Giant Ammonite for SALE!

[Architeuthoceras]

An ammonite (Eopachydiscus sp.) is up for sale at public auction on Nov. 19, 2013: http://images2.bonhams.com/original?src=Images/live/2013-10/23/S-21076-0-1.pdf This specimen (Lot # 1067) is 5'-6" wide and about 4'-0" high!

Any bets on the final price?

 

[haggs]

wow there's some amazing items there, all well above my budget.

 

[DWhatley]

Who buys these? It would seem that museums that could afford them would have a staff to find and prepare their own for less than purchasing prepared specimens.

 

[cuttlegirl]

I want the Megalodon jaw reconstruction, the turtle and the fish and the ammonite... my 11 year old said that $100,000 seemed like a cheap price... Just have to sell a few things... and forgo my children's college educations...

I say it goes for $127,000.

 

[Terri]

I wonder if shipping is included...