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fkm_bky 11-03-2020 12:16 PM
Reputable Dealer(s) for Dinosaur Fossils
 
Looking for a reputable dealers in the fossil trade. Want to get my son a nice dinosaur fossil as part of a high school graduation gift. I don't trust anything I see on EBay.

Any insight is appreciated!

Thanks!

Bill

todeen 11-03-2020 12:23 PM
I can't provide a dealer of full fossils, but a cool smaller gift (companion gift?) is from Santa Fe Stoneworks. They sell mammoth and dinosaur knives. I bought my wife a dino bone letter opener, and for myself I bought a wooly mammoth damascus steel knife. I got these when I completed my MA in US History. They're wonderfully done. Surprisingly my wife loved her gift!

https://santafestoneworks.com/collec...lry-collection

MooseDog 11-04-2020 05:45 PM
Just avoid those with the "Made in China" stickers...

Have you tried contacting a natural history museum? Maybe the Field Museum in Chicago or the Denver Natural History Museum. I've been to both in the past three years and they had extensive dino exhibits. I'm sure they could put you on the right path, if they can't help you directly.

drcy 11-04-2020 06:38 PM
The online shop of the University of Oxford's Natural History Museum has some fossil items for sale. Can't get better provenance than that.

ttps://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/shop

fkm_bky 11-05-2020 09:31 AM
Thanks! I'll check some of those out.

Bill

drcy 11-05-2020 11:18 AM
I was there and it's my favorite museum. Lewis Carroll, who lived in Oxford, frequently visited it.

JollyElm 11-05-2020 06:04 PM
Search on ebay. You might find a 2020 Topps Chrome Early-Cretaceous Past Stars Stegosaurus Super Gold Refractor 1/1. :rolleyes:

mr2686 11-06-2020 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by JollyElm (Post 2032322)
Search on ebay. You might find a 2020 Topps Chrome Early-Cretaceous Past Stars Stegosaurus Super Gold Refractor 1/1. :rolleyes:
LMAO as I spit up my coffee.

packs 11-06-2020 06:21 PM
Heritage has nature and science auctions that frequently feature some pretty cool fossils.

Actually, there's one going on right now. Ends on the 9th.

Leon 12-06-2020 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by JollyElm (Post 2032322)
Search on ebay. You might find a 2020 Topps Chrome Early-Cretaceous Past Stars Stegosaurus Super Gold Refractor 1/1. :rolleyes:
LOL....it amazes me what gets slabbed nowadays. Next we will see a graded and encapsulated jock strap!

Mark17 12-06-2020 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by todeen (Post 2031745)
I can't provide a dealer of full fossils, but a cool smaller gift (companion gift?) is from Santa Fe Stoneworks. They sell mammoth and dinosaur knives.
My mom grew up on a farm in southern MN and her brothers found lots of arrowheads and tools made by Native Americans, but these have to be fake. How could a dinosaur or mammoth make a knife?

todeen 12-07-2020 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark17 (Post 2042763)
My mom grew up on a farm in southern MN and her brothers found lots of arrowheads and tools made by Native Americans, but these have to be fake. How could a dinosaur or mammoth make a knife?
Ha! Nice word play.

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rgpete 12-13-2020 07:13 PM
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I just have this from Italy a BC Roman fragment


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