Theft Alerts Blog
Please be on the lookout for a stolen Navajo bracelet. This bracelet went missing at a social event on the Navajo Reservation in June 2012.
If you have any information about this bracelet, please contact Mark Winter at the Toadlena Trading Post, phone (505) 789 3267, email: toadlena@hotmail.com.
On May 12, 2012 a Cree beaded coat was found missing from a San Diego, CA home. This coat has intense sentimental value to the owner.
If you have any info about the stolen piece, please contact Sergeant Bernstein at the San Diego Police Department . Her number is:619-531-2000. Her email is: mbernstein@pd.sandiego.gov. The case # is: 12-018783NRCBeat # 124.
You may contact the owner, Doreen, at mccondor1@yahoo.com or phone 858-344-9211.
Friday May 4th between 2-3 PM a silver box with 40 inset stones was stolen from our store. The box is 4″ across, 3″ deep, and 2-3/4″ tall. Stamped on the bottom was J&E WILSON. If you have any info about the stolen piece, please email the gallery at cowgirls@rt66.com, phone (505) 255-4054.
The image is a stolen Yeibichai pattern circular Navajo rug by Mary H Yazzie, 24” in diameter.
If you have any info about the stolen piece, please email Mark Hernandez at the Scottsdale Police Dept. with any information. Case number 12-09575. His email address ismahernandez@scottsdaleaz.gov, phone 480-312-5832.
You may also contact the gallery by email at trader@rivertradingpost.com
If you have any information about any of these items, contact the Denver Police and mention case number 12-147930. You may also contact the gallery by phone (303) 744-9203 or email lewbob1@gmail.com
The image is a piece of stolen Hopi Pottery by Charles Navasie, 4” x 8.5”.
If you have any info about the stolen piece, please contact the Scottsdale Police Department at 480-312-5832, report #1202509. You may also contact the gallery by email at trader@rivertradingpost.com
The missing canteens are described by the gallery as:
If you have any information on these items, contact investigations at the Santa Fe, NM Police Department at 505-955-5038 and refer to Case number 12-001250, Detective Randy S. Pecorelli, rspecoreli@santafenm.gov, 2515 Camino Entrada, Santa Fe, NM 87507, or contact the gallery at 505.988.1776or sherwoodsspirit@yahoo.com
On 1-22-12 in an early morning window smash and grab theft, many items of Navajo, Pueblo and Taxco jewelry were stolen from Len Wood’s Indian Territory gallery in Laguna Beach California. The reversible “spinner style” Marie Francisco belt/necklace/bracelet shown in the photos and several trays of other jewelry were stolen.
A squash style necklace with eight silver Liberty dollars and a turquoise stone set in the sandcast naja is shown in the two attached photos from a similar theft approximately four weeks earlier on approx. 12-27-11. (see photos) A more typical squash blossom necklace with silver leaf motifs on each side of each stone was among other mostly jewelry items also taken. (see photos)
Additional jewelry items were taken but are still to be determined.
If you have any information about these items, please contact Officer Abraham OCampo (949)497-0701 Police Report #12-00257.
You may also contact Len Wood’s Indian Territory Gallery (949) 497-5747, (800) 579-0860, or email info@indianterritory.com
Unusual silver bracelet with a central stamped face and some geometric stamping toward the edges. 1/2″ wide, coin silver, around 1910. Reward. Call Alan 505-660-2637. No questions asked.
The missing weavings are described by the gallery as:
If you have any information on these items, contact investigations at the Santa Fe, NM Police Department at 505-955-5038 and refer to Case number 11-019405, or contact the gallery at (505)988-9559or nizhonimoses@aol.com
Kaolin painted jaguar with red spots rids atop of a large bird in flight. The jaguar’s claws are holding onto the breast of the bird and his tail is securely wrapped around the tail of the bird to hold on. The bird’s entire body is painted in a very rare light purple paint and head painted red. Height: 7.5 inches & Length: 9.0 inches, ca. 0 BC – 200 AD.
If you have any information about this piece, please contact Walter Knox, Knox Artifacts Gallery, 7056 E. Main St., Scottsdale, AZ. 85251, phone 480-703-3122, email walt@fortknoxartifacts.com
A few days later, additional items were found to have been be taken during the same theft.
If you have any information on these items, contact the Santa Fe, NM Police Department at 505-955-9538 and refer to case number 11-018928, or call the gallery at 505-820-1101
If you have any information about these items, please contact Yasutomo Kodera at info@skystone.jp
Quimbaya Pectoral, ca. A.D. 500-1000, diameter 7 3/4in (19.5cm), gold, finely hammered and cut into a circular domed form and pierced four times for attachment, with finely raised double-row dotted pattern around the edge.
Removed without permission from the gallery. We are not sure exactly when it was stolen, sometime over the last six months. Attached is an image of the piece. If you have any information about this piece, please refer to Scottsdale Police report number 11-21504, phone 480-312-5000, Officer Polasky #1163, or contact Knox Artifacts Gallery, 7056 E. Main St., Scottsdale, AZ. 85251, phone (480) 874-1007, email walt@fortknoxartifacts.com
These Items were stolen August 31. If you have information about any of these items, please contact Santa Fe Police Department, 2515 Camino Entrada, Santa Fe 5038, Dispatch: 505-428-3710, Records: 505-955-5751, Investigations: 505-955-5038, Officer Name: Corrine Jones, Case #: 111-013651, 8 items of stolen jewelry. You may also contact Bonnie McClung Grubs Director, Martha Hopkins Struever, P.O. Box 2203, Santa Fe, NM 87504, 505-795-4345, email info@marthastruever.com
A 19th century Plains beaded knife sheath with added deer antler handled knife was stolen from the booth of Fred Bauer Antiques, an exhibitor at the Great Southwest Antique Show in Albuquerque, NM on August 6, 2011. A sketch is posted below:
If you have any information about the missing objects please contact the New Mexico State Police at (505) 841-9256 or (505) 841-9249, CAD #181254 and Fred Bauer (575) 921-3212 or (575) 585-9249
If you have any information about these pieces, the criminal case number is CR-20112542 (Pima County Superior Court) and the lead detective is Detective Hanson of the Tucson Police Department, ph. 520-791-4444. You may also contact the owner, Avery Pardee, c/o Jones Walker, 201 St. Charles Ave., Ste. 5100, New Orleans, LA 70170, ph. 504-582-8358
Yei Weaving by Lucinda Begay – 31″ x 17.5″. If you have any information about the missing weaving, please contact Toni Zupanc 505-982-2805 or email rivertradingpost@gmail.com, the Santa Fe police report number is Case #11-007771, the police department phone number is 505-428-3710, officer Nick Wood
An Iroquois clay smoking pipe with open mouth bird, c. 1670 is missing from the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC). The pipe is labeled with the catalog number 10197/216. If you have any information about the missing pipe, please contact George McIntosh, Director of Collections at (585)271-4552, ext. 306, george_mcintosh@rmsc.org. Police Report Number: 11-095665, Dominic Pazz is the police investigator for this case, phone 585-428-8800
If you have any information about the missing rug, please contact Sandra at (562) 206-4564 or email fleanoc@yahoo.com, the police report number is ME110340043, the police department phone number is 951-210-1000
