Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 124

November 3-4 Winter Collectibles Auction

Fossils

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 589		Duckbill Dinosaur Partial Mandible With 14 Teeth. Edmontosaurus annectens was a very large herbivore that was a favorite food choice for T-Rex. It is known as a Duckbill dinosaur because of its wide toothless beak. Behind the beak were rows of hundreds of replaceable teeth in its back jaw and Maxilla. This seven inch long section of the Maxilla has 14 original teeth with four partial teeth with replacement teeth forming beneath the exposed teeth. The excellent quality bone is a lovely brown color and no restoration. It is 65-67 million years old and was found on a private ranch in the Lance Creek Formation of Niobrara county Wyoming. Estimated Value $3,000 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 590		Spinosaurus Foot Claw and Toe Bone. Spinosaurus was a huge aquatic theropod dinosaur that was even bigger than a T-Rex. Its enormous long narrow skull was more crocodile-like as were its unserrated peg shaped teeth. Dinosaur claws are rarely found and big claws such as this 3.5 inch complete foot claw with a perfect tip and two inch phalange with no restoration are rarer still. The excellent claw also preserves the detail of its small blood grooves. Claws are much rarer than teeth because dinosaurs could replace their teeth but not their claws which were only fossilized after the dinosaur died. This 80 million year old dinosaur claw and toe bone was found in the Kem Kem Valley near Taouz, Morocco. This quality dinosaur fossil is housed in a 8X6 inch Riker mount. Estimated Value $1,400 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 591		Superb Fossilized Mammoth Tusk Spectacularly Etched Sailing Ships by Gary Kiracofe, Acclaimed Scrimshander of 40+ Years. Superb carving on fossilized Mammoth tusk by acclaimed scrimshander, Gary Kiracofe. Still creating masterful works of art after 40 years in Mackinac Island, has etched a stunning period scene of walrus and a sailing ship with superb, deeply etched detail and lustrous polish. The ship itself is a magnificent example of this popular scrimshander. The work is entitled "Mariners of the Bering Sea" 10 x 3" and rests on a wood stand with brass plaque with title of work. Obviously very scarce. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,260
Lot 592		A Wasp, Millipede and Spider in 100 Million Year Old Burmite. Most amber found in the world is less than 60 million years old, but amber from the Hukawng Valley of Burma/Myanmar is 97-103 million years old which means it was deposited from the resin of an extinct conifer tree at a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth. This larger cabochon of Burmite amber contains several different insects and arthropods including a millipede, a wasp and a spider. The millipede is 6mm long, the wasp is 5 mm long and the spider 1 ½ mm long in clear honey colored amber. Estimated Value $900 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 593		Large 7 Inch Dyplomystus Green River Fish with Flying Insects. The 52 million year old fish fossils from Green River Wyoming are very popular with fossil collectors because of the excellent quality of the fish fossils. This 11 ½ X 10 inch limestone slab contains a 7 inch long Dyplomystus dentatus, an extinct relative of the herring family. The dark brown Dyplomystus is complete with excellent bones, skin and several sharp teeth. What is very unusual about this slab is the presence of four flying insects up to one inch long on the slab looking like the Dyplomystus with its upturned mouth is about to devour them. It is rare to find insects on the same slab with fish from this locality. Estimated Value $750 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 594		Rare Flower with Six Petals in 100 Million Year Old Burmite Amber. Most amber that is over 90 million years old is cloudy and brittle, but some of the best quality of 100 million year old Burmite from the Hukawng Valley of Burma/Myanmar is both clear and very hard, in fact harder than all younger amber. This rare flower with six petals in Burmite amber is 4mm long in a 10 X 7mm honey colored amber nugget. This is one of the earliest preserved flower fossils as flowers made their first appearance about 130 million years ago in the early Cretaceous. Estimated Value $700 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 595		Pseudoscorpion in 100 Million Year Old Amber. Burmese amber known as Burmite is a fossilized resin that came from an extinct species of conifer tree that grew in the Hukawng Valley in northern Burma/Myanmar 97 - 105 million years age. Many of the insect inclusions in this 100 million year old amber are familiar