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100 1 $aWilliams, Paige,$d1966-
245 14$aThe dinosaur artist :$bobsession, betrayal and the quest for Earth's ultimate trophy /$cPaige Williams.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York ;$aBoston :$bHachette Books,$cc2018.
300 $axxii, 410 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [289]-381) and index
505 0 $aIntroduction. Origins -- Part I: "Superb Tyrannosaurus skeleton" -- Land O' Lakes -- Garcia, king of the Ice Age -- Dive -- Deal -- Tucson -- Big game -- Middleman in Japan -- Hollywood headhunters -- Part II: The warrior andthe explorer -- The Flaming cliffs -- Market conditions --"Go Gobi" -- The ghost of Mary Anning -- The last dinosaur-- The President's predicament -- United States of Americav. One Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton -- Part III: Raid! --Verdict -- Tarbomania -- Petersburg low -- The dinosaur bus -- Epilogue
520 $a"In 2012, a New York auction catalogue made an unusual offering: "a superb Tyrannosaurus skeleton." In fact, Lot 49135 consisted of a nearly complete T. bataar, a close cousin to T. rex, the most famous animal that ever lived. The fossils now on display in Manhattan had been unearthedin Mongolia, some 6,000 miles away. At 8 feet high and 24 feet long, the specimen was spectacular, and the final gavel signaled a winning bid of well over $1 million. EricProkopi, a thirty-eight-year-old Floridian, was the man who had brought this extraordinary skeleton to market. A onetime swimmer who spent his teenage years searching for shark teeth, Prokopi's singular obsession with fossils generated a thriving business hunting, preparing, and selling specimens, to clients ranging from natural historymuseums to avid private collectors like actor Leonardo DiCaprio. But there was a problem. This time, facing financial strain, had Prokopi gone too far? As the T. bataar went to auction, a network of paleontologists alerted the government of Mongolia to the eye-catching lot. As an international custody battle ensued, fueled by geopolitics, Prokopi watched as his own world unraveled. In the tradition of The Orchid Thief, The Dinosaur Artist is a stunning work of narrative journalism about humans' relationship with natural history and a seemingly intractable conflict between science and commerce. A storythat stretches from Florida's Land O' Lakes to the Gobi Desert, The Dinosaur Artist illuminates the history of fossil collecting--a wildly popular, yet sometimes murky, risky business, populated by eccentrics and obsessives, where the lines between poacher and hunter, collector and smuggler, enthusiast and opportunist, can easily blur. In her first book ... writer Paige Williams has given readersan irresistible story that spans continents, cultures, andmillennia as she examines the question of who, ultimately,owns the past"--Jacket
600 10$aProkopi, Eric,$d1974-
650 0$aFossils$xCollection and preservation$xEconomic aspects
650 0$aFossils$xCollection and preservation$xMoral and ethical aspects
650 0$aFossils$xCollection and preservation$zMongolia
650 0$aFossils$xCollectors and collecting$zFlorida
650 0$aGeopolitics$xMoral and ethical aspects
650 0$aTyrannosaurus$zMongolia