Need opinions to choose

[Savvas]

Greetings to everyone. I am trying to decide for a nicely preserved and prepared morocops. I found these two that seem to have a lot of detail on the cephalon. The first one seems to have nicely preserved eyes and the pores (don't know if it's the correct naming for the small dots) seem much more pointy. On the other hand the second one I just like it, I don't know why but I think I prefer it esthetically more. So I want some personal opinions to decide and choose between those two. Thank you all.

[Kane]

Both are quite nice. I think this will come down to you making a decision on which you prefer best. It would be presumptuous of us to make that decision on your behalf, so the choice is yours.  Of course, if you want to buy them and send them to me as a gift, I would be more than happy to put them in my cabinet.  

[Savvas]

Thank you Kane. Then I will get what I feel closer to my personal taste! 

[rocket]

I would prefer the second one, both look really nice but I am not sure if the first one has some "repairs" where the stone was broken

 

[Mochaccino]

For the first one, I would ask for crisp, better-lit photos where fine details are visible. I definitely wouldn't pick up the second one because 1. I hate "flying-prep", makes them vulnerable to breakage, and more importantly 2. There is something wrong with the right cephalon/glabella. It seems to be crushed and the free cheek disarticulated:

 

These seem quite common so my personal choice would be to wait for a better specimen with crisp photos.

 

 

Edited April 7, 2023 by Mochaccino