Troodon Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Current View, dealer listings will continue to change and be updated Arizona Mineral and Fossil Show (Jan 25-Feb 7) https://www.mzexpos.com/tucson Three Venues: Hotel Tucson City Center 475 N. Granada, Tucson, AZ 330 Dealers, IMO best locality for Minerals and General Fossils. See dealer listing Missing from Dealers list : Paleosearch (Kansas Cret Fossils) from ballroom. Indicated last year he would be retiring from shows, might be the case In the Beginning Fossils (Dinosaur Fossils) appears to have not kept his room at this show, still at 22nd Street Show Ramada Ltd. - Downtown 665 N. Freeway, Tucson, AZ About 70 dealers mostly Fossils Apparent Changes: Appears that George Heslep ( Dinosaur Fossils) moved to this venue from 22nd Street Show. Mineral & Fossil Marketplace 1330 N. Oracle, Tucson, AZ Small but a must see with good dealers and excellent displays Tucson 22nd Street Fossil & Mineral Show (Jan 25- Feb 11) http://www.22ndstreetshow.com/ Excellent show with key dealers just have to deal with tons of trinket and junk sellers Apparent Changes: George Heslep moved to Ramada, Indiana9Fossils who had the largest display of Dinosaur material decided not to set up at shows any longer, focus online and a nice store in Indiana. Kino Gem & Mineral Show (Jan 27-Feb 12) Kino Sports Complex, 2500 E. Ajo Way Public. Great venue for odds and ends, gems but includes tons of Moroccan Dealers Lots of gem shows around http://www.tucsongemshows.net/coming.html AAPS, Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences The 2018 annual meeting of the AAPS will be held at the Student Union Building, South Ballroom 3rd Floor, University of Arizona, on Saturday February 3rd, 7:00 p.m. Shuttles, Courtesy of Marty Zinn, will run from the Hotel Tucson City Center and the Ramada. Speakers in the past have included paleontologist Phil Currie so it's a pretty interesting event. "AAPS Guide to Fossil Dealers and Events" will be posted when available 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I plan to be there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamptonsDoc Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I'm most likely going to sit out this year. We're remodeling a bathroom so most of my fossil budget has been used up. Glad I got to meet Glenn and his wife from Paleosearch before he retired, show's won't be the same without him. Can't wait to see your pictures from this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 @HamptonsDoc I was looking forward to seeing you but understand budgets, hopefully next year. If Glenn is a no show it will the first time since the show opened and you are correct it won't be the same. Great guy, always smiling and his Kansas fish are some of the best in the world. His booth is a museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 AAPS Show guide cover released. Guide download not yet available 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Would love to go to this might have to start looking at flights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Looks like I will be there in the early days of Feb. Would love to meet some of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 I might try to fly out for a quickie visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 If you can go what an experience. You don't have to purchase anything just wander around, you never know what you may see. One dealer last year was trying to sell a number of articulated Stegosaurus he found as a group. His focus was museums. I was walking by just when he was setting up and knew the dealer so I gave him a hand. Very cool, handling tail spikes, limb bones, unguals, jaw and dorsal plates. Like being in a museum. The good news is that I did not break anything ... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 As for the stegosaurus material i'm guessing that material was in the thousands correct? And also if he was aiming at museums and universities I'm guessing couldn't even be bought if i did somehow win the lottery, out of curiosity did he have any stego teeth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 Have no idea what he was selling it for but I would venture in the hundreds of thousands for multiple articulated animals. He just brought samples of his finds to show prospective customers did not see any teeth but I'm sure some were found during the dig. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Any idea where it was from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 Big Sky Country Montana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I will be in Utah at this time and am setting up my schedule to be there. Very much looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 Getting close, reminder a number of dealers have new location check the show listings to find out where they are located. Two important Dinosaur dealers are not listed Indiana9fossils and PaleoSearch. Merv did say he is done with shows and will focus on his store and Glenn, I believe has retired from shows. Will miss them both. The 2028 AAPS Fossil Dealers Show Guide is now available for Download 4.7mb http://www.aaps.net/Annual-Fossil-Dealers-Guide.html This show guide will also be available at all venues and will be the best source of information and contain a complete dealer directory for the Tucson Hotel City Center, Ramada and Marketplace venues First time attendee's big picture look at all the shows 40 different venues 45 different shows https://xpopress.com/showcase/profile/1/tucson-gem-mineral-fossil-showcase 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamptonsDoc Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 On 12/13/2017 at 5:19 PM, Haravex said: As for the stegosaurus material i'm guessing that material was in the thousands correct? And also if he was aiming at museums and universities I'm guessing couldn't even be bought if i did somehow win the lottery, out of curiosity did he have any stego teeth? If i remember correctly he was selling the entire dinosaur as one piece and was not interested in selling parts. I believe he was asking $3,000,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 Needed to get into town today so checked out a couple of venues. 22nd Street Show Tents are up and boy more were added and its a mile long show. Bring good walking shoes and get there early. More tents means less parking in an area that was already congested for parking. Tucson City Center Hotel Parking has always been an issue at this venue. Its going to an order of magnitude worst this year. The primary parking area for the show is gone and as you can see its a construction site. This area never belonged to the hotel they just had access to it for parking during the show. Have yet to hear what the plans are for parking. Good luck get there very early. You can see the hotel in the far left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelius Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I'm so jealous that you guys have this amazing show. Someone grab me a mosasaur jaw or two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 27 minutes ago, Aurelius said: I'm so jealous that you guys have this amazing show. Someone grab me a mosasaur jaw or two! on my list only 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Pick me up a stegosaurus while your there I'll give you the money if you can find one In all seriousness though don't know if you would be able to would want to but if anyone who is going there could pick up an individual tooth from this I would pay you for it and be eternally grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 minute ago, Haravex said: Pick me up a stegosaurus while your there I'll give you the money if you can find one In all seriousness though don't know if you would be able to would want to but if anyone who is going there could pick up an individual tooth from this I would pay you for it and be eternally grateful. In all the years going Stego material at the show is virtually non existent and teeth are super rare why it was incredible to see those bones last year.. Most teeth get sold privately and never make it to the show. Ill PM you a dealer you can get in touch to see what they say. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 5 hours ago, Troodon said: Needed to get into town today so checked out a couple of venues. 22nd Street Show Tents are up and boy more were added and its a mile long show. Bring good walking shoes and get there early. More tents means less parking in an area that was already congested for parking. Tucson City Center Hotel Parking has always been an issue at this venue. Its going to an order of magnitude worst this year. The primary parking area for the show is gone and as you can see its a construction site. This area never beloned to the hotel they just had access to it for parking during the show. Have yet to hear what the plans are for parking. Good luck get there very early. You can see the hotel in the far left. Never been there before but am going this year. Regarding parking, what’s the story on the free shuttles? Can you park more conveniently somewhere else and take a shuttle to the show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 Yes there is free shuttle service from remote parking. I've never used it so cannot comment on it. https://xpopress.com/page/profile/6/tucson-gemride-routes From the link Parking at the fossil places is always a pain but doable and you have the added flexibility to move around. Not sure whats going to happen at the Tucson hotel with their main lot removed. Stay tuned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 The Black Hills Institute working hard to get a couple of specimens ready for the Tucson show. A very coolTriceratops horridus skull being prepared. The skull has lots of pathologies The back of the frill and lower jaw are restored from casts. A Hoplophoneus (Saber Tooted Cat) skeleton getting ready to mount. @jpc Restoration on the skull Mounting it in stealth mode like the Lion in the photo 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 One day.......................... Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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