14K Mabe Pearl Necklace Sells for $450 at Vogt Valentine’s Auction

The lot listed as "14K Mabe Pearl Necklace. Lot 259. 14K Mabe Pearl Necklace." closed for $450 after nine bids at Vogt Auction's Valentine’s Day sale, undercutting a presale estimate of $500 - $800. The Bid VogtAuction entry carries the terse auction interface language "Live Auction in Progress" and "Click Here to Bid Live," and records the final line "Sold for. $450."

Catalog descriptions for the offering are inconsistent across platforms. An auction record page describes the piece as "a 14K gold-clasped beaded pearl necklace (description: beaded cultured-pearl necklace with 14K yellow gold clasp, approximately 18.5 inches, total weight ~42.7 g). The listing notes the necklace was o", the extract ends truncated. By contrast, the Bidsquare catalogue shows the entry as "(3) Pearl Necklaces" and carries the block text "Three pearl necklaces with 14K yellow gold clasps, each marked '14K' Length: 18 in. / longest Total weight: 108.8 g Provenance: Property from a home in San Antonio, Texas" duplicated on the page. The differing descriptions raise whether Lot 259 was a single mabe-pearl necklace or a grouped estate lot of three necklaces.

The sale took place in Vogt Auction's Valentine’s Day Auction, which appears on the Bidsquare page as "Valentine's Day Auction by Vogt Auction Live Feb 15, 2026," while the original auction listing notes a sale date of February 14, 2026. Vogt Auction's seller block on Bidsquare lists the house address as 7233 Blanco Rd, San Antonio, TX 78216, and the catalogue page shows images labeled "Image 2 of 3" and "Image 3 of 3," implying multiple photos across the lot images.

Technical identifiers and sale mechanics are visible in the online catalogue. Bidsquare reproduces a bid increments schedule running from $10 increments at low thresholds up to $10,000 increments at the highest tiers, and lists payment options "Visa Mastercard Amex Diners Discover JCB Union Pay." The catalogue also notes that each clasp in the grouping is marked "14K," a detail that speaks to the metal content but not to pearl type beyond the mabe designation used in the lot title.

The outcome, a $450 result when the estimate was $500 - $800, is a concrete marker of demand for this estate pearl material in a regional sale environment. The provenance line repeated on the catalogue, "Property from a home in San Antonio, Texas," anchors the lot to a local estate offering. The available records show the Bid VogtAuction sale line "9 Bids" and "Sold for. $450." They do not include a buyer’s premium figure or a post-sale invoice in the provided material, nor do they resolve the weight and date discrepancies between the single-necklace record and the three-necklace catalogue entry.

The sale of Lot 259 underscores how catalogue clarity - whether a single 18.5-inch necklace weighing ~42.7 g or a three-piece lot totaling 108.8 g - can affect bidder perception and final price in regional auctions.