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BEWARE OF FAKE UTAHRAPTOR CLAW!!!


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Our favorite auction site has a seller currently trying to sell a rare andsuppisedly real Utahraptor claw! And found in Arizona at that!

 

As of this beware posting of mine, this claw is at around $425 after 13 current bids!

 

It’s a fake!!

It is a cast claw imbedded in a cast matrix Block!

 

BEWARE!

 

You can see numerous air bubble imperfections in the “matrix” block and there are obvious air bubble holes/imperfections of the articulating surface of the claw.

 

The claw itself is a direct replica cast from, or actually is, of a cast replica hand claw that is seen often online of a Velociraptor hand claw.

 

I have reported the seller to the auction site. I would suggest you all take a look and also report it as fraudulent. Look at the attached pics:

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Good thread. A nice display piece, but definitely a cast or sculpture.

Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite

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Thanks for posting.  Wonder if the seller know what he really has.  The other fact is that the area in AZ he claims it's was discovered has no Cretaceous exposures and to make matters worse is that he claims it was ID by the  Paleontology Department of ASU. 

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20 minutes ago, Troodon said:

 to make matters worse is that he claims it was ID by the  Paleontology Department of ASU. 

Seems like a lot of that type of IDing going on lately. Was it the janitor at ASU?

 

***Not that there's anything wrong with janitorial work, Lord knows I've done plenty of it in my life.***

 

 

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Funny, I saw this a few days ago and thought it was real because the price was so high. Sad to see someone is going to get a plastic toy for $450+ :( 

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2 hours ago, Troodon said:

Paleontology Department of ASU. 

From what I know of their paleontology department, I’m 90% he is either lying or contorting the truth.

“...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin

Happy hunting,

Mason

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2 hours ago, Bone guy said:

Funny, I saw this a few days ago and thought it was real because the price was so high. Sad to see someone is going to get a plastic toy for $450+ :( 

I second you. I just assumed that the claw may have been heavily eroded, and I didn't take a closer look in it before this post. Now for some reason even the rock looks fake.

 

3 hours ago, caldigger said:

Seems like a lot of that type of IDing going on lately. Was it the janitor at ASU?

:rofl:

If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM!

 

 

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Welp, the seller is going to pull the item off the list soon. Apparently, he said that he also realized that this turned out to be a fake, and that he got scammed by the person who sold this to him before. Poor guy.

If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM!

 

 

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Interesting, poor guy yes but caveat emptor.   Unfortunately it happens every day, why we have to be diligent in purchasing fossils. 

 

How many example of misidentified material do we have to see before collectors get the message not to trust what is listed by anyone.

 

Why its also necessary to be forthright in telling fellow collectors what they have so that the incorrect ID is not propagated.  Not easy but necessary.

 

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That's sad indeed that the seller got scammed. But good on the seller for pulling it from the auction.

Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite

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You have to give the guy props for being a stand up guy. He could have just as easily let the auction go and sold it to someone that doesn’t know any better 

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Thank you for posting this Henry.

 

I am glad the seller pulled the auction out. Hope he got a refund.

Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday!

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