While doing some searching on eBay this week, I came across a combination of things I rarely see. First, I found some AMAZING natural opals, and second, the seller is using a great technique to help sell them.
Opals-Downunder is an eBay seller from Australia that sells the most beautiful, unique Australian opals I have ever seen. I have been fascinated by their Yowah Boulder and Koroit opals ever since I first stumbled upon them, and their black opals are absolutely breathtaking! After drooling over their eBay store pages for an hour or so, it struck me that their real opals are similar to the faux opal beads that I used to make during my previous life as a full time polymer clay artist, which is probably one reason their pieces have struck me at such a deep level.
Opals-Downunder faces a challenge that any jewelry artist that sells on eBay knows well - How do you make your pieces look good in a still image? When dealing with "shiny things and sparklies," it's pretty close to impossible to take a photograph that does justice to the piece. Opals-downunder has come up with a great way to give someone a better idea of the true beauty of their opals by playing a short video of the opal in motion in their auctions:
Click the video image above to go to ebay and see the opal in motion.
How cool is that? While I am sure there is no way to show all of the fantastic sparkles in this opal, having the video makes a HUGE difference in the way the product comes across. I'm saving my pennies right now to get a few of these beauties. Oh, and did I mention that these gems start at only .99, and their shipping costs from Australia to the US start at only 7.00? What an amazing deal!
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