Mohs benefit auction week 4: Slabs

[Rockoonz]

My auction to help pay for the Zoo bench for my friend Ed Mohs. About a year and a half ago he was helping me move saws and stuff from the toy hauler, so slabs seemed appropriate.

Particulars first.
Auction closes at 5 pm (Pacific time) on Saturday August 26, 2023.
Shipping is free, payment will be to the Mohs memorial fund.
This will be a carefully packed FRB with slabs taped to stacked cardboard sheets, tape will have slab ID written on it as well. We're starting with 12 slabs, estimated value $200 plus, more will be added, at least one at each $50 increment starting at $100 and there will also be surprises for the winner. Bidding starts at $20.00

First is Porterville Flower Jade, jhenyarockhound met us in Prineville this year, and after buying a foredom from us gave us this slab after asking about rock sale fundraisers on the board. This is nice hard to find stuff, The small pendant came off the original slab, I'm planning to keep that but it's here to show how nice it is.





China Jasper is from realrockhound


Mojave material from Jeremy who is a friend of christopherl1234 and jhenyarockhound we traded with in Prineville. This is a thick end cut.


Moss agate from Handleys rock and gem in Vancouver WA


Galaxy Rhyolite from Kevin the Stellar oil guy, Mexican material.


Serape Agate from Richardsons Rock Ranch in Oregon, a close cousin of the old Crazy Lace from Chihuahua Mexico.


The rest is from my drawers of personal cabbers
Gembone


Florida Coral from the Million Souls Mine


Wyoming Jade


Zebra Agate from India


Inca Blanket from Chile, tapered end cut


Rocky Butte picture Jasper.


The group shot. The black background is a plastic school folder 11 1/2 inches wide for reference. Both sides except for the end cuts.



A little more on the flowering jade.


Miss you, my friend.

[Rockoonz]

At $100 I add this roughly 2x2 Durango Amethyst, shhhh don't tell Elizabeth,

[jasoninsd]

$100

I won't tell Elizabeth!!

* I loved seeing the pics of Ed. Thanks for adding those to the thread. 

[Rockoonz]

jasoninsd thanks for the bid.

[Son Of Beach]

Taco looks like he/she is bound by ropes like some ancient gladiator, waiting to escape their pen and unleash hell for the audience.

Thanks for posting the memories as well, it's funny how we do a double take at shots these days we maybe wouldn't have just a few years ago...

Not a cabber, but it looks like you've hand picked some buttes, Lee

[iamchris]

Thank you for the photos of Ed. I never spoke with or met him as I joined the forum too late, but it helps put a face to the name we all see so often over here. Thank you.

[Rockoonz]

As promised I added the Durango Amethyst Lace slab. I also added this, a slab from something I found in June hounding with realrockhound Evan and his dad at a limbcast collection site near Prineville. This is a cab thickness slab, the bands have nice parallax and the thin slabs produce a bit of iris between the stripes.

Another slab was also added from my personal stash that only the winner will see.

At $150 this will be added, plus others not yet shown. Batcave Jasper AKA rim jasper from near Prineville, got it from Evan as well. This is especially nice.

[realrockhound]

Rockoonz if you’d like, I’d send you out some nyedegger plume if you want to sweeten the pot?

[Rockoonz]

Aug 20, 2023 22:46:51 GMT -5 realrockhound said:

Rockoonz if you’d like, I’d send you out some nyedegger plume if you want to sweeten the pot?

I slabbed the piece of plume I got from you and a slab is in the pile if bidding goes high enough. There is stuff in the saws right now that could be added. I appreciate the offer, but I think the next box of generosity needs to go your way from me...

[dillonf]

Man! Those are some beautiful slabs!!

[khara]

I’ve been working a lot lately and not able to keep up with all the threads here. Came specifically looking for the current mohs auction. Some nice looking slabs in here. Thought I’d give it a bump.👍

[Rockoonz]

BUMP
A little over 20 hours left on this, get your bids in.
I'll even lower the additional slabs points to $25 each
$125. bid gets this added, plus a mystery slab or 2... Bloody Basin agate

At $150 the biggs is added, again with bonus stuff

[khara]

☝️Those are pretty 🤩. But… it’s Thursday, got till Saturday night right?

[catmandewe]

150

[Rockoonz]

Thanks Tony. I will post pics of the other 2 that have been added tonight.
Here is the $175 bid teaser, Palm stump with wood and roots.

[Rockoonz]

Along with the batcave, Bloody Basin, and Biggs, a rocky butte and a lace agate were added as well, plus the ones that only the winner gets to see.

[Rockoonz]

Auction closed. catmandewe Tony message me your mailing address and I'll get it boxed up so I can mail it out Monday.
Money goes to the Bench fund through aDave
Thanks Everyone.

[aDave]

Thanks for the tag, Lee Rockoonz, and congratulations to you Tony catmandewe. Tony, shoot me a PM if you can't find my PayPal email address, though it still is the same from when all of the fundraising was started.

[catmandewe]

I love the picture of Ed with his Ladmo bag.

Thanks for a great Auction Lee!
Payment sent Dave.

Tony

[aDave]

Aug 26, 2023 23:00:21 GMT -5 catmandewe said:

I love the picture of Ed with his Ladmo bag.

Thanks for a great Auction Lee!
Payment sent Dave.

Tony

Got it.  Thanks very much.

Rockoonz