sdsnl Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 These listings are from taobao, a Chinese site similar to ebay. The title says it's art. One of them is exactly the same as the one Fossil Claw posted earlier. Maybe ebay sellers get their products from this company? They also have turtles and dragonflies: There's apparently fake trilobites too (from different sellers): Hope these help people looking to buy Chinese fossils. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilshale Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Yep - they look familiar! Haven't seen the birds so far - they are really sweet. Almost worth buying one for fun. Thomas PS: Did you see the partial dinosaur nest for only 2400 ¥ (around 400 US $) Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdsnl Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Yep - they look familiar! Haven't seen the birds so far - they are really sweet. Almost worth buying one for fun. Thomas PS: Did you see the partial dinosaur nest for only 2400 ¥ (around 400 US $) Wow, layered eggs? Are dinosaurs known to lay eggs like that? Wouldn't they fall off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdsnl Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 These eggs are amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I'm not seeing anything nothing wrong with these listings. They appear to be selling them as "craft" fossils and not portraying them as real. Am I understanding the Google translation properly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 They may be sold as art on these sites, which is fine and good, but they can still show up being re-sold as genuine. This is still a good heads-up. BTW: Let's not link to the sites; post the images instead (I fixed the above posts). 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdsnl Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 They may be sold as art on these sites, which is fine and good, but they can still show up being re-sold as genuine. This is still a good heads-up. BTW: Let's not link to the sites; post the images instead (I fixed the above posts). Thanks for fixing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilshale Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Uppss - sorry Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJD Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I've seen the dragonflies on eBay represented as genuine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdsnl Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 I've seen the dragonflies on eBay represented as genuine. Unbelievable! How would anyone fall for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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