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Post by tombuckley on Dec 12, 2012 9:48:08 GMT -5
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Post by tombuckley on Dec 12, 2012 9:49:31 GMT -5
Just forget it.
Tom
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Post by tombuckley on Dec 12, 2012 9:56:27 GMT -5
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Post by tombuckley on Dec 12, 2012 9:58:01 GMT -5
Now.....let's see if I remember how I did that.  |
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Post by tombuckley on Dec 12, 2012 10:01:11 GMT -5
By George....I think I've got it! You have to click on DIRECT LINK in the LINK OPTIONS MENU.  |
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Post by Joe Botting on Dec 12, 2012 20:06:22 GMT -5
Woohoo - well done indeed, and thanks for being persistent...  As a reward, I can say I'm 99% sure this is indeed real. There are too many details (especially of the imperfections) that couldn't or wouldn't be faked. I've seem some very good fakes, but not of a small piece of trilobite with lots of chips and broken bits. The form of the anennae actually looks very good to me; the right one is practically straight, but the left one is curved very characteristically. The preparation/chisel marks and even the cracks in the sediment look completely real. I'd say, don't worry - you've got yourself some trilobite antennae, which is something I've never found...  |
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Post by tombuckley on Dec 13, 2012 7:57:16 GMT -5
Thanks Joe. I suspected that the specimen was authentic as I had bought a few others from the same vendor and he seemed to be legitimate. As a safeguard, I rarely purchase expensive perfect specimens from Ebay. I reason that no-one will go through the trouble of faking a $45 fossil, complete with flaws.
The problem with FLICKER is that they will not allow a picture to be posted from their site unless the forum has a link to get people people back to FLICKER. Quid quo pro.
Tom
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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Dec 19, 2012 18:49:46 GMT -5
Nice one Tom... Jacky Lee the vendor?
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Post by tombuckley on Dec 21, 2012 7:57:10 GMT -5
Pete,
I'm not sure. This one came from "china-trilobite" on ebay. I think his other name is sof-t-tissue. I've also bought from RareChinese.
Tom
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Post by ammocarbsteve on Dec 22, 2012 5:24:53 GMT -5
Tom... Looks like you bagged a gooden... Well done!
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Post by tombuckley on Dec 22, 2012 7:37:32 GMT -5
Thanks Steve.
When it comes to Chengjiang specimens, I lean toward those which show soft tissue preservation rather than complete examples. They're not as showy to the untrained eye but they amaze me.
Tom
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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Dec 22, 2012 7:54:58 GMT -5
Yep, that is Jacky Lee... all my Chengjiang stuff came from him. ....
PL
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