Atlas Pearls schedules online and Kobe Fashion Mart auction March 26-27

Atlas Pearls Ltd (ASX: ATP) has scheduled its first auction of 2026 for 26-27 March, to be held online and on-site at Kobe Fashion Mart in Kobe, Japan, the company’s auction calendar and website show. The auction entry for 26-27 March 2026 is listed as "Scheduled" in the site’s auctions table alongside other 2026 dates such as 2-3 June, 1-2 September and 11-12 November 2026 which are also shown as scheduled.

Promotional material on Atlas Pearls’ Instagram account states, "Our pearls are ready for auction online and in Kobe. More than 200 lots from our latest harvests." The company website includes buyer-facing features such as a "view pearls by colour" navigation and filters labeled SEARCH, TYPE, SHAPE, GRADE, COLOUR and SIZE, although parts of the page still display placeholder text reading "This section doesn’t currently include any content. Add content to this section using the sidebar." Product placeholders with the text "Your product's name, $49.00" also appear on the site.

The March auction will follow a strong performance at Atlas Pearls’ Kobe sale in April 2025, when the company presented 70,592 pearls and sold 58,345 pearls over the 8th and 9th of April. That auction "realised sales of 58.345 pieces at an average price of $129/piece," generating total revenue of $7.5 million, with an average index point per pearl sold of 32 and an average of $4 per index point. The April 2025 announcement stated that "pricing achieved was up on the previous auction" and that the company had observed "continued market pricing stability over the last 15 months."

Atlas Pearls’ April 2025 release framed the result against broader market uncertainty, noting, "Despite uncertainty with the recent US tariff announcements and people waiting to see where these end up, it was good to see strong bids placed - demonstrating a focus on what can be controlled and the markets within which we operate." The release also thanked attendees: "I thank all the customers who attended the Kobe auction physically and virtually who continue to put their trust in Atlas Pearls’ consistency of product and quality."

The company points to a mixed auction program: the site archive lists completed events including 10-11 December 2025, 29-30 September 2025 and several 2025 Kobe auctions, as well as lower-grade Bali sales listed literally as "Onlines & Bali (Low Grade)" for 4-5 August. Atlas has also reported a successful low-grade auction in Bali in February 2025 that "met expectations" and that it completed multiple private sales in the same period.

Operational plans in the April 2025 announcement include a retail and visitor centre at the company’s farm in North Bali, with the statement that the centre is anticipated to open "on the 1st of May" and that "This will be an upgrade not only of the retail experience but also in the way we tell the story of pearl production and the sustainability story of Atlas Pearls." Those plans sit alongside historical records: Atlas reported a record Kobe auction in 2014 that sold $2.5 million of 9-13 mm south sea pearls and 64,000 pieces at an average sellable price of JPY 10,700 per momme.

For media, trade and buyer enquiries Atlas Pearls lists its office at 26 Railway Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia, postal address PO Box 248, Subiaco, WA 6904, telephone (+61 8) 9284 4249, public email Atlas@AtlasPearls.com.au, website AtlasPearls.com.au and ABN 32 009 220 053. Investor and media contacts named in company announcements are José Martins, Chairman, and Michael Ricci, CEO, with telephone +61 8 9284 4249.

The March 26-27 auction will be watched closely for whether it sustains the pricing momentum that produced $7.5 million in April 2025 and whether the "more than 200 lots" promoted for the upcoming sale translate into the larger per-pearl volumes and index performance Atlas reported last year.