Yoda Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 I see on every one's favourite auction site there is a baby (young) T-Rex for sale. Not without controversy. A bit more info here: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/16/baby-t-rex-for-sale-online-paleontology-outcry 3 MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Details here 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, Troodon said: Details here Ah, ok. Didn't realise this has been posted before. MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bguild Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Ah this article is referring to "little" Bob. I was wondering if there was another baby Rex out there. Unfortunate that this will probably end up in a private collection . I wish private collectors had more of an obligation, or want to share their specimens with the scientific community for research purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 12 minutes ago, Bguild said: Ah this article is referring to "little" Bob. I was wondering if there was another baby Rex out there. Unfortunate that this will probably end up in a private collection . I wish private collectors had more of an obligation, or want to share their specimens with the scientific community for research purposes. Its Baby Bob that they talking about. This was found not by a collector but a commercial digger who's interest is to put food on the table and has been trying to sell it for the past few years. His asking price is a bit outrageous why the lack of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead9 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 I think it is a little unfair to assume that every fossil that is purchased by a private collector automatically vanishes from the rest of the world. Most collectors I know are quite happy to loan an important specimen to a museum or make it available for research. If not for private collectors, most art museums would have a lot of bare walls. I fear in the fossil world this promotes the us against them problem. 3 Still Life Fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossilis Willis Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 2 hours ago, steelhead9 said: I think it is a little unfair to assume that every fossil that is purchased by a private collector automatically vanishes from the rest of the world. Most collectors I know are quite happy to loan an important specimen to a museum or make it available for research. If not for private collectors, most art museums would have a lot of bare walls. I fear in the fossil world this promotes the us against them problem. Spoken like a true ''them''. Just kidding. I agree, and would add that plenty of stuff, be it fossils or or art, gets hoarded away by ''public'' institutions to be boxed up and but in storage never to be enjoyed by anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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