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12,000 YEAR OLD WALRUS PENIS HEADS LONG LIST OF HARD TO FIND ITEMS AT CHAIT’S NATURAL HISTORY AUCTION ON AUGUST 26 IN LA

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4 ½ Foot Long Mummified Mammal Member Possibly the Largest Ever Found

Lot 127

Other Items Include Real Love Bugs: 40 Million-Y-O Mating Insects In Amber; Dinosauria, Meteorites, Archeological Artifacts, Gems and Minerals

Los Angeles - Sea monsters, mammoths, and a mummified walrus penis, Oh my! It’s not everyday you can take home a piece of rare, exotic or border-line erotic natural history.

But, lovers of the ancient world's wild and weird wonders will definitely find something that piques their interest at I.M Chait's Natural History Auction, Sunday, August 26, 1 p.m. PDT, I. M. Chait Gallery/Auctioneers, 9330 Civic Center Drive in Beverly Hills.

Highlights include a four-and-a-half-foot long Walrus penis fossil (pictured above), discovered in the frozen tundra of Siberia and dating back 12,000 years to the Pleistocene Period. The mammal’s manhood is mummified, with a layer of perfectly preserved skin intact. Believed to be the largest known mammal penis fossil, it is estimated to sell for between $12,000 and $16,000.

The Walrus penis isn’t the only piece of “prehistoric pornography” that will be part of the 200-plus lots available for sale by Chait. Up for auction as well is a pair of mating 40- million-year-old insects (pictured below)from the Baltic region of Russia. The two love bugs, forever trapped in the heat of the moment in amber, are estimated to sell for $700 to $900.

Lot 125

Other unique items on the auction block include a virtually complete, fully mounted, 20-foot-long fossil skeleton of an aquatic dinosaur called a Mososaurus (pictured below), from the Cretaceous period of Morocco, over 65 million years ago, which is estimated at $100,000 to $140,000; a long, curvy Mammoth tusk from the Pleistocene period, which is estimated at $14,000 to $18,000; and a 1.94 gram piece of the Moon , with an estimated value of $5,500 to $6,500, as well as other meteorites, dinosauria, archeological artifacts, and gems and minerals.

Lot 132

"This is a fabulous auction,” declared Josh Chait, Director of Operations of I.M. Chait. “We are privileged to have such an interesting and comprehensive collection of amazing, one-of-kind natural history finds.” Added Natural History Director David Herskowitz, “It’s important and interesting to note that most of these items are usually only seen in museum collections. But, with this auction, everyone has a real opportunity to own an actual piece of the earth’s past.”