Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient Mesopotamian Two-Faced Alabaster Stamp Seal, ca. 7th-5th Century BCE$150
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient Near Eastern Steatite Cylinder Bead, Early Bronze Age, c. 3300-2100 BCE$90
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient Roman Bronze Sestertius Coin, c. 1st-3rd Century CE$90
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient Mesopotamian Steatite Cylinder Seal, Neo-Sumerian Period (Ur III), c. 2112-2004 BCE$100
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAncient Achaemenid Empire Steatite Stamp Seal, c. 550-330 BCE$120
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient Sasanian Onyx Agate Stamp Seal, ca. 3rd-7th Century CE$60
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient Near Eastern Steatite Two-Faced Stamp Seal, Middle Assyrian Period, c. 1392-934 BCE$60
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseA Byzantine-Islamic Carved Marble Stamp Seal, ca. 8th-10th Century CE$90
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient Near Eastern Bifacial Stamp Seal with Avian Motif, c. 2nd Millennium BCE$90
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient Egyptian Bronze Rosette Stamp Seal Mount, c. 1st Millennium BCE$120
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Hold a rainbow in your hand: all-opal auction set for Feb. 28NEW YORK – On Tuesday, February 28, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will present a sale titled Exclusive All Opal Auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Massive opal sells for nearly $144K at Alaska auctionJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – A gemstone, billed as one of the largest gem-quality opals in existence, was sold for $143,750 at auction in Alaska on February 20. The opal, dubbed the Americus Australis, weighs more than 11,800 carats, according to the auction house Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals. It also has a long history.
Australian museum to display opal regarded as best ever foundSYDNEY (AFP) – An Australian museum said Monday it would exhibit what it believes is the best opal stone ever found — a 6.0-centimeter (2.4 inch) multicolored gem unearthed in the Outback and named the ‘Virgin Rainbow.’
Episcopal Diocese wants slave trade museum in old cathedralPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island wants to open a slave trade museum and a national center for reconciliation in its now-closed cathedral in Providence. The Providence Journal reports that diocese officials approved the plans for the Cathedral of St. John last month. Diocese official Linda Grenz says Rhode Island’s role […]