rocket Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) this is shocking... Christie’s Pulls T. Rex From Auction, Citing Need for ‘Further Study’ - The New York Times (nytimes.com) but, for my opinion its the right decision and Black Hills is absolutely right. I am a bit frustrated that the selled did not give the right infos about the T-Rex, no teeth are original, that it is a "cast" of Stan and no one really knows how many bones are original.... When a fossil like this will be offered for sale honesty is absolutely necessary! Hope the seller will be banned from Auction-Houses Edited November 21, 2022 by rocket 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 The article linked above is "soft paywalled". Here is another version: LINK 4 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB003 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Thanks Tim! 1 *Frank* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 4 hours ago, rocket said: I am a bit frustrated that the selled did not give the right infos about the T-Rex, no teeth are original, that it is a "cast" of Stan and no one really knows how many bones are original.... When a fossil like this will be offered for sale honesty is absolutely necessary! I don´t know what to do: ROTFL or crying . Thanks for sharing! Franz Bernhard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 All about maximizing $$$ Good lesson for future auction houses and bidders to do your homework 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 and what the hey-ho does this mean: “54% represented by bone density,” bone density? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Saw the story on the BBC : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-63700297 1 MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 That´s a good one (quoting from the article above): "We believe the original elements of Shen are authentic." Top ! Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Post and quote by Paleontologist David Fowler "A junk dinosaur - people need to stop saying "save it for science" when it's junk like "Shen" " 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 I'm guessing "bone density" = weight. IOW 1 femur = 50 smaller bones. Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 I hope stupid stunts like this might put a damper on insane sales for a bit. A real case of caveat emptor on this one. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phos_01 Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 On 11/21/2022 at 11:36 AM, rocket said: this is shocking... Christie’s Pulls T. Rex From Auction, Citing Need for ‘Further Study’ - The New York Times (nytimes.com) I only read about this now. Ive heard about the cancellation before tough. Very sad to read. What I don't understand, why would they be so stupid to add unique features and bite marks from the skull of Stan to this one? Everyone knows the skull will be good looked at, and everyone would notice. That just doesn't make any sense to me? Maybe good that this happened now, so auction houses would raise the bar more for legit materials. Imagine paying millions for something that is not what it supposed to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Phos_01 said: why would they be so stupid Nobody knows why, but they surely are, which is a good thing. They just took the available skull replica of Stan and that was it. No further thought. Which is good in that case. 1 hour ago, Phos_01 said: Imagine paying millions for something that is not what it supposed to be. No problem in my eyes, it would not have hit a poor one. Franz Bernhard Edited December 28, 2022 by FranzBernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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