Maker's mark comparison reference

Bell Trading Post maker's marks

Compare 2 source-linked mark variants recorded under Bell Trading Post. These are reconstructions for comparison, not source photographs or authentication evidence.

Source location statements
Albuquerque, NM
Source date statements
founded 1932

Mark variant 1

Bell Trading Post: bell, arrow, signpost; line reconstruction.
Line reconstruction
Bell Trading Post: bell, arrow, signpost; oxidized reconstruction.
AI-assisted oxidized reconstruction

Source-recorded mark text: bell, arrow, signpost

The pictorial group shows a plain-tailed right-pointing arrow above the angular signpost emblem and two lower-left markers.

Low confidence comparison reconstruction.

Mark variant 2

Bell Trading Post: Bell; line reconstruction.
Line reconstruction
Bell Trading Post: Bell; oxidized reconstruction.
AI-assisted oxidized reconstruction

Source-recorded mark text: Bell

A bell outline contains BELL while the letters of STERLING surround it in the source arrangement.

Low confidence comparison reconstruction.

Market evidence for Bell Trading Post

0.60–4.68× melt — the middle half of observed sold-price-to-silver-value ratios, from 17 weighable lots across 7 auction houses. Each lot uses the silver reference at its sale date.

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