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US-NATURAL HISTORY AUCTION
A stegodon skull from the Pleistocene epoch is on display before sale at auction, May 6, 2010 in Los Angeles. Bonhams & Butterfields upcoming National History Auction, on May 27 in New York, will afford bidders the opportunity to own an unusal selection of prehistoric fossils, archeological artifacts, gold nuggets, meteorite slices and even a Martian meteorite discovered in the Mojave Desert in 1999. This stegodon skull and jaw exhibits 90 percent original bone with the skull virtually complete and most of the restoration work seen in the jaw. The stegodon is considered the ancestor of elephants, mastodons and mammoths. This piece has an estimated sale price of USD $60,000-$80,000. AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck
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Los Angeles, California, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Robyn BECK |
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6 Mai 2010 |
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4256 x 2832 (1.53 MB) |
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