Bobby Rico Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Or flip a coin and if your are unhappy with the outcome. There is your answer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 10 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: Or flip a coin and if your are unhappy with the outcome. There is your answer. You can always blame the coin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Righteous Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 10 hours ago, caldigger said: You can always blame the coin! Just a excuse to buy the other one then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I like them both. I would probably go with the second one. Like you said in the original post, there's no right answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 On 23/01/2020 at 12:46 AM, Righteous said: Just a excuse to buy the other one then That's the problem....if only that was an option MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Something I appreciate much in fossils and minerals is what I call "gestalt", the appearance of being a whole grown thing rather than a slab cut out of something. (I don think either of your two are cut slabs, just talking about subjective appearance) Thatś of course only an answer to your question about other peoples preferences. Best regards. J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Question: Do you like examining fossils in detail? Or do you more like looking at them in your display without handling (and maybe occasionally from some distance)? (Personally, I like both kinds of examination and so I would need both specimens , one for the drawer and one for display. Fortunately, I collect everything myself and I have both ) Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 2 hours ago, FranzBernhard said: Question: Do you like examining fossils in detail? Or do you more like looking at them in your display without handling (and maybe occasionally from some distance)? (Personally, I like both kinds of examination and so I would need both specimens , one for the drawer and one for display. Fortunately, I collect everything myself and I have both ) Franz Bernhard I try and handle my fossils as little as possible So I would say - majority at a distance 1 MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 12 hours ago, Yoda said: majority at a distance The bold word is your problem . You really need two specimens, there is no other solution: A large one with good contrast to recognize the overall shape easily from a distance (to trigger our pattern recognition system, your mind will automatically fill in some details). And perhaps a very small, maybe partial one with fine details... Here is my new "pattern recognition rudist display" , all self collected from July 2019 onwards: Distance between the outermost specimens is about 70 cm. Very poor pic, but you can still recognize the patterns . The two specimens to the left do not really trigger (they are essentially indistinct blobs from a distance) and are less then optimal for display. I think, I will remove them. Probably also the specimens in the background, but they don´t disturb in person. Franz Bernhard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I doubt our opinion would help you decide between fossils as we base our choices on the educational value, what will get kids attention and our budget. Everybody is going to have their own preferences and reasons for choosing a fossil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamptonsDoc Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I go with quality unless the size makes the fossil unique (very large or very small). I also try to buy one very nice fossil rather than half a dozen average ones... over the years it has made my collection more manageable and more impressive in my opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abyss Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 4:44 AM, Yoda said: I have a question, for which there is no right or wrong answer. And I do realise that it's very personal. But when faced with choosing to buy a fossil out of a batch, and there is a fair amount of variation, how do you choose which one to go for? A smaller specimen with more detail? Or larger with less detail? I would be interested to hear opinions. Well for me, quality vs quantity is very well intermixed ! It all depends on what you're buying. To say a smaller specimen has better detail vs a larger specimen is kind of false, you will not know this until you compare both & a larger specimen may offer more detail since larger, or not ? I also believe for some items you can not have quality without having quantity of that item ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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