Prehistoric Mantis in amber on eBay

[acerbity]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...A:IT&ih=018

:lol:

 

[blitzmantis]

:lol: that's pretty cool...

 

[Kruszakus]

Maybe they will extract the genetic material fromthis amber and they will recreate it, so mantids will rule the Earth once again!

 

[king_frog]

Maybe they will extract the genetic material fromthis amber and they will recreate it, so mantids will rule the Earth once again!

Oh no.

 

[Rick]

I would love to have that.

 

[Mantida]

price: US $599.00

Yurk! :blink:

Pretty cool, but really expensive.

 

[Tunedbeat]

Wow, the price is too high. I wouldn't pay that much unless that mantis is the size of a house.

 

[CapLoD]

beware ebay amber specimens. Often they are bogus.

In fact the person who is selling that could be guilty of imprisoning a live mantis into a resin and having it die a horrible death. (not saying he is but it's possible)

USUALLY if you heat a pin red hot and stick it into a piece of amber you can tell if it's authentic by a piny smell coming from the entrance hole.

new to these forums but not new to amber. Just thought I'd give a heads up.

 

[OGIGA]

What the heck? I'm quite skeptical...

 

[Kruszakus]

To me it looked flim-flammish fro the get go.

 

[Christian]

That specimen is really cheap. Usually they cost more than 1000 Euro.

 

[joossa]

No certificate of authenticity? <_<

 

[Morpheus uk]

Saw this while browsing for stick insect nymphs, thought they were ment to be 10" long and have a wing span of 25"? :lol:

We can only dream...

 

[Precious]

Love that. I wish it was a 'Best Offer', I'd go for it. Paypal and Ebay go a long way to protect you against fraud.

I'd buy it, it's so beautiful.

 

[Krissim Klaw]

All I know, is I'm getting a serious case of deja vu with this piece. I swear I saw the exact one a while back when I was looking on ebay for mantis related items. The reason I say that is because I remember it looked like a little nymph and there was a wasp stuck in the amber with the it. :blink:

 

[asdsdf]

Maybe they never sold it. Anyways, the seller is 100 percent positive, and sells other fossils so it may be real.

 

[OGIGA]

I wonder how the seller determined the age.

 

[Tunedbeat]

Love that. I wish it was a 'Best Offer', I'd go for it. Paypal and Ebay go a long way to protect you against fraud. I'd buy it, it's so beautiful.

That's a laugh. Paypal wants nothing but money, the more you make the more they take.

 

[macro junkie]

That's a laugh. Paypal wants nothing but money, the more you make the more they take.

yer but look how easy it is to use paypal.its a great system.