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Post by realrockhound on Jan 31, 2023 20:31:09 GMT -5
Anyone here who is an “expert” in turquoise? Or at least can price by grade?
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Jan 31, 2023 21:41:51 GMT -5
Crickets, eh?
There's a guy from somewhere in Oregon who was a vendor at our show last summer. Went by "Turquoise Jim" here.
True experts - or even people with real working knowledge of turquoise - are getting harder to find. This guy was good. I'll try to find more info on him.
EDIT: realrockhound - Jim Ouchida is "Turquoise Jim". Found a couple of search results where he has done shows up your way. |
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Post by realrockhound on Jan 31, 2023 22:38:37 GMT -5
Crickets, eh?
There's a guy from somewhere in Oregon who was a vendor at our show last summer. Went by "Turquoise Jim" here.
True experts - or even people with real working knowledge of turquoise - are getting harder to find. This guy was good. I'll try to find more info on him.
EDIT: realrockhound - Jim Ouchida is "Turquoise Jim". Found a couple of search results where he has done shows up your way. appreciate it. I’ll look into him. I got a sandwich bag full of turquoise I want to find out about. Grandpa bought it back in 98. Says $100 on it. Curious of current value |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 31, 2023 22:48:35 GMT -5
Crickets, eh?
There's a guy from somewhere in Oregon who was a vendor at our show last summer. Went by "Turquoise Jim" here.
True experts - or even people with real working knowledge of turquoise - are getting harder to find. This guy was good. I'll try to find more info on him.
EDIT: realrockhound - Jim Ouchida is "Turquoise Jim". Found a couple of search results where he has done shows up your way. appreciate it. I’ll look into him. I got a sandwich bag full of turquoise I want to find out about. Grandpa bought it back in 98. Says $100 on it. Curious of current value He has an Instagram account, but it's private. I followed him and hopefully he'll ok me. Don't know if he'll help or not, but we can ask. He was in Portland and may be in Gresham now.  |
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Post by Rockoonz on Feb 1, 2023 1:18:59 GMT -5
Jim is a member of the Mt Hood club in Gresham
I was overjoyed at the Flagg Show to have him back to back with us, he's a great guy and definitely knowledgable about all things Turquoise.
I believe he said he was doing the Prineville and Madras shows this year, and he will be at the Mt Hood show May 19-22 2023
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Post by realrockhound on Feb 1, 2023 1:26:43 GMT -5
Jim is a member of the Mt Hood club in Gresham I was overjoyed at the Flagg Show to have him back to back with us, he's a great guy and definitely knowledgable about all things Turquoise. I believe he said he was doing the Prineville and Madras shows this year, and he will be at the Mt Hood show May 19-22 2023 Sweet. I’ll just try to catch him at the prineville show then. Makes it easy enough. |
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Post by vegasjames on Feb 1, 2023 2:46:10 GMT -5
Anyone here who is an “expert” in turquoise? Or at least can price by grade? Check the Turquoise Skies site. They have a great grading chart that breaks down the various value factors. |
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Post by vegasjames on Feb 1, 2023 14:09:00 GMT -5
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Post by realrockhound on Feb 1, 2023 14:47:16 GMT -5
Awesome. Appreciate it man. Thank you |
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Post by realrockhound on Feb 13, 2023 1:14:42 GMT -5
Think I figured out what type/locality the turquoise is. Pretty sure its sleeping beauty. Still haven't narrowed down price. But I know thats it's likely $200+ at the bare minimum.  |
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Post by MsAli on Feb 13, 2023 6:19:43 GMT -5
Your Grandpa left behind some cool treasures for you.
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Post by realrockhound on Feb 13, 2023 11:53:11 GMT -5
Your Grandpa left behind some cool treasures for you. Most definitely. I’m very blessed. |
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Post by Rockoonz on Feb 13, 2023 12:04:58 GMT -5
Bring it with you to the PowWow in Prineville, my friend Wayne from the Mt Hood club and the Jade guy who is always in the building there can also be helpful with ID and value. Since we're not vendors there we will probably only be there for Sunday this year, maybe Saturday too.
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Post by realrockhound on Feb 13, 2023 12:58:35 GMT -5
Bring it with you to the PowWow in Prineville, my friend Wayne from the Mt Hood club and the Jade guy who is always in the building there can also be helpful with ID and value. Since we're not vendors there we will probably only be there for Sunday this year, maybe Saturday too. perfect, will do. Let’s plan some hounding while you’re here too. Let me know what you’d like to hound and I’ll see what I can line out. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 13, 2023 16:24:27 GMT -5
I'm not really certain, but I think that looks more like Bisbee turquoise rather than Sleeping Beauty. Sleeping Beauty is a more Robin's egg blue. If the color in your picture is correct, I'd be thinking Bisbee which has that amazing bright blue like the picture shows.
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Post by realrockhound on Feb 13, 2023 16:41:03 GMT -5
I'm not really certain, but I think that looks more like Bisbee turquoise rather than Sleeping Beauty. Sleeping Beauty is a more Robin's egg blue. If the color in your picture is correct, I'd be thinking Bisbee which has that amazing bright blue like the picture shows. It’s more of a baby-sky blue-robins egg blue. That picture came out more vibrant. But with that…. I’m going to take your input and check out bisbee. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 13, 2023 16:46:30 GMT -5
I'm not really certain, but I think that looks more like Bisbee turquoise rather than Sleeping Beauty. Sleeping Beauty is a more Robin's egg blue. If the color in your picture is correct, I'd be thinking Bisbee which has that amazing bright blue like the picture shows. It’s more of a baby-sky blue-robins egg blue. That picture came out more vibrant. But with that…. I’m going to take your input and check out bisbee. There's good info on this site: www.durangosilver.com/jewelry-learning-center.html |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Feb 13, 2023 21:06:05 GMT -5
Whatever it is, look up prices on "any" grade stabilized turquoise on the market today.
I think I'd give you $200 for that just from the photo.
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Post by realrockhound on Feb 13, 2023 21:12:43 GMT -5
Whatever it is, look up prices on "any" grade stabilized turquoise on the market today.
I think I'd give you $200 for that just from the photo.
I took a small little piece and have it ground down into a nice lil oval to really expose color. If it really is sleeping beauty, which now from photo comparisons I’m pretty sure it is, the lil cab would roughly be around $100 just from what I’ve seen people asking for it online of the same size and visual appearance. Now.. obviously that’s all speculation off looking up things for comparison. Definitely going to get it professionally graded before I touch anymore of it. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Feb 13, 2023 21:28:24 GMT -5
Yeah, even small cut stones of Sleeping Beauty will be worth a lot.
That's why I said I'd "give" you $200 for it. You can pay $200/lb for stabilized "junk" turquoise these days.
I'm glad we've chatted enough already for you to know I like to kid around.
That's also why my first comment was about checking current stablized prices. I think $200 would be a steal for that parcel. Literally.
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