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Contact: Serena Babcock
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TYRANNOSAURUS SKULL, EGYPTIAN MUMMY HAND AND PIECE OF THE PLANET MARS TO HIT THE AUCTION BLOCK

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Natural History leader, I.M. Chait of Beverly Hills to hold the first simultaneous Beverly Hills / New York City Natural History Auction March 25th

NOW PREVIEWING IN BEVERLY HILLS

Beverly Hills, California. February 26, 2007—Preeminent Beverly Hills auction house, I.M. Chait Gallery/Auctioneers, is now previewing hundreds of lots for the most comprehensive Natural History auction ever on Sunday, March 25th.

Some of the finest natural history specimens ever to be offered are contained in this sale of hundreds of lots---and more than half of the lots with an estimated value of less than $1,000.

Select featured lots to include:

An Extremely Rare Tyrannosaurid Skull – This is the first prepped and mounted example of a Tyrannosaurus skull ever available at auction. Approximately 67 million years old, recovered in Asia and in pristine condition (estimate $140,000 - $180,000)

Lot 314

Extremely Rare Fossil Penguin (estimate $9,500-11,500);

Lot 305

Exotic Flying Dinosaur – An exquisite Jurassic fossil plate from the renowned Solnhofen quarries in Germany. Highly aesthetic, singular example (estimate $40,000-50,000);

Lot 321

Rare Juvenile Aquatic Reptile – Similar to a dolphin and quarried in Germany, this outstanding specimen is approximately 200-million years old (estimate $32,000-36,000);

Lot 60

Giant Slice of a Meteorite with Gemstones – Containing crystals of peridot scattered throughout its matrix, this is the largest example known to exist (estimate on request);

Lot 59

A Piece of the Planet Mars – An extraordinarily rare specimen (estimate $6,500-7,500)

Lot 206

Hundreds of other lots include minerals, meteorites, tribal artifacts, gems, fossilized plants, mammals, birds and fish, an outstanding array of gold nuggets including an Australian nugget that weighs 62 troy ounces (estimate $64,000-70,000), and of course, dozens of lots of dinosauria (skulls, vertebrae, claws and eggs) and so much more.

Beverly Hills Preview: Monday, February 26th — Saturday, March 3rd 11:00 – 5:00

New York Auction Location:
267 5th Avenue
11th Floor
New York, New York 10016
(On the corner of 5th Ave and 29th St)

Beverly Hills Preview: Monday, February 26th — Saturday, March 3rd 11:00 – 5:00 EST

New York Preview: Thursday, march 22 – Saturday, March 24 11:00 – 5:00PM EST

Auction: Session II: Natural History Auction, Sunday, March 25, 2:00PM EST

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