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A bit of showing off
Ivo:
Trichroic according to my info
Frank:
Makes little sense as only the chocolate colour is affected by angle of view. Other colours are constant.
nigel benson:
Hello everyone,
I was so exercised by this and a couple of other threads I even had to get myself a new password to make a comment :o ;)
My understanding of Thomas Webb's Alexandrite is that it should be four colours - citrine yellow, going to rose pink, then blue with a chocolate brown rim. I wouldn't have thought they are dichroic - that is to say no piece that I have handled has changed colour according to the light source, rather all the colours remain available to the naked eye.
If there are only three colours (with brown missing) then it is regarded by all long term collectors as a poor version and consequently of lesser value to them. Still most of us would be happy to get one of those lesser examples ;) :)
TTFN, Nigel
chopin-liszt:
Now you're here, Nigel, and mentioning "long-term collectors" of (presumably) Webb's Alexandrite, do you have any idea of how many of those collectors there are?
Is there enough to go around for there to actually be a collector base?
I do seem to remember we had suspected there really was not a lot of it around.
Are you able to enlighten us in any way?
nigel benson:
I have had several collectors of Webb's Alexandrite for over 24 years.
The fact that it is scarce means that some folks want to form small select collections. Think of it this way it takes less space and overall uses less money than broader collections - although each purchase may well be expensive as not all are as lucky as Sue was with her find.
Both Frank and are were lucky enough to see and handle the largest of these - Michael Parkington's. Certainly a dozen pieces of which one created a record price in the Christies sale when it was sold after his, and Peggy's deaths. It went back to the original seller!
Nigel
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