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EARTH TREASURES |
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SPECIMENS
FOR SALE
(Latest
entry March 8, 2014) |
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After numerous unsuccessful attempts to find a suitable home for the
corundum collection after God says I have no more Earthly interest in
it, it became clear that its best fate would be allow it to be shared
with my friends and colleagues and other collectors around the World who
would like to have these specimens in their own cabinets.
Please let me know at
wheierman@corunduminium.com
if you see any specimens on our website you would
like to have. I will return email you and let you know if they are
still available, and if so the negotiations can begin.
Eventually, everything will be priced, but as there are approximately
4,000 specimens and lots it will take a while; and it is doubtful that I
can ever get all of them on these "Earth Treasures"
pages. |
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Specimens for sale
will be organized according to price ("Shelf" specimens are up to $99.00,
"Showcase" specimens ill be from $100.00 to $999.99, "Back
Room" specimens are from $1,000 to $9,999, and "Vault" specimens
are $10,000.00 and above). Please refer to the specimen number
given at the beginning of each description whenver inquiring about it.
The "Back Room" page is not yet on the website,
but it should be in a few days if I can figure out why the hyperlink is
not working. |
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OUR SELLING PHILOSOPHY |
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As a collector for nearly thirty years, I met many wonderful people (miners, collectors, dealers) with
rocks for sale. I asked one of them, who lives in Pakistan, if he would
want us to represent him in America. What followed was a great consignment
deal, and the seeds for "Earth Treasures" were sown! |
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Wondering if there would be
enough stones to make a business, I asked several other foreign colleagues the
same question. To my surprise, our problem would not inventory - it would
be manpower -
cataloguing and publishing specimens, manning show booths, and communicating
with collectors who would love to own the rocks! |
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Though this is not a new way of
doing the mineral business, it may be unusual as it does not make as much
as one which ties up its capital by buying for resale. Fortunately, it has
not been my main job (I teach Math at Wharton County Junior College
near Houston, Texas, until May, 2015 when I will retire). I had no visions of getting rich (see day
job), but did hope to make enough money to maintain this website,
continue the research, and refine the collections whil helping others
acquire some of the Earth's great treasures for their own! collections. |
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That philosophy changed in
February, 2014, when the decision to sell was made. Lacking a
working partner, it is unlikely the previously planned formal "Earth Treasures"
dealership will happen. I will offer specimens through private
communications and this website, but in the foreseeable future will probably not
set up at shows. When I retire, I will see
what is left and if there is enough the plan is to go to Tucson and complete the
project in a blaze of glory in February, 2016 or 2017. |
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Our offerings
will feature some
interesting lapidary materials or fossils in addition to corundums from
around the World. It's a work in progress (and we will update
the offerings frequently), so c'mon in and take a look. I will
be posting additional items as time allows. Ask if you do not
see what you want, because we may have it or be able to get it for
you. |
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Because this is
a privately held collection, we are not set up to take credit cards,
but we will take checks payable in U.S. dollars. I prefer to
do business the good, old-fashioned way; but if paying by check I
reserve the option to require clearance of the funds before
releasing the specimens. |
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Again, please contact me by email
at
wheierman@corunduminium.com
if there is any way we can be of assistance.
Good luck hunting!! |
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