Stuart,
A sensible enquiry. Te Papa certainly would not want to be left 'with egg on
its face' if you'll excuse the reference!
Dinosaur eggs have been offered on the open market and at auction if I
remember correctly from my days establishing the New Zealand Dinosaur Centre
exhibit in Hawkes Bay.  There should however be a paper trail documenting
these sales and point of origin.
I am sure that someone on the List will have the information you require.
Best wishes
Roger
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From: Stuart Park <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Thursday, 25 March 1999 8:35
Subject: Chinese dinosaur antiquities


>We have been offered the opportunity to display temporarily some
>dinosaur eggs, purchased in Hong Kong, where the dealer said he had got
>them from another dealer in Boulder, Colorado.  But they have no
>documentation of place of origin, or certificate of export.  Our
>suspicion is that they are from China, because that's where most egg
>discoveries have been made.
>
>Our acquisition policy prohibits us from acquiring objects that have
>been illicitly exported from their country of origin, and I think
>borrowing for temporary display probably falls into the same category.
>
>Can someone tell me what the export restrictions / requirements are for
>dinosaur material from China, or from the USA should they have come from
>there?
>
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>Stuart Park
>General Manager Museum Resources & National Services,
>Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,
>Wellington, New Zealand.
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