Sold at Austin Auction Gallery
Exceptional Large Native American Silver & Kingman Turquoise Table Box
- Price realized
- $4,575
- Pre-sale estimate
- $3,000 – $5,000
- Hammer price
- $3,750
- Category
- Silver & Vertu
- Sold
- December 6, 2025
- Sale
- DAY 2 - GILDED WINTER: FINE JEWELRY & ESTATE COLLECTIONS DECEMBER 2025
Lot description
Impressive Native American silver (content unknown) and turquoise table box, Navajo/ Dine, rectangular case with hinged lid, three substantial bezel-set freeform turquoise stones, from the Kingman Mine, among applied stampwork floral motifs, hinged ring closure, patination, light bending, approx 3.25"h, 14"w, 8"d, 2965 grams (inclusive of all materials) Provenance: Purchased by the consignor from Les Crane, Native American jewelry trader in the 1970s. The family of Alfred A. King (Texas, 1916-2006) great-grandson of Captain Richard King, founder of the now 825,000 acre Texas King Ranch.
This lot sold at a past Austin Auction Gallery sale. Prices realized include the buyer's premium and are provided for research only — they are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.