The Traders of Magellan Traders travel the globe to purchase various quality products from Families and quality
artisans. Our success is built from the reputation of the traders
with whom we work and our widespread network. For you, this
means quality pieces from such remote places in Thailand, Indonesia,
New Guinea, and many parts of Africa, as well as the Mid east,
India, the Orient, Mexico and South America.
EXCELLENT
TRADERS means EXCELLENT TREASURES!
Our
traders build close relationships with villagers and artists.
This ensures that our items are authentic, handmade and not manufactured
nor aged artificially. That is why we can make a money-back guarantee
on all our items.
Ryan Scott and wife Alexandra are the new owners of Magellan Traders. Ryan has been the manager for over 7 years before having the opportunity to become the owner. The previous owner, is now traveling the globe finding new and unique treasures.
PAUL AND SONIE BUCK (pictured on left in above photo with
tribesmen)
Paul
and Sonie Buck, principal traders have earned an international
reputation, first in handmade Southwest art, and more recently
in authentic art pieces from Africa, the Orient, New Guinea and
more remote and unusual places throughout the world. The Bucks
are hailed as having developed one of the "best trading companies
between the coasts."
IBRAHIM
Ibrahim
hails from Foumban in Cameroon, West Africa. There he has been
given the title El Hadj which means he has been to Mecca
and is entitled to wear the headband that marks someone who has
made that pilgrimage. Almost all of his time is spent in traveling
- half the time in parts of Africa looking for special pieces,
and the other half calling on selected galleries from New York
to California. We feel lucky to trade with Ibrahim as his finds
are wonderful -- especially Fang
masks which are unsurpassed in quality.
RON
and CAROLYN
Ron
has traded with the tribal peoples of New Guinea since 1965. He
started when he lived in Australia and saw artifacts from Papua
New Guinea. Soon he was traveling by dugout canoe up the jungle
rivers like the Sepik and hiking along narrow bush tracks in the
Highland mountains. After various jobs with the Australian administration
and running the PNG government's artifact center, Village Arts,
Ron returned to the United States in 1978. He continued yearly
collecting trips with his artist wife, Carolyn. In 1988 they traveled
into Irian Jaya on the Indonesian side of the island of New Guinea.
They trekked in the Ballem Valley where the first white man only
arrived in 1938 and the local men still wear phallocrypts. They
explored south into the Asmat, where the villagers were headhunters
as recently as the 1950's and took canoes up the rivers into the
back jungles where some of the people still practice cannibalism.
Ron
and Carolyn expanded their areas of discovery into the rest of
Indonesia, and more recently China. They still travel mainly by
dugout canoe on their collecting trips into the remote jungle
villages of New Guinea.
REPUTATION
plus EXPERIENCE means QUALITY in this business...
You
'de be amazed at the collective experience of Magellan traders,
not only in our Tucson location, but in our family of native traders
around the globe.
We
have many more traders with whom we network throughout the
world. Look for more information on them in the next few months.
Gary Noeske is our Peruvian trader that brings us mostly ceramic clay items, gourds, and textiles from many parts of Peru.
Kurt Porter is our Guatemalan trader that brings us many varieties of textiles, ornaments, hand bags, bedspreads, hand carved Saints, and many more items from all over Guatemala.
WHO IS MAGELLAN TRADERS AS A BUSINESS?
Magellan Traders is now a family owned business and has been in Tucson Arizona for nearly 21 years before regretfully having to close it's doors in early 2009.
We are now focusing all of our attention into our website's reaching people all around the world.
Whether
you are a serious collector, or simply want to decorate your home
with unusual Furniture and Home decor from around the world, you
can find what you're looking for at Magellan Traders. Give us
a call at 1-888-333-5401 if you have any questions.
Happy
adventures -- and don't forget to honor your own creative pursuits!
You will be contributing to the next generation of traders looking
for great stuff from YOUR continent.
