Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAntique Central Asian Himalayan Agate Locket Amulet, 18th-19th Century ADUS$75
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient Sassanian Empire Agate Drop Pendant Bead, c. 224-651 CEUS$75
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient Scythian Period Agate Bead, c. 8th-2nd Century BCEUS$75
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient 'Evil Eye' Glass Bead, Byzantine Period, c. 330-1453 CEUS$75
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAncient Persian Lapis Lazuli Stamp Seal, Islamic Golden Age, c. 8th-14th Century CEUS$75
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAncient Late Pyu State Agate Frog Amulet, Myanmar, 8th-9th Century CEUS$75
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient Coptic Carnelian Harpokrates Amulet, c. 4th-7th Century CEUS$75
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient Parthian-Roman Banded Agate Bead, Circa 1st-3rd Century ADUS$75
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Antique Silk Road Region Suleimani Banded Agate Bead, 17th-19th CenturyUS$75
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient Two-Faced Stone Seal with Mythological Imagery, ca. 1st Millennium BCEUS$75
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient Eye Bead with Protruding Features, ca. 1st Millennium BCE - 1st Millennium CEUS$75
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Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HousePair of Antique Himalayan Mosaic Glass Beads, 16th-18th CenturyUS$90
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Antique Himalayan Tibetan Etched Dzi Bead, c. 1000-1200 CEUS$90
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAntique Zoomorphic Elephant Bead Amulet, Himalayan Middle Age.US$90
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAn Ancient Harappan Carnelian Six-Faceted Bead, c. 2600-1900 BCEUS$90
Buy NowThousand Planet Auction HouseAncient Sasanian Chalcedony Stamp Seal with Royal Portrait, c. 224-651 CEUS$105
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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 […]