Wire Silver (classic material)

Item Description

A classic example of what are considered some of the most iconic silver specimens from any European locality. Freiberg was one of the largest silver mining districts in all of Europe, and produced a large number of excellent wire silver specimens, which you can find in old historic museum collections, and all the relevant literature about minerals for decades. This piece is a wonderful tightly intergrown group of wire silver with an antique patina, free of matrix. You can see wires on all sides of the piece, it's essentially a complete "floater" of pure wire silver! Valued at $1,200. From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#221 D), 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.