A Tyrannosaurus rex skull expected to sell for 15 to 25 million dollars sold for a cool $6.1 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York City. The sale was to an anonymous buyer, according to reporting by the. According to the publication, the T.
rex cranium weighs more than 200 pounds and was dug up in South Dakota—a famous state for fossil hunting. The skull was also largely intact, and buyers were told it contains “30 bones of the approximate total of 39 bones,” according to the. But the low-ball offer also made some wonder whether “the gold rush moment for dinosaurs” was ending. The outlet said that earlier this year just a single T. rex tooth sold for more than 100,000 dollars.
I hope so. Tired of private buyers, buying up scientific history to sell or for their own personal collections. Buy and donate to the experts, please. They are much better equipped dispensate what you found and dispense to the appropriate entities.
$6.1M for a skull. Teh ultra rich have too much money. That would be like me buying a snow globe