Kohlberg’s Antiques Denver Colorado Curio Shop Brochure Indian Blankets Jewelry

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RARE original brochure from the original location in downtown Denver!
Kohlberg's Antiques store has early roots in Denver, Colorado. Erich Kohlberg's uncle came to America from Austria in the 1870's. He established one of Denver's first curio shops in lower downtown on 17th Street. It was around 1930 when Erich Kohlberg moved to Denver to help manage his uncle's shop. At some point, he became the sole proprietor. Over the years he purchased thousands of collectibles from museums, collectors and from sources all over the world. Kohlberg's Antiques always had a reputation for honesty and offering rare and high quality items. Mr. Kohlberg was an expert in the field of native American artifacts but was also very knowledgeable in many other areas of collecting. In the earlier years it was like a museum, they even had things like armor, Samurai Armor, old swords, daggers and antique guns, all kinds of old original native American artifacts, jewelry, Silver, glass and ancient curiosities from all over the world. In later years they didn't have as many larger items but still continued to keep an unbelievable amount of very rare and high quality antiques. Erich's wife, Paula Ruddick, was originally from Dunfermline Scotland. Her sister, Edith Ruddick was a well known Scottish actress. Paula Ruddick met Erich on a transatlantic cruise sometime in the early 1950’s and they later married. They both managed the store and were a great team!
Their silversmith, Manuel Naranjo, was nice old Native American man who was a true artist and craftsmen and he was skilled at many tasks. The brochure features a portrait of his daughter!