Silver Phoenix
Jr. Member
Well I finally decided to sell my dragonfly specimen that I've had for a while--need the money right now and this cost me a bundle a few years back. I guarrentee this dragonfly to be authentic---the other two I could have bought at the time were "touched up" because some parts were too deteriorated to see--This one was NOT touched up or altered in any way. It has all of the orignal information with it as I included a picture of.
It's almost perfectly preserved, except for deterioration on the wings, which is to be expected because they're so thin and delicate. Also, a piece of one wing is missing from when it was mined. I'm guessing the specimen was either wedged between two layers of rock and they split it, or else it was found on the surface and damaged when they chiseled it out.
It's extremely unique because the antennae are preserved (sometimes makes me wonder if it was a moth instead of a dragonfly) and there's 2 other fossils on the back--another insect fossil and a plant fossil overlaying it (perhaps the insect was clinging to the plant when it died?).
Anyways, I paid $350 for it and that's exactly what I'm asking for it now. I haggled when I bought it and got the lady down from $415, so it's already a bargain and I can't go down on the price anymore--$350 is bottom price. I will give you free shipping though.
I even did some research--here's what I found if you want a price comparison or 2.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view...;sigb=13b4aj8bk
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt..._US277%26sa%3DN
If anyone's interested, let me know.
Thanks and Happy Holidays
It's almost perfectly preserved, except for deterioration on the wings, which is to be expected because they're so thin and delicate. Also, a piece of one wing is missing from when it was mined. I'm guessing the specimen was either wedged between two layers of rock and they split it, or else it was found on the surface and damaged when they chiseled it out.
It's extremely unique because the antennae are preserved (sometimes makes me wonder if it was a moth instead of a dragonfly) and there's 2 other fossils on the back--another insect fossil and a plant fossil overlaying it (perhaps the insect was clinging to the plant when it died?).
Anyways, I paid $350 for it and that's exactly what I'm asking for it now. I haggled when I bought it and got the lady down from $415, so it's already a bargain and I can't go down on the price anymore--$350 is bottom price. I will give you free shipping though.
I even did some research--here's what I found if you want a price comparison or 2.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view...;sigb=13b4aj8bk
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt..._US277%26sa%3DN
If anyone's interested, let me know.
Thanks and Happy Holidays
