Lone Star Mastodon Skull to be Auctioned by Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum
Published January 16th, 2008
A prehistoric mastodon skull from Texas, is featured at this week’s Natural History Auction on January 20 by Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries .
Described as the largest four-tusk mastodon skull ever found, the skull was uncovered in a gravel pit near La Grange, southeast of Austin, and was sold in 2004 to Joe Taylor, the owner and curator of the Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum.
Mr. Taylor and a crew of students and volunteers spent over a year preserving and restoring the prehistoric piece, he now says he’s willing to sell it to support a school of paleontology.
“We’ve got so much time and money into it, we’re too far extended,” said Mr. Taylor, whose museum can’t support any staff
The skull has an estimated value of $120,000.
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Heritage Auctions, Inc.
3500 Maple Avenue, 17th Floor
Dallas Texas, 75219-3941
1-800-872-6467 / (214) 528-3500 / Fax: (214) 443-8425
www.HA.com
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