Antique oddities target new collectors

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(CNN)A set of mammoth-tusk Chukchi snow safety glasses, an allosaurus dinosaur skull and a self picture piece from the carver Jamie Salmon are a few of the eccentric offerings going under the hammer at Sotheby's Hong Kong Curiosity III auction at the Hong Kong Convention &&Exhibition Centre on April 4.

Now in its 3rd version, the auction format was motivated by the interest cabinets of the 16th century, which housed encyclopedic collections of items-- spiritual antiques, maintained animals, valuable gems, objets d'art-- that were precursors to museums.

With approximated worth of $6.4 million, the 76 lots that comprise the auction unite items from the Jurassic Period to today day and cover a large geographical area from the Siberian tundra to Egypt. The unlikely variety of products highlights how Sotheby's is motivating existing customers to obtain more imaginative with their collections.

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