Loose ruby at auction in Australia
No buyer's premium. Your winning bid is the price of the lot, GST included.
Ruby open for bidding
No ruby lots are currently listed for bidding. Check the auction board for future catalogues. The session board lists every catalogue you can browse and bid on early.
What to look for in ruby
Ruby is red corundum. Read the lot's stated identity and any supplied report, alongside its colour description and photographs.
Ruby is routinely heated, and some material on the market carries glass or lead-glass filling in its fractures, which is a far more consequential treatment than heat. Every treatment we know of is written on the lot. Where we do not know, we say that instead of guessing.
- The colour in different photographs, read alongside the stated identity. A photograph alone does not verify a mineral identification.
- Filling, not just heat. Glass filling changes what the stone is and what it can survive.
- Origin where it is known, and the absence of a claim where it is not.
What ruby has sold for at Teals
2 ruby lots sold, realising between $13 and $35, with a median of $24. These are hammer prices, GST included, with no buyer’s premium added on top.
Recorded hammer prices, not valuations or predictions of future results. Delivery is additional.
