priceing of stones/minerals Options

[russau]

recently i bought a lot of lapadary equipment. it also contained lot of stones, some of them were already slabbed and some were already polished. how do i put a price of some of this if i were to seel it? i have some Brizilian agates slabbed,lots of tourquise that slabbed and some that were tumbeled.some of it has a some really fine black lines all through it and 1 big chunck of it uncut,3 pounds of crystals ,3 pcs fire aget,3 pound peice of Jave lace aget,1 chunck of Regency Rose,several peices of slabed and polished petrified wood. and a bunch of other stones marked Misc. is there somewhere i can get a idea of what i have and a possible price?

[swizz]

Hi Russ,
If you want to get a feel for the consumer pulse on specific items it's not a bad idea to browse eBay and track similar items.
Sounds like you have some very cool stuff there!

[colo_heff]

Here's a couple URLs that should help you out... eBay (as Swizz mentions) is another great source for pricing as well...

http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/classif...assifieds.shtml

http://www.gemselect.com/agate/agate.php

[russau]

thankyou so much to the both of you! im wanting my wife to look at these stones and see what she would like made from some of it. there is three peices of fire agat that are polished and look nice. tons of reading /resarch todo now!!

[amethystguy]

unless the agate and such is especially rare or has a sweet pattern/color it won't be worth to much especially since the good stuff more than likely would have already been cut or kept. rarely do you get anything real expensive or good when you buy a large lap. lot like that with added stones. If they were chunks of facet rough you may have something but genberally agates and jaspers turquoise are not expensive or rare(i have seen Jim with some top agates though so you never know if you bought something from a guy like him...hehehe)...hard to price without looking at it. Got some pics?

[Denise]

Sounds like you have some pretty nice pieces that could be worked Russ. When pricing rough, one wont get as much as a finished piece......I have sold finished pieces that others have said wouldnt go for much, especially rough. Fire Agate is definately sought after.

As far as getting good rough with used lapidary equipment....I have personally seen some amazing material being sold with the lapidary tools!
Some are just lucky enough to be able to get those good deals. Good job Russ! I cant wait to see what you make for your wife from what she picks out of the material.

[russau]

the problem im haveing right now is finding enough room to set this equipment up in! until i get setup, theres not much i can do but look at it stacked up in my garage.

[Denise]

You'll make it happen Russ, just be patient.
For now you can eye up the material, and get some ideas on what your going to work first and how.