Posted on 06/25/2004 10:15:06 AM PDT by presidio9
NEW YORK - More than 60 million years after the triceratops dinosaur roamed what is now Montana, its horn went to 6-year-old Eamon Rush for $550 at a Park Avenue auction.
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The horn, one of hundreds of parts of prehistoric creatures being sold Thursday, could be as old as "100 million thousand billion centuries!" Eamon said after he made the winning bid.
It was a bargain for Lot 69, offered at an estimated value of $1,500 to $2,000 by Guernsey's at its "Dinosaurs & Other Prehistoric Creatures" sale.
Some world-class prizes of paleontology, worth tens of thousands of dollars, were to reach the auction block on Thursday evening. They included the jaw of a prehistoric shark that has appeared on National Geographic (news - web sites) television specials.
The lots ranged from teeth and fossilized eggs to an entire ancient whale skeleton. Moving trucks were at the ready to take larger items away.
Although the tip of Eamon's horn was rebuilt by a human hand, he was thrilled with his purchase. The Manhattan boy planned to bring home the dinosaur horn for the archaeology club he started with a classmate.
His mother, Joanna Rush, had taken him to the Armory earlier in the week for a preview of the auction, "and he says to me, `I'll take anything, anything!' I said everything is thousands and thousands of dollars!"
She also heard that a lucky bid could cut the price.
On Thursday afternoon, Eamon showed up on Park Avenue in a bright tie-dyed top, so when he shot up with his paddle to signal his bid, everyone noticed. And the adults held back higher bids so the 6-year-old could win.
I'm sceptical. I've known people to bring their kids to auctions specifically to do their bidding for them. They hope other bidders will think the kid is cute and not compete so they can get what they want cheaper.
$17.50 with free shipping.
I'm guessing that in the future, the fossilized remains of that relatively unopened book, will be found in land fills,
as patio stones, paving blocks, ballast, weapons in a riot, etc.
Not worth the $17.50, or $0.99 at the dollar store, and certainly not worth $550 to an archeologist, millenia hence.
contact explosive, nice, used to do them on peoples desks, i always got caught and had to wash out each piece of glass in the chemistry lab before i was off the hook
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