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Natural History Auction NatURal HIstORY AUCTION JUNE 12, 2011 | DALLAS | SEssION TWO Front Cover Lot 49254 Back Cover Lot 49168 Inside Front Cover Lot 49263 Inside Back Cover Lot 49252 Heritage Signature® Auction #6071 Natural History June 12, 2011 | Dallas LIVE AUCTION Signature® Floor Sessions 1-2 LOT VIEWING (Floor, Telephone, HERITAGE Live!,™ Internet, Fax, and Mail) The Tower Building • Fair Park The Tower Building • Fair Park 3809 Grand Ave. • Dallas, TX 75210 3809 Grand Ave. • Dallas, TX 75210 Thursday, June 9 – Saturday, June 11 • 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM CT Session 1 (see separate catalog) Sunday, June 12 • 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM CT Sunday, June 12 • 1:00 PM CT • Lots 49001–49088 Session 2 View lots & auction results online at HA.com/6071 Sunday, June 12 • Immediately following Session 1 (Approximately 3:00 PM CT) • Lots 49101–49276 BIDDING METHODS: Bidding Bid live on your computer or mobile, anywhere in the world, during the Auction using our HERITAGE Live!™ program at LOT SETTLEMENT AND PICK-UP HA.com/Live Available immediately following session or weekdays 9:00 AM- 5:00 PM CT by appointment only. Live Floor Bidding Extended Payment Terms available. Email: [email protected] Bid in person during the floor sessions. Lots are sold at an approximate rate of 60 lots per hour, but it Live Telephone Bidding (floor sessions only) is not uncommon to sell 45 lots or 90 lots in any given hour. Phone bidding must be arranged on or before Friday, June 10, by 12:00 PM CT. This auction is subject to a 19.5% Buyer’s Premium. Client Service: 866-835-3243. TX Auctioneer licenses: Samuel Foose 11727; Robert Korver 13754; Scott Peterson 13256; Bob Merrill 13408; Mike Sadler 16129; Andrea Voss 16406; Internet Bidding Jacob Walker 16413; Charlie Mead 16418; Eric Thomas 16421; Shaunda Fry Internet absentee bidding ends at 10:00 PM CT 16448; Marsha Dixey 16493; Tim Rigdon 16519; Cori Mikeals 16582; Stewart Huckaby 16590; Chris Dykstra 16601; Teia Baber 16624; Peter Wiggins 16635. the evening before each session. HA.com/6071 Associates under sponsorship of Tim Rigdon 16519: Ed Beardsley 16632. Fax Bidding Fax bids must be received on or before Friday, June 10, by 12:00 PM CT. Fax: 214-409-1425 Mail Bidding Mail bids must be received on or before Friday, June 10. Phone: 214.528.3500 • 800.872.6467 Fax: 214.409.1425 Direct Client Service Line: 866.835.3243 Email: [email protected] This Auction is presented and cataloged by Heritage Auctions © 2011 Heritage Auctioneers & Galleries, Inc. 21619 Natural History Specialists Steve Ivy CEO Co-Chairman of the Board David Herskowitz Peter Wiggins Director Consignment Director JimJim Halperin Halperin Co-ChairmanCo-Chairman of the Board of the Board Greg Rohan President Paul Minshull Chief Operating Officer 3500 Maple Avenue • Dallas, Texas 75219 Phone 214-528-3500 • 800-872-6467 HA.com/NaturalHistory Consignment Directors: David Herskowitz, Peter Wiggins Cataloged by: David Herskowitz, Peter Wiggins, James Walker, Mary-Fong Walker Todd Imhof Special Thanks to: Yinan Wang, Craig Smith, Ralph Jubera, photography by Mark Mauthner Executive Vice President Natural History Auction June 12, 2011 | Dallas SessionPrice $50 1 of this unique auction, the largest of The first session NATURAL HISTORY AUCTION JUNE 12, 2011 | DALLAS | SESSION ONE its kind ever, will include a comprehensive Collection #6061 Auction History Natural of Museum quality Minerals • Meteorites • Fossils and Dinosauria. Featuring Four Virtually complete and mounted Dinosaurs: Allosaurus; Stegosaurus; Triceratops and Maiasaurus (Duck-billed Dinosaur). Also featured is a rare mounted Giant Ground Sloth; The largest | prehistoric Megaladon shark jaws ever assembled; the One Session largest T-Rex tooth with complete root ever offered to the public; Pieces of the Moon and the Planet Mars! | June 12, 2011 2011 12, June For a free copy of the first session catalog or one from another Heritage category, plus a copy | of The Collector’s Handbook, (combined value Dallas $65), visit HA.com/CATA21619 or call 866-835- 3243 and reference code CATA21619. The entire catalog is online now at HA.com/NaturalHistory©2011 Heritage Auctions, Inc. NATURAL HISTORY AUCTION JUNE 12, 2011 | DALLAS | SESSION TWO Session 2 Our second session, this catalog, will include: Exotic Gemstones; a variety of uncommon Mineral Specimens with important provenances; Historic Meteorites; A large selection of decorative Petrified wood; Amber with insect inclusions and one of the oldest wooden Archaic Artifacts ever discovered in North America. Table of Contents Zoology ...................................................................... 49101 – 49117 Minerals ...................................................................... 49118 – 49176 Gems .......................................................................... 