mn90403 968 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Have you been following ...http://www.wacktrap.com/legal/lawsuits/8-claim-ownership-180000-carat-bahia-emerald-ca-worth-400-million Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Au Seeker 3,137 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 That report/article seems to be about 4 years old, here's the latest I could find on this Emerald story/battle for ownership.This article was from the first of the year. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-loses-fight-840-pound-emerald-worth-372-million-article-1.1596514This article is from the latter part of October.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11172845/Bahia-Emerald-survived-panther-attack-Hurricane-Katrina-Bernie-Madoff-and-drug-gang-but-who-owns-it.html I can sorta understand Brazil making a claim for the emerald, but how can the Smithsonian and the Getty museums think they have a claim to the emerald!!! Maybe a bunch of us from Nugget Shooter should make a claim to the emerald!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mn90403 968 Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 Here is something more recent and the reason I put it up was because I heard a story on the radio news that the judge was hearing the case now.http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2014/10/bahia-emerald-840-pounds-400-million-dollars-court-crime-hq 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoser John 1,240 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I've been following this story religiously as come hell or high water I just want to see that gift from Mother nature up close and personal like. I'll gladly pay for a few minutes time as there will never be another to match such mindboggling righteousness....John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goldfinger 43 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 Here is something more recent and the reason I put it up was because I heard a story on the radio news that the judge was hearing the case now.http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2014/10/bahia-emerald-840-pounds-400-million-dollars-court-crime-hqI was in contact with Ron Ringsrud asking him about this case. They are lowly but surely knocking claimants off one by one. Maybe in couple years this will be resolved. By the way, the appraisal of $400,000,000 is ridiculous. No is going to pay anything close that that figure if it were ever to be sold, unless it's 200 years from now and inflation is 20%. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
prospect007 3 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 wow, what a stone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoser John 1,240 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Price is set on market value-willing seller and a willing buyer and them Arab sheiks and SA druglords pay more for much less.John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morlock 1,637 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Here's an update on this case. The Bahia emerald is still in the Los Angeles Sheriffs vault. Almost all of the claimants have been eliminated. The government of Brazil has stepped in claiming it was illegally exported... which it was. So unless something extraordinary comes up, it looks as though it will be going back to Brazil sometime in the future. Â 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morlock 1,637 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 This is the best article yet on the Bahia emerald and is a must read for rockhounds. https://www.wired.com/2017/3/curse-bahia-emerald-giant-green-rock-wreaks-havoc-ruins-lives/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morlock 1,637 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Here's another giant emerald found not far from the Bahia. https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/08/09/309-million-emerald-weighing-pounds-found-brazil/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
d_day 326 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 16 minutes ago, Morlock said: Here's another giant emerald found not far from the Bahia. https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/08/09/309-million-emerald-weighing-pounds-found-brazil/ Wow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LipCa 357 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 I'd have to sell both... no room in my house for them.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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