Aragonite

Mibladen mining district, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
Small Cabinet, 6.7 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm
Start Time: 11/17/2022 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/29/2022 6:30:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $81

Item Description

Several attractive radial groups of soft creamy-golden colored Aragonite create an almost "caterpillar"-esque formation on host rock matrix. From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#79 M), a well-known German collector all over Europe with worldwide contacts to dealers and collectors. He started collecting seriously at the age of 14 and his great and varied worldwide collection reached over 6000 pieces. He was very active mineralogically until shortly before his passing in 2020 at the age of 82. Considering his collection had a large number of pieces, it still had an unusually high standard of quality from most worldwide localities. He particularly specialized in all classics as well as minerals of the Black Forest, where he spent much time collecting. His Black Forest and German subcollections went to his good friend Wolfgang Wendel. We at The Arkenstone have the privilege of offering the remainder of this great worldwide collection over the next two to three years through our various platforms.

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$81 11/29/2022 5:11:09 pm (CST)
$71 11/26/2022 5:08:32 pm (CST)
$67 11/26/2022 5:08:32 pm (CST)
$61 11/26/2022 5:08:23 pm (CST)
$51 11/26/2022 5:08:23 pm (CST)
$46 11/25/2022 11:39:13 pm (CST)
$41 11/25/2022 11:39:13 pm (CST)
$35 11/25/2022 11:09:39 am (CST)
$30 11/18/2022 1:39:20 am (CST)
$25 * 11/18/2022 1:39:11 am (CST)
$25 * 11/18/2022 1:39:11 am (CST)
$10 11/17/2022 11:45:34 pm (CST)
* 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.