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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Reedman" data-source="post: 4144348" data-attributes="member: 51533"><p>We used to visit ABQ quite a bit, as my wife has a cousin there. The last time was about 4 years ago. The locals around Old Town (especially jewelry) were very upset that all of the shops were being bought up by big companies about 10 years ago. At that time, one independent shop said they were the last holdout. They were gone when we went back four years ago, as was a pottery shop that we would ALWAYS go to and find some nice Acoma that we liked. There were still a few selling turquoise/silver on the blankets/ground on the square at that time. There was always one or two very gifted artists that were Native American, and we have gotten any number of nice pieces from them. My suggestion is to talk with whoever you find there on the square that has work you like. But not all of it is Native American--a number of just artist-types making pretty stuff. Never found anything priced reasonably in Santa Fe. And the recommendation to check the Pueblos is a good one, but my experience is that was mainly for pottery.</p></blockquote><p></p>