january 1979 pewter pamphlet with priceS
1979 was a very important year for Stieff. In February 1979 Stieff would sell the retail stores to Gordon’s Jewelers. The Hunt Brothers of Texas were trying to corner the silver market by manipulating silver prices causing great havoc in the market. In the fall of ’79 Stieff would buy cross town rival
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S.Kirk & Son and then consolidating both operations into the Stieff buildings on Wyman Park Drive and creating
THE KIRK STIEFF COMPANY
This price list is dated January 21, 1979
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