The preserved remnants of plants and animals submerged in sediments like sand and mud beneath ancient seas, lakes, and rivers are known as fossils. Any preserved sign of life older than 10,000 years is considered a fossil.
Hard body components, including bones, shells, and teeth, can be replaced by minerals that harden into rock after death, but soft body parts decay swiftly. Soft components like feathers,
ferns, or other signs of life, such as footprints or feces, may also be maintained in rare circumstances. Both less recognized fossils like ammonites and trilobites, as well as microscopic-sized ones like single-celled foraminifera or pollen grains, can be found in the remains.
Even among collectors who typically purchase fine art and antiquities, the market for natural history, particularly fossils, has recently surged. In the expanding market, dinosaur skeletons are the most in-demand item. Perhaps with Sue, a whole Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton sold in 1997 for $8.36 million, the most current fossil mania got started. Stan, another entire T-rex, was auctioned off at Christie's last year and sold for a record-breaking $31.8 million.
Fossils are abundant in the American West, particularly in Wyoming, Montana, Utah, and Colorado. And it is acceptable to sell and export fossils discovered on private property in the US. Numerous other nations have strict export restrictions or even outright bans on selling fossils. Thus dealers must be careful when verifying provenance in these nations. (Fossils have been taken from US public lands and unlawfully transported from China and Mongolia.)
However, a fossil's attraction is different from that of artwork in part due to the wonder of its antiquity.
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