November events Oct 29, 2009
Dinosaur bones: Mercyhurst College's Ice Ages exhibit of fossils and casts continues, Tom Ridge Environmental Center, 301 Peninsula Drive. View collection during center's regular hours, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, through Nov. 20. (Erie Times-News, PA)
I-90 visitors center needs items for exhibits Oct 27, 2009
Variety of other fossils. Petrified wood (large pieces). (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Finger points to discovery of da Vinci portrait Oct 14, 2009
New flying reptile fossils found ... New flying reptile fossils found. (BBC News -- Europe)
Artist is coming from far away for class reunion Sep 3, 2009
Five of the graphite drawings are life-size studies of Jurassic fossils from the American Museum of Natural History, and others are studies of shell fragments found on the Carolina coast. The artist said she sees her drawings as mandalic maps, guiding and connecting the viewer to the hypnotic beauty of natural forms. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Stars donate to Darfur aid sale Sep 1, 2009
Angola: Final frontier for fossils. eBay 'reaches deal to sell Skype. (Yahoo News -- Philanthropy and Volunteerism)
Gas-saving getaways can provide family fun Jun 27, 2009
Rickwood Cave was carved from an ocean bed, and shell fragments and fossils of marine life are visible along the ceiling and walls. Rikards Mill. (Wetumpka Herald, AL)
Vintage cake, fit for a princess, up for auction Apr 18, 2009
The cake slice is still wrapped in its original parchment, and it was kept for generations in a gentlemen's cabinet of curiosity where men kept treasures to show off, such as fossils and pieces of Egyptian art. The purchaser will be able to do whatever he wants with the slice. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Full Body Hippo Among Seven Hundred Taxidermy Mounts for Sale to Highest Bidder Fort Worth Big Game Trophy & Western Auction Apr 10, 2009
The sale has an excellent selection of furniture and accessories such as framed art, trunks, cowhorn chairs, couches and footstools; coffee tables, blankets, bar stools, antler chandeliers and lamps, metal art, wagon wheels, cowboy and Indian collectibles like arrowheads, rattles and spears; Indian jewelry, knives, antlers and horns, Remington, Winchester and Weatherby firearms, chaps, spurs, saddles and fossils. The auction is Friday, April 17th starting at 11am and Saturday, April 18th at 10am... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
I.M. Chait Offers Jurassic Dinosaur Skeleton Through Artfact Live! Auction Mar 15, 2009
will host I.M. Chait's "Natural History Auction" on March 21, 2009, featuring a rare Jurassic age dinosaur skeleton, a Woolly Mammoth skeleton, exotic gemstones, meteorites and unique fossils ... Newton, MA (PRWEB) March 15, 2009 -- On March 21, 2009, I.M. Chait Gallery/Auctioneers, will present a spectacular "Natural History Auction" featuring rare and exotic dinosaur skeletons, fossils, meteorites, gemstones, and mineral specimens. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Cache of Ice Age fossils found in Los Angeles Feb 18, 2009
The newly recovered fossils were also in asphalt. Since 1906, more than a million bones have been unearthed from the sticky ponds. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
