Comments on: Amazing fossils at Heritage Auctions Natural History auction, May 20, 2012 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/amazing-fossils-at-heritage-au.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 13:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: wrecksdart http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/amazing-fossils-at-heritage-au.html#comment-1414922 wrecksdart Fri, 04 May 2012 23:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158034#comment-1414922 I like the bit about the Megalodon teeth "retrieved by dedicated, life-risking scuba divers."  Would you like some bombast with your carefully selected shark teeth, sir? (Disclaimer:  As the folks above have mentioned, if I had a spare 100K in the closet, they would be MY carefully selected shark teeth) I like the bit about the Megalodon teeth “retrieved by dedicated, life-risking scuba divers.”  Would you like some bombast with your carefully selected shark teeth, sir?

(Disclaimer:  As the folks above have mentioned, if I had a spare 100K in the closet, they would be MY carefully selected shark teeth)

]]> By: yeff http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/amazing-fossils-at-heritage-au.html#comment-1412126 yeff Wed, 02 May 2012 20:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158034#comment-1412126 Looks like some evil mastermind had some issues with bankruptcy court? - yeff Looks like some evil mastermind had some issues with bankruptcy court?

- yeff

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/amazing-fossils-at-heritage-au.html#comment-1411994 GawainLavers Wed, 02 May 2012 18:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158034#comment-1411994 <a href="http://www.prehistoricstore.com/item.php?item=1426" rel="nofollow">Aaargh!</a> Thanks for the cool link, though, I'll have to keep an eye on them. Aaargh!

Thanks for the cool link, though, I’ll have to keep an eye on them.

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/amazing-fossils-at-heritage-au.html#comment-1411946 GawainLavers Wed, 02 May 2012 18:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158034#comment-1411946 Huh: wish they were more specific about these.  The left looks like a house fly, the one on the left like a Nematoceran, but I'm not sure what the one in the middle would be.  It almost looks like a wasp mimic... http://fineart.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6068&lotNo=49263 Huh: wish they were more specific about these.  The left looks like a house fly, the one on the left like a Nematoceran, but I’m not sure what the one in the middle would be.  It almost looks like a wasp mimic…
http://fineart.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=6068&lotNo=49263

]]> By: UnholyMoses http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/amazing-fossils-at-heritage-au.html#comment-1411932 UnholyMoses Wed, 02 May 2012 18:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158034#comment-1411932 The Bone Room is great, and I've had really good luck and satisfaction with  <a href="http://www.prehistoricstore.com" rel="nofollow">Prehistoric Planet</a> (formerly Paleo Clones; sadly, their prices have gone up in recent years). The Bone Room is great, and I’ve had really good luck and satisfaction with  Prehistoric Planet (formerly Paleo Clones; sadly, their prices have gone up in recent years).

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/amazing-fossils-at-heritage-au.html#comment-1411922 GawainLavers Wed, 02 May 2012 18:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158034#comment-1411922 For those with smaller budgets, there's always this wonderful place: <a href="http://www.boneroom.com/" rel="nofollow">[The Bone Room]</a> Still haven't found a fossilized Asilid for my father, though. Maybe before next Christmas. Or I suppose I could settle for a syrphid, but they're kind of blah. For those with smaller budgets, there’s always this wonderful place:
[The Bone Room]

Still haven’t found a fossilized Asilid for my father, though. Maybe before next Christmas. Or I suppose I could settle for a syrphid, but they’re kind of blah.

]]> By: dmatos http://boingboing.net/2012/05/02/amazing-fossils-at-heritage-au.html#comment-1411849 dmatos Wed, 02 May 2012 17:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=158034#comment-1411849 Can anyone lend me millions and millions of dollars so that I can buy everything, and then build a natural history museum to put it in?  TIA. Can anyone lend me millions and millions of dollars so that I can buy everything, and then build a natural history museum to put it in?  TIA.

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