Green Light for Amber Beads at Auction!

Detail of Amber Beads sold at Tooveys — Detail of Amber Beads sold at Toovey's in January

Further to our blog post ‘Amber Beads in Fashion at Toovey’s‘ and Rupert Toovey’s article in the West Sussex Gazette ‘Prehistoric Treasure in Demand Today‘. We wanted to share some of the prices achieved for amber beads in our January auction on the 29th January. Highest price was £10,000 for a single row necklace of thirty-eight slightly graduated oval vari-coloured opaque and semi-translucent butterscotch coloured amber beads, total weight approx 255g, total length approx 110cm, length of smallest bead approx 2cm, length of largest bead approx 2.7cm.

Amber bead necklace Lot 612 Jan14 Tooveys — Sold for £10,000

Amber bead necklace Lot 616 Jan14 Tooveys — Sold for £4,800

Amber bead necklace Lot 614 Jan14 Tooveys — Sold for £3,900

Amber bead necklace Lot 613 Jan14 Tooveys — Sold for £2,800

Amber bead necklace Lot 617 Jan14 Tooveys — Sold for £1,200

Amber bead necklace Lot 618 Jan14 Tooveys — Sold for £1,200

More amber beads are consigned in our Specialist Sale of Jewellery on 26th February 2014. See lot numbers 640-664. If you would like your amber beads valued for possible inclusion into a forthcoming auction please contact our offices, pre-sale valuations are free of charge at our Spring Gardens salerooms.