JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A gemstone, billed as one of the largest gem-quality opals in existence, was sold for $143,750 at auction in Alaska on Sunday. The opal, dubbed the “Americus Australis,” weighs ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — A brick-like gem billed as one of the largest opals ever found was sold for $143,750 during an auction in Alaska on Sunday. The “Americus Australis,” which weighs 11,855.28 carats, ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Nick Cline gets calls about all kinds of items people want to sell through the Anchorage auction house where he works. But he was caught off-guard by a call he got last fall from ...

SOLDOTNA, Alaska (KPHO/CBS Newspath/WKRC) - A wooly mammoth skull went to auction. The ancient fossil will be auctioned off by Alaska Premier Auction and Appraisals, which was started in January of ...

JUNEAU, Alaska - A gemstone, billed as one of the largest gem-quality opals ever found, was sold for $143,750 at auction in Alaska on Sunday. The opal, dubbed the "Americus Australis," weighs more ...