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Auction Notes Images Source Auction House Date Location Sale price (USD) Original Adjusted [5] Unidentified Nest with 10 eggs Found in China Bonhams: September 15, 1993: London $76,000 $160,299 Purchaser was an anonymous American buyer. Collector also bought a set of 5 eggs at same auction for $18,750. [6] [7] Sue [a] (FMNH PR 2081 ...
Dinosaur coloration is generally one of the unknowns in the field of paleontology, as skin pigmentation is nearly always lost during the fossilization process. However, recent studies of feathered dinosaurs and skin impressions have shown the colour of some species can be inferred through the use of melanosomes , the colour-determining pigments ...
The auction of the Tyrannosaurus skeleton known as Sue in 1997 for $8.3 million is considered to have caused an increased interest in the fossil trade. [6] According to the head of science and natural history at Christie's , James Hyslop, the market in fossils has been growing consistently since 2007. [ 7 ]
According to Sotheby’s, it sold “Sue,” a Tyrannosaurus rex and the first ever dinosaur to be sold at auction, for $8.4 million in 1997. “Stan,” another Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, was ...
The price blew past a pre-sale estimate of $4 million to $6 million and past a prior auction record for dinosaur fossils — $31.8 million for the remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex nicknamed Stan ...
The "exhibition-ready mounted skeleton" ended up selling for $6,069,500, according to Sotheby's. The specimen was expected to fetch anywhere from $5 million to $8 million in the auction house's ...
The first auction ended on June 5, 2006, with a winning bid of US$5,000,310. However, the sale was not completed, and the fort and lands surrounding it remain for sale and have been relisted on the site several times since. [10] [11] In October 2008, amidst the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis, one seller put up Iceland for sale. The ...
The rarity will go under the gavel at Sotheby’s Natural History sale on July 28. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...