Ambergris is used in making perfume=$$$
Please Let It Be Whale Vomit, Not Just Sea Junk
Gordon M. Grant for The New York Times (c)2006
Dorothy Ferreira with a gift from her 82-year-old sister in Iowa. In a post-whaling age, she has yet to find someone who knows whether it is truly ambergris.
Published: December 18, 2006
MONTAUK, N.Y. — In this season of strange presents from relatives, Dorothy Ferreira got a doozy the other day from her 82-year-old sister in Waterloo, Iowa. It was ugly. It weighed four pounds. There was no receipt in the box.
Inside she found what looked like a gnarled, funky candle but could actually be a huge hunk of petrified whale vomit worth as much as $18,000.
Gordon M. Grant for The New York Times (c)2006
Dorothy Ferreira with a gift from her 82-year-old sister in Iowa. In a post-whaling age, she has yet to find someone who knows whether it is truly ambergris.
Published: December 18, 2006
MONTAUK, N.Y. — In this season of strange presents from relatives, Dorothy Ferreira got a doozy the other day from her 82-year-old sister in Waterloo, Iowa. It was ugly. It weighed four pounds. There was no receipt in the box.
Inside she found what looked like a gnarled, funky candle but could actually be a huge hunk of petrified whale vomit worth as much as $18,000.
posted by Ridley at 6:57 AM
12 Comments:
Please Elaborate, Mr. Pearson. I didn't really get that post.
That is awesoem! IT's a candle made of whal vomit, and it's worth money. LOl i WOnder were she got it!
The person how gavce it to the person!
Oh, it is from a newspaper! I thought it was a new book or something. Woah.
Thats...both disturbing and interesting! Something you think would smell bad, ends up being a candle. Whoda thought?!
-Sara
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You know, I usually like it when I see my hometown (Waterloo) make the news. But somehow being mentioned in connection with whale vomit (even worth big $$) doesn't really say a lot for a town. Trust me, folks, there's more to Waterloo than whale barf! ;-)
Ambergris is in Moby Dick as contents of a whale's small intestine and, yes, it was very valuable, even in its time, apparently.
Now spermacetti that's a different "kettle of fish :>^. In Moby Dick they are described bailing it out of the whale's head by the bucket full. When burnt in a lamp it gave off the smell of roses.
You have not read Moby Dick apparently. Ambergris is from a whale's small intestine and yes it was very valuable even in its time apparently.
Now spermacetti that's a different "kettle of fish :>^. In Moby Dick they are described bailing it out of the whale's head by the bucket full. When burnt in a lamp it gave off the smell of roses.
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