adjustment of the shanks. The Fox mine is located in central Nevada not far from the Smokey Mountain mine. It produces lovely turquoise whose range from robin's egg blue to blue green and occasionally a bright green. Fix stones typically have a golden matrix -- from a pale honey gold to a rich, deep golden color. Navajo artist Roy Begay created this bracelet, and his hallmark and sterling stamp are on the back. Questions: Questions about this item only, please, from serious buyers only and NO questions that are answered in the product description. While I'm always genuinely happy to answer to legitimate, polite questions, 95% of the questions I receive have nothing to do with the item or are answered in the product description, and many are designed to harvest an email address for spam or hacking purposes. 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You can have confidence in the fact that the winner is a REAL person and not an alternate ID of mine -- seller shilling using alias IDs to artificially drive up prices and obtain phony feedback is one of the most common seller misconduct problems in the NA jewelry category, and while several sellers engaging in shill bidding practices have been successfully prosecuted, the majority have not. Authenticity and Provenance: This is a new rather than a previously owned item, and a Certificate of Authenticity of its Native American origin is included. All new sterling silver jewelry is cleaned and polished with tarnish retardant polish before shipping so that it arrives looking sparkling clean and odor free. Buy Only Authentic Native American Jewelry: If you care whether the jewelry you buy is authentic Native American, please click on the View Seller's Other Items link in the box at the top of the page at right. A substantial percentage of the jewelry offered in the Native American category is actually made in China, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and Jordan and misrepresented as Navajo or Zuni. Two-thirds of all so-called Native American jewelry sold in this country is fake, and a lot of it is sold on ebay by sellers who should know better both in terms of the law, good ethics, and knowledge about the true origins of their products. Domestic Payment Options: I accept credit cards through PayPal (Visa, Mastercard, Discovercard, American Express) and also gratefully accept PayPal e-checks, money orders, and bank or cashiers' checks. Sales tax: Only Kansas residents must pay Kansas sales tax. U.S. Domestic Shipping and Insurance: Same day USPS Priority Mail shipping from a non-smoker on receipt of payment before 3 pm Central Time except weekends, holidays, and buying trips. Sorry, USPS no longer allows jewelry to be shipped Express Mail. 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