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Article: Editorial: the Philadelphia sale.(Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences)
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- The Mineralogical Record
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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An earthquake is shaking the Mineral World, and its epicenter is a brick-red building on Logan Circle in Philadelphia. The renowned Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, founded nearly 200 years ago, one-time home to the likes of mineralogist Sam Gordon and the exquisite 123-year-old Vaux collection, has sold its entire mineral collection to Colorado mineral dealer Bryan Lees, California dealer Wayne Leicht and British dealer Ian Bruce. The selling price for the 26,000 specimens (including the Vaux collection, sale of which is pending Orphans-Court approval) has not been divulged, but was surely in the millions of dollars; Argentum Auctioneers had previously appraised ...
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