BRONZES

The Tucson Mineral and Gem Show is undoubtedly the largest and most entertaining trade show in our industry in the world.

You need to rent a car for a week and drive around the tents, camps, motels, hotels, and warehouses. You'll find everything: prehistoric skulls, meteorites, minerals, gems, pearls, and so on...

As soon as my son Fabio and I arrived, we started driving around a bit randomly, letting our intuition lead us.

The first settlement is a large expanse full of African stalls, it feels just like being in an African market. "We're wasting time here, Dad, there can't be anything valuable."

Wait, 10 minutes of Africa always do me good since I haven't been there in a while, let's wander around for a moment to get back into gear.

After a while I am attracted by a stall with some ancient/old bronzes from Mali, decidedly unique but thrown all there in a jumble and immediately the feeling comes to mind for which I decided to stop in this place: why not buy some and embellish them as they deserve.

Here is the result.

I don't know if I've composed something pleasantly harmonious, but I know that these bronzes were very popular; now they feel important and precious, admired by the people who took them home.