Wulfenite

Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Jack Halpern
Small Cabinet, 9.7 x 7.8 x 2.2 cm
Start Time: 01/30/2025 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/08/2025 6:36:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $2,950

Item Description

The famous Red Cloud Mine in Arizona has been worked for lead, silver, and wulfenites....and it is certainly most famous in our world for the gemmy red wulfenites. Most red cloud "red" wulfenites are of course orange-red, not red-red. However, a portion of a large pocket found by Wayne Thompson and his team in 1996-97 was RED. These are choice crystals to 2 cm (approx), perched on a thin slice of rock matrix. The piece is phenomenally pretty and sparkling, with great luster in addition to color! Few Red Cloud wulfenites have such glassy sparkle to them and this has a LOT of it. Although it is noted as repaired, we suspect that is only the single large crystal flaring off one edge, and not others - in any case, acceptable here. Also, the piece looks good from both sides - although entirely different in aspect! It is a piece that should easily be worth $7500-plus today. A note about the historic price shown here: Wayne sold the top pieces over 10k at the time, and consigned or sold much of the rest of the lot to Dave Bunk for sale. Dave priced them VERY reasonably at the time and I would think sold out fairly quickly. This was the price Jack paid, back in the late 1990s. It has been in the Jack Halpern collection ever since.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$2,950 02/08/2025 6:31:06 pm (CST)
$2,900 02/08/2025 6:31:06 pm (CST)
$2,850 02/08/2025 6:27:18 pm (CST)
$2,800 02/08/2025 6:27:18 pm (CST)
$2,600 02/08/2025 6:24:50 pm (CST)
$2,550 02/08/2025 6:24:49 pm (CST)
$2,500 02/08/2025 6:24:45 pm (CST)
$2,450 02/08/2025 6:24:45 pm (CST)
$2,052 02/08/2025 3:56:02 pm (CST)
$2,002 02/08/2025 3:56:02 pm (CST)
$1,800 02/05/2025 3:10:40 am (CST)
$1,750 02/05/2025 3:10:40 am (CST)
$1,627 02/05/2025 3:10:27 am (CST)
$1,577 02/05/2025 3:10:27 am (CST)
$1,200 02/02/2025 5:40:09 am (CST)
$1,150 02/01/2025 4:37:04 pm (CST)
$1,100 * 02/01/2025 4:36:35 pm (CST)
$1,100 * 02/01/2025 4:36:35 pm (CST)
$913 01/31/2025 8:08:17 pm (CST)
$888 01/31/2025 8:08:17 pm (CST)
$625 01/31/2025 12:38:29 am (CST)
$600 01/31/2025 12:38:29 am (CST)
$355 01/30/2025 10:10:14 pm (CST)
$345 01/30/2025 10:10:14 pm (CST)
$255 01/30/2025 10:10:03 pm (CST)
$245 01/30/2025 10:10:03 pm (CST)
$10 01/30/2025 7:47:11 pm (CST)
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