Silver (spinel twinned)

New Nevada Mine, Cerro San Antonio, San Miguel, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
Small Cabinet, 6.1 x 4.8 x 0.6 cm
Start Time: 01/25/2023 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/05/2023 5:05:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $1,200

Item Description

This is a most elegant Silver specimen from the famous early 1980s finds at the New Nevada Mine in the old Batopilas silver district of Mexico. It shows a classic and very fine, herringbone pattern of crystallized spinel-twinned Silver crystals interlinked with one another almost resembling a loose cluster of gray feathers. These look a lot like more modern material from the Eleura Mine in Australia and often get mistaken for those silvers. However, it is a Mexican classic. The specimen is robust, not fragile and bendable as are so many from these finds, especially compared to Silvers found a few years later from here. The main branches on this artistic Silver are from 2 to 5 cm in length with the small, dendritic forms varying between 3 and 7 mm in length. This is a very sophisticated and aesthetic Native Silver piece from this historic locale with unusual style overall. It is robust enough to mail, when many are not. It also has a natural patina, and has not been (over)cleaned with acid or chemicals. Custom base included. Valued $2500-plus.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$1,200 * 02/05/2023 4:57:08 pm (CST)
$1,200 * 02/05/2023 4:57:08 pm (CST)
$975 02/05/2023 4:54:18 pm (CST)
$950 02/05/2023 4:54:18 pm (CST)
$925 02/05/2023 4:53:42 pm (CST)
$900 02/05/2023 4:53:42 pm (CST)
$780 02/05/2023 11:55:08 am (CST)
$755 02/05/2023 11:55:08 am (CST)
$627 02/05/2023 11:51:34 am (CST)
$602 02/05/2023 11:51:34 am (CST)
$526 02/05/2023 9:21:14 am (CST)
$501 02/04/2023 10:29:47 pm (CST)
$500 02/04/2023 10:29:46 pm (CST)
$487 02/04/2023 10:29:15 pm (CST)
$477 02/04/2023 10:29:14 pm (CST)
$467 02/03/2023 8:07:48 am (CST)
$457 02/02/2023 11:16:45 pm (CST)
$450 02/02/2023 11:16:44 pm (CST)
$447 02/02/2023 11:16:36 pm (CST)
$437 02/02/2023 11:16:36 pm (CST)
$427 02/02/2023 12:13:03 pm (CST)
$417 02/02/2023 11:23:18 am (CST)
$407 02/01/2023 10:05:10 pm (CST)
$397 02/01/2023 2:11:22 pm (CST)
$387 02/01/2023 10:50:56 am (CST)
$377 01/30/2023 12:50:49 pm (CST)
$367 01/30/2023 12:50:45 pm (CST)
$360 01/30/2023 12:50:45 pm (CST)
$350 01/30/2023 12:50:40 pm (CST)
$340 01/30/2023 12:50:40 pm (CST)
$330 01/29/2023 8:48:59 pm (CST)
$320 01/29/2023 2:06:48 pm (CST)
$310 01/29/2023 1:13:26 pm (CST)
$300 01/29/2023 1:09:48 pm (CST)
$290 01/29/2023 1:05:02 pm (CST)
$280 01/29/2023 10:06:18 am (CST)
$270 01/28/2023 11:50:26 pm (CST)
$260 01/26/2023 8:27:13 pm (CST)
$257 01/26/2023 8:27:13 pm (CST)
$250 01/26/2023 8:27:05 pm (CST)
$240 01/26/2023 8:27:05 pm (CST)
$230 01/26/2023 8:27:00 pm (CST)
$220 01/26/2023 8:27:00 pm (CST)
$210 01/26/2023 8:26:55 pm (CST)
$200 01/26/2023 8:26:54 pm (CST)
$190 01/26/2023 8:26:49 pm (CST)
$180 01/26/2023 8:26:49 pm (CST)
$160 01/26/2023 8:26:42 pm (CST)
$150 01/26/2023 8:26:41 pm (CST)
$140 01/26/2023 8:26:36 pm (CST)
$130 01/26/2023 8:26:36 pm (CST)
$120 01/26/2023 7:13:39 pm (CST)
$110 01/26/2023 12:50:17 pm (CST)
$100 01/26/2023 1:21:43 am (CST)
* Proxy Bid Battle: In the event of two customers inputting matching proxy bids, the leading bid goes to the earliest of the two proxy bids. Tie winners are shown in bold.