![]() The birds, known to scientists as pinguinus impennis, used to live off the North Atlantic Ocean but have been extinct since 1852. Dodo bones do not come onto the open market often and the private collectors who own them are very few in number.Īlso up for grabs are a feather and bone from another legendary extinct bird, the Great Auk, which could fetch up to £3,000 between them- the 3.3cm tall feather selling for at least £2,000 and the rib bone for at least £1,000. They will be displayed alongside a certificate of authenticity. ![]() Both smaller bones are expected to fetch at least £800 each while the vertebra could fetch up to £1,200. Meanwhile a set of “exceptionally rare” dodo bones were found in Mauritius before the creatures became extinct in 1681 could fetch up to £2,800 between them.Ī rib bone, toe bone and a vertebra Raphus cucullatus will all go on sale. The femur, or thigh bone of a mammoth from Siberia, at least 10,000 years old could fetch up to £1,500. Three times the size of a great white shark, it was the largest shark ever to exist and was immortalised in the hit film the Meg. The 14cm serrated fossilised Megalodon shark tooth is at least 2.5 million years old which is when they became extinct and old could fetch up to £1,800. Buyers will also be able to snap up a stuffed bull shark and even a mounted set of human glass eyes. Some of the unusual products are a little cheaper - with a tiny jar of mammoth hair starting at £20. It includes 334 weird and wonderful items that will go under the hammer in London on Wednesday. The sale - called Objects of Wonder - has been put together by Curated Auctions in London. Other lots include a 'unicorn skull', a 'centaur skeleton', an artwork of a floating stuffed giraffe attached to balloons and even a motorbike-riding zebra which could fetch up to £30,000. A collection of curios - from Dodo bones to mammoth hair and even the tooth from a Megalodon shark - are up for auction next week.
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