| August Newsletter Cleaning house Still unpacking, getting organized...but I would like to thank all the people who made orders during our first month of online-only operation. It's heartening to feel that this new experiment might just work out. And so, let me make a few special offerings for the auspicious month of August: Gemsbok skulls - these four skulls are each imperfect, each in their own individual way - asymmetric horns, missing nasal bones...so I'd like to lower their prices by $50 each. Gemsbok Skull - B (which is the same as skull No. 1 in above photo) was $325, now $275. Gemsbok Skull - 2 was $300, now $250. Gemsbok Skull - E (No. 3 in photo) was $350, now $300. And Gemsbok Skull - 4 was $350, now $300. Less than perfect raccoon skull - these raccoon skulls are not up to our usual standards, because the mandible is glued on (with silicon glue). We like 'em better when you can see the teeth from all sides - they're more educational that way. But these are perfectly good for many purposes. Snap them up for $20 each (raccoons are usually $30). Imperfect mouse skull and Imperfect rat skull - these mice and rats were prepped by our longtime preparator, our Bird Lady, Lise, and her standards are even higher than ours - so she was actually ashamed of these skulls, which have a tiny bit of grease left in the bone, or are missing miniscule pieces that no one else would even notice. She sold them to us cheaply in order to get them out of her sight, so we can offer them to you (artists?) for $8 each. There are only 11 mice, and 5 rats (she really doesn't make many mistakes), so contact us quickly. Shades of Indiana - cicadas emerge at different (prime numbered) intervals, perhaps to foil predators. Back in 2004, Indiana enjoyed (if that's the right word) a bumper year for cicadas, as the annual, 13 year, and 17 year cicadas all emerged at once. A friend of Ron's sent him a box full of cicada sheds (the papery husk left when the adult cicada emerges from the split back of the nymph), and we're still working on them. Please buy some from us. Cicada sheds in plastic box $1.50 each, or 50 cents each if you want Naked cicada sheds/ no box . We probably have a hundred of them still. Also, there's a darling little round, fist-sized paper wasp nest , from Indiana, with lovely wavy gray striations - $15. Only one of these babies. Best of all, to reward you for having read, or skimmed, this far, I'm lowering the price on Human bone atlas/axis vertebrae set , from $150 to $125; in addition, our Fire and Bone white bronze 3-D printed Human Atlas & Axis Vertebrae Pendant Set in White Bronze is slightly reduced in price from $80 to $75. OR - an excellent present for any medically-inclined person, but especially the chiropractor in your life, buy both a real bone atlas/axis set and the Fire & Bone necklace for $190. With $10 shipping, that makes a nice round $200, which appeals to me. Diana's Ender Earlier this month EBay ruled that human bones could no longer be sold on their auction site. In the short run, this is good for The Bone Room - more people will come to us to buy and sell skulls and skeletons. But in the long run...it's worrisome, as it might cause our legislators, both state and federal, to consider whether it is morally or aesthetically proper for you to own human bones. Cynically, I suspect that at some point they will decide that you should not, and a law will be passed, and I will no longer be able to sell human bones to artists, cadaver dog trainers, or people who just want to own a femur or a skull; perhaps I'll still be able to sell to medical professionals, or to universities, but...it depends on how the law(s) are worded. As far as we know, so far only three states limit your ability to buy or sell human bones - Georgia, Tennessee, and New York. But I'm expecting, with the attention turned onto the matter by EBay's ruling, that more may follow. These laws can't be said to be for the purpose of protecting wildlife. They are strictly to protect you from doing something that someone thinks is distasteful. They are legislating your morals and your aesthetics. I have changed The Bone Room motto, from "A Natural History Store" to the slightly defiant "Natural History for Everyone". I hope I will be able to keep the promise of that slogan for years to come - but I've got to say, it's becoming more and more difficult. Several laws have been passed in the last few years that limit what I can offer for sale - and, perhaps because few people or businesses do what I do, there has been very little outcry. (See below * for one exception.) Natural History for Everyone! That's what I say. COMPLAINT-against-State-of-California.pdf Download File |
Still unpacking, getting organized...but I would like to thank all the people who made orders during our first month of online-only operation. It's heartening to feel that this new experiment might just work out.
