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We buy collections

In recent years, KRISTALLE, in conjunction with UK partner CRYSTAL CLASSICS, has been involved in the purchase and dispersal of many mineral collections ranging from small private collections to large museum collections.

Together, this team can literally  “cover the world” since we have a base in both Europe and the United States.  KRISTALLE alone, in it’s 40 year history, has handled over 150 collections.  We have the ability to market at both the retail and wholesale levels.  We offer fair evaluations and speedy conclusion to a sale.

Think of us first when considering a sale of your collection.  We buy entire collections or selected pieces.  Antiquarian books and instruments are also of interest.  We are instant cash buyers.

We offer the utmost privacy in our dealings.  We have purchased numerous collections for which privacy was a concern and we have never revealed those names.

The following is a listing of only a small portion of recently handled collections:

we buy collections
  • The Ben de Wit Collection (Canada)
  • Helmut Heuser Collection (Germany)
  • specimens from the collection of Gerhard Grude (Germany)
  • the Dr Warren Johansson Collection
  • the Frank Wright Collection (USA)
  • Specimens from the collection of Keith Hammond (England)
  • the Peter Edwards Collection (England)
  • The Charlie Freed Collection
  • The Danny Manolescu Collection
  • specimens from the collection of Gérard Albessart (France)
  • Karlheinz Grosch Tsumeb Collection (Germany)
  • The collection of Jean Pierre Cand (CA, USA)
  • The Moller Collection (CA, USA)
  • The Collection of Paul Busch (USA)
  • The Eileen Kokinos Cerussite Collection
  • the Warren Taylor Collection (England)
  • the Reg Taylor Collection (Queensland, Australia)
  • worldwide collection from William and Roberta McCarthy Collection (AZ, USA)
  • the Cornish mineral collection of Ian Acworth (MA, USA)
  • The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - over 20,000 specimens (PA, USA)
  • the Martin Zinn III Collection (USA)
  • the Norman and Roslyn Pellman Collection (AZ, USA)
  • the Forrest Cureton collection
  • the Valentin Sicker collection
  • the Tom Weisner collection (USA)
  • the Dr Stephen Neely collection (USA)
  • the Dr Winfried Boehmer collection (Germany)
  • the late E. O. Stratton who mined in the Tucson area in the early 1900s (AZ, USA)
  • the Kimball Goddard Lead mineral collection (NV, USA)
  • inventory and personal collection of Gerald Clark  (CA, USA)
  • the Dirk Rheinlander collection (Germany) - including superb miniatures
  • the Charles Hansen collection (CA, USA)
  • the mineral collection of Eduard Gubelin, a well known gemologist (USA)
  • specimens from the collection of Wolfgang Henkel (Germany)
  • the Phil Scalisi Collection (MA, USA)
  • the Marianne Shale miniatures collection (CA, USA)
  • the Wendula Lassere collection (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • the Brian Lloyd collection (London, England)
  • the Bernard Charlier collection (France)
  • the collection of Gerard Lesage (Chamonix, France)
  • the Simon Harrison Collection (Bath, England)
  • the Ulrich Buchard Collection (Munich, Germany)
  • the Gerhard Mienel Collection (Saxony, Germany)
  • the Kirby Siber Collection (Aathal, Switzerland)
  • the John Marshall collection (USA)
  • the Ken Hollmann Collection (USA)
  • the Richard Hauck collection (NJ, USA)
  • the Ulrich Bahmann Tsumeb Collection (South Africa)
  • the Rolf Wein Collection (Germany)

and many many more!!!

To book an appraisal please contact either office in California or England by clicking here.

Wayne or Ian will speak to you about your collection to ascertain exactly what it is you have to offer and may ask for some photographs. The next step is a visit to your premises to view the collection and an evaluation of your specimens, books or scientific instruments can be made. We are instant cash buyers and are one of the few companies in the industry that has the cash reserves to pay up front for our mineral purchases. Discretion and integrity form the backbone of our company and we would be delighted to work with you to sell your minerals.