Mammoth tusks
I have full tusks, yes and no.See my video to the right. I find tusks but try to sell them and not hang on to them. I have dealers and regular customers to contact.
Do I have big tusks? link to my 'usual fossil' page mammoth ivory read below for the trophies |
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I looked at about 10 full tusks yesterday. My cost $75 a pound. One tusk was 120 pounds. Not fully dry , raw, needs restoration. Thats 2 more grand and shipping out of Alaska to accomplish. A year of drying. I usually see no reason to tie up over 10 grand in something I am not going to get a return on for at least a year. I can! You want to front the money? My guess is no. Or "Maybe."
So 'usually' it all happens at the biggest show in the world, the Tucson fossil show in February. Whatever I have I get to this 2 week show. I buy sell trade with other dealers customers from all over the world who gather as serious buyers. Most deal in cash. The guy who can do professional restoration is here to look and talk. I pick up previous tusks he has worked on for me. We might deal with the Russians here who supply 90% of all ice age fossils. That can get tricky. Or more like, it takes my 50 years of knowledge and connections to have it go smooth.
So the finished tusks for sale at the show go through a long process. A year drying, restore guy, shipping, and 'ready to sell' at a location worth shipping to. I'm not likely to keep such an item on hand in Nenana Alaska population 300 Indians. I know people who know people who know other people. But I am not starting that process to get told 'Just wondering.' 'Normally' I'm dealing with known dealers, long time past customers, known collectors, museums. People who normally walk this walk and talk this talk. Money always talks. But I understand we likely do not know each other, and who is going to plop down like 20 grand too get things rolling? You? If so, contact me.
Or I post tusk tips on this site, parts, smallish tusks, sometimes items in the 'under $5,000 range.' An unknown customer might click to buy. I can afford to sit on such an item for years if i must. You want a big display? I can get a 15 foot 300 pounder. You got 50 grand cash? Odds are not very high the answer is yes. Such people tend to meet me at the show in Tucson, where the top tusks of the world show up for review. Usually you would make an appointment to meet with me at the show. And the best of the goods sells before we ever officially open. So big buyers meet up to 5 days before we open. All the best is gone before we open. Dealers talk trade goods, buy from each other. If 'my customer' wants what I do not have, I introduce them too 'my trusted contact' (rival dealer) and I get a finder fee. Ideally he refers customers to me in return. Just a heads up on how this usually works.
But here I am explaining. If you got an idea, an interest, contact me. We can take it from there. email me
So 'usually' it all happens at the biggest show in the world, the Tucson fossil show in February. Whatever I have I get to this 2 week show. I buy sell trade with other dealers customers from all over the world who gather as serious buyers. Most deal in cash. The guy who can do professional restoration is here to look and talk. I pick up previous tusks he has worked on for me. We might deal with the Russians here who supply 90% of all ice age fossils. That can get tricky. Or more like, it takes my 50 years of knowledge and connections to have it go smooth.
So the finished tusks for sale at the show go through a long process. A year drying, restore guy, shipping, and 'ready to sell' at a location worth shipping to. I'm not likely to keep such an item on hand in Nenana Alaska population 300 Indians. I know people who know people who know other people. But I am not starting that process to get told 'Just wondering.' 'Normally' I'm dealing with known dealers, long time past customers, known collectors, museums. People who normally walk this walk and talk this talk. Money always talks. But I understand we likely do not know each other, and who is going to plop down like 20 grand too get things rolling? You? If so, contact me.
Or I post tusk tips on this site, parts, smallish tusks, sometimes items in the 'under $5,000 range.' An unknown customer might click to buy. I can afford to sit on such an item for years if i must. You want a big display? I can get a 15 foot 300 pounder. You got 50 grand cash? Odds are not very high the answer is yes. Such people tend to meet me at the show in Tucson, where the top tusks of the world show up for review. Usually you would make an appointment to meet with me at the show. And the best of the goods sells before we ever officially open. So big buyers meet up to 5 days before we open. All the best is gone before we open. Dealers talk trade goods, buy from each other. If 'my customer' wants what I do not have, I introduce them too 'my trusted contact' (rival dealer) and I get a finder fee. Ideally he refers customers to me in return. Just a heads up on how this usually works.
But here I am explaining. If you got an idea, an interest, contact me. We can take it from there. email me
