Nimravis Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Today I stopped by the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton, Illinois to attend the ESCONI Fall Mineral and Fossil Show. This was a limited show and did not have vendors like in the past, but it was still a great show for all who attended. The had things for kids as well as silent and live auction items, they were also selling all kinds of fossil and mineral related books, as well as all of @fiddlehead Jack Witry’s books on Mazon Creek Fauna and Flora and the was a Green River prep going on. A good time was had by all and it was great to see the excitement on younger kids when they won the silent and live auctions. It was really funny watching the bidding on a silent auction Mazon Creek piece. One adult who had been buying up a lot of items wanted this piece and the kid (9 years old) kept increasing his bid all the the way the final second and he got it for $50.00. I never had $50.00 at 9 years old. I picked up a couple items and will post them later, one piece was from Brazil and it was a beautiful pale colored calcite that glows pink under black light. I won it in a live auction for $45.00 and I got it for my wife. I told her that I had to get something as beautiful as she is, I need brownie points when I am at fossil shows. There was a ton of Fossil Forum members at the show and it was great to see them. I will let Rich @stats tag others, I forget all of the avatar names. Here are a few pics- 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 (edited) Sounds and looks like a lot of fun, Ralph. Thanks for sharing. Edited October 16, 2021 by Tidgy's Dad Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Sounds and looks like a lot of fun, Ralph. Thanks for sharing. It was Adam, I hope MAPS is nice next week, I really miss the fossil shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 Here are a couple things that I picked up today A nice Riker mount with 2 Chesapectens. I picked this up for $7.00, not a bad price. The scale is a 1” cube. Here is the Brazilian Calcite and under black light. Here are a couple books that I picked up, I have always been meaning to get this book and Ohio Fossils. This next one is from 1978 and is nicely done. This last one is also very nice. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 (edited) Thanks for the report! Edited October 17, 2021 by deutscheben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Thanks for posting this Ralph! There were a bunch of Fossil Forum members present.... speak up if I miss anyone. @Roby, @flipper559, @connorp, @fiddlehead, and probably others! I ended up buying a box of Mazon Creek plants in the live auction and a small box of animals at the bulk sales. I'll post some pictures soon. I also picked up some interesting historical material for future Mazon Monday and Throwback Thursday posts over on www.esconi.org. It was a great show! Hope to see more of you in March for the 2022 show. Please come up and say hello. It's great to place a face to a name. Cheers, Rich This is @Roby, who is ESCONI President Keith Robitschek doing Green River fossil preparation. He will be at MAPS selling some of his work! 7 hours ago, Nimravis said: Silent auction. 7 hours ago, Nimravis said: That's me answering questions. Lots of friendly people... It was great to have a partial show and see and talk to fellow fossil collectors! 7 hours ago, Nimravis said: We sold a bunch of these and will have more in March for the regular show. 7 hours ago, Nimravis said: 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Nice buys! Love the calcite and the books! Where were they selling the shells? That is a nice display piece! Cheers, Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 46 minutes ago, stats said: Nice buys! Love the calcite and the books! Where were they selling the shells? That is a nice display piece! Cheers, Rich Thanks Rich, they had them on the tables on the other side of the silent auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_17 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 10 hours ago, Nimravis said: Thanks Rich, they had them on the tables on the other side of the silent auction. I must ask a silly question. Where do you get those cubes ? I wish I visited places like this when I was in Illinois . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 8 hours ago, Joe_17 said: I must ask a silly question. Where do you get those cubes ? I wish I visited places like this when I was in Illinois . Joe, when you say “cubes”, are you talking about the 1” photo cube? If yes, I received that from a fellow Forum member named @aerogrower, I do not know if he still makes them. The black 1 cm cube I bought off of the internet. Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Looks like a fantastic event. And a really impressive range of books for sale 1 MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 Here are a few that I purchased, Cheers, Rich Peachocaris Macroneuropteris Neuropteris Diplazites Asterophyllites Alethopteris lesquereuxi 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 @stats Rich, was this one of the flats that was auctioned off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, Nimravis said: @stats Rich, was this one of the flats that was auctioned off? Yes. The middle 5 were in one of the Mazon boxes along with a piece of bark and a Crenulopteris acadica. The shrimp was in a cigar box on one of the tables and the bottom Alethopteris was a silent auction item. The plants were collected in the 1950's and 1960's. I bought them more for the history as they were collected in Desden and Morris by a former ESCONI president. Both of those localities are no longer accessible due to being housing developments. I already have those species from other localities. Cheers, Rich Edited October 26, 2021 by stats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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