A Jewelry Tour of Taxco, Mexico. by Tina Huynh. November 11, 2013. ... When I first saw this giant chandelier, I thought about the silversmiths in Taxco who had handmade each silver chain.

He was the patriarch of the Mexican silver movement in Taxco, and today his pieces regularly bring big prices at the major auction houses. Proving that all that sparkles is not gold, let's explore ...

Taxco Silver Fair, Taxco is Mexico's 'silver city', and was once a colonial centre of industry. In the 1920s, the town became famous for its exquisite silverwork as well as for its mining history ...

Nearly 500 years old, Taxco has never looked more radiant. Built on rugged ripples of valley surrounded by mountains in the central highlands, about a hundred miles southwest of Mexico City, this ...

TAXCO, Mexico -- Nearly a thousand feet -- the height of a 100-story building -- below ground, bare-chested men with headlamps worked in tunnels as dark as tombs. Soaked with sweat and dust, they ...

But one name that wouldn't occur to me, and should, is William Spratling. He was the patriarch of the Mexican silver movement in Taxco, and today his pieces regularly bring big prices at the major ...