T-Rex Skeleton Gus Sells for $50.1 Million, Becoming Most Expensive Fossil
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Updated · The Times of India · Jul 21
T-Rex Skeleton Gus Sells for $50.1 Million, Becoming Most Expensive Fossil
3 articles · Updated · The Times of India · Jul 21
Summary
$50.1 million bought Gus, a 67-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, at Sotheby’s in New York after a 10-minute bidding battle among seven contenders.
The unidentified telephone buyer drove the price far above Sotheby’s $20 million to $30 million estimate, setting a new auction record for any fossil.
The sale underscores the fast-growing market for dinosaur remains while renewing concern that a scientifically important specimen could disappear into a private collection.
That tension — between soaring collectible value and public or research access — has shadowed major fossil auctions in recent years and resurfaced with Gus.