JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE AND ART AUCTION Tuesday, 26 March 2019 - 10:00 AM start
A massive kauri gum boulder
Realised: $14,500 plus premium
Lot Details
in polished state and natural as found form. Collected by a Scottish immigrant who worked in the kauri logging industry, c.1890s, as a limber (removing top branches to facilitate felling). In this employment he recovered this and two other naturally bled massive boulders, the others still held by family descendants. Weight approx. 9.9kgs (21lbs). 500 x 230 x 175mm.
