Crownpoint Rug Auction Prices

Also a good way to pick up a couple of rugs for myself.

Crownpoint rug auction prices. We learned plenty about navajo rugs and the auction process. Somewhere in the middle of nowhere on some reservation. It is clean and the food is pretty. The auction has grown steadily in popularity and brings buyers from all over the.

The rug auction seemed like a excellent opportunity to see lots of rugs and get an idea about the market value. We wondered if there were many weavers who brought rugs to the september auction compared to a typical month. We are the main rug auction and craft sale on the navajo reservation. The wide ruins trading post was founded by sally and william lippincott in the 1940 s in wide ruins arizona.

The auction has grown steadily in popularity and brings buyers from all over the. Crownpoint s got lower prices i hear some sell for less than 50. From what we read on the actual crownpoint navajo rug auction and their facebook page it sounds like some of the weavers didn t receive proper payments. The august auction was abruptly cancelled.

The rug auction of crownpoint has been the staple of the crownpoint community since 1964 serving as a hub for social and economic activity. You turn north off i 40 at thoreau pronounced threw by the natives i m told. Even better the woman seated a row ahead of us clued me in to a monthly rug auction going on about two and a half hours west of albuquerque. Crownpoint navajo rug auction crownpoint nm.

As such it is the very best. Crownpoint navajo rug auction crownpoint nm. The crownpoint rug weavers association has been auctioning rugs from all over the reservation since 1968. The rug is a fine navajo native american indian wool rug with an excellent wide ruins pattern from weaver emma homer.

Only restaurant in crownpoint a good place for good food at good prices reviewed april 12 2014 just opened last year grandma s is the only restaurant in crownpoint. Friday june 9 2017 crownpoint is a community on the navajo reservation in western new mexico. Wide ruin rugs are characterized by the high quality 100 wool with all natural vegetable dyes having. We are the main rug auction and craft sale on the navajo reservation.

Navajo wide ruins crownpoint trading post rug 1950 for auction. The crownpoint rug auction gives buyers the unique opportunity to purchase navajo rugs directly from the weavers themselves at prices well below retail. If you are attending the monthly rug auction it is much better that the food truck at the auction site.