in shape to existing insects but the particular species they represent is now extinct. This clear golden amber cabochon (13 X 10 mm) contains a complete clear Pseudoscorpion about 5 mm in size. A Pseudoscorpion is actually an ancient arachnid with pincers that looks like those of a scorpion. Estimated Value $600 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 596		Huge 3.5 Inch Camarasaurus Tooth With Root. Camarasaurus was a huge saurapod, plant-eating dinosaur that lived 150 million years ago in the Morrison Formation of Colorado. Camarasaurus, meaning "chambered lizard" (referring to the hollow chamber in its vertebrae) lived alongside other more-famous saurapod behemoths such as Diplodicus and Apatosaurus (Brontosaurus). This huge Camarasaurus tooth is 3.5 inches long, consisting of a 1.7 inch enameled tooth and a 1.8 inch, mostly-complete root. Most teeth of dinosaurs are found without their root because they were lost while the dinosaur was still alive; rooted teeth would only be lost when the dinosaur died. Camarosaurus has a larger and sturdier skull than the Diplodicids and its teeth were much larger and of a totally different shape. This Camarosaurus tooth is shaped like a chisel, unlike the slender pencil shaped teeth of the Diplodicids. The shape of its teeth indicates that Camarasaurus ate different types of vegetation from the other saurapods, most likely coarser plants that grew closer to the ground. Saurapod teeth are much rarer than theropod teeth because they did not lose their teeth biting into other animals flesh and bone. This large and rare tooth is in an 8 x 6 inch Riker mount. Estimated Value $600 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 597		Superb Fossilized Mastodon Bark Etched by Gary Kiracofe, Acclaimed Scrimshander. Superb carving on what is known as mastodon bark, the outer fossilized exterior of tusks of these extinct mammals. Acclaimed scrimshander, Gary Kiracofe, still creating masterful works of art for years in Mackinac Island, has etched a gorgeous pair of elephants with superb, deeply etched detail and lustrous polish. This is a large piece. 10½ x 2½" and rests on a carved wood stand also out of the bark. Estimated Value $500 - 800 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $810
Lot 598		Excellent 3 ½ Inch Starfish Plus Three Edrioasteroids from Morocco. Even at 450 million years old found in Mecissi, Sahara desert of Morocco, this remarkably preserved 3 ½ inch starfish looks very much like starfish that exist today. It is dark brown and complete with excellent detail on its original 7 X 4 ½ inch limestone matrix. There are also three strange looking ½ inch long Edrioasteroids that are extinct and look nothing like any echinoid living today. Edrioasteroids are echinoids related to starfish even though they look nothing like them. Estimated Value $450 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $276
Lot 599		Theropod Dinosaur Claw From Hell Creek Formation. This light brown 1 ¼ inch hand claw was found on a private ranch in the 66 million year old Hell Creek Formation of Dawson County, Montana. It is nearly complete with excellent detail including the blood grooves in the bone missing only a tiny portion of the tip. What makes this high quality dinosaur bone interesting is that it could be from a Juvenile T-rex or from a Chirostenotes dinosaur which was a toothless oviraptor. The shape of their claws are remarkably similar unlike the shape of an adult T-rex. Estimated Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 600		Collection of Three Spinosaurus Dinosaur Teeth. Spinosaurus was a huge theropod dinosaur that was even bigger than a T-Rex. Its enormous long narrow skull was more crocodile-like as were its unserrated peg shaped teeth. It is now known that Spinosaurus spent most of its time hunting in water and its flat foot claws may have been webbed for swimming. The three 80 million year old dinosaur teeth are between 3 ¼ - 3 ½ inches long with good brown enamel and just minor chipping. They were found in the Kem Kem Valley near Taouz, Morocco and housed in a 8X6 inch Riker mount. Estimated Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $240
