Wire Silver

Item Description

We started seeing these piece pop up in the market around 2007, and very little has been found since. We still see specimens scattered on the market, but it does appear that they are tapering off in recent years. This attractive large miniature / small cabinet specimen is an eye-catching display piece featuring a 1.6 cm beautiful, striated, curled wire of native Silver which is aesthetically flaring out of matrix. Sculptural, aesthetic and fun to view close up, as there are many tiny wires strewn about the matrix. Priced in the inventory at $1,250. From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#72 C), 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.