Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Dec 1, 2012 22:37:54 GMT -5
You hit the Jackpot on all the bone you posted...Where did you get it ? ...John
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Dec 1, 2012 23:20:06 GMT -5
This one also came from Mark Buford. He has one of the best collections of gembone. The nice thing about Mark is that he will show you some of his stuff. This was just one that he was willing to part with. There are big time gembone collectors out there that wont show anything. Some of the old timers are even afraid of getting their collections taken away because collecting dino bone turned illegal in 1974. Its kind of a touchy subject to some of the old timers when you ask when and where something came from. The best gembone came from the Morrison Formation. There is a small community of gembone collectors and depending how outstanding the bone is you can usually find out who collected the bone even 50 years after it was found. A whole bunch of the good gembone went through Ernie Shirley and Lamont Ekkers.
Forgot to mention that you can still pick up dino bone but its got to be on privately owned land.
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Dec 1, 2012 23:23:17 GMT -5
You hit the Jackpot on all the bone you posted...Where did you get it ? ...John Ive actually put in a lot of time researching and finding the guys who have the best gembone. Like I said its a small community of collectors. Gembone is a hidden treasure.
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Dec 2, 2012 13:23:05 GMT -5
Nice Bone! I have sold a few pieces to Mark....super nice fellow. I have a few very nice pieces which came from a couple guys that collected in the 40's. They found it in the Morrison Formation as well...Southern Utah. I posted a portfolio of Dino Cabs on my FB Page...Steve Holmes. Most of the bone I work I would consider gem quality. Love the colors that can be found in good bone. Steve
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Post by Pat on Dec 2, 2012 16:59:56 GMT -5
Seems odd to call a Dino leg bone lovely or even pretty, but it is!
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elementary
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Post by elementary on Dec 2, 2012 17:06:47 GMT -5
Man, that is some pretty material.
Nice and spectacular.
Thanks for sharing,
Lowell
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Dec 2, 2012 17:24:05 GMT -5
I could probably write a book from all the great information I have gathered from Mark. I just started collecting less than a year ago. Mark has told me great stories of Ernie and Lamont. Hes my go to guy when I have any questions on gembone.
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Post by helens on Dec 3, 2012 0:48:53 GMT -5
I could probably write a book from all the great information I have gathered from Mark. I just started collecting less than a year ago. Mark has told me great stories of Ernie and Lamont. Hes my go to guy when I have any questions on gembone. Why DON"T you write a book:)?
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Dec 3, 2012 7:53:15 GMT -5
Pretty piece! I like how the not colorful pieces look so agatized!
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Dec 3, 2012 10:58:49 GMT -5
I could probably write a book from all the great information I have gathered from Mark. I just started collecting less than a year ago. Mark has told me great stories of Ernie and Lamont. Hes my go to guy when I have any questions on gembone. Why DON"T you write a book:)?[/quote That would be cool. Mark asked me the same thing and I told him I havent even been out west yet.lol Mark has lived it. I have only learned what Ive been told by him and a few others. I just think gembone is the most fascinating thing and I like learning about it. I know Mark is writing a book on gembone. Hes like a historian when it comes to the history of gembone. He collected it with his grandpa back when he was a kid. Before Tom Helfrich passed away he wrote a book on the history of gembone called American Dinosaur, The Vanishing of Gembone. Its a hard one to find(they are out there) but now people are wanting $400 for it. There were only 250 of them. I have heard that around the Moab, Utah area somebody has copied them and it selling them for less.
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