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Salomon Aaron

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328 total appearances

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Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

I don't think a private collector should do that.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

I guess if you can and you have the money and it's fun and it's kind of exciting, fair enough.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

But I don't recommend someone to do it that way.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

How come?

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

Very high risk.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

You may end up acquiring or finding a dinosaur skeleton that you actually don't have the space for, or you don't want, or is not what you ideally wanted.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

you know very hard to manage uh you know if you're if you're sitting in new york or you're sitting in london you need to trust that the team that you are working with i mean when they find a bone how do you know they're not putting it in their pocket you know how do you know your uh i mean we're talking about really remote places where you you have no idea you know i had a you know there are also all types of things like there are situations where you know you you acquire something and the seller holds back a

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

by the way, I did find a couple other bones that you would really want to buy now.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

Now I'm going to extort you for the, yeah, that's happened too many times to me.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

So yeah, I think I've, as a dealer, I feel like I've aged disproportionately to my age, but you need to kind of work with a small number of people you trust and try wherever possible because life is short to kind of delegate the headache and the stress and the risk, in my opinion.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

I think there are the obvious ethical issues of it.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

I mean, you know, once you open Pandora's box and you start kind of bringing back to life, you know, where does it end?

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

Sure.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

People are always talking about it.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

I even think Elon Musk did a post recently about Jurassic Park.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

I mean, so I'm sure it will happen in our lifetime.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

Whether it will be good or not, I don't know.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

Yeah.

Odd Lots
Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils

You're sure it'll happen in our lifetime?