What is the best way to start an Amber fossil collection?
If you want to build a collection that is an investment (at least a tax write-off if you donate it to a museum), first read our article, then our hints about value (with online resources), and then get Poinar’s book “Life in Amber” (which classifies all insects and identified inclusions in Dominican Amber). Then you are ready to collect one of each type of insect. You are better off collecting them as specimen pieces rather than as set jewelry. Keep them stored in an even temperature environment. By the way, the beginnings of a collection don’t have to cost a fortune … Many specimens are available for $25 dollars or less. It is only when you get into the very rare, unusual or unusually large or high quality bugs that it begins to cost a lot of money.
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