there are some people in this profession that really, truly believe that it is, there s something morally wrong with selling a fossil. i was indoctrinated as an undergrad, that if you don t have a ph.d, you have no right to a collect dinosaurs. and i heard about them. phi and peter larson collecting fossils and i was told, these are pirates! and i visited pete larson and i visited the black hills institute. and they weren t pirates at all. they had techniques they taught my crew. they were better than my crew. you have academias and these fiefdoms. and now here s these really great paleontologists that don t need that system. back in the day in the early 1900s commercial directors, quote unquote, were filling museums with pesmspecimens and hand in hand with, quote, academic people. that was an okay relationship. around in the 70s and 80s, that changed. 1980s, we re already seeing this schism between professional commercial collectors versus professional research collectors.
these really great pailion tolgss who don t need that system. back in the early 1900s, they were filling museums with specimens and working hand in hand with academic people. that was an okay relationship. around the 70s and 80s, that changed. 1980s, we re seeing this skimp between professional smeshl collectors versus professional research collectors. this race to discover the earth s path say very exciting one, and people want a piece of it. sue had become a living entity to me after all our work in the field and that what we were finding out about her life. and i really missed her when she was gone. so one way that i was able to
running the auction. with me, harlen edinger, head of guernsey auction house. what event that this must be when you have a struggling city that is bankrupt with decisions from the past selling off coveted wild west items. why is this even necessary? well as you pointed out-years ago the then mayor had a vision for creating a city full of museums to attract tourists who in turn would help the city s coffers. he went out and purchased thousands of historic artifacts. many are relating to america s old west with hope of filling museums. he bought the things, spending millions but then the museums were never built and these objects have languished for years and years in city warehouses. rumored about in the collecting world but no one really knowing what was there the new mayor, mayor thompson, took the step