The dinosaur fossil of a Stegosaurus nicknamed Apex fetched 10 times its estimate at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday.
Stegosaurus Fossil Shatters Auction Record Selling for $44.6 Million USD: The first of its kind to go on sale to the public.
Griffin purchased the fossil, billed by Sotheby's as "the finest to ever come to market," for almost $45 million, a record, a person familiar with the matter told CBS MoneyWatch. The sale price far exceeds the estimate of $4 million to $6 million that Sotheby's had assigned to the ...
with 254 fossil bone elements (of an approximate total of 319), with additional 3D printed and sculpted elements. Judging from the overall size and degree of the bone development it can be determined that the skeleton belonged to a large, robust adult individual, and evidence of arthritis, par...
They were found during a competitive battle for fossil discovery, called the Bone Wars, or the Great Dinosaur Rush. Marsh and another paleontologist named Edward Dinker Cope were very competitive rivals, who started these ‘Bone Wars’ It was a heated battle for discovery, fraught with ...
The largest stegosaurus skeleton ever found is expected to fetch millions of dollars at auction in New York next week, likely fueling objections from paleontologists.The fossil, estimated to be approximately 150 million years old, was put on display at Sotheby's on Wednesday and will be exhibited...
The sale of Apex Wednesday set a new record for a dinosaur fossil. Matthew Sherman The iconic skeleton is approximately 161 million years old, according to Sotheby's, and measures 11 feet tall by nearly 27 feet long from nose to tail. According to the auction house's listing, Apex "is...
The fossil, estimated to be approximately 150 million years old, was put on display at Sotheby's on Wednesday and will be exhibited there until its sale on July 17. A stegosaurus skeleton is displayed at Sotheby's New York in Manhattan on July 10, 2024.Pamela Smith / AP ...
Paleontologists have questioned the sale of such specimens to private bidders, arguing that these finds should be preserved in museums or other public spaces. Nevertheless, that will not stop the auction of the 150-million-year-old fossil from going ahead in New York on ...