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Post by hewi on Nov 4, 2018 12:19:08 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2018 12:22:55 GMT
Did any of those extreme rarities sell?
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Post by exoticimports on Nov 4, 2018 14:00:49 GMT
I assume that you purchased those, not sold them.
The victoria abdomen is dark, as are many of mine. I never thought about it- I wonder, is this wear, or grease, or damage from grease, and can it be restored? I've not tried to do anything about it.
Chuck
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Post by deliasfanatic on Nov 4, 2018 14:07:19 GMT
It comes out perfectly with acetone. Snap the abdomen off (bend the base back/forth and up/down a few times); soak in acetone for a day. Then reglue.
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 4, 2018 14:16:35 GMT
These Agrias are wonderful !
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Post by Adam Cotton on Nov 4, 2018 17:45:53 GMT
Superb Parides!!!
Adam.
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Post by bobw on Nov 4, 2018 19:12:01 GMT
Did any of those extreme rarities sell? Werner told me that the box was well and truly sealed... although I'm sure he'd have unsealed it in the unlikely event that anyone could have afforded any of them! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2018 19:47:42 GMT
Cheers Bob, the price must have been prohibitive, very much in the realms of Euromillions territory.
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Post by jhyatt on Nov 4, 2018 22:08:42 GMT
Is there anything particularly special about that O. victoriae? Maybe I haven't looked closely enough...
Were these Werner Zoeller's specimens? He always has some very rare things. Unbelievable Agrias, for instance.
Cheers,
jh
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Post by hewi on Nov 4, 2018 22:44:45 GMT
Only one specimen was from Christoph (not Werner) Zöller, the victoriae.
It is a very gold-coloured specimen, unfortunately not visible at the photo.
I am particularly happy about the pair of Gonepteryx chitralensis which I had never seen offered before.
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Post by jmg on Nov 4, 2018 23:03:25 GMT
The same Parides in nature :  Parides vercingetorix Oberthür, 1888, ♂. Moutouchi Forest, December 1, 2017. |
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Post by xavm (Xavier) on Nov 5, 2018 7:58:13 GMT
Only one specimen was from Christoph (not Werner) Zöller, the victoriae. It is a very gold-coloured specimen, unfortunately not visible at the photo. I am particularly happy about the pair of Gonepteryx chitralensis which I had never seen offered before. Agreed Robert; extremely rare. Great stuff. |
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