Up for consideration is a Bonhams Gems, Minerals and Lapidary Works of Art auction catalog (no. 21347) from December 10, 2013…410 lots on 165 pages…catalog in very good condition…some featured lots include:

·         Very Large and Rare American Emerald – “The Carolina Queen” – Hiddenite, North Carolina; discovered in the fall of 1998 it is the largest faceted emerald ever found in North America.  Weighing 18.88 carats ($350,000-450,000)

·         Rare American Gold-in-Quartz Specimen – Quartzsite, La Paz Co., Arizona ($25,000-30,000)

·         Important Gold Nugget – Australia, 20.33 ozt ($50,000-60,000)

·         Rare Superb Tanzanite Cluster – Merelani Mines, Arusha, Tanzania ($40,000-50,000)

·         Immense Pink Star Sapphire – Mogok, Burma, weighing 96.0 carats ($30,000-40,000)

·         Two Rare Conch Pearls of Extraordinary Size – Carribean Sea ($140,000-180,000)

·         Very Large Rare Non-nacreous Pearl from the Giant Clam – Coastal Waters near the Philippines ($40,000-50,000)

·         Exceptional Yellow Feldspar – weighing 129.89 carats ($15,000-20,000)

·         Ruby – an old mine Burma ruby weighing 6.58 carats ($15,000-20,000)

·         Rose Pink Spinel – Mogok, Burma weighing 15.01 carats ($35,000-45,000)

·         Important Purple Sapphire – Pakistan, Kashmir-Valley weighing 16.49 carats ($90,000-120,000)

·         Very Fine Star Sapphire – Burma, weighing 29.51 carats ($200,000-250,000)

·         Spectacular Jasper Carving of a Flying Duck by Paul Dreher ($8,000-10,000)

·         Museum Quality Agate Carving of a Bear by Patrick Dreher ($18,000-22,000)

·         Agate and Mulit-gemstone Music Box “Hamster with Mice and Harvest Cart” by Manfred Wild ($50,000-70,000)

·         Exceptional Carved Fossil Woolly Mammoth Tusk ($60,000-80,000)

Catalog securely shipped in a rigid cardboard mailer.