A few new opals recently sold

by mikelley on March 12, 2009

 Lightning Ridge black pear shape with blue green fire

Hi there,

Here are a few new opals which have recently found happy homes:

 A recent parcel

 

 

 Lightning Ridge Green crystal oval

 

 Lightning Ridge flagstone pattern. The other half lights up with a slight tilt. Blue green gem fire on black body

 

 A bit of the rough I’m cutting these days

 

 Bright little LR multicolor, this is a vintage stone from my antique collection, approx 75 years old

 

Lightning Ridge Green fire crystal

Lightning Ridge Green fire crystal

one in a million, a natural picture stone from Lightning Ridge-
one in a million, a natural picture stone from Lightning Ridge-

 The color rolls up and down the sail, the boat stays white with red running lights. I haven’t let this one go yet, I may clean up the edges just a bit…. Red Sails in the Sunset

rolling flash with red multicolor
rolling flash with red multicolor

 These streamers of color roll across the face to meet each other

I’ll have more to post in a few days….
Mike Kelley
my current opals for sale are all on;
along with 50,000 other opal auctions from opal cutters and wholesalers all around the world.
Some real eye candy there on that site. I hope you enjoy the show and it’s a good place to source your opals too.
Thanks for looking,
Mike Kelley

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$1 NR Opal Auctions – Have a look!

by mikelley on November 26, 2008

Hello there friends,

Today’s post is about opal auctions.

I’ve been posting opals for sale on an excellent site, www.opalauctions.com for a couple of months now. There are usually about 45,000 opal auctions posted there at any time. There is a $1 NR section which is full of loss leaders posted by opal dealers to get some attention for the rest of their auctions.

Here are a couple of mine which are active now:

Coober Pedy Crystal Cat's Eye effect

Coober Pedy Cat's Eye effect

Here’s another:

LR Orange multicolor

LR Orange multicolor

See these and more of my opal auctions here:

http://www.opalauctions.com/seller-auctions.php?id=9838

And all my colleagues here:

http://www.opalauctions.com

Enjoy the show!

Mike Kelley

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