Two auctions for vintage Spratling silver coming in June

On June 13th J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC will auction a Spratling Mexican Sterling Silver Ball Foot Ashtray: Photograph: J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC/Auctionzip Auctioneer’s description: Lot 296: Spratling Mexican Sterling Silver Ball Foot Ashtray. Spratling sterling silver ashtray … Continue reading

Top-rated seller offers a variety of vintage Mexican silver jewelry

Top-rated eBay seller thisbays4u specializes in vintage sterling silver jewelry from the 1920s to the present and usually has a good selection of vintage Taxco silver and vintage Mexican silver, including rings, earrings, pinsbrooches, bracelets, and necklaces. Here is some … Continue reading

Read “Mexico’s City of Silver” in Popular Mechanics 1952

In June 1952, Popular Mechanics published Mexico’s City of Silver by Michael Day.  Reading an article such as this, written during the heyday of William Spratling, Los Castillo, and the other great designers and artisans working in Mexico, provides a contemporary … Continue reading