Ann's Tag Sales - LARGE collection Native American pottery, jewelry estate sale

This is an absolutely fascinating Estate of Native American Art which we, on the East Coast, don’t have an opportunity to see very often much less have an opportunity to purchase. Now is your chance to buy some beautiful “hand made in America” pieces! This is the estate of the late Doris Lehmann and her husband Vic Lehmann - they were not dealers, they only bought the pieces they truly cherished. 

Native American Tribes represented are: Hopi (Rachel Sahmie, Delmar Polacca Nampeyo, Naha Nampeyo, Lawrence Namoki, Irene Shupla, Renee Ami, Rosalie Kaye, Verla Dewakuku, Sylvia Naha, Steven Lucas, Marianne Navasie, Clinton Polacca, Nancy Lewis, Irma David, Eugene Hamilton, Tawnya Mahle, Fannie Polacca, Nona Naha, Tom & Gary Polacca, Kay Charlie, Pricilla Namingha Nampeyo, Fawn Navasie, Dee Johnson Setalla, Elva Nampeyo, more); Navajo (Lucy McKelvey, Westly B.); Zuni (Noreen Simplicio, D. Westika & P. Peynetsa, Markus Homer) ; Acoma (Carolyn Concho, Lewis & Nadine Mansfield, Emma Lewis, Lucy Lewis, Dolores Lewis, Joyce Leno, Stella Shutiva, M. Antonio, M.Simpson); Mata Ortiz / Casas Grandes (Angel Amaya, Ana Pena & Joseph Loya, Lourdes Villalea, Leonel Lopez Saenz, Julio Mora, Manuel Olivas, Jose Villa, P. Quezada, Y. Quezada, Jose Quezada, Rita Talavera Quezada, Quico Marquez, Noe Quezada, Juan & Jesus Quezada); Zia (Leslie Aragon); San Ildefonso (Blue Corn, Carmelita Dunlap); Cochiti (Edwin Herrera, Trini Lujan, Dennis Anderson, Dorothy Herrera, Snowflake Flower, D. Trujillo); Santa Clara black/red wares(Sophie Cata, Alvin Baca, Flora & Glenda Naranjo, Sharon Naranjo Garcia, Mida Tafoya, Clarissa Tafoya, Madeline Tafoya, Dorothy & Paul Gutierrez); Jemez (Carol Vigil, Tsigowanu & Kwa Povi, V. Sando, Chinana, Juanita Fraugua, Laura Gachupin, D. Lucian, L. Lucero)***** Note - MANY of these pots and items are documented with info on where and when purchased - good provenance!

Items for sale include: Pottery; seed pots; canteens; fetish bowls; wedding vases; ollas; decorated with birds, salamanders, lizards, frogs, turtles, deer, rabbits, horned toads, fish and more……Some very large & some as small as a thimble.  

Baskets (many Hopi coil baskets, sifter baskets, some antique...), sand paintings, Kachina dolls (Hopi Walter Koyawena, Hopi Lowell Talashoma, Hopi Anderson Cheela) & story tellers (Jemez D. Lucian, Fragua, Cochiti Doroty Hererra, D. Trujillo, L. Lupe/Loretta Lucero, Hopi Ross Auguh)  & mud head figures; Cochiti drums, a lasso, ceremonial tomahawk, pair of vintage beaded moccasins; trays of shards from archaeological digs, Ute Indian Cradleboard,  and complete collection of 40 (plus & additional) Franklin Mint Coin Medals of Indian Tribal Nations .999 silver content (with many signed books).

Navajo rugs: Yei rug by Pauline Tso Begay, Klagetoh by Emma Chee, Two Grey Hills (Helen Frank, Alice J. Yellowhair, Sarah Begay), Burntwater, and a small pictorial mat

Art consists of: Sand paintings, small story/ pictorial rugs, framed R.C. Gorman charger, pastel still lifes; original oils; jadeite bear figures; many small fetishes – bears, beaver, frogs; …

And last but not least jewelry which of course includes Navajo Native American Squash Blossom necklaces, rings, bracelets, pendant necklaces, carved fetish jewelry; Bolos, earrings, hair accessories & Concho belt…………….. 

Other interesting jewelry includes diamond stud earrings, pendents,14k pins; other 14k chains, earrings, pendants, rings; vintage lockets, brooches, bracelets – Bakelite; jade necklace; Ingersoll Mickey Mouse 1940s wrist watch; Spiro Agnew wrist watch; other minor watches & more...

Besides the large Native American Collection there are many older Hummels/Goebels; a vintage #10 Paolo Soleri Windbell (the largest one I have ever seen!); perfumes; a shell collection; rock/geode collection; MCM kitchen stuff; Silver plate flatware set International Holmes & Edwards “Romance”; set Hutschenreuther "Heather White" dinner ware set; Pr Victorian silver plate fish servers; Books signed by Native Americans authors & potters; Feather collection; large set antique stereo view cards – Yellowstone, Pacific Northwest, NY / Brooklyn Bridge, Coney Island; foreign coins & currency…

And of course a shed full of tools (almost everything you can imagine - like a hardware store!), machinery (Delta 10" contractor saw, Baldor grinder / buffer, Delta 16" variable speed scroll saw, Delta wet/dry grinder, Craftsman bench grinder & disc sander..)

 MCM Fibrella fiberglass table & chairs; pool house with wicker furniture & garden items (i.e. vintage painted patio set table & chairs; planters, birdbath, iron train bell, etc), antique wood planes & vintage Brookins glass oil bottles in carrier, and a vintage Shell gas pump milk glass globe; More……..

Furniture: 1950s bedroom set; pair MCM Niels Eilersen chairs; tables; Indian figural lamp; bookshelves; Lane cedar chests; MCM industrial lamp Koch & Lowy cantilevered desk lamp; MCM sideboard & china; mahogany table & 6 chairs; shop display cabinets; many lighted Curios; storage cabinets;

MUCH MORE to discover when we go back soon…. stay tuned!