Lot 601		Rare Large Aegerocioceras Aberrant Ammonite From Germany. Ammonites looked like squid in a shell and became extinct along with the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. This large 8 X 6½" aberrant ammonite is 100 million years old from Germany. It is contained a hard stone concretion that when it was cracked in half revealed this spectacular uncoiled ammonite. Aberrant ammonites began to uncoil from the usual coiled ammonite shape from some unknown reason in the Cretaceous. This virtually complete dark brown uncoiled trilobite is rare and interesting. Estimated Value $400 - 8,000 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 602		Three Complete Green River Bird Feathers. Green River Wyoming is famous for its exquisitely fossilized 50 million year old fish but there are other rarer fossils found there as well such as these very well preserved bird feathers. The dark brown feathers vary in size from ½ - 1 ¼ inches long and are nicely contrasted against the cream colored limestone matrix. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 603		Blue Forest Petrified Wood 5 Inch Section. The rare blue-black wood of the 50 million year old Pepperwood Tree is only found in the Eden Valley of Wyoming. This good sized 5 inch by 1 inch section of a branch has two natural wood sides and two sides that have the wood replaced with a blue and purple agate. These colors are very unusual for fossilized wood. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $192
Lot 604		Mineralized Tooth Fossil Pendant Having Striking Natural Leaf Pattern with 14K Yellow Gold Wire Mount. Unusual pendant of a highly polished tooth fossil that revealed extraordinary natural formation that look like Fall leaves in tan and burgundy. Obviously a dinosaur tooth but we cannot positively identify the owner. 1¾ x 1¼" with interesting 14K yellow gold wire mount that holds tooth firmly in place. Terrific piece. 36 grams. Estimated Value $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 605		165 Million Year Old Sea Urchin with Three Original Spines. Sea urchins are echinoderms that are related to starfish and filter feed attached to the ocean bottom. This 165 million year old sea urchin, Hemicidaris ernularis was found in Ardeche, France. The dark gray body of the sea urchin is complete with grooves showing where the spines were attached and still contained within its original light gray 3 ½ X 3 inch matrix. There are three spines not attached that are 1 -3 inches in length. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 606		Dinosaur Raptor Claw. This complete museum quality 2 inch long Dinosaur raptor claw is 80 million years old from Morocco and belongs to a theropod group known as the Dromaeosaurs. There were several species of Dromaeosaurs found in the Kem Kem area of Morocco at this time including Dromaeosaurus and Velociraptor made famous in the Jurassic Park movies. What all of them had in common were that they were feathered, carnivorous, and had sharp curved killing claws. This exquisite two inch long foot claw is a lovely light tan color with excellent micro bone detail of the porous bone structure that allowed blood flow into the claws. This claw would have been even larger and sharper when the dinosaur was alive covered in keratin the same substance as our finger nails. Presented in a 6X5 inch Riker mount. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $185
Lot 607		Rare Burgess Shale Marella Fossil. Marella splendens is the signature soft bodied arthropod that was discovered by Charles Walcott in 1909. The 515 million year old soft bodied fossils of the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada are world famous for proving the Cambrian explosion of body types of sea animals that were unknown to exist prior to this amazing discovery. Marella splendens was a strange looking filter feeder that has not been classified as to what it was even today over 100 years later. This 12mm long nearly complete soft bodied animal on a 2 � X 2 inch black shale matrix that has the imprint of the strange animal visible but it is the same color as the matrix. There is a darker black smudge on part of the body which is fossilized stomach contents. From an old time collection. Estimated Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 608		Partial Plioplatecarpus ictericus Mosasaur Jaw With Nine Teeth. Mosasaurs were the T-Rex of the Cretaceous seas. This excellent 6¾ inch partial jaw of Plioplatecarpus ictericus is 70 million years old and was found in Fall River County, South Dakota. It has nine sharp conical teeth. Mosasaurs were the apex predators of the late Cretaceous seas and fed on fish, squid and ammonites. Plioplatecarpus ictericus was discovered and named in 1871 by Othniel Marsh during the Yale expedition along the banks of the Smoky Hill River. Estimated Value $300 - 600 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 609		Large Collection of 16 Fossils from Fossil Lake, Kemmerer, Wyoming. Wonderful collection of 16 fossils from 4 x 4" to 5 x 8". 16 total covering several species of fish. These are from the famed Fossil Lake lake bed that existed during the Eocene period. Countless perfectly preserved specimens have come from this site and have proved collectible and instructional for people of all ages. Included is a copy of information sheet form the Kemmerer, Wyoming Chamber of Commerce that explains the site and a helpful guide identifying the 12 kinds of extinct fish found. Estimated Value $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $408
