Martin Bell

And so the guy who had consigned this to the auction house was a gentleman named Eric Prokopi, who had a regular business with an internet page that sold various types of organic matter as fossils. Unsurprisingly, he was based in Florida and the business was called Florida Fossils. Perfect.

He was a fairly brawny guy. If he has the range for it, what is that guy who played the brother, the white brother in This Is Us and who now stars in that show Tracker? Sort of like an all-American seeming type. Justin Hartley. Yeah, I could imagine Justin Hartley playing Eric Prokofiev. A square jaw, certainly all-American.

He was a fairly brawny guy. If he has the range for it, what is that guy who played the brother, the white brother in This Is Us and who now stars in that show Tracker? Sort of like an all-American seeming type. Justin Hartley. Yeah, I could imagine Justin Hartley playing Eric Prokofiev. A square jaw, certainly all-American.

He was a fairly brawny guy. If he has the range for it, what is that guy who played the brother, the white brother in This Is Us and who now stars in that show Tracker? Sort of like an all-American seeming type. Justin Hartley. Yeah, I could imagine Justin Hartley playing Eric Prokofiev. A square jaw, certainly all-American.

But the Florida fossils business, which, you know, it's a nice little shell here or a shell there.

But the Florida fossils business, which, you know, it's a nice little shell here or a shell there.

But the Florida fossils business, which, you know, it's a nice little shell here or a shell there.

These are non-dinosaur fossils, or if they are dinosaur fossils, they are domestic dinosaur fossils that he enthusiastically dug up, but nothing of the sort of scale and splendor of a full-on Tyrannosaurus. But in addition to the auction houses, and it's only a handful of auction houses that do this stuff, you've also got a sort of informal to black market out there.

These are non-dinosaur fossils, or if they are dinosaur fossils, they are domestic dinosaur fossils that he enthusiastically dug up, but nothing of the sort of scale and splendor of a full-on Tyrannosaurus. But in addition to the auction houses, and it's only a handful of auction houses that do this stuff, you've also got a sort of informal to black market out there.

These are non-dinosaur fossils, or if they are dinosaur fossils, they are domestic dinosaur fossils that he enthusiastically dug up, but nothing of the sort of scale and splendor of a full-on Tyrannosaurus. But in addition to the auction houses, and it's only a handful of auction houses that do this stuff, you've also got a sort of informal to black market out there.

that was much more flush with foreign dinosaurs that had been imported. And you would go to various known festivals for natural trades, and somebody might bring you, you know, sort of back into their hotel room to talk about the other stuff that they have.

that was much more flush with foreign dinosaurs that had been imported. And you would go to various known festivals for natural trades, and somebody might bring you, you know, sort of back into their hotel room to talk about the other stuff that they have.

that was much more flush with foreign dinosaurs that had been imported. And you would go to various known festivals for natural trades, and somebody might bring you, you know, sort of back into their hotel room to talk about the other stuff that they have.

I imagine something not unlike when OJ met those guys to talk about, you know, like his Trojans jersey and his memorabilia that weren't necessarily frontline at the actual shows.

I imagine something not unlike when OJ met those guys to talk about, you know, like his Trojans jersey and his memorabilia that weren't necessarily frontline at the actual shows.

I imagine something not unlike when OJ met those guys to talk about, you know, like his Trojans jersey and his memorabilia that weren't necessarily frontline at the actual shows.

Right. But there's an interest. And, you know, every once in a while, you hear about movie stars who have purchased dinosaurs or dinosaur parts. And we'll talk about one of those later on. Yes. But, you know, for like a reasonably intact Tyrannosaurus skull.

Right. But there's an interest. And, you know, every once in a while, you hear about movie stars who have purchased dinosaurs or dinosaur parts. And we'll talk about one of those later on. Yes. But, you know, for like a reasonably intact Tyrannosaurus skull.

Right. But there's an interest. And, you know, every once in a while, you hear about movie stars who have purchased dinosaurs or dinosaur parts. And we'll talk about one of those later on. Yes. But, you know, for like a reasonably intact Tyrannosaurus skull.

Right. Yes.