Mad Magpie

Fine Gems and Specimens

Mad Magpie

Fine Gems and Specimens

Mad Magpie

Fine Gems and Specimens

LIVE GEM & CRYSTAL AUCTIONS + FIXED  PRICE LISINGS

Welcome to our site! We are now running live 2 week auctions from our offices in Mombasa, Kenya and Siem Reap, Cambodia. Please browse our auction items and if you choose place a bid! We combine postage for multiple orders from the same location to save you postage costs. Our default postage is registered mail which starts at US$9.50 + $0.30 for each extra item. Due to the ridiculously high price of courier companies in both Kenya and Cambodia we are not currently offering expedited shipping. If you want to make an offer on any of these items please send us a message. If there are no bids on an item we can end an auction early and sell to you. But if an item has a bid, we can only end the item early if you make a higher bid first. Thanks for your support and happy bidding! James & Team

About Us

Life is a journey and mine has seen me leave my native Australia in the 90’s and spend 25 years working and travelling in Japan, Europe, East Africa, and South-East Asia. And I’ve only just got warmed up! I have been fortunate enough to combine my passion for gemstones with a love of travel and mountain climbing around the world. I don’t just sell stones, I hope in my own small way to inspire others to leave their comfort zone and explore this magnificent world of ours. I’m not a big fan of social media so I have kept this website to a spartan simplicity. I don’t collect any of your info, and I don’t bombard you with newsletters or emails. Enjoy exploring the stones!

What is it with Magpies?

The Magpie is an iconic Australian bird. Australians have a love/hate relationship with this gregarious, easily befriended beasty. It has a wonderful, warbling singing voice. But in nesting season the primal nature of this terror comes out and swooping season starts! Walkers, cyclists beware! I have “fond”memories of ducking and dodging them as I walked to school every day in Spring…Like crows they also have a fondness for flashy objects and will often fly off with something bright and sparkly.