Man's Massive Moon Miscellanea Makes MEGABUCKS (Or 6 Figure Sum!)

Wow. John, this is a truly incredible collection you've brought in here today. I see a recurring theme. Tell me about your collection. I started collecting moon jewelry over 40 years ago. It branched out from enamels. I used to collect antique enamels, and then it was actually Only a few years ago I discovered that I was actually delivered by a Dr. Moon at the time of my birth. Incredible. So you had been collecting, and then you found out afterward. Yes, yes. Oh, how serendipitous. It's an incredible collection focusing on the man in the moon concept or motif, which we see really rise to prominence during the late Victorian era, extending into the early Edwardian period. And often these pieces are made of carved moonstone, which has the beautiful sort of billowy light. It's a phenomenal gemstone, which means it has a very special optical characteristic, and that optical characteristic is a jewellorescence. And when we look at a piece and we hold it up to the light and move it around, and we see that sort of That glow, that beautiful glow. And of course, that's very reminiscent of the moon. We can see this in the gallery here—a beautiful openwork piece in gold. A truly beautiful example. I think it would look quite lovely on me. You look very lovely. Perhaps I could persuade you to let me take it home. So let's talk about value. At retail, I think it would easily exceed $120,000, $150,000. That's excellent. Thank you. Are you over the moon? Absolutely. Thank you. Thank you for bringing it in to share with us all today. It is truly a remarkable collection. Thank you very much. It was lovely to see my collection laid out, as I don't get to do it very often. I'm going to keep them because I'm still buying them. It's a really interesting search, and I'll Keep doing it as long as I can.