49177 – 49190 Lapidary Art ............................................................... 49191 – 49204 Archeological Artifacts ............................................................. 49205 Meteorites .................................................................. 49206 – 49227 Casts ........................................................................... 49228 – 49230 Fossils: Amber ........................................................................ 49231 – 49239 Paleobotany ............................................................... 49240 – 49249 Mammals .................................................................... 49250 – 49253 Reptiles ....................................................................... 49254 – 49255 Cepholopoda ............................................................. 49256 – 49260 Fish ............................................................................. 49261 – 49272 Echinoderms ............................................................... 4 9 2 7 3 – 4 9 2 7 4 Dinosauria .................................................................. 49275 – 49276 SESSION TWO FLOOR, TELEPHONE, HERITAGE Live!™, INTERNET, FAX, AND MAIL SIGNATURE® AUCTION #6071 Sunday, june 12, 2011 • APPROX. 3:00PM CT (immediately following Session One) | DALLAS | LOTS 49101-49276 A 19.5% Buyer’s Premium Will Be Added To All Lots. To view full descriptions, enlargeable images and bid online, visit HA.com/6071 ZOOLOGY 49101 MOUNTAIN LION FULL-BODY MOUNT Puma concolor The Cougar is the second largest cat in the Western Hemisphere. It is roughly the same length and height as the Jaguar, but slimmer and more lightly built. It is considered a varmint in Texas and most other states, but protected in California and Florida. This is a fine-looking example; presented prowling on a simulated rocky base, 23 inches high at the shoulder and 66 inches long overall, with a brass plaque denoting that it was taken at Green River, Utah, in April 1971. Estimate: $2,500-$3,500 SESSION twO | AuctiON #6071 | SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2011 | APROX. 3:00PM CT 5 49102 RED LECHWE SHOULDER MOUNT Kobus leche leche There are four subspecies of Lechwe, of which the Red, or Zambezi Lechwe is the most populous, found across south-eastern Africa. They live mostly in marshy areas where they feed on aquatic plants, but the water also serves as a defense against predators; in fact, their legs are covered with a water-repelling substance which enables them to run swiftly through the swamps. This fine example stands 21½ inches from the wall to the tip of the nose, and measures 46 inches high. 49103 SABLE ANTELOPE SHOULDER MOUNT Estimate: $900-$1,200 Hippotragus niger Larger than the other subspecies of the sable, the Common Sable is found south of the Zambezi River, and enjoys a much lower conservation risk than its endangered cousins, the Giant and the Zambian Sables. Elusive and quite expensive to hunt, these animals are always one of the most desirable to many Big Game hunters. This specimen quizzically turns his head and stands 24 inches from the wall and 55 inches high, with 38 x 39-inch horns. Estimate: $1,400-$1,800 6 TO VIEW full DEScriPtiONS, ENlargEablE imagES AND biD ONliNE, VISit HA.COM/6071 49104 GEMSBUCK SHOULDER MOUNT Oryx gazella The Gemsbuck is the largest member of the Oryx family, with a mottled face that embodies the archetypal African look. These animals can go days without water and can be extremely dangerous when attacked or wounded. Many a lion has been found dead with a wounded gemsbuck nearby – they are deadly accurate with their horns. Those of the present example 49105 WHITE-TAIL DEER SHOULDER MOUNT ½ measure 36 x 32 inches, and with his head quizzically turned, he stands 48 inches high and Odocoileus virginianus 27 inches from the wall. The White-Tail Deer, known also as the Virginia Deer or Estimate: $900-$1,200 simply as the Whitetail, is native to the Americas as far south as Peru, and has also been introduced into some countries in Europe (Finland, the Czech Republic) as well as New Zealand. At one time it was thought to have up to forty subspecies, but modern taxonomy places the figure at less than half that number. Its red-brown coat turns grey-white in fall and winter, and the antlers are only worn by the males, and something like one in 10,000 females. This is a handsome male, mounted on a mahogany plaque and standing 17 inches from the wall and 28 inches high overall. Estimate: $500-$700 SESSION twO | AuctiON #6071 | SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2011 | APROX. 3:00PM CT 7 49106 CARIBOU SHOULDER MOUNT Rangifer tarandus – caribou The largest-bodied Reindeer, these animals can weigh up to 600 pounds and are distinguished by their large characterful racks. This one boasts a lovely woody
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