Fittest Buyer Gets Saber-Toothed Cat Skull

Re “Auction of Fossil Is Bone of Contention,” May 1: Of course the find and auction of this wonderful fossil is a bone of contention to those in the academic community. That is because they are not in possession of it. They are like small children who want to claim “dibs” on everything in the neighborhood and then sit back and wait for others to do the work for them. You go, [auctioneer] David Herskowitz! I wish I had a big pile of money to buy the saber-toothed cat skull myself. It’s called free enterprise.

Trevor Santochi

Laguna Niguel