And so, let me make a few special offerings for the auspicious month of August:
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Gemsbok skulls - these four skulls are each imperfect, each in their own individual way - asymmetric horns, missing nasal bones...so I'd like to lower their prices by $50 each. Gemsbok Skull - B (which is the same as skull No. 1 in above photo) was $325, now $275. Gemsbok Skull - 2 was $300, now $250. Gemsbok Skull - E (No. 3 in photo) was $350, now $300. And Gemsbok Skull - 4 was $350, now $300. | |
Less than perfect raccoon skull - these raccoon skulls are not up to our usual standards, because the mandible is glued on (with silicon glue). We like 'em better when you can see the teeth from all sides - they're more educational that way. But these are perfectly good for many purposes. Snap them up for $20 each (raccoons are usually $30).
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Imperfect mouse skull and Imperfect rat skull - these mice and rats were prepped by our longtime preparator, our Bird Lady, Lise, and her standards are even higher than ours - so she was actually ashamed of these skulls, which have a tiny bit of grease left in the bone, or are missing miniscule pieces that no one else would even notice. She sold them to us cheaply in order to get them out of her sight, so we can offer them to you (artists?) for $8 each. There are only 11 mice, and 5 rats (she really doesn't make many mistakes), so contact us quickly. | |
Shades of Indiana - cicadas emerge at different (prime numbered) intervals, perhaps to foil predators. Back in 2004, Indiana enjoyed (if that's the right word) a bumper year for cicadas, as the annual, 13 year, and 17 year cicadas all emerged at once. A friend of Ron's sent him a box full of cicada sheds (the papery husk left when the adult cicada emerges from the split back of the nymph), and we're still working on them. Please buy some from us. Cicada sheds in plastic box $1.50 each, or 50 cents each if you want Naked cicada sheds/ no box. We probably have a hundred of them still. | |
Also, there's a darling little round, fist-sized paper wasp nest, from Indiana, with lovely wavy gray striations - $15. Only one of these babies. | |
Best of all, to reward you for having read, or skimmed, this far, I'm lowering the price on Human bone atlas/axis vertebrae set, from $150 to $125; in addition, our Fire and Bone white bronze 3-D printed Human Atlas & Axis Vertebrae Pendant Set in White Bronze is slightly reduced in price from $80 to $75. OR - an excellent present for any medically-inclined person, but especially the chiropractor in your life, buy both a real bone atlas/axis set and the Fire & Bone necklace for $190. With $10 shipping, that makes a nice round $200, which appeals to me. | |
Earlier this month EBay ruled that human bones could no longer be sold on their auction site. In the short run, this is good for The Bone Room - more people will come to us to buy and sell skulls and skeletons. But in the long run...it's worrisome, as it might cause our legislators, both state and federal, to consider whether it is morally or aesthetically proper for you to own human bones. Cynically, I suspect that at some point they will decide that you should not, and a law will be passed, and I will no longer be able to sell human bones to artists, cadaver dog trainers, or people who just want to own a femur or a skull; perhaps I'll still be able to sell to medical professionals, or to universities, but...it depends on how the law(s) are worded. As far as we know, so far only three states limit your ability to buy or sell human bones - Georgia, Tennessee, and New York. But I'm expecting, with the attention turned onto the matter by EBay's ruling, that more may follow.
These laws can't be said to be for the purpose of protecting wildlife. They are strictly to protect you from doing something that someone thinks is distasteful. They are legislating your morals and your aesthetics.
I have changed The Bone Room motto, from "A Natural History Store" to the slightly defiant "Natural History for Everyone". I hope I will be able to keep the promise of that slogan for years to come - but I've got to say, it's becoming more and more difficult. Several laws have been passed in the last few years that limit what I can offer for sale - and, perhaps because few people or businesses do what I do, there has been very little outcry. (See below * for one exception.)
Natural History for Everyone! That's what I say.
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