A complete ritual set which belonged to Sarmatian Tribal Ruler of Persian descent that lived 1 Century BC – 2 Century BC is available for bidding in eBay. The set includes ritual Gold Pectoral Necklace and Gold Pectoral Amulet, and they are part of Taoikins Museum Collection.
The 2000 years old rare gold necklace is still in good condition and decorated with ornaments, dotted pattern triangles, and carnelian (cornelian) stones. There is one bird at each end of the necklace and they are proofs that the necklace is made under Post-Sumerian and Egyptian culture (1500 – 100 B.C.). The gold necklace was worn on the chest to display status of power and wealth. The size of necklace is 28 x 15 cm.
There are five Cornelian stones on the Gold Pectoral Amulet, but top left corner and on the central cornelian stone have slight damage. The Amulet was carefully preserved by experts from National Restoration Center of Lithuania (European Union). The size of amulet is 8 x 5 cm.
The starting bid for this Sarmatian-Persian Tribal King’s Ritual Gold Pectoral Necklace and Amulet on eBay is US$ 6,080,000 and the bidding end date is on Mar 04, 201011:03:54 PST. If you would like to purchase the complete ritual set immediately, you can buy it at the price of US $8,900,000.
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July 7th, 2011 at 7:12 am
The starting bid for this Sarmatian-Persian Tribal King’s Ritual Gold Pectoral Necklace and Amulet on eBay is *ONLY* US$ 6,080,000
yeah right let me check my pockets
for a stupid way to throw away
6 grand on some fake looking shit
like this.
January 31st, 2012 at 5:35 am
We carefully watched that auction on eBay. The artifact is authentic with correct documentation – any expert antiquarian or archaeologist can confirm that. Item was not sold. eBay is not the right place for such high value sale. Difficult to comment on price – no similar artifacts exist and none were sold publicly. In theory seller can place any value he or she wants, it all depends on the buyer’s taste. Other items in this class were sold for higher prices on public auctions. Sotheby’s private rep off record stated this item maybe in multimillion dollar range given the right circumstances.
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