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gemstones shipped through this site in that time. This auction is uniquely designed as a cash-flow/liquidation outlet from its origins. I do not generally buy specimens to auction in hopes of making money on each item as a normal mineral dealer and a normal mineral auctioneer might. Rather, the primary purpose of these auctions is to LIQUIDATE minerals in quantity from a vast warehouse of accumulated inventory and from large collections we must buy to acquire a few targeted specimens. The auctions therefore mainly consist of minerals I purchase in the course of pursuing my main business specialty of buying and dispersing efficiently large collections of minerals; parcels of minerals bought "as a lot;" and of new finds from foreign countries, where I often must buy more than I could absorb and sell individually. With these buying strategies, there is simply too much material to move or even store practically; and liquidation makes more sense than flat gallery pricing so that I can get what I may out of the pieces, and move on to the next deal with the cash flow. That is why bids start with only a token $10, EVEN ON OBVIOUSLY VALUABLE SPECIMENS, except for the rare "special auctions" of higher-priced minerals.