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Rug Auction

The viewing of rugs starts at 4:00 pm and goes to 6:30. The auction starts at 7:00 pm. The auctions end around 10:00 pm

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auction dates

2008
January 11,
February 08
March 14
April 11
May 09
June 13
July 11
August 15
September 12
October 10
November 14
December 12

things to do

The Explore Navajo
Interactive Museum
and Code Talker Exhibit

 

Ya'at'eeh (Welcome)

Wayne Connell Auctioneer
Mountain Air, NM

Take a Southwest vacation, and be nice to your pocketbook!
Decorate your home in style for less. Stock up on presents everyone will appreciate. The money you save buying directly from the artists will help pay for your vacation.

We are the main rug auction and craft sale on the Navajo Reservation. Leave behind the usual tourist fare and see hundreds of exquisite handmade Navajo rugs. Our tribe's rugs are world famous, and New Mexico is beautiful!|
Before the actual auction, you can hold rugs in your hands and appreciate them up close. Some sell for $50 or less, and some sell for thousands of dollars. Even if you don't buy anything, you are in for a treat. No two rugs are alike!!

Before and during the auction, a truly large number of Native American crafts people have their wares on sale. You will be astounded at the jewelry, pottery, beadwork, and other items. Many pieces of jewelry, for example, are on sale for $5. You would have to pay two or three times more to purchase the same items elsewhere.

Vendor space fees are 4 by 3 foot $15.00, 5 by 3 foot $20.00
You provide your own tables and chairs.
Setup around 3:30 p.m.

Both the rugs and the crafts are major sources of income for our tribe. If you purchase any of these, you will be doing yourself and us a favor.

Where to Stay

Their is no lodging in Crownpoint.
You can stay in you RV in front of the auction at the school for free.

Motel accommodations are available just off of I-40 in Gallup (50 miles west of Thoreau) and Grants (30 miles east of Thoreau)
Note: Train whistles run all night every 30 minutes in Gallup and Grant.

I always stay at the Window Rock Quality Inn Navajo Nation Capital.
(No train noise.)

The following motels are found in Gallup, Grants, and Farmington: Holiday Inn, Super 8, Best Western, Holiday Inn Express, Motel 6, etc.

Crownpoint Rug Weavers Association
P. O. Box 1630
Crownpoint, New Mexico 87313
(505)786-5302 or(505)786-7386
Ena Chavez, Manager - Christina Ellsworth, Co-Manager

Email: ellsworth78@msn.com


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