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Post by radio on May 17, 2016 21:03:59 GMT -5
A guy stopped at my shop today looking to sell his deceased Grandfathers specimen collection of over 1,500 pieces. I am not into specimens, so do any of you have suggestions for him to sell and not get taken to the cleaners? I have not seen the collection, so have no idea of the rarity or quality of the specimens. His Grandfather was a geologist, so should have some interesting stuff in the collection
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Post by manofglass on May 17, 2016 21:12:15 GMT -5
Ask catmandewe
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Post by captbob on May 17, 2016 22:26:53 GMT -5
Where is he located?
I assume by "specimens", you mean display type pieces and not rough rocks. (?) Do you have any idea what type of specimens he is talking about?
There are sellers on eBay that have in their auctions that they buy collections, Open Adit comes to mind, but there are others as well. Wouldn't be surprised if guys like that pay well less than the actual value though as they want to resell.
Does this guy have the time or desire to do the eBay thing and list the individual pieces? May be his best bet on coming close to getting actual value for this collection.
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Post by catmandewe on May 17, 2016 23:37:51 GMT -5
Most geologists collections have interesting specimens but not really valuable specimens, they tend to collect stuff that interests them geologically. I have seen several of them so far but this one may be the exception.
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Post by QuailRiver on May 18, 2016 0:03:03 GMT -5
Most geologists collections have interesting specimens but not really valuable specimens, they tend to collect stuff that interests them geologically. I have seen several of them so far but this one may be the exception. Geology and Mineralogy are two very different pursuits. And Catmandewe's comment reinforces my experiences with geologists and what they tend to collect. In my late teens I worked as a field assistant for the U.S. prospecting branch of a large international mining company. The geologists I worked with were surprisingly ignorant when it came ID-ing minerals and none of them were serious mineral collectors - just field rocks and mine tailings. Most of the rocks they thought were cool weren't even worth keeping around just to throw at stray dogs! One time I showed a sphalerite specimen to the lead geochemistry ore-geologist in our local office and he couldn't even identify that. But like catmandewe said, that guy's grandfather might have been the exception. Larry C. |
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Post by orrum on May 18, 2016 7:26:41 GMT -5
Unfortunately the specimen collections that I have seen being sold are very difficult to sell. Try crpainter1, It's Chris Painter, he owns The Hogg Mine a rose quartz and aquamarine mine in Ga. He is on ebay and a all around good guy. He is like Roy n Tony in that he will be honest with you.
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Post by radio on May 18, 2016 8:16:00 GMT -5
Thanks guys. He is supposed to bring a few of the things by tomorrow for me to look at, so will know more then. He did say there was some gold in quartz, raw silver, silver in lead and other metals, so I might be pleasantly surprised
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2016 8:38:05 GMT -5
Good pictures, hoenest descriptions sell anything on ebay.
Offer him $1/item, take it all and start making money...
Give him my number if you dont want to sell it.
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Post by jakesrocks on May 18, 2016 9:22:41 GMT -5
Where are these specimens located. (Which state).
Are the specimens labeled as to type, location where collected, when collected, and name of collector ? All of these are important to the serious mineral collector. Without this info they are just pretty rocks to sit on a shelf, and will sell for a much lower price.
There are several mineral collectors on this forum. Myself included. If he would be willing to join us, he could post pics with asking prices, and could unload much of the collection right here without having to pay paypals fees. Or as an alternative, would you be willing to post his pics and sell for him ?
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Post by radio on May 18, 2016 10:42:50 GMT -5
Where are these specimens located. (Which state). Are the specimens labeled as to type, location where collected, when collected, and name of collector ? All of these are important to the serious mineral collector. Without this info they are just pretty rocks to sit on a shelf, and will sell for a much lower price. There are several mineral collectors on this forum. Myself included. If he would be willing to join us, he could post pics with asking prices, and could unload much of the collection right here without having to pay paypals fees. Or as an alternative, would you be willing to post his pics and sell for him ? Located near Branson, Mo. I presume most, if not all are identified as he is a fairly young guy and doesn't seem to have the knowledge on his own. He brought in a nice, but smaller piece of amazonite and asked me what it was, but also texted me a bunch of names, so am presuming there are labels or he wouldn't know what they were. I will know more tomorrow and don't mind helping him sell it |
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