Articles tagged with: ammonite
Fossil Mollusk May Fetch $68,000 At Christie’s
Posted in Auctions, Luxury on 5 April 2009
Posted in Auctions, Luxury on 5 April 2009
Christies Auction house would sell you just about anything, from celebrity clothing to luxurious furniture. If the price is right then you can surely find something desirable here.
Christie’s will bring you something quite extraordinary at one of their auctions taking place on the 7th of this month. This fossilised gemstone, Ammonite, is of a mollusc that went into extinction over 80 million years ago. The beautiful rainbow colour of the fossil is from centuries of pressure on the shell of the sea creature. The smaller of two Ammonites being auctioned off, the fossil was found in Alberta, Canada. It is estimated that the fossil could fetch $68,000.