Lot 610		Three 475 Million Year Old Ampyx Trilobites with Two Hyoliths. This 6X4 inch dark gray slab from Hmar Logdad, Erfoud, Morocco contains three 475 Million year old distinctive dark brown Ampyx trilobites, two are complete with the largest being 2 ¼ inches long. There are also two mysterious Hyolith animals with small conical shells with an operculum cover. This long extinct animal is believed to have been a type of mollusc. Estimated Value $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 611		Huge 3¾ "Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth. Huge 3¾ inch long by 1 ½ inch wide complete dinosaur tooth of Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, the T-Rex of Africa. Even though Carcharodontosaurus was even larger that a T-Rex, most of the teeth found are only 1.5 to 2.5 inches long. This large brown tooth has some chips in the enamel mostly on one side and on the tip which is normal as the enamel is very thin. The steak knife-like serrations are sharp and present on both edges of the tooth. This very large impressive tooth was found in the Sahara desert of Morocco and Carcharodontosaurus was older than a T-Rex at 70-80 million years old. Estimated Value $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $185
Lot 612		Huge 4 Inch Long 120 Million Year Old Flying Insect. This remarkably well preserved 120 million year old complete 4 inch long (from the tip of the antennae to the end of its wings) flying insect from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China is nicely centered on a 4 ½ X 3 inch limestone matrix. It is a predatory insect perhaps related to modern day wasps at least in its shape. Whatever it was, this particular type of insect is now extinct. Estimated Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 613		Unusual Shaped Crotalocephalus Trilobite. The 360 million year old Crotalocephalus trilobite from Atchana, Morocco is shaped like no other trilobite. It is long and narrow looking more like some very strange armored insect. This 3 inch X 1 ¼ inch complete dark brown trilobite has a bulbous glabula on its cephalon (head), sharp spines on its tail and even the hypostome (mouth) revealed on the bottom of its head. Estimated Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 614		Thescelosaurus Dinosaur Foot Claw with Three Phalanges. Thescelosaurus was the largest of the fast running Hypsilophodontid dinosaurs at over 11 feet long. The dark brown foot claw and three phalanges measure over 3.6 inches long and are nearly complete. The good quality dinosaur bones come from the 70 million year old Hell Creek Formation of Dawson County, Montana. Estimated Value $200 - 400 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $185
Lot 615		Carcharodontosaurus Theropod Dinosaur Tooth. 1.6 X 1.2 inch complete dinosaur tooth of Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, the T-Rex of Africa. This complete light brown shed tooth has very good enamel with only minor enamel chipping which almost always occurs, some sharp serrations and no restoration. Found in the Sahara desert of Morocco, Carcharodontosaurus was older than a T-Rex at 70-80 million years old. Carcharodontosaurus teeth are much thinner than T-Rex teeth and were excellent for cutting through flesh whereas the much thicker T-Rex teeth could easily bite through bone. housed in a 5X4 inch Riker mount. Estimated Value $200 - 400 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 616		Three Large Mosasaur Teeth in Matrix. Mosasaurs were the T-Rex of the late Cretaceous oceans, being the top predator. They were huge marine reptiles 40-60 feet long and related to lizards and snakes. This 7¾ X 7 inch sandstone matrix contains three large Mosasaur teeth. The largest two teeth are 4 ¼ inches long, including their original root, with the third tooth at 1¼ inch long with no root. All the teeth have lovely brown enamel teeth contrasting with the tan colored original roots. These Mosasaur teeth are 70 million years old from Khourigba, Morroco. Estimated Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 617		Large 4 Inch Edmontosaurus Dinosaur Claw. Edmontosaurus annectens was one of the largest Duckbill dinosaurs and was a favorite food choice for T-Rex. This large 4 inch long claw is complete except for one chip on the tip and one chip on its side. It is 65-67 million years old and was found on a private ranch in the Lance Creek Formation of Niobrara county Wyoming. It is exactly as found with no restoration. Estimated Value $200 - 400 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120