Dig Deep for Dinosaurs!

We would like to extend a warm invitation to all our supporters to be part of a charity auction to raise funds for the 2008 dig season at Inverloch. Original art works, a day at the dinosaur dig, personalised painting and ammonite fossils are just some of the items on offer at this once only event!

The details for the Dinosaur Dreaming auction are:
Date: Saturday, 24th November, 2007
Time: viewing begins at 4.00pm, auction begins at 5.30pm
Venue: Royal Society of Victoria, 9 Victoria street, Melbourne
Cost: $5.00 at the door (includes nibbles and drinks)

Please click here for the flyer (pdf 202kb)

Artworks on auction

Thanks to the generous support of a number of artists associated with palaeontology in Australia, we are proud to offer you the chance to bid on the following stunning works:

Peter Trusler

Reconstruction of Leaellynasaura
Original sketch
An original sketch of Leaellynasaura, the final sketch prior to the now world famous painting of Leaellynasaura (a small herbivorous dinosaur found in Victorian Cretaceous rocks). Leaellynasaura amicagraphica is pictured as it might have appeared in the first step on the way to becoming a fossil some 110 million years ago, of what is now the southern coast of Victoria, Australia. 
Estimated market value: $2,250
This sketch is approx 55 x 75 cm.

Leaellynasaura corpse
A 'Giclee' Limited Edition Print (signed and numbered).
The original painting of Leaellynasaura is now world famous. Leaellynasaura amicagraphica is pictured as it might have appeared in the first step on the way to becoming a fossil some 110 million years ago, of what is now the southern coast of Victoria, Australia.  
Estimated market value: $500
The print is approx 55 x 75 cm.

Andrew Plant

Atlascopcosaurus
Original Painting (in acrylic)
Atlascopcosaurus was discovered in Dinosaur Cove, Victoria, and named after one of our dig sponsors.
Estimated market value: more than $75.00
This painting is approximately: 20.5 x 29.5 cm

Serendipaceratops
Original Painting (in acrylic)
Serendipaceratops was discovered in Dinosaur Cove, Victoria, and was such a surprise was named it for “Seredipity”.
Estimated market value: more than $75.00
This painting is approximately: 20.5 x 29.5 cm

Brian Choo

Mammals Rule! (Dinosaur Dreaming 2006)
Original
Information: the mammal, Bishops (found at the Inverloch dig), hitches a ride on a friendly ankylosaur. This image appeared on the official Dinosaur Dreaming T-shirt for 2006.
Estimated market value: more than $25.00
The work is approximately 21 x 30 cm.

Mammalia, popcorn of the Cretaceous (Dinosaur Dreaming 2007)
Original
Information: Timimus (a dinosaur from Victoria) helps himself to some furry snacks. This image appeared on the official Dinosaur Dreaming T-shirt for 2006.
Estimated market value: more than $25.00
The work is approximately 21 x 30 cm.

Douglas Stubbs

We also have the pleasure to offer the following Australia works donated by Dr Norman Gardiner, a member of the dig crew for well over a decade.  
Renowned Australian Artist Douglas Stubbs (b 1927), was born in the country town of Leongatha in South Gippsland and came to Melbourne as a young man study at art school. Sometimes described as “naive art”, his highly imaginative works have been displayed in galleries all over the country. Stubbs is considered to be an under-recognised artist and there is a commonly-held view that his works are begging for a retrospective exhibition to bring together his considerable body of art.

Parrot in Gum Tree
Original (acrylic)
Estimated market value: $300.00 to $500.00
The work is approximately 18 x 37 cm.

Tree with flowers
Original (acrylic)
Estimated market value: $200.00 to $400.00
The work is approximately 15 x 27 cm.