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Product Description
ID
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Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
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FOUND
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Kem Kem Beds (NW Sahara Desert),
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AGE
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LATE CRETACEOUS: 100 - 66 years ago
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SIZE
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2.7" long on the curve
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CONDITION
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NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION
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NOTE
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UNBROKEN WITH INCREDIBLE COLOR,
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INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only
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Approaching 3 inches, this is a choice grade UNBROKEN Carcharodontosaurus tooth. From tip to base, the tooth is solid and without any repair. The pointed tip is complete with excellent serrations and very minor natural feeding wear and encrustation. Both sides are solid and the enamel is a beautiful bright blood red-orange hue. The serrations are crisp on the trailing edge and plainly visible above in the photos. Teeth like this are VERY scarce now and the site is hardly producing any good qualities after decades of extensive, high pressure digging efforts. NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION.
Large Carcharodontosaurus dinosaur teeth of fine quality AND LACKING RESTORATION OR ENHANCEMENT have sharply appreciated in price and rarity. As fewer fine grade specimens are found and more and more collectors demand them, the logistics of their investment potential and continued appreciation is obvious. Even so, they are still a bargain compared to equal quality T. rex teeth with many of those specimens selling in the thousands WITH restoration and considerable reconstruction. Fine large Carcharodontosaurus dinosaur teeth will continue to escalate in price as time goes on.
WARNING:
Many large dinosaur teeth in the market today have been subject to extensive enhancement and fabrication. As the prices for large specimens continues to climb, the profits that can be gained illicitly are obvious and unless you are well-versed in restoration and repair, even dealers have been fooled. We have seen composites of a root from one tooth attached to the crown of another specimen. We have also seen massive but heavily worn stub teeth with fabricated tips and the entire tooth stained to a lustrous and "too good to be true" finish. This is usually evident in such well-defined and wavy color line where the crown color meets the lower root portion. If you see a large tooth in today's market that is of such extraordinary perfect condition, you should be HIGHLY SUSPECT AND GET EVERY POSSIBLE GUARANTEE OF NO FABRICATION OR RESTORATION IN WRITING BY THE DEALER!!! Ebay is THE worse for getting stuck by these. One dealer routinely sells amazingly large and extraordinary specimens that are mostly plastic. After years of doing this, he still has somehow avoided even a NEUTRAL feedback!!!
Don't be fooled when you are shopping for ANY large dinosaur teeth. These are common practices of both unscrupulous and uninformed dealers. It really pays to know who you are buying from! We see both of these practices done quite frequently in the large tooth market and numerous junk teeth are selling for ridiculous high prices as well as "too good to be true" prices. (ESPECIALLY on EBAY where fake EVERYTHING is RAMPANT!)
Stick with a dealer who actually has direct experience with performing restoration work so he or she intimately KNOWS what to look for. This is MUST! We have over two decades of experience in this field and we WILL DISCLOSE any work done when we sell a specimen.
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