10BTC includes registered air mail with online tracking!

Wow thank you Vanderbleek.  I appreciate the kind words.  This could be an interesting project. 

10.25BTC includes registered mail!

sold.

10.5BTC includes registered mail with tracking

No reasonable offer refused. 

11BTC buys this rare and unusual color-shift UNTREATED tourmaline

My father owns a pawn shop and I worked for him for five years; before that I worked for a large pawn company with many stores in two states.  I have bought and sold hundreds of Rolex watches.  Without the detailed pics everyone is asking for we don't know anything.

How about some very, very elementary stuff.  Have you taken the band off?  Please DO NOT use metal tools to do this.  Use plastic or wood.  Once you have the band off, you will find the model number at the 12 o'clock position and the serial number at the 6 o'clock position. 

I am going to take a stab because this is a fun game, but I will say you have a 1981-1983 Air King.  Once you have the model and serial numbers we can easily determine if I am right or wrong. 

And dude- seriously- take some !@#$!@#$ pictures of the model and serial numbers.  If you don't do this you are a thief or a liar or both.  If you actually do this (doubts are building as I type) it will tell everyone all that they need to know except as previously mentioned the service history.

Here is another stab.  It gains time.  I can tell you why later, and I could be right or wrong.  But it does gain 2-3 minutes every other day, doesn't it?  Wow, this guy is good Billy.  Let's run!

Thank you Ente!  Yes, this one is truly dazzling.  I sometimes offer African unheated ruby at a more affordable price.  I have one right now for about $1,000.  It is 1.31cts.  Just get in touch if you are interested.

Who wants to start the bidding at 12BTC?  Do I hear 12BTC?

An independent laboratory report from any of the widely-known and respected gemstone labs here in Bangkok is of course an option for anyone who wins the stone.  Do I hear 12BTC?  A lab report can cost as little as $25.  Who will pay 12BTC for this untreated gemstone, a very fine tourmaline that shifts color?  A natural gemstone that is so beautiful is hard to find!  Will someone pay 12BTC?  Can I have 12BTC?

This highly unusual gemstone is from Nigeria- it was taken from the earth there and cut and polished here in Thailand.  Thailand is a cutting center- that is why my wife and I chose to live here.  We have first shot at a lot of great stones at the wholesale gemstone markets here in Bangkok and in Chanthaburi. 

This gemstone is very odd for many reasons.  First, it is almost 5 carats which is huge for an untreated Nigerian tourmaline.  It actually weighs 4.96 carats which is barely under one full gram.  While size and beautiful color make this rare and unusual, it is even more valuable because it exhibits color shift.  It is one color in daylight and a different color in incandescent (light bulb) light.  In other words, a light with daylight characteristics (about 6500K) will show one color while a light bulb or candle will show a different color. 

Describing these two colors is a bit difficult as I have never seen these hues in a tourmaline before.  Let me show you both pics first:





The best way to describe the color shift is that it goes from a purplish Pink to a pinkish Purple in daylight to a tangerine pink in incandescent light.  This is not considered color change but color shift.  As a GIA Graduate Gemologist I am trained to know the difference and I will explain it briefly.  If a stone changes from a cool hue in daylight to a warm hue in incandescent light, this is color change.  If it is warm or cool colors in both light you can not call it "color change".  But it is obvious that this stone shows two colors as you see in the pictures.  Because both of these hue are warm- pink tangerine and purple-Pink to pink-Purple, it is only a color shift stone. 

So why the big deal?  This stone exhibits this without any treatment at all- no heat, no high pressure and temperatures, no coating, no laser-drilling or fissure filling or dyes or diffusion.  This is a 100% natural gemstone from Nigeria.  I guarantee 100% accuracy in my description but my wife and I have done this for a living for many years and will go a step further- we guarantee that you will love this stone.  If you don't, just send it back and we will offer a full refund.

Let's start the bidding at 12BTC.  Who will give me 12BTC for this gemstone?

This is a 3 day auction.  It will end Monday, November 26th at 1:30 PM GMT (forum time).

You will automatically get registered air mail with online tracking for no cost.  Just win the bidding!

Do I hear 12BTC?  12BTC anyone?

10BTC includes registered air mail with online tracking.

4.75BTC includes registered air mail with online tracking!

SOLD!

* now sold (it did not sell here but on Facebook)

Which leads me to say- feel free to add me on facebook.  My name is David B. Fortier and my profile is very easy to spot because it has this avatar:

47.5BTC includes registered air mail with online tracking

Well here we are and November 23rd is half over!  Any opening bids out there?

Mr. Spitoon has agreed to be the escrow agent for this transaction.   Salty once you have received payment for this item please let us know and I will get this out to Koelen3 via registered air mail.

Koelen3 is the winner for a bargain-basement price on a truly rare gemstone.  Congratulations!!!