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WEEKLY MINERAL & GEM AUCTIONS !

Welcome to our modernized and redesigned website! Please read the bidding rules and regs regarding small but important changes to the auction venue you have known for 8 years.

NEW LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS POSTED EACH WEEKEND

(AUCTIONS ARE SHIPPED, COMBINED, EVERY 2 WEEKS)

OVER 50,000 SPECIMENS & 1000's of gems

SOLD since 2002!

Who are we and why are we doing this?
Welcome to the largest and most diverse single-source site for fine minerals at auction.
This is an inventory LIQUIDATION venue,adjunct to our gallery site at www.iRocks.com, where you can find thousands of specimens for sale in a Gallery setting. Please click here for a brief introduction to us and to our websites

Current Auctions

Collection and New Finds Liquidation Auctions - Ends March 11th

Specimens Available: 89

ENDS MARCH 11 at 6:30 PM (Central Time)
Mixed mineral auctions from old collections, culls, and our own inventory.

Consignment and Collection Auctions - Ends March 11th

Specimens Available: 30

Ends Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 6:45 PM (Central Time)

Consignments from the Kosnar family collections and inventory (with many classic minerals and Bolivian specimens).

$100 RESERVE PREMIUM GEM AUCTIONS #151

Specimens Available: 12

Ends Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 6:45 PM (Central Time)

Questions about Gems?: CONTACT Gem administrator: Brian Kosnar, directly, at: brian@minclassics.com

GEMSTONE CONSIGNMENT AUCTION #210

Specimens Available: 29

Ends Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 7:00 PM (Central Time)

Questions about Gems?: CONTACT Gem administrator: Brian Kosnar, directly, at: brian@minclassics.com

Closed Auctions

CHARLIE KEY COLLECTION & dealer stock LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS

Ends TUESDAY March 9, 2010 at 6 PM (Central Time)

Liquidation Auctions of Inventory, and rarities & thumbnail suite minerals, from the longtime collections and stock of dealer Charlie Key, of Swakopmund, Namibia

MIXED MINERAL AUCTIONS from Collections & New Finds - ENDS MARCH 4

Ends Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 6:30 PM (Central Time)

Mixed mineral auctions from old collections, culls, and our own inventory. Ends March 4th at 6:30 PM

GEMSTONE CONSIGNMENT AUCTION #209

Ends Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 7:00 PM (Central Time)

Questions about Gems?: CONTACT Gem administrator: Brian Kosnar, directly, at: brian@minclassics.com

Consignment and Collection Auctions - Ends March 4th, 2010

Ends Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 6:45 PM (Central Time)

Consignments from the Kosnar family collections and inventory (with many classic minerals and Bolivian specimens).

$100 RESERVE PREMIUM GEM AUCTIONS #150

Ends Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 6:45 PM (Central Time)

Questions about Gems?: CONTACT Gem administrator: Brian Kosnar, directly, at: brian@minclassics.com

SPECIAL $999 RESERVE AUCTIONS

SPECIAL HIGH-END RESERVE AUCTIONS - FREE SHIPPING !
Ends Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 6:00 PM (PREVIOUSLY LISTED AT 6:45 PM) (Central Time)

Nearly 20 specimens pulled from our high-end inventory, almost all lower than our unamortized cost basis, which I am willing to sell below cost in some cases. NOTE: $999 starting bids, with $50 increments