The C. G. Wallace Collection of American Indian Art [SOLD]

Catalog of Public Auction, November 14, 15, 16, 1975 at The Adams Hotel, Phoenix, featuring the jewelry collection of Zuni Pueblo trader C. G. Wallace.  Sold under the auspices of the Heard Museum, Phoenix and in association with Harmer Johnson.

For half a century, C. G. Wallace lived and worked among the Indians on the Zuni reservation near Gallup, NM.  During a colorful career that began in 1918, he established a rapport with the Zuni and Navajo achieved by few other white men.  In the process, he stimulated the development of Southwestern arts and crafts, compiled one of the world's best collections of Indian works and amassed a personal fortune.