The Marcial de Gomar Collection

Auction Details

• Auction:
  April 25, 7PM


• Viewing:
  Sunday, April 23, 1PM - 6PM
  Monday, April 24, Noon - 7PM
  Tuesday, April 25, Noon - 7PM


• Location:
  Americas Society
  680 Park Ave
  New York, NY 10065


• Online Bidding:
  www.liveauctioneers.com
  
  
• e-Catalogue: Digital Catalogue (PDF)


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  $65 by International Priority Mail

Guernsey’s, the New York City-based auction house, is delighted to announce the auction of the Marcial de Gomar Collection of rare emeralds on April 25th. The event will be conducted live at the Americas Society at 680 Park Avenue with online bidding at www.liveauctioneers.com.

The Marcial de Gomar Emerald Collection consists of more than twenty loose emeralds (both cut and rough) plus thirteen pieces of emerald jewelry. These spectacular emeralds were collected by Manuel Marcial de Gomar over a 62 year long career spent both in the United States and in the jungles of Colombia, where he started at the Chivor mines as an interpreter for Russ Anderton and then proceeded to independently mine the Guavio, Gachalá, Somondoco, Boyacá and Muzo regions on horseback, widely known for producing the world's finest emeralds. Mr. Marcial's firsthand knowledge and experience with rare emeralds including shipwreck origin emeralds, has placed him in demand as an author, lecturer and consultant, and while his family continues in their involvement with rare emeralds, it is Manuel's lifelong personal collection that is being sold.

Featured lots in the Marcial de Gomar Collection include La Gloria, which, at 887 carats, is one of the largest museum-quality emeralds in the world; the Marcial de Gomar Star, the largest recorded star emerald (among only eleven in the world, according to experts) and perhaps the first of its kind as a double-sided star emerald; and the Tears of Fura, an impressive matched pair of extremely large teardrop-shaped Muzo emeralds. Importantly, the Collection also includes the largest assemblage of cut emeralds from the famed Nuestra Señora de Atocha sunken galleon and, among these, the single largest cut emerald recovered from that ship, considered the most important wreck site yet discovered.

Decades ago, Mr. Marcial was selected from many experts by Mel Fisher, the famed treasure hunter, to be the independent appraiser of all emeralds recovered from the Atocha. As payment for his expert services, Marcial received a selection of these fine stones from the world-famous wreck. Collectors and enthusiasts of sunken treasure will also be excited to learn that the Collection features, in addition to this unprecedented assemblage of Atocha emeralds, a number of historic gold coins from the 1715 Fleet. All of these items were privately owned and will be presented to the public for the very first time at the auction of the Marcial de Gomar Collection.

A beautifully designed catalogue will be available in an extremely limited edition. Click here to order your Marcial de Gomar Collection copy.

Those intererested in bidding at The Marcial de Gomar auction should review the Addenda.

Those who are unable to attend the auction but would like to participate can view the full catalogue online, and leave advance absentee bids, as well as bid live as the sale is taking place at www.liveauctioneers.com.

Interested bidders should also review the Terms & Conditions, as well as the Bidder Agreement form, and the Absentee Bid form.

Guernsey's welcomes inquiries from the media regarding both past and upcoming events. PDF copies of the press release and links to media coverage of our Marcial de Gomar Auction are available below:

• Press Release (April 25)

• "Watch Kathie Lee try on dazzling emeralds for St. Patrick’s Day" (Today Show - APP)

• "Celebrated Marcial De Gomar Emerald Collection To Be Sold At Auction Today" (Forbes - April 24, 2017)

• "Catching Green Fever" (True Ink - April 24, 2017)

• "All eyes on multi-million-dollar emerald auction in NY" (The Jewellery Editor - April 21, 2017)

• "Rare emeralds found on wreck of Spanish galleon to be auctioned" (Yachting and Boating News - April 19, 2017)

• "Rare Emeralds Discovered in 400-Year-Old Shipwreck to Be Sold at Auction" (Town&Country - April 17, 2017)

• "Guernsey's Marcial de Gomar Collection of rare emeralds go up for auction" (Elite Living Africa - April 17, 2017)

• "Emeralds discovered in 400-year-old shipwreck can potentially make millions" (The Weekly Observer - April 13, 2017)

• "The Marcial de Gomar Collection Of Emeralds To Be Auctioned This Month" (Jewelry News Network - April 13, 2017)

• "Rare emeralds discovered in 400-year-old shipwreck set to fetch millions" (CNN Style - April 13, 2017)

• "World's largest pair of Colombian cat's eye emeralds added to Guernsey's april 25 auction" (ArtfixDaily - April 12, 2017)

• "World’s largest pair of cat’s eye emeralds added to Guernsey’s April 25 auction" (ACN News - April 10, 2017)

• "Museum-Quality, Family-Owned Collection of Emeralds at Auction This Spring" (Investorideas.com - April 6, 2017)

• "Rare emeralds discovered in shipwreck set to fetch millions" (FoxNews - April 5, 2017)

• "Jewellery news in brief: emerald collectors green with envy at sale" (Financial Times - March 22, 2017)

• "The 9 Hottest Gems from Spring’s Upcoming Jewelry Auctions" (Robb Report - March 20, 2017)

• "Rare emeralds found on 400-year-old shipwreck expected to fetch millions at auction" (The Telegraph - March 16, 2017)

• "Marcial de Gomar Rare Emerald Collection – The Inside Story" (The London Diamond & Emerald Exchange - March 15, 2017)

• "To the Emerald Auction of the Sinking Ship, New York, USA" (AFP - Asia - March 14, 2017)

• "Esmeraldas de Nuestra Señora de Atocha a subasta en EUA" (La Prensa - Largest Newspaper in Honduras - March 13, 2017)

• "887-Carat Marcial de Gomar Star Emerald Going to Auction" (JustLuxe - March 13, 2017)

• "Esmeraldas de Nuestra Señora de Atocha a subasta" (La Prensa - Largest Newspaper in Panama - March 11, 2017)

• "Esmeraldas de Nuestra Señora de Atocha a subasta en EEUU" (Telemetro - Panama TV - March 10, 2017)

• "Esmeraldas de Nuestra Señora de Atocha a subasta en EEUU" (UDGTV - Guadalajara, MX - March 10, 2017)

• "Museum-Quality, Family-Owned Collection of Emeralds at Auction This Spring" (Lussorian - February 15, 2017)

• "Rare And Valuable Private Emerald Collection Goes On Auction" (Forbes - February 14, 2017)

• "In NYC, An Auction That’s Bound to Delight Rock Hounds" (National Jeweler - January 11, 2017)

Emeralds found on shipwreck are worth millions - Newsy - March 16, 2017