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cuttlegirl

Dec 4th, 2005, 05:06pm

Look what's for sale on ebay... It's a Humbolt squid.
http://cgi.ebay.com/GIANT-SQUID-BEAK-VERY-RARE-MUST-SEE-NR_W0QQitemZ6584701776QQcategoryZ15915QQ rdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Maybe Steve can fund his research this way...

Jean

Dec 4th, 2005, 05:19pm

Current bid US$172.50 (with 3 and a half days to go!) :shock: :shock: :shock:

I wonder if I could sell some warty squid beaks???????? Or Arrow squid????? I have a wee few :lol:

J

main_board

Dec 4th, 2005, 05:46pm

16 bids, $172 for a common species, Wow is right! Of course, it is being marketed as GIANT-SQUID-BEAK-VERY-RARE-MUST-SEE! Who could resist that...8-)

Neat find though, all and all!
Cheers!

Steve O'Shea

Dec 4th, 2005, 06:04pm

That's not Architeuthis!!!!!:mad:

Someone write online that it isn't, and say that I said so - they're being conned. (I'm not an ebay member, wouldn't know how to and don't want to be).

Phil

Dec 4th, 2005, 06:05pm

Crikey. I wonder what a real Architeuthis beak would go for?

Steve O'Shea

Dec 4th, 2005, 06:07pm

Oooops, just read, Humboldt; sorry

PSLee

Dec 4th, 2005, 06:17pm

Shouldn't the beak be displayed with the larger portion as the lower beak, while the smaller portion being the upper beak. The opposite of a parrot's beak.

Jean

Dec 4th, 2005, 06:26pm

Shouldn't the beak be displayed with the larger portion as the lower beak, while the smaller portion being the upper beak. The opposite of a parrot's beak.

Nope! The longer portion is the upper beak and the short robust one is the lower.

And Steve, I thought the same as you, they've very conveniently hidden the Humbolt part well, and made the GIANT part stand out. I wonder how many of the bidders made the same mistake and think they're getting an Archie beak????????????

J

Paradox

Dec 4th, 2005, 09:07pm

omg i have a million of those!!!

Jean

Dec 4th, 2005, 10:13pm

omg i have a million of those!!!

Well you're sitting on a treasure trove...think of all that lovely$$$$$$$ you could make :lol:

j

Steve O'Shea

Dec 4th, 2005, 11:51pm

omg i have a million of those!!!

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm. We have none here. What would an exchange be worth? Have you a wish list?

Paradox

Dec 5th, 2005, 12:19am

PMed ya..

Steve O'Shea

Dec 5th, 2005, 02:18am

:wink: Cheers ears
O

monty

Dec 5th, 2005, 01:06pm

the only squid beak I have is the one I removed from my "squid with spicy salt" in a Chinese restaurant. I wonder how much I could get for that on ebay...

cuttlegirl

Dec 7th, 2005, 11:27pm

OMG, it went for $610.01!

Paradox

Dec 8th, 2005, 12:30am

*faints*

Infusoria

Dec 8th, 2005, 04:04am

I have 2 sucker rings from the 300Kg Archi we had in J-block last year, I wonder what I'd get since it's authentic? (Expelled from AUT probably)...

Euprymna

Dec 8th, 2005, 06:19am

610.01 $ :shock: :shock: :shock:

Wow, with that money he could have taken a trip to Chile and buy more than one complete D.gigas from a local fisherman! He would have had a fresh beak and a nice meal!
I've got a vampyroteuthis beak...I may put on ebay and get rich!

eups

cthulhu77

Dec 8th, 2005, 06:53am

Just think how much a squid beak shaped like Elvis would go for !

Infusoria

Dec 8th, 2005, 02:40pm

Or Mother Teresa

monty

Dec 8th, 2005, 02:41pm

Or Mother Teresa

or an image of a squid on a grilled cheese sandwich?

Paradox

Dec 8th, 2005, 05:21pm

*faints again*

Yog-Sothoth

Dec 9th, 2005, 02:49am

I nearly bid on that myself, then when I saw that it was'nt a true giant squid beck. I thought it time to educate myself better about their anatomy. What a wonderful siter this is. Hello everyone.

monty

Dec 9th, 2005, 03:15am

:welcome: Yog-Sothoth. We can always use more elder gods around here. :cthulhu:

cthulhu77

Dec 9th, 2005, 06:43am

Yep, the stars must be aligning !!!! :welcome:

cuttlegirl

Jan 14th, 2006, 07:31pm

Here's another one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sepioteuthis-lessoniana-RARE-Squid-Beak-Okinawa_W0QQitemZ6597441751QQcategoryZ48 38QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem# ebayphotohosting
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sepioteuthis-lessoniana-RARE-Squid-Beak-Okinawa_W0QQitemZ6597441751QQcategoryZ48 38QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It's only $1.50, description says its Sepioteuthis lessoniana

Jean

Jan 14th, 2006, 08:35pm

Hmmmmmm I didn't think Sepioteuthis lessoniana was all that rare!

J

bigGdelta

Jan 15th, 2006, 12:43am

Missed this thread earlier.
At $610 a pop, who's up for a road trip to Mexico? :twisted:

cuttlegirl

Jan 19th, 2006, 10:42am

Sepioteuthis lessoniana beak is up to $4.45. Don't think that this guy is going to be able to earn a living selling squid beaks... He should have listed it as a "giant" squid beak - its all about the marketing...:sly:

Andy Lister

Jan 19th, 2006, 07:21pm

Phil

Jan 19th, 2006, 07:45pm

You do have to worry about the conservation and ethics issues on this. We are all civilised ceph loving people and are talking (albeit mostly joking) about going fishing in mexico... what about all the other nutters who just want money... im sure this is how elephant hunting for ivory started... well not on Ebay but you get the idea!

Indeed. Well said Andy.

Case in hand...have a look at this (http://www.profitbooks.com/books/gallery.html). If I am reading this right, this fisherman is selling an Architeuthis(?) beak for $50,000. No matter how rare they are, this can't be right.

It makes one wonder, how do biological artifacts get valued? Who decides a common conch shell is worth $5? Supply and demand, I suppose.

DHyslop

Jan 19th, 2006, 08:17pm

It makes one wonder, how do biological artifacts get valued? Who decides a common conch shell is worth $5? Supply and demand, I suppose.

Its all supply and demand. Sotheby's had a big vert fossil auction about a year and a half ago and they were bidding things down. McDonalds and Disney paid about 8 million for the Field Museum to get Sue, I suspect today it wouldn't go for anything near that.

Dan

bigGdelta

Jan 19th, 2006, 09:01pm