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Post by africaone on Apr 9, 2011 5:03:25 GMT -8
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Post by Fernando on Apr 9, 2011 7:26:45 GMT -8
Oh my...  Can an insect go much more expensive than that? |
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Post by boghaunter1 on Apr 9, 2011 9:31:22 GMT -8
At least double that amount according to this local newspaper article I posted a while ago on the old forum!!  John K. Attachments:
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Post by boghaunter1 on Apr 9, 2011 9:33:22 GMT -8
Rest of the article... Attachments:
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Post by saturniidave on Apr 9, 2011 16:03:41 GMT -8
And there was I thinking we were in a recession. Dave |
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Post by thanos on Apr 9, 2011 18:29:43 GMT -8
'Can an insect go much more expensive than that? '
- Maybe a giant specimen of Xixuthrus heros of +16cm,if one day available..
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Post by Khalid Fadil on Apr 9, 2011 19:50:26 GMT -8
I wonder how much my 11.9cm Chalcosama Atlas would go for...
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Post by Fernando on Apr 9, 2011 19:50:48 GMT -8
Wow... I'm totally speechless.
By the way, how expensive would be a regular sized X. heros specimen?
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Post by thanos on Apr 9, 2011 20:08:43 GMT -8
As far I know,only once had been offered on ebay,some years ago,by a Japanese seller,one small-sized male of X.heros of around 12-13cm for about 13.000 usd if I remember well(and this amount some years ago as I said) and it ended unsold. So,imagine the price of a 16cm specimen today  . |
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Post by lucanidae25 on Apr 9, 2011 21:02:01 GMT -8
There are much more rarer Lucanidae like Homolamprima crenulata from OZ that only under 5 specimens were ever found and no one live has found it yet. Not even the Japanese has any of this sp in Japan. I know there're already a few X.heros in Japan.
I know all the Japs want it but only a dream to own one.
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Post by bichos on Apr 9, 2011 21:41:15 GMT -8
sometimes you just gotta have it!!!
thanks for sharing africaone
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Post by africaone on Apr 10, 2011 1:03:37 GMT -8
3-4 years ears ago, a well known japanese dealer put on his site dendezia renieri (A2 !!!!) for around 75 000 €. It disapperaed from the site before the end time and then I don't know what happened with it !
At this itime it was really uncommon in collection
.... now I have a series in collection (as many other lucanid collectors !!) !
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Post by lucanidae25 on Apr 10, 2011 2:18:52 GMT -8
Ohhh!!!! Trust me the area where Homolamprima crenulata came from has cleared a long time ago and so many people has looked but no one has found it all these years. I will not waste any more time looking for it.
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Post by entoman on Apr 10, 2011 6:29:32 GMT -8
Perhaps it was purchased by David Rockefeller. I hear he collects insects. And he has no shortage of money to do it with.
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Post by poisonarrow on Apr 10, 2011 9:15:14 GMT -8
hahaha, what about the elusive Platifigulus scorpio from Sri Lanka. I think we need these species to keep going :-)
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