Crownpoint Rug Auction Prices

We are the main rug auction and craft sale on the navajo reservation.

Crownpoint rug auction prices.

As such it is the very best. The crownpoint rug auction gives buyers the unique opportunity to purchase navajo rugs directly from the weavers themselves at prices well below retail. We wondered if there were many weavers who brought rugs to the september auction compared to a typical month. The crownpoint rug weavers association has been auctioning rugs from all over the reservation since 1968.

Crownpoint s got lower prices i hear some sell for less than 50. The crownpoint rug weavers association has been auctioning rugs from all over the reservation since 1968. It is clean and the food is pretty. The rug auction of crownpoint is organized and administered by the navajo weavers association of crownpoint a community based organization made up of weavers community members and volunteers.

Crownpoint navajo rug auction crownpoint nm. If you are attending the monthly rug auction it is much better that the food truck at the auction site. The rug auction of crownpoint has been the staple of the crownpoint community since 1964 serving as a hub for social and economic activity. The wide ruins trading post was founded by sally and william lippincott in the 1940 s in wide ruins arizona.

The august auction was abruptly cancelled. Friday june 9 2017 crownpoint is a community on the navajo reservation in western new mexico. The crownpoint rug auction gives buyers the unique opportunity to purchase navajo rugs directly from the weavers themselves at prices well below retail. The auction has grown steadily in popularity and brings buyers from all over the.

Somewhere in the middle of nowhere on some reservation. We learned plenty about navajo rugs and the auction process. You turn north off i 40 at thoreau pronounced threw by the natives i m told. The auction has grown steadily in popularity and brings buyers from all over the.

Wide ruin rugs are characterized by the high quality 100 wool with all natural vegetable dyes having. Crownpoint navajo rug auction crownpoint nm. 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. 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. Navajo wide ruins crownpoint trading post rug 1950 for auction. 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.