****All James Avery jewelry on the Estate Fresh Austin website is used/pre-owned authentic jewelry that was originally purchased directly from James Avery by the owners or family of the estates we liquidate. Each item will have some degree of wear which will be shown in the photos but will be in clean condition, no boxes or paperwork will be included unless shown in the photos. The item you are purchasing is the exact item photographed as we only have one.******* Rare Retired James Avery Modernist Patinated Brass belt buckle. 2" x 1.5", fits a 1" belt, no issues or wear.

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Antique Russian 84 silver belt. Amazing item with no issues. Solid silver, Approx 34.5" long, would make a cool necklace. 133.9 grams.

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Large 1964 Native American sterling/turquoise Silver half dollar belt buckle. 4" x 3 1/8", takes up to a 1.75" belt. 110.3 grams. Tested sterling by the Navajo artist R Chee.

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Huge Vintage Sterling Zuni Multi-Stone Intarsia inlay concho belt. Very<br>substantial belt 2 1/8" x 2 7/8" conchos/buckle, fits up to a 37" waist, 590.4<br>grams with no damage or significant wear. Each concho signed as shown.<br><br>All precious metals are tested and guaranteed, any Native American jewelry<br>referred to as Silver or Sterling is guaranteed to be a minimum of 90% (coin)<br>silver and possibly higher content. Anything marked is guaranteed to be what<br>it's marked, most bracelets are photographed on a 6" wrist (non hairy), rings<br>photographed on the appropriate sized finger when possible. With bracelets if<br>the measurement is not given in the description then inside circumference is<br>shown where the metal meets the number on the the cloth tape measure.

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Native American Tufa Cast sterling and turquoise concho belt, signed at the<br>buckle LEB, the pierced circular floral form buckle with a central turquoise<br>cabochon, the belt with 23 other conchos in circular floral and bow tie forms,<br>each with a centered turquoise cabochon, belt: approx 50"l (end to end), buckle:<br>approx 1.25" diam, circular conchos: approx 1 1/8" diam, bow tie conchos: approx<br>1 1/8"h, 0.75"w, 161 grams total weight.

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Vintage 1" Elk Creek Sterling and Gold Filled Longhorn Hand engraved belt buckle set. Fits up to a 1" belt. Buckle is 2.25" wide. 52 grams.

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c1900 American La Pierre Hand engraved sterling sash/belt buckle/hair piece. No<br>issues, hinge in center, late 19th to very early 20th century. 3.75" wide x 3"<br>tall, assume it's for a cloth belt. It is naturally curved to conform with a<br>body. Inside measurement where belt goes is 2", 40 grams.<br><br>"The La Pierre company started as early as 1888 in New York where Frank H. La<br>Pierre had a small shop at 18 East 14th St. making a variety of novelties and<br>small wares. In 1895 it was incorporated in New Jersey... In 1900 the firm was<br>again incorporated by La Pierre and H. C. Brown. In 1929 the La Pierre business<br>was purchased by the International Silver Company and moved to Wallingford,<br>Connecticut... "

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Vintage Ricardo solid 10k gold on Sterling hand engraved horse belt buckle 3<br>1/8" x 1 3/8", fits up to a 1 1/6" belt 32.3 grams.

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Large 1987 Native American Champion Rodeo Belt Buckle. Rare one of a kind item. 3 1/8" x 4 1/8" fits up to a 1 7/8" belt. No damage or issues. Marked and tested sterling with brass accents and genuine turquoise/red coral. 88.9 grams.

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Vintage Navajo sterling chip inlay belt buckle 4" x 2 7/8", takes up to a 1.5"<br>belt. Very cool vintage custom buckle likely for some sort of ranch or<br>organization. 108.1 grams.<br><br>All precious metals are tested and guaranteed, any Native American jewelry<br>referred to as Silver or Sterling is guaranteed to be a minimum of 90% (coin)<br>silver and possibly higher content. Anything marked is guaranteed to be what<br>it's marked, most bracelets are photographed on a 6" wrist (non hairy), rings<br>photographed on the appropriate sized finger when possible. With bracelets if<br>the measurement is not given in the description then inside circumference is<br>shown where the metal meets the number on the the cloth tape measure.

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Antique Chinese Repousse Silver/Lapis Dragon Belt buckle. Great buckle, late 19th to early 20th century, Chinese, unmarked silver tested to be at least 80% silver guaranteed. It was likely a different type of buckle at one point and the hardware on the back was added later to make it functional for today's fashion 3" wide 66.9 grams. tw208

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After Frederick Remington Vintage Etched Enameled Brass Belt Buckle. From the third quarter of the 20th century, nice buckle in good condition. 2.75" x 2.25" fits up to a 1.75" belt. No issues.

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2 1970's Levis Jeans Belt buckles. One base metal, other Bergamot brassworks dated 1976. No issues with either, penny for scale, both take up to a 1.75" belt. Selling both.

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Beverly Etsate is an acclaimed Zuni Inlay Artist. Bev is the Daughter of Famed<br>Zuni Artists Rosalie and Augustine Pinto. Bev continues her parents tradition of<br>Inlaid Jewelry by producing jewelry in the same style as her Elders. She has<br>over 30 years of experience in her craft. In that time, she has quickly become<br>one of Zuni's foremost Jewelers.. Selling the set from the late 20th century<br>with no damage or issues. Looks to have seen little to no wear. Buckle is 3.25"<br>x 2 3/8" and takes up to a 1.5" belt Main section of bolo is 2.25" x 1 7/8".<br>total weight 106.5 grams. tested sterling.

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2 Vintage Exart Mexican folk art belt buckles. Selling both buckles shown. Not<br>really sure how they work. One takes a 2" belt, the other 1.5". Penny for scale.<br>tw208

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Antique Knights of Templar belt buckle. Likely from the first quarter of the 20th century, 3 1/8" tall will handle up to a 1.75" belt. oxidation and wear as shown. Tw208

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3 1970's Oilfield/communication Brass belt buckles Oilwell Materials and<br>hardware Keller Oilfield services. Selling the three buckles, bottom one dated<br>1976, all from 70's and 80's, all cool. All for 1.5" belt.<br>tw208

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Vintage Navajo Sterling and Turquoise Sandcast Concho Belt. Nice old concho belt, each piece is signed on the back by the same artist that I'm unfamiliar with. The buckle is sandcast, conchos hand cut and hand stamped. Great concho belt from the second quarter of the 20th century. No significant issues, buckle and 6 conchos measuring 2.25" x 2.75" Fits between a 31" and 35" waist with existing holes. Tested sterling silver. tw239

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Red Adair, (1915-2004) Texas Oil Well Firefighter belt buckle. 3 3/8" x 2.25", takes up to a 1.75" belt. Paul Neal Adair was born in Houston, Texas in nineteen fifteen. He was one of five sons of a metal worker. He also had three sisters. While growing up, he became known as Red Adair because his hair was bright red. The color became a trademark for Adair. He wore red clothes and red boots. He drove a red car, and his crew members used red trucks and red equipment. As a young man, Red Adair dropped out of high school to help support his family. He worked as a laborer for several different companies. In nineteen thirty-eight, Adair got his first oil-related job with the Otis Pressure Control Company. During World War Two, Adair served on a trained army team that removed and destroyed s. After the war, he returned to Houston and took a job with Myron Kinley. At the time, Kinley was the leader in putting out fires in oil wells. Red Adair worked with Myron Kinley for fourteen years. But in nineteen fifty-nine, Adair started his own company. During his thirty-six years in business, Red Adair and his crews battled more than two thousand fires all over the world. Some were on land. Others were on ocean oil-drilling structures. Some fires were in burning oil wells. Others were in natural gas wells. Red Adair was a leader in a specialized and extremely dangerous profession. Putting out oil well fires can be difficult. This is because oil well fires are extinguished, or put out, at the wellhead just above ground. Normally, s are used to stop the fire from burning. The explosion robs the fire of oxygen. But, once the fire is out, the well still needs to be covered, or capped, to stop the flow of oil. This is the most dangerous part of the process. Any new heat or fire could cause the leaking well and the surrounding area to explode. Red Adair developed modern methods to extinguish and cover burning oil wells. They became known in the industry as Wild Well Control techniques. In addition to s, the techniques involved large amounts of water and dirt. Adair also developed special equipment made of bronze metal to help extinguish oil well fires. The modern tools and his Wild Well Control techniques earned Red Adair and his crews the honor of being called the "best in the business." Red Adair was known for not being afraid. He was also known for his sense of calm and safety. None of his workers were ever killed while putting out oil well or gas fires. He described his work this way: "It scares you -- all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everyone's face, when you are finished and packing, it is the best smile in the world; and there is nobody hurt, and the well is under control." One of Red Adair's most important projects was in nineteen sixty-two. He and his crew put out a natural gas fire in the Sahara Desert in Algeria. The fire had been burning for six months. This famous fire was called the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter." Fire from the natural gas well shot about one hundred forty meters into the air. The fire was so big that American astronaut John Glenn could see it from space as he orbited Earth. The desert sand around the well had melted into glass from the extreme heat. News reports said Adair used about three hundred forty kilograms of nitroglycerine material to pull the oxygen out of the fire. Adair's success with the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter" and earlier well fires captured the imagination of the American film industry. In nineteen sixty-eight, Hollywood made an action film called "Hellfighters." It was loosely based on events in Red Adair's life. Actor John Wayne played an oil well firefighter from Houston, Texas whose life was similar to Adair's. Adair served as an advisor to Wayne while the film was being made. The two men became close friends. Adair said one of the best honors in the world was to have John Wayne play him in a movie. Here is John Wayne in the film "Hellfighters." He has just flown into Venezuela to help his crew fight a dangerous fire. He has brought needed supplies with him. In nineteen eighty-eight, Adair fought what was possibly the world's worst off-shore accident. It was at the Piper Alpha drilling structure in the North Sea. Occidental Petroleum operated the structure off the coast of Scotland. The structure produced oil and gas from twenty-four wells. One hundred sixty-seven men were killed when the structure exploded after a gas leak. Red Adair had to stop the fires and cap the wells. He faced winds blowing more than one hundred twenty kilometers an hour, and ocean waves at least twenty meters high. In March of nineteen ninety-one, Red Adair went to Kuwait following the Persian Gulf War. He and his crews were called in to help put out fires set by the Iraqi army as it fled from coalition forces. But Adair faced serious problems in putting out the fires. In June, he flew to Washington, D.C. to talk to government officials about those problems. He told congressional lawmakers that he needed more water and more equipment. He also described his concerns about medical services for his men, and the buried landmines throughout Kuwait. Adair also met with then-President George H.W. Bush. President Bush listened to his concerns and offered his support. Within weeks, Adair had the equipment he needed to complete the job. The Red Adair Company capped more than one hundred wells. His crews were among twenty-seven teams from sixteen countries called in to fight the fires. The crews' efforts put out about seven hundred Kuwaiti fires. Their efforts saved millions of barrels of oil. Some experts say the operation also helped prevent an environmental tragedy. The job had been expected to take three to five years. However, it was completed in just eight months. In a ceremony, the Emir of Kuwait extinguished the last burning well on November sixth, nineteen ninety-one. In addition to Kuwait, Adair and his men carried out sixteen other jobs that year. They worked in India, Venezuela, Nigeria, the Gulf of Mexico and the United States. Red Adair had spent his seventy-sixth birthday in Kuwait working side by side with his crew. When asked when he might retire, he told reporters: "Retire? I do not know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work, and he is productive out there and he feels good – keep at it." Still, Red Adair finally did retire in nineteen ninety-four. At that time, he joked about where he would end up when he died. He said he hoped to be in Heaven. But he said this about Hell: "I have made a deal with the devil. He said he is going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there – if I go there – so I won't put all the fires out." Red Adair died in two thousand four. He was eighty-nine years old. At his funeral, many family members and friends honored him by wearing red clothes. Many Americans remember Red Adair for his bravery. He lived his life on the edge of danger. He was known for his willingness to risk his own life to save others. During his life, Adair received Special Letters of Recognition from Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush. One of the letters said this: "You have served your country well by your willingness to do a dangerous and important job with a rare ability. In an age said to be without heroes, you are an authentic hero." anderas

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Vintage Native American Tufa Cast Sterling concho belt. Belt is 44" long with one hole at 31", 1.25" wide leather. 2 5/8" x 2 1/8" buckle and conchos. 8 conchos and 1 buckle (9 total) all the same size. 254.2 grams total weight. Tests silver 90%(coin silver) or sterling guaranteed. No identifying marks that I could find.

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Old Pawn Native American Sterling belt buckle. Nice old large sterling(tested) native American belt buckle. Arrow hallmark shown in bottom of second pic J.L. scratched in center, likely not maker. 4" x 2.5" x 105.8 grams x will handle up to a 2 1/8" leather belt.

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