Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz and Microcline (Cook Coll.)

Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Fujian, China
Small Cabinet, 5.6 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm
Start Time: 06/16/2022 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/23/2022 6:35:00 pm (CDT)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $240

Item Description

A cute small cabinet combination from this well-known Chinese locale. Beautiful, sparkling, gemmy, striated cinnamon-orange spessartine garnet crystals cover the sculptural, mounded microcline crystal matrix. A glassy, lustrous, translucent, 3.0 cm, terminated smoky quartz crystal aesthetically set on one side of the piece is a fine and typical accessory. The piece displays well without aid. Ex Cook Collection. We feel very lucky to have picked up the large collection of Bill and Anne Cook of Cleveland, recently. It is a tribute to their long efforts, how many interesting minerals and old localities were preserved and carefully labelled so you can see them now. Bill and Anne collected for at least 60 years. A classic and very showy combination from Tongbei.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$240 06/23/2022 6:26:08 pm (CDT)
$230 06/23/2022 6:14:55 pm (CDT)
$220 * 06/23/2022 6:14:49 pm (CDT)
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$190 06/23/2022 6:14:41 pm (CDT)
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$160 06/23/2022 6:04:20 pm (CDT)
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$120 06/23/2022 6:03:28 pm (CDT)
$110 06/23/2022 6:01:54 pm (CDT)
$100 06/23/2022 6:01:54 pm (CDT)
$70 06/23/2022 5:09:07 pm (CDT)
$60 06/23/2022 5:09:06 pm (CDT)
$49 06/19/2022 5:43:07 am (CDT)
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$41 06/18/2022 4:27:16 pm (CDT)
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$31 06/18/2022 4:27:11 pm (CDT)
$26 06/18/2022 4:27:11 pm (CDT)
$10 06/18/2022 1:03:21 pm (CDT)
* 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.