Big John was discovered in the Hell Creek Formation in 2014. Sue Hendrickson unearthed the specimen during a commercial excavation trip to South Dakota in 1990.īig John, the largest known Triceratops skeleton, went for $7.7 million at an auction in Paris in 2021. rex skeleton, and a team of museum preparators spent more than 50,000 hours preparing the skeleton and building the exhibit. Sue contains 250 of the approximately 380 known bones in the T. rex skeleton ever found, at around 90 per cent complete by bone volume. Sue is currently on display at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History and is the largest and most complete T. rex, named Sue, sold for about $8.5 million at an auction in New York. Stan was out of the public eye for more than two years, and some researchers began to fear it would remain that way, until it was announced last March that Stan would have a new home at a natural history museum in Abu Dhabi, which is slated to open in 2025. At more than 70 per cent complete, Stan sold for US$31.8 million at auction in October 2020. rex skeletons that have been auctioned for substantially higher prices, including Stan, the most expensive fossil ever sold. Trinity was built from bones found at sites in the Hell Creek and Lance Creek formations of Montana and Wyoming. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The buyer, identified only as a European private collector, was also on the hook for additional fees, like the “buyer’s premium,” which pushed the final sales price to 5.5 million francs (about $8.2 million.) Vertebrate paleontologist Thomas Holtz told AFP that Trinity, which is made up of bones from three dinosaurs excavated between 20, “really isn’t a ‘specimen’ so much as it is an art installation.” I hope it’s going to be shown somewhere in public.” “It could be that it was a composite - that could be why the purists didn’t go for it,” said Karl Green, the auction house’s marketing director. Lawren Harris paintings sell for $1.2M each in record-breaking Paul Allen collection auction.'Very misleading': Christie's calls off auction for T.Koller told AP the skull was particularly rare and well-preserved. rex, dubbed “Trinity,” remained next to the podium all day as more than 70 lots went under the hammer. rex skeleton of “exceptional quality” had been up for sale. rex skeleton was auctioned in Europe and only the third time worldwide that a T. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.According to the Koller auction house in Zurich, the sale marked the first time a T. Because Trinity is a composite, “purists” likely didn’t bid on the skeleton. Two of the sites where Trinity’s bones were discovered were also used to form other T-rex skeletons that were previously auctioned off, Koller noted. Trinity was formed from three different fossil sites in the US, and it was put up for sale by an anonymous American.Īt least half of the skeleton came from one T-rex. AFP via Getty Images The T-rex skeleton is composed of 293 bones from three different dinosaurs. This was the first time such a skeleton went up for auction in Europe.
Nils Knoetschke, a scientific adviser who was quoted in the auction catalog, wrote that most dinosaurs are typically found without their skulls. The skull was a particular point of interest for buyers as it was remarkably well-preserved, Koller said. The skeleton was one of the main focuses of the auction, which featured some 70 items, and during the bidding process, Trinity’s skull was set up next to the auctioneer’s podium.
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“Trinity” was sold to an unnamed private collector for $5.3 million plus fees. Green noted that because Trinity was a composite, “purists” likely didn’t bid on the skeleton. “I hope it’s going to be shown somewhere in public.” “It’s a fair price for the dino,” said Karl Green, the auction house’s marketing director. The Koller auction house, where Trinity was sold on Tuesday, noted that it was the first time such a skeleton went up for auction in Europe, with the bones going to an unnamed private collector.Īlthough the buyer paid $5.3 million for the skeleton, the added premium and fees brought the total sales price up to more than $6 million, within the range the auction house was aiming for. The T-rex skeleton, standing 12.8 feet high and 38.1 feet long, is composed of 293 bones from three different dinosaurs, hence its name. The near-complete composite of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton dubbed “Trinity” sold for $6.1 million at an auction in Zurich, Switzerland. ‘Cursed’ painting with ‘creepy aura’ purchased for $25 resells for $2K Picasso’s alleged marriage-ending painting could sell for over $120M Rare Great Depression-era $10,000 bill sells for $480K - but who’s on it?īob Ross’ first piece featured in ‘The Joy of Painting’ earns $9.8M at